PRINTER'S NO. 3481
No. 2593 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, McGILL, ROBERTS, COY, BUNT, STABACK,
CORPORA, HALUSKA, SATHER, TIGUE, TULLI, SHANER, BOSCOLA,
CLARK, LAUGHLIN, CORRIGAN, ROONEY AND PISTELLA, MAY 2, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 2, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
3 second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the law relating thereto," providing for filing and
5 service fees by municipalities.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1601(c) of the act of May 1, 1933
9 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code,
10 reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), is
11 amended to read:
12 Section 1601. Ordinances.--* * *
13 (c) The board of supervisors may prescribe fines not
14 exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a violation of a
15 building, housing, property maintenance, health, fire or public
16 safety code or ordinance and for water, air and noise pollution
17 violations and not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) for a
18 violation of any other township ordinance. Any person who
19 violates or permits the violation of a township ordinance shall,
1 upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement
2 proceeding commenced by a municipality, pay the fine set by the
3 board of supervisors plus all court costs, including reasonable
4 attorney fees, incurred by a municipality. No judgment shall be
5 imposed until the date of the determination of a violation by
6 the district justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely
7 appeals the judgment, the municipality may enforce the judgment
8 pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. At no time
9 will the municipality be responsible for paying the filing and
10 service fees associated with the complaint.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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