Adeolu A Bakare

Adeolu A Bakare

August 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

New Funding Mechanisms for Municipal Stormwater Management

For Pennsylvania municipalities facing a rising tide of costs from implementing stormwater management plans, the available funding options vary depending on where you are and what you are—but that could change as soon as later this year. The General Assembly has passed several laws that authorize certain municipalities and municipal authorities to impose "reasonable and uniform" fees to fund stormwater management plans—and several additional bills are pending that, if passed, would extend these funding mechanisms to municipal entities across most of Pennsylvania.

By Timothy J. Horstmann and Adeolu A. Bakare

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