SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3519, 3887, 4273, PRINTER'S NO. 4342 4318
No. 2557 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 21, 1990
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER 19, 1990
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled 2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the 3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the 4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative 5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof, 6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or 7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or 8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative 9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and 10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative 11 officers, and of the several administrative departments, 12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the 13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive 14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of 15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and 16 other;assistants and employes in certain departments, boards, 17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the 18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other 19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and 20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for fees 21 collected by the various administrative departments, boards <-- 22 or commissions; and making repeals. FOR SERVICES BY THE <-- 23 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE 24 PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES COMMISSION AND FOR CONTRACTS BY THE <-- 25 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION; FURTHER PROVIDING FOR AN <-- 26 EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF NEED; AND <-- 27 FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS OF SECURITY OR CAMPUS POLICE <-- 28 OFFICERS; PROVIDING FOR THE VALIDATION OF CERTAIN FEES 29 COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; AND AUTHORIZING THE <-- 30 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONVEY EXCESS REAL PROPERTY 31 IN CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES,
1 QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES. 2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 3 hereby enacts as follows: 4 Section 1. Section 602-A of the act of April 9, 1929 <-- 5 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is 6 amended by adding clauses to read: 7 Section 602-A. Department of Agriculture.--The Department of 8 Agriculture is authorized to charge fees for the following 9 purposes and in the following amounts: 10 * * * 11 (11) Bakery: 12 (i) License.............................. 20.00 13 (12) Cold Storage: 14 (i) License.............................. 35.00 15 (13) Dessert: 16 (i) License.............................. 20.00 17 (14) Nonalcoholic drinks: 18 (i) License.............................. 75.00 19 (15) Inspection/Registration of plants 20 and trees: 21 (i) Inspection per establishment......... 40.00 22 Section 2. Sections 603-A and 606-A of the act, added July 23 1, 1981 (P.L.143, No.48), are amended to read: 24 Section 603-A. Department of Banking.--The Department of 25 Banking is authorized to charge fees for the following purposes 26 and in the following amounts: 27 [(1) Consumer discount companies: 28 (i) Initial license...................... $250.00 29 (ii) Annual license renewal.............. 250.00 30 (iii) Additional licenses for each business 19900H2557B4342 - 2 -
1 location........................... 250.00 2 (2) Motor vehicle sales finance: 3 (i) License for an installment seller of 4 motor vehicles....................... 50.00 5 (ii) License for a sales finance company. 200.00 6 (iii) License for a collector-repossessor 200.00] 7 (1) Consumer discount companies: 8 (i) Initial license...................... $500.00 9 (ii) Additional licenses for each business 10 location........................... 500.00 11 (iii) Annual license renewal............. 350.00 12 (2) Motor vehicle sales finance: 13 (i) Initial license for sales finance 14 company.............................. 500.00 15 Annual license renewal.............. 350.00 16 (ii) License for installment seller...... 250.00 17 Annual license renewal............ 250.00 18 (iii) Initial license collector-repossessor. 350.00 19 Annual license renewal.............. 250.00 20 (3) Pawnbroker: 21 (i) Initial license for pawnbroker....... 500.00 22 Annual license renewal............... 250.00 23 (4) Money transmitter: 24 (i) Initial license for money transmitter. 2,000.00 25 Annual license renewal.............. 2,000.00 26 (5) Secondary mortgage loan company: 27 (i) Initial license for principal place of 28 business and each branch office...... 500.00 29 Annual license renewal.............. 350.00 30 (6) Secondary mortgage loan broker: 19900H2557B4342 - 3 -
