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PRINTER'S NO. 2677
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1900
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TAYLOR, MILLARD, DRISCOLL, SCHLOSSBERG, W. KELLER,
CALTAGIRONE, JOZWIAK, RABB, NEILSON, DAVIS, DONATUCCI,
D. COSTA AND WATSON, NOVEMBER 6, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in land banks, further
providing for definitions and for delinquent property tax
enforcement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2103 of Title 68 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 2103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Vacant lot." A tract of real property without a permanent
building or structure erected on the real property.
Section 2. Section 2117(d)(4) of Title 68 is amended to
read:
§ 2117. Delinquent property tax enforcement.
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(d) Procedure relating to Municipal Claim and Tax Lien
Law.--For a land bank located in a municipality which follows
the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153), referred to as the
Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, all of the following apply:
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(4) Notwithstanding sections 31.1 and 31.2 of the
Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law and sections 4 and 6 of the
act of March 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1196, No.372), entitled "An
act authorizing the sale of vacant land located in areas
certified as conservation areas in counties of the first
class, under a judgment obtained on a tax claim, by the
sheriff of the county; providing for the discharge of all
liens, mortgages, ground rents, estates and claims against
the property by sale; and limiting the right of redemption,"
all of the following apply:
(i) The land bank may tender a bid at the sale in an
amount equal to the total amount of all municipal claims
and liens which were the basis for the judgment. Upon
tender under this subparagraph, the property shall be
deemed sold to the land bank regardless of bids by other
parties.
(ii) The bid of the land bank shall be paid as to
its form, substance and timing according to an agreement
that is mutually acceptable to the plaintiff and the land
bank. The obligation of the land bank to perform in
accordance with the agreement shall be deemed to be in
full satisfaction of the tax or municipal claim which was
the basis for the judgment.
(iii) The land bank, as purchaser at the sale, shall
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have an absolute title to the property sold, free and
discharged of tax and municipal claims, liens, mortgages,
ground rents, charges and estates.
(iv) The deed to the land bank shall be executed,
acknowledged and delivered within 30 days of the sale.
(v) In a city of the first class, the governing body
shall have power by ordinance, with respect to a
particular vacant lot or lots or with respect to defined
classes of vacant lots:
(A) To assign a tax or municipal claim against a
vacant lot to the land bank and to specify the terms
and conditions of the assignment that will be
acceptable to the city under the powers enumerated in
paragraph (1).
(B) To specify the form, substance and timing of
the payment of a bid tendered by the land bank that
will be acceptable to the city for purposes of
subparagraph (ii). If the tax claim of a school
district of the first class is also being discharged
by the sale, then the form, substance and timing of
the payment of the land bank's bid shall also be
deemed acceptable to the school district of the first
class for purposes of subparagraph (ii).
Ordinances adopted under this subparagraph may be applied
only to a particular vacant lot or defined class of
vacant lots that is assigned or for which payment is
specified as acceptable within two years of the effective
date of this subparagraph.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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