THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, O'PAKE, EARLL, LOGAN, WILLIAMS, BOSCOLA, STACK, COSTA, WASHINGTON AND KITCHEN, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in seller disclosures,

further providing for real estate seller disclosure form.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 7304(b) of Title 68 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 7304.  Disclosure form.

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(b)  Contents of property disclosure statement.--The form of

property disclosure statement promulgated by the State Real

Estate Commission shall call for disclosures with respect to all

of the following subjects:

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(17)  The property's location in a flood zone or wetlands

area and the property's flood history including the frequency

and the extent of flooding.

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Section 2.  Within 120 days of the effective date of this

section, the State Real Estate Commission shall revise the

property disclosure statement so that the statement conforms to

this act.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.