1 (i) Initial license for principal place of 2 business............................. 500.00 3 Annual license renewal.............. 200.00 4 (ii) Each branch office.................. 50.00 5 Annual branch renewal............... 25.00 6 (7) First Mortgage Banker: 7 (i) Initial license for principal place 8 of business and each branch office.. 500.00 9 Annual license renewal.............. 350.00 10 (8) First mortgage broker: 11 (i) Initial license fee for principal place 12 of business....................... 500.00 13 Annual license renewal............ 200.00 14 (ii) Each branch office................ 50.00 15 Annual branch renewal.............. 25.00 16 Section 606-A. Department of Education.--The Department of 17 Education is authorized to charge fees for the following 18 purposes and in the following amounts: 19 (4) Private driver training school fees: 20 [(i) Initial license..................... 100.00 21 (ii) License renewals.................... 100.00] 22 (i) Initial license...................... 500.00 23 (ii) License renewals.................... 300.00 24 (iii) Instructor: 25 (A) Initial.......................... 30.00 26 (B) Renewal.......................... 20.00 27 (6) Private driver training schools 28 vehicle identification registrations: 29 (i) Initial.............................. 10.00 30 (ii) Renewal/transfer.................... 5.00 19900H2557B4342 - 4 -
1 Section 3. Section 607-A(1) and (2) of the act, added July 2 1, 1981 (P.L.143, No.48), are amended and the section is amended 3 by adding clauses to read: 4 Section 607-A. Department of Environmental Resources.--The 5 Department of Environmental Resources is authorized to charge 6 fees for the following purposes and in the following amounts: 7 (1) Eating and drinking places: 8 (i) New establishments 9 [(A) New establishments that 10 are owner operated with 11 a seating capacity of 12 less than 50..................... $ 30.00 13 (B) All other new establish- 14 ments............................ 100.00 15 (ii) Renewal or change of ownership...... 30.00 16 (iii) Duplicate license for each addi- 17 tional business location........... 5.00 18 (iv) Temporary license................... 1.00 19 (2) Certification of sewage and water treatment 20 plant operators: 21 (i) Initial license...................... 20.00 22 (ii) Annual license renewal.............. 3.00] 23 (A) New establishments that 24 are owner operated with 25 a seating capacity of 26 less than 50..................... 75.00 27 (B) All other new establish- 28 ments............................ 175.00 29 (ii) Renewal or change of ownership...... 60.00 30 (iii) Duplicate license for each addi- 19900H2557B4342 - 5 -
1 tional business location........... 10.00 2 (iv) Temporary license................... 10.00 3 (2) Certification of sewage and water treatment 4 plant operators: 5 (i) Initial license...................... 20.00 6 (ii) Annual license renewal.............. 5.00 7 * * * 8 (6) Sewage enforcement officer certification: 9 (i) Examination.......................... 25.00 10 (7) Planning module review fee: 11 (i) Minor subdivisions................... 50.00 12 (ii) Major subdivisions.................. 250.00 13 Section 4. Section 609-A of the act is amended by adding a 14 clause to read: 15 Section 609-A. Department of Health.--The Department of 16 Health is authorized to charge fees for the following purposes 17 and in the following amounts: 18 * * * 19 (5) Home health care agency: 20 (i) License.............................. 200.00 21 Section 5. Sections 612-A, 614-A and 616-A of the act, added 22 July 1, 1981 (P.L.143, No.48), are amended to read: 23 Section 612-A. Insurance Department.--The Insurance 24 Department is authorized to charge fees for the following 25 purposes and in the following amounts: 26 (1) Insurance companies, associations or 27 exchanges: 28 (i) Valuation of life insurance 29 policies based on a per thousand 30 dollar value of such insurance....... $.01 with 19900H2557B4342 - 6 -
1 a minimum charge 2 of $10.00 3 (ii) Filing copy of charter or amend- 4 ment of a domestic, foreign or alien 5 company, association or exchange.... [35.00] 6 150.00 7 (iii) Filing annual statement or other 8 statement of a domestic, foreign 9 or alien company, association or 10 exchange........................... [50.00] 11 125.00 12 (iv) License fee for a domestic, foreign 13 or alien company, association or 14 exchange or any duplicate license... [15.00] 15 40.00 16 (v) License for a rating organization.... 25.00 17 (vi) Examination of a domestic, foreign 18 and alien company................... Expense of 19 examination 20 (vii) Filing and review of merger agree- 21 ments of domestic, foreign and 22 alien companies.................... [200.00] 23 280.00 24 (viii) Filing and review of conversion 25 plan from mutual company to stock 26 company........................... [200.00] 27 1,200.00 28 (ix) Filing and review of conversion plan 29 from stock company to mutual com- 30 pany................................ [200.00] 19900H2557B4342 - 7 -
