PRINTER'S NO. 24
No. 26 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, DALEY, WASHINGTON AND HORSEY,
JANUARY 19, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JANUARY 19, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 14, 1992 (P.L.866, No.137),
2 entitled "An act authorizing certain counties to increase the
3 recording fees of deeds and mortgages to support or enhance
4 local affordable housing efforts," extending the act to
5 counties of the first class.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The definition of "county" in section 3 of the
9 act of December 14, 1992 (P.L.866, No.137), known as the
10 Optional County Affordable Housing Funds Act, is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 3. Definitions.
13 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
14 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
15 context clearly indicates otherwise:
16 * * *
17 "County." Any county of the first, second, second A, third,
18 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth class. [The term does
19 not include any county of the first class.]
1 Section 2. Section 4 of the act is amended to read:
2 Section 4. Optional fee increases.
3 The county commissioners or the governing body of each
4 county, as defined in section 3, shall have the power and may by
5 ordinance increase the fees charged by the recorder of deeds for
6 recording deeds and mortgages under the act of June 12, 1919
7 (P.L.476, No.240), referred to as the Second Class County
8 Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, the act of April 20, 1949 (P.L.644,
9 No.143), entitled "An act to regulate and establish the fees to
10 be charged and collected by the recorders of deeds in counties
11 of the first class," and the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310,
12 No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law. The
13 additional fees levied by the county commissioners shall not
14 exceed 100% of the amounts charged on the effective date of this
15 act.
16 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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