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Second Class Township Code

 

Article XXVIII

Manufacture And Sale Of Electricity

 

Section 2801. Manufacture and Sale of Electricity.

 

Any township may manufacture electricity by means of a hydroelectric generating facility owned or operated by the township for the use of the inhabitants of the township. Any township owning or operating a hydroelectric generating facility may make contracts for the sale of electricity to persons engaged in the business of the manufacture or sale of electricity.

 

Section 2802. Regulation of Use and Prices.

 

Any township furnishing electricity under this article may regulate the use of electricity in dwellings, business places and other places in the township and the rate to be charged for the electricity.

 

Section 2803. Sale of Hydroelectric Generating Facilities.

 

A township may by ordinance sell all or part of its hydroelectric generating facilities to a purchaser for that sale price as the parties may agree upon.

 

Section 2804. Construction or Purchase of Hydroelectric Generating Facilities.

 

Any township may construct or purchase facilities to manufacture electricity by hydroelectric generation. Any township may purchase a hydroelectric generating facility at that price as may be agreed upon by the township and the person, partnership or a majority of the stockholders of a corporation that owns the facilities.

 

Section 2805. Submission to Electors.

 

Before any township constructs or purchases a hydroelectric generating facility, the question of the increase of the debt of the township shall first be submitted to the qualified voters of the township in the manner provided by law for the increase in indebtedness of municipal corporations.

 

Section 2806. Limitation on Indebtedness.

 

No township which constructs or purchases a hydroelectric generating facility shall incur any indebtedness for the construction or enlargement of anew or existing dam or impoundment structure but may incur indebtedness for repairs or reconstruction of an existing dam or impoundment in connection with the hydroelectric project.