1 1,200.00 2 (x) Filing and review of proposed exchange 3 of shares of stock................... 300.00 4 (xi) Filing and review of material in 5 connection with a proposed acquisi- 6 tion or offer to acquire capital 7 stock of a domestic insurance com- 8 pany or insurance holding company... [300.00] 9 1,200.00 10 (xii) Filing and review of registration 11 statement by an insurance member of 12 an insurance holding company....... 200.00 13 (xiii) For each amendment to such regis- 14 tration statement................. [50.00] 15 80.00 16 (xiv) Issuance of a certificate of com- 17 pliance, deposit or surety......... 10.00 18 (xv) Any other certificate issued by the 19 department.......................... 10.00 20 (xvi) Filing and review of qualifications 21 of an insurer to issue variable 22 annuities.......................... [100.00] 23 210.00 24 (xvii) Certification of each copy of any 25 paper filed with department....... [10.00] 26 10.00 27 plus .10 per page 28 (xviii) Copy of any paper filed with 29 department on a per/page basis... .25 30 (2) Agents and brokers: 19900H2557B4342 - 8 -
1 (i) Each listing for written examination 2 of applicants for licenses as agents, 3 brokers, public adjusters or public 4 adjuster solicitors.................. 10.00 5 (ii) For license of an applicant quali- 6 fied through prior examination...... 5.00 7 (iii) For agent's license................ 10.00 8 (iv) For annual renewal of agent's license 9 or for a replacement or duplicate of 10 such license........................ 10.00 11 (v) For each additional variable annuity 12 power in an agent's license on a per 13 annuity basis........................ 5.00 14 (vi) Individual insurance broker license. 20.00 15 (vii) Insurance broker license in the 16 name of a corporation or copart- 17 nership............................ 25.00 18 (viii) For each broker's license issued 19 in the name of qualified indivi- 20 dual active members or officers of 21 a copartnership or corporation on 22 a per license basis............... 25.00 23 (ix) For certification of an agent or 24 broker license...................... 10.00 25 (x) Surplus line agent: 26 (A) Initial license.................. 100.00 27 (B) Annual renewal................... 100.00 28 (C) Annual certificate of 29 eligibility...................... 10.00 30 (D) Examination fee.................. 10.00 19900H2557B4342 - 9 -
1 (3) Fraternal benefit societies: 2 (i) Filing copy of charter of a domestic, 3 foreign or alien society, in addition 4 to any fee for filing such charter 5 with the Department of State......... 35.00 6 (ii) The filing of an annual or other 7 statement........................... [50.00] 8 125.00 9 (iii) License to society or certified copy 10 or duplicate thereof............... [15.00] 11 40.00 12 (iv) Each listing for written examination 13 of an applicant for license as an 14 agent............................... 10.00 15 (v) Each applicant for such licenses for 16 which an examination is not required. 5.00 17 (vi) Agent's license for each domestic or 18 foreign society, for life or 19 accident and health lines, or any 20 combination thereof, regardless of 21 the number of powers, excepting 22 variable annuities, for which 23 licensed............................ 10.00 24 (vii) Copy of any paper filed in the 25 department......................... 10.00 26 department, per page............... .25 27 (viii) Any certificate required.......... 10.00 28 (ix) Making examinations................. Expense of 29 examination 30 (x) Filing and reviewing agreements of 19900H2557B4342 - 10 -
1 merger of domestic, foreign and alien 2 societies............................ 200.00 3 (xi) Filing and review of a plan of con- 4 version from a fraternal benefit 5 society to a mutual company and for 6 filing each amendment to registra- 7 tion statement...................... 200.00 8 (xii) For issuing a certificate of compli- 9 ance, deposit or surety or any other 10 certificate required to be issued 11 by the department.................. 10.00 12 (xiii) Filing and review of qualification 13 of a society to issue variable 14 annuities......................... [100.00] 15 210.00 16 (xiv) Certificate of an agent's license or 17 for duplicate or replacement li- 18 censes............................. 10.00 19 (xv) Any other certificate issued by the 20 division of agents.................. 10.00 21 (xvi) Each renewal of license as an in- 22 dividual agent..................... 10.00 23 (xvii) Each additional variable annuity 24 power in such license............. 5.00 25 (4) License and annual renewal for manager or 26 exclusive general agent for domestic in- 27 surance company.......................... 200.00 28 (5) Motor vehicle physical damage appraiser: 29 (i) Initial license...................... 20.00 30 (ii) Annual renewal...................... 10.00 19900H2557B4342 - 11 -
