H0671B0717A00922 SFL:JMT 04/19/17 #90 A00922
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 671
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SIMS
Printer's No. 717
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said lines and inserting
Section 1. Section 6120(a.2), (a.3) and (b) of Title 18 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are reenacted and amended
and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
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"(a.3) "
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before "A"
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a person adversely" in line 8, all of lines 9 and 10 and "the"
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before "a"
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Amend Bill, page 2, line 19, by inserting after "court."
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(a.4) Court costs.--
(1) A court shall award reasonable expenses to the
person adversely affected in an action under subsection (a.2)
for any of the following:
(i) A final determination by the court is granted in
favor of the person adversely affected.
(ii) The regulation in question is rescinded,
repealed or otherwise abrogated after suit has been filed
under subsection (a.2) but before the final determination
by the court.
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(2) A court shall award a political subdivision that
prevails in an action under subsection (a.2) all of the
following:
(i) Costs associated with the litigation to defend
the ordinance.
(ii) Attorney fees.
(iii) Other costs or damages the court finds
reasonably necessary.
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