H1945B3066A08539 AJB:JMT 06/20/16 #90 A08539
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1945
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HARPER
Printer's No. 3066
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "repeals,""
in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
in adoption and enforcement by municipalities, further
providing for administration and enforcement; and,
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 9 through 11, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. The definition of "board of appeals" in section
103 of the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as
the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, is amended to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Board of appeals." The body created by a municipality or
more than one municipality to hear appeals from decisions of the
code administrator as provided for by [Chapter 1 of the 1999
Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.,
National Building Code, Fourteenth Edition] the department
through regulation.
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Section 2. Section 501(c) of the act, amended November 29,
2006 (P.L.1440, No.157) and October 24, 2012 (P.L.1433, No.179),
is amended to read:
Section 501. Administration and enforcement.
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(c) Board of appeals.--
(1) A municipality which has adopted an ordinance for
the administration and enforcement of this act or
municipalities which are parties to an agreement for the
joint administration and enforcement of this act shall
establish or designate a board of appeals as provided by
[Chapter 1 of the 1999 BOCA National Building Code,
Fourteenth Edition,] the department through regulation to
hear appeals from decisions of the code administrator.
Members of the municipality's governing body may not serve as
members of the board of appeals. A municipality may establish
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