1 (6) Professional bondsman license: 2 (i) Initial license...................... 100.00 3 (ii) Annual renewal...................... 50.00 4 (7) Public adjustors and solicitors for 5 companies: 6 (i) Public adjustor: 7 (A) Initial license.................. 100.00 8 (B) Annual renewal................... 100.00 9 (ii) Public adjustor solicitor: 10 (A) Initial license.................. 50.00 11 (B) Annual renewal................... 50.00 12 (8) Workmen's Compensation Security Fund 13 assessment: 14 (i) Stock company, mutual carrier and 15 reciprocal exchange.................. 1% of annual 16 net written 17 premiums 18 Section 614-A. Liquor Control Board.--The Pennsylvania 19 Liquor Control Board is authorized to charge fees for the 20 following purposes and in the following amounts: 21 [(1) Applications for hotel, restaurant liquor 22 licenses: 23 (i) Application filing fee............... $ 30.00 24 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 25 (iii) License fee: 26 (A) Municipalities, population less 27 than 1,500....................... 225.00 28 (B) Municipalities, except townships, 29 population 1,500 - 9,999......... 275.00 30 (C) Municipalities, townships, popu- 19900H2557B4342 - 12 -
1 lation 1,500 - 11,999............ 275.00 2 (D) Municipalities, except townships, 3 population 10,000 - 49,999....... 375.00 4 (E) Municipalities, townships, popu- 5 lation 12,000 - 49,999........... 375.00 6 (F) Municipalities, population 50,000 - 7 99,999........................... 475.00 8 (G) Municipalities, population 100,000 9 - 149,999........................ 575.00 10 (H) Municipalities, population 150,000 11 or more.......................... 675.00 12 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 13 (2) Malt or brewed beverages: 14 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 15 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 16 (iii) License fee: 17 (A) Municipalities, population less 18 than 10,000...................... 175.00 19 (B) Municipalities, population 10,000 20 - 49,999......................... 225.00 21 (C) Municipalities, population 50,000 22 - 99,999......................... 275.00 23 (D) Municipalities, population 100,000 24 - 149,999........................ 325.00 25 (E) Municipalities, population 150,000 26 or more.......................... 375.00 27 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 28 (3) Applications for clubs (except catering) liquor: 29 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 30 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 19900H2557B4342 - 13 -
1 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 2 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 3 (4) Malt beverage: 4 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 5 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 6 (iii) License fee........................ 100.00 7 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 8 (5) Registration of agents; distillery certifi- 9 cate broker: 10 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 11 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 12 (6) Amusement permit liquor: 13 (i) Permit fee........................... 1/5 annual 14 liquor li- 15 cense fee, 16 40.00 mini- 17 mum 18 (7) Amusement permit malt beverage: 19 (i) Permit fee........................... 1/5 annual 20 liquor li- 21 cense fee, 22 40.00 mini- 23 mum 24 (8) Bailee for hire: 25 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 26 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 27 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 125.00 28 (9) Bonded warehouse: 29 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 30 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 19900H2557B4342 - 14 -
1 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 125.00 2 (10) Brewery license: 3 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 4 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 5 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 1,025.00 6 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 7 (11) Distillery license: 8 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 9 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 10 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly 11 on volume)......................... 2,525.00 12 (12) Distillery certificate broker permit: 13 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 14 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 15 (iii) Permit fee......................... 125.00 16 (13) Distillery of historical significance: 17 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 18 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 19 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 2,525.00 20 (14) Importer's liquor license: 21 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 22 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 23 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 24 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 25 (15) Importer's warehouse license: 26 (i) Application filing fee, each ware- 27 house................................ 30.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee, each warehouse.. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee, each warehouse........ 30.00 30 (16) Limited winery: 19900H2557B4342 - 15 -
