PRINTER'S NO. 4735
No. 3014 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, CASORIO, DALEY, FICHTER, FRANKEL, HARHAI, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KELLER, KENNEY, YOUNGBLOOD, KIRKLAND, LEDERER, MELIO, PETRONE, ROEBUCK, SATHER, SCHRODER, STURLA, TANGRETTI AND WALKO, NOVEMBER 27, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, NOVEMBER 27, 2002
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled 2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the 3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the 4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative 5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof, 6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or 7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or 8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative 9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and 10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative 11 officers, and of the several administrative departments, 12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the 13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive 14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of 15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and 16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards, 17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the 18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other 19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and 20 commissions shall be determined," providing for denial of 21 certificates, licenses and official documents. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known 25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a 26 section to read:
1 Section 810.1. Denial of Certificates, Licenses and Official 2 Documents.--(a) The Commissioner of Professional and 3 Occupational Affairs shall not issue any certificate, license, 4 renewal or other official document of the various professional 5 and occupational examining boards in the Department of State to 6 a person who owns, or is the majority shareholder in a 7 corporation that owns, any real property in this Commonwealth 8 that has been determined to be in violation of applicable State 9 or municipal housing, building, property maintenance or fire 10 safety code requirements, for which the property owner has not 11 taken substantial steps to bring the property into code 12 compliance within six months following notification of the 13 violation. This includes, but is not limited to, real property 14 that is utilized in the housing choice voucher program for very 15 low-income families, the elderly and the disabled under section 16 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 888, 42 17 U.S.C. § 1437(f)). 18 (b) All certificates, licenses, renewals or other official 19 documents of the various professional and occupational boards 20 shall be withheld until such time as the applicant obtains a 21 letter from the appropriate State or municipal agency indicating 22 the property in question is now in code compliance or that 23 substantial steps have been taken to bring the property into 24 code compliance. 25 (c) For the purposes of this section, "substantial steps" 26 shall mean an affirmative action on the part of the property 27 owner or managing agent, as determined by the municipality, to 28 remedy code violations involving physical improvements or 29 preparations to the property. 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. K18L71JS/20020H3014B4735 - 2 -