PRINTER'S NO. 1351
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
962
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, ARGALL, COSTA AND RAFFERTY,
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in neighborhood blight reclamation and
revitalization, further providing for failure to comply with
a code requirement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6115(b) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 6115. Failure to comply with a code requirement.
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(b) Grading.--Failure to comply with a code requirement
shall constitute a:
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(3) Where the property owner received funding for
construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of that
property through any program administered by a State agency
or State authority:
(i) Misdemeanor of the first degree if the offense
is a second conviction of a serious violation of the same
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provision of a municipal code relating to the same
property. In addition to any other penalty, a $5,000 fine
shall be imposed for every offense under this
subparagraph.
(ii) Felony of the third degree if the offense is a
third conviction of a serious violation of the same
provision of a municipal code relating to the same
property. In addition to any other penalty, a $10,000
fine shall be imposed for every offense under this
subparagraph.
(iii) Felony of the third degree if the offense is a
fourth conviction of a serious violation of the same
provision of a municipal code relating to the same
property. In addition to any other penalty, a $15,000
fine shall be imposed for every offense under this
subparagraph.
(iv) Felony of the third degree if the offense is a
fifth or greater conviction of a serious violation of the
same provision of a municipal code relating to the same
property. In addition to any other penalty, a $20,000
fine shall be imposed for every offense under this
subparagraph.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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