1 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 2 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 3 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 275.00 4 (17) Malt beverage distributor: 5 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 6 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 7 (iii) License fee........................ 425.00 8 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 9 (18) Malt beverage importing distributor: 10 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 11 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 12 (iii) License fee........................ 925.00 13 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 14 (19) Performing arts facility license: 15 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 16 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 17 (iii) License fee........................ 675.00 18 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 19 (20) Public service license liquor: 20 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 21 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 22 (iii) License fee, railroad cars, per 23 car................................ 30.00 24 (iv) License fee, steamship or vessel, 25 per vessel.......................... 125.00 26 (v) License fee, per air carrier....... 125.00 27 (vi) Transfer fee, railroad car, steam- 28 ship or vessel or per air carrier....... 45.00 29 (21) Public service license malt beverage: 30 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 19900H2557B4342 - 16 -
1 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 2 (iii) License fee, railroad cars, per 3 car................................ 20.00 4 (iv) License fee, steamship or vessel, 5 per vessel.......................... 75.00 6 (v) License fee, per air carrier........ 25.00 7 (vi) Transfer fee, railroad cars, steam- 8 ship or vessel or per air carrier...... 45.00 9 (22) Sacramental wine license: 10 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 11 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 12 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 13 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 14 (23) Sales permit; reciprocal: 15 (i) Permit fee........................... To be set by 16 board not to 17 exceed 18 5,000.00 19 (24) Special occasion permit: 20 (i) Permit fee, liquor or malt or brewed 21 beverages, per day.................. 15.00 22 (25) Stadium restaurant liquor license: 23 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 24 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 25 (iii) License fee........................ 675.00 26 (26) Stadium and arena malt beverage 27 license: 28 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 29 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 30 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 19900H2557B4342 - 17 -
1 (27) Sunday sales liquor: 2 (i) Permit fee........................... 200.00 3 (28) Sunday sales malt beverage: 4 (i) Permit fee........................... 200.00 5 (29) Trade show and convention liquor license: 6 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 7 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 8 (iii) License fee........................ 675.00 9 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 10 (30) Transporter for hire; Class A: 11 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 12 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 13 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 14 (31) Transporter for hire; Class B: 15 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 16 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 17 (iii) License fee........................ 75.00 18 (32) Vendor's permit: 19 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 20 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 21 (iii) Permit fee......................... 125.00 22 (33) Winery: 23 (i) Application filing fee............... 30.00 24 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 25 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 275.00 26 (34) To be credited to the State Store Fund 27 from each of the fees collected for hotel, 28 restaurant and club liquor licenses and 29 retail dispensers' licenses both malt and 30 brewed beverages........................ 75.00] 19900H2557B4342 - 18 -
1 (1) Hotel, restaurant liquor licenses: 2 (i) Application filing fee............... $700.00 3 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 4 (iii) License fee: 5 (A) Municipalities, population less 6 than 1,500....................... 250.00 7 (B) Municipalities, except townships, 8 population 1,500 - 9,999......... 300.00 9 (C) Municipalities, townships, popu- 10 lation 1,500 - 11,999............ 300.00 11 (D) Municipalities, except townships, 12 population 10,000 - 49,999....... 400.00 13 (E) Municipalities, townships, popu- 14 lation 12,000 - 49,999........... 400.00 15 (F) Municipalities, population 50,000 - 16 99,999........................... 500.00 17 (G) Municipalities, population 100,000 18 - 149,999........................ 600.00 19 (H) Municipalities, population 150,000 20 or more.......................... 700.00 21 (iv) Transfer fee: 22 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 23 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 24 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 25 (2) Hotel or retail dispenser - eating place 26 malt or brewed beverage licenses: 27 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee: 30 (A) Municipalities, population less 19900H2557B4342 - 19 -
