PA SB963

Requires Pennsylvania municipalities to provide common interest communities (condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities) the same municipal services provided to non-community dwellings, including trash collection, snow removal, street lighting, sewer/water line maintenance, and emergency services

Allows communities to negotiate written agreements with municipalities for either direct provision of services or reimbursement for actual costs incurred when communities provide services themselves, with reimbursements due at least annually and within 90 days of invoice submission

Establishes compulsory arbitration process if municipalities and communities cannot reach agreement within 90 days, using a three-member arbitration board whose majority decision is final and binding with no court appeal allowed

Applies to all boroughs, cities of the first, second, and third class, and townships of the first and second class that render municipal services

Takes effect 60 days after enactment and does not supersede existing agreements already providing municipal services or reimbursement to communities