PRINTER'S NO. 1412
No. 1238 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY M. N. WRIGHT, COHEN, TRELLO, BELARDI, FOX,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TULLI AND MELIO, APRIL 22, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, APRIL 22, 1991
AN ACT
1 Requiring testing for and notification of radon results
2 concerning sale or lease of residential property.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Residential
7 Property Radon Testing and Notification Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Residential real property." Real property which is intended
13 to be used as a primary residence or is leased by the owner to
14 tenants for use as a primary residence.
15 Section 3. Testing and notice.
16 (a) Testing.--Prior to the sale or lease of residential
17 property, the owner shall test any building to be used as a
18 dwelling for the presence of radon. All radon testing shall be
1 conducted by a radon testing individual, firm or laboratory
2 certified by the Department of Environmental Resources. Testing
3 shall be done in accordance with Department of Environmental
4 Resources regulations. Each building shall be tested at least
5 once every five years.
6 (b) Validity of test results.--Radon test results shall be
7 valid for five years and may be used as notice as required by
8 subsection (c) for a subsequent sale or lease of residential
9 real property within the five-year period.
10 (c) Notice.--The owner or lessor of the residential property
11 shall provide written notice of the results of the test under
12 subsection (a) to a prospective purchaser or lessee of the
13 residential property.
14 (d) Noncompliance.--The lessee or purchaser of the property
15 shall have the option to void the lease or sale of such property
16 in the event that the lessor or owner fails to comply with this
17 act.
18 Section 4. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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