1 than 10,000...................... 200.00 2 (B) Municipalities, population 10,000 3 - 49,999......................... 250.00 4 (C) Municipalities, population 50,000 5 - 99,999......................... 300.00 6 (D) Municipalities, population 100,000 7 - 149,999........................ 350.00 8 (E) Municipalities, population 150,000 9 or more.......................... 400.00 10 (iv) Transfer fee: 11 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 12 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 13 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 14 (3) Clubs (except catering) liquor licenses: 15 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 16 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 17 (iii) License fee........................ 150.00 18 (iv) Transfer fee: 19 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 20 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 21 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 22 (4) Club malt or brewed beverage licenses: 23 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 24 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 25 (iii) License fee........................ 125.00 26 (iv) Transfer fee: 27 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 28 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 29 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 30 (5) Registration of agents; distillery certifi- 19900H2557B4342 - 20 -
1 cate broker: 2 (i) Application filing fee............... 45.00 3 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 45.00 4 (6) Amusement permit liquor: 5 (i) Permit fee........................... 1/5 annual 6 license fee 7 (7) Amusement permit malt beverage: 8 (i) Permit fee........................... 1/5 annual 9 license fee 10 (8) Bailee for hire: 11 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 12 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 13 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 175.00 14 (9) Bonded warehouse: 15 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 16 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 17 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 175.00 18 (10) Brewery license: 19 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 20 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 21 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 1,425.00 22 (iv) Transfer fee: 23 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 24 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 25 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 26 (11) Distillery license: 27 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly 30 on volume)......................... 3,475.00 19900H2557B4342 - 21 -
1 (12) Distillery certificate broker permit: 2 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 3 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 4 (iii) Permit fee......................... 175.00 5 (13) Distillery of historical significance: 6 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 7 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 8 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 3,475.00 9 (14) Importer's liquor license: 10 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 11 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 12 (iii) License fee........................ 175.00 13 (iv) Transfer fee: 14 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 15 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 16 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 17 (15) Importer's warehouse license: 18 (i) Application filing fee, each ware- 19 house................................ 700.00 20 (ii) Renewal filing fee, each warehouse.. 30.00 21 (iii) License fee, each warehouse........ 45.00 22 (16) Limited winery: 23 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 24 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 25 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 385.00 26 (17) Malt beverage distributor: 27 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee........................ 600.00 30 (iv) Transfer fee: 19900H2557B4342 - 22 -
