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municipalauthorities.org │ 2 5 Legislation HB 1213 (Representative Jeanne McNeill, Lehigh) – This bill amends Titles 53 (Municipalities Generally) and 66 (Public Utilities) to require municipal authorities and public utility companies to provide notice to utility customers if they determine that a property’s water usage has increased by 200 percent above average for one month. The bill was voted favorably out of the House Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities Committee. To see PMAA's Letter of Opposition, see page 60 or scan the QR code. HB 2085 (Representative Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Lancaster) – This bill would require DEP to promulgate rules and regulations establishing requirements for public water systems with more than 100 service connections to discourage and minimize growth and potential distribution of pathogens such as Legionella bacteria. The House Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities Committee held a public hearing on the bill, where two PMAA members testified. To watch the testimony, scan the QR code. HB 2146 (Representative Robert Freeman, Northampton) – This bill would amend Title 65 (Public Officers), providing for notification of agency business required and exceptions in open meetings. This bill passed the House of Representatives and sits with the Senate State Government Committee for consideration. To see the Local Government Conference Letter of Opposition scan the QR code. HB 2388 (Representative Nate Davidson, Dauphin, Cumberland) – This bill would create the Pennsylvania Common Cents Act. It would establish a standardized cash-rounding process for Commonwealth agencies, entities, municipal authorities, and political subdivisions that accept face-to-face, in-person payments using physical legal tender. Totals ending in one cent, two cents, six cents, or seven cents must be rounded down to the nearest nickel, while totals ending in three cents, four cents, eight cents, or nine cents must be rounded up to the nearest nickel. This bill passed the House of Representatives and sits with the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. HB 2496 (Representative Paul Friel, Chester) – This bill would amend the Municipalities Planning Code to provide for an optional 180-day pause on new data center proposals. This bill was voted favorably out of the Senate Local Government Committee, as amended. SB 1345 (Senator Jarrett Coleman, Bucks, Lehigh) – This bill would amend the Municipalities Planning Code to provide for an optional 18-month moratorium on filing or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers. This bill was voted favorably out of the Senate Local Government Committee. dŽ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂLJ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ͕ WD ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬůLJ >ĞŐŝƐůĂƟǀĞ ŝůů dƌĂĐŬĞƌ ǁĂƚĐŚůŝƐƚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ŬĞLJ ďŝůůƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ŵŽǀĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ sŝƐŝƚ ŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂůĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ ŽƌŐͬůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶͬ Biosolids Beneficial Reuse On July 4 th , The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection published Draft General Permits for the Beneficial Use of Exceptional Quality Biosolids (PAG-07), Non-Exceptional Quality Biosolids (PAG-08) and Residential Septage (PAG-09) by Land Application. These general permits are intended to provide permit coverage to existing or proposed facilities that process and land apply biosolids or residential septage for beneficial use under the terms and conditions of the general permits. Compared with the existing versions of these permits, updates are proposed to reformat and reorganize all three draft permits. The finalized permits are expected by the end of 2026. For PAG-07 and PAG-08, substantive updates are also proposed, including the following: • Limits and requirements based on the concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate in biosolids. ŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϲϱ͘