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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 426, 749
PRINTER'S NO. 987
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
486
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, KITCHEN, BREWSTER, WILLIAMS, WHITE,
SCHWANK, COSTA, YUDICHAK, TEPLITZ, McGARRIGLE, STEFANO AND
WOZNIAK, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE
1, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87), entitled, as
amended, "An act establishing fees for services of recorders
of deeds in counties of the second A, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth classes and home rule charter
counties of these classes," authorizing an additional fee to
be imposed and used for demolition; and making an editorial
change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title of the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310,
No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, amended
April 17, 2002 (P.L.244, No.32), is amended to read:
AN ACT
Establishing fees for services of recorders of deeds in counties
of the second A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth classes and home rule charter counties of these
classes; authorizing a special deed and mortgage recording
fee in counties of all classes and all home rule charter
counties; and establishing county demolition funds.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 2.2. (a) There is hereby created a county
demolition fund in each county of the first, second, second A,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class and home
rule charter county of these classes that impose the fee
authorized under subsection (b).
(b) In addition to the fees charged by a recorder of deeds
in a county of the first, second, second A, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth class or by an equivalent
officer in a home rule charter county of these classes, the
governing body of the county may, by resolution or ordinance,
authorize the recorder of deeds to charge and collect a fee not
to exceed $15 for each deed and mortgage recorded. The fee shall
be deposited into the county demolition fund to be used
exclusively for the demolition of blighted property situate in
the county.
(C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "BLIGHTED PROPERTY"
SHALL MEAN A PROPERTY WHICH MEETS AT LEAST THREE OF THE CRITERIA
LISTED UNDER SECTION 5(D)(5) OF THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 26, 2008
(P.L.1672, NO.135), KNOWN AS THE ABANDONED AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY
CONSERVATORSHIP ACT, AS DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
COUNTY.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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