1 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 2 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 3 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 4 (18) Malt beverage importing distributor: 5 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 6 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 7 (iii) License fee........................ 1,350.00 8 (iv) Transfer fee: 9 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 10 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 11 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 12 (19) Performing arts facility license: 13 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 14 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 15 (iii) License fee........................ 675.00 16 (20) Public service liquor license: 17 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 18 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 19 (iii) License fee, railroad cars, per 20 car................................ 40.00 21 (iv) License fee, steamship or vessel, 22 per vessel.......................... 170.00 23 (v) License fee, per air carrier......... 170.00 24 (vi) Transfer fee, railroad car, steam- 25 ship or vessel or per air carrier... 45.00 26 (21) Public service license malt beverage: 27 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee, railroad cars, per 30 car................................ 30.00 19900H2557B4342 - 23 -
1 (iv) License fee, steamship or vessel, 2 per vessel.......................... 100.00 3 (v) License fee, per air carrier......... 35.00 4 (vi) Transfer fee, railroad cars, steam- 5 ship or vessel or per air carrier... 45.00 6 (22) Sacramental wine license: 7 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 8 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 9 (iii) License fee........................ 175.00 10 (iv) Transfer fee........................ 45.00 11 (23) Sales permit; reciprocal: 12 (i) Permit fee........................... To be set by 13 board not to 14 exceed 15 5,000.00 16 (24) Special occasion permit: 17 (i) Permit fee, liquor or malt or brewed 18 beverages, per day: 19 (A) No investigation................. 20.00 20 (B) Investigation.................... 50.00 21 (25) Stadium restaurant liquor license: 22 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 23 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 24 (iii) License fee........................ 700.00 25 (26) Stadium and arena malt beverage 26 license: 27 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 28 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 29 (iii) License fee........................ 150.00 30 (27) Sunday sales liquor: 19900H2557B4342 - 24 -
1 (i) Permit fee........................... 300.00 2 (28) Sunday sales malt beverage: 3 (i) Permit fee........................... 300.00 4 (29) Trade show and convention liquor license: 5 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 6 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 7 (iii) License fee........................ 675.00 8 (iv) Transfer fee: 9 (A) Person to person................. 350.00 10 (B) Place to place................... 300.00 11 (C) Double transfer.................. 375.00 12 (30) Transporter for hire; Class A and C: 13 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 14 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 15 (iii) License fee........................ 175.00 16 (31) Transporter for hire; Class B: 17 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 18 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 19 (iii) License fee........................ 105.00 20 (32) Vendor's permit: 21 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 22 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 23 (iii) Permit fee......................... 175.00 24 (33) Winery: 25 (i) Application filing fee............... 700.00 26 (ii) Renewal filing fee.................. 30.00 27 (iii) License fee (prorated quarterly)... 385.00 28 (34) To be credited to the State Store Fund 29 from each of the fees collected for hotel, 30 restaurant and club liquor licenses and 19900H2557B4342 - 25 -
1 retail dispensers' licenses both malt and 2 brewed beverages........................ 100.00 3 (35) Malt or brewed beverage brand 4 registration 5 (i) Filing fee (per brand)............... 75.00 6 Section 616-A. Pennsylvania State Police.--The Pennsylvania 7 State Police are authorized to charge fees for the following 8 purposes and in the following amounts: 9 (1) Accident Reports: 10 (i) Certified copy of record of investi- 11 gation of a vehicle accident......... $8.00 12 (2) Private security agent lethal weapon: 13 (i) Application.......................... [45.00] 14 50.00 15 (ii) Certification....................... [25.00] 16 30.00 17 (iii) Renewal............................ [25.00] 18 30.00 19 (3) Escort services: 20 (i) Escort services for spent nuclear 21 shipments............................ 25.00/ 22 hr. + .50/mile 23 (ii) Rail shipments...................... 30.00/ 24 hr. per officer 25 (4) Bank alarm panel: 26 (i) Bank alarm connection rate........... 300.00 27 per year 28 (5) Fingerprint records check: 29 (i) Private detective licensing - 30 fingerprint records check request 19900H2557B4342 - 26 -
1 from clerk of courts................. 17.50 2 (6) Firearm and name check: 3 (i) Noncriminal justice agencies and 4 individuals.......................... 10.00 5 Section 6. The act is amended by adding sections to read: 6 Section 618-A. Department of State.--The Department of State 7 is authorized to charge fees for the following purposes and in 8 the following amounts: 9 (1) Bureau of Commissions, elections 10 and legislation: 11 (i) Application fee for notary 12 commission........................... $40.00 13 Section 619-A. Department of Transportation.--The Department 14 of Transportation is authorized to charge fees for the following 15 purposes and in the following amounts: 16 (1) Driving record: 17 (i) Certified driving record............. $10.00 18 (2) Uncollectible check fee: 19 (i) Uncollectible check penalty fee...... 20.00 20 Section 7. The following acts or parts of acts are repealed 21 insofar as they relate to fee payments: 22 Section 3 of the act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.912, No.168), 23 referred to as the Bakery Law. 24 Section 6 of the act of April 6, 1937 (P.L.200, No.51), known 25 as the Pawnbrokers License Act. 26 Section 2 of the act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1511, No.455), 27 referred to as the Cold Storage Warehouse Food Law. 28 Section 10 of the act of January 18, 1952 (1951 P.L.2128, 29 No.605), referred to as the Private Driver Education or Training 30 School Act. 19900H2557B4342 - 27 -
1 Section 8 of the act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1323, No.373), 2 known as The Notary Public Law. 3 Section 5 of the act of July 5, 1957 (P.L.485, No.276), 4 entitled "An act for the protection of the public health and 5 welfare, and the prevention of fraud and deception in the 6 manufacture or sale of packaged non-alcoholic drinks; 7 prohibiting the sale, offering or exposing for sale, exchange or 8 giving away thereof unless registered; providing for licensing 9 of places of manufacture; regulating the manufacture, 10 compounding, labeling, sanitation and ingredients of non- 11 alcoholic drinks, and the display of presses of fruit; 12 prohibiting misbranding and adulteration of registered and non- 13 registered non-alcoholic drinks; authorizing promulgation of 14 rules, regulations and standards, and providing for penalties 15 and for injunctions in certain cases, and the disposition of 16 fees and fines." 17 Section 7 of the act of September 1, 1965 (P.L.420, No.215), 18 known as The Frozen Dessert Law. 19 Section 6 and as much of section 6(a) as reads "but such 20 revenues shall not exceed one hundred sixty thousand dollars 21 ($160,000) for any one year" of the act of September l, 1965 22 (P.L.436, No.221), known as the Pennsylvania Commercial Feed Law 23 of 1966. 24 Section 6 of the act of September 2, 1965 (P.L.490, No.249), 25 referred to as the Money Transmission Business Licensing Law. 26 The act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as 27 the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act. 28 The act of July 12, 1972 (P.L.769, No.182), entitled "An act 29 relating to certain documents, prescribing the fees for the 30 Department of State and certain public officers, permitting the 19900H2557B4342 - 28 -
1 filing of certain documents appropriating the exclusive right to 2 a corporate name, repealing the excise tax on the capital stock 3 of domestic corporations and repealing inconsistent acts." 4 Section 807 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), 5 known as the Health Care Facilities Act. 6 Section 5 of the act of December 12, 1980 (P.L.1179, No.219), 7 known as the Secondary Mortgage Loan Act. 8 Section 402(d)(1) of the act of July 10, 1984 (P.L.688, 9 No.147), known as the Radiation Protection Act. 10 Section 5 of the act of December 22, 1989 (P.L.687, No.90), 11 known as the Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Act. 12 Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 1990. 13 SECTION 1. SECTION 609-A OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 <-- 14 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929, IS 15 AMENDED BY ADDING A CLAUSE TO READ: 16 SECTION 609-A. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.--THE DEPARTMENT OF 17 HEALTH IS AUTHORIZED TO CHARGE FEES FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES 18 AND IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: 19 * * * 20 (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITIES DEFINED IN 21 SECTION 802.1 OF THE ACT OF JULY 19, 22 1979 (P.L.130, NO.48), KNOWN AS THE 23 "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACT," AND FOR 24 WHICH NO FEE IS OTHERWISE SET FORTH 25 IN THIS SECTION: 26 (I) LICENSE.............................. 50.00 27 (II) EACH INPATIENT BED IN EXCESS OF 28 75 BEDS.............................. 2.00 29 SECTION 2. SECTION 615-A(4) THROUGH (11) OF THE ACT, ADDED 30 JULY 1, 1990 (P.L.277, NO.67), ARE AMENDED TO READ: 19900H2557B4342 - 29 -
1 SECTION 615-A. PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES COMMISSION.--THE 2 PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED TO CHARGE FEES 3 FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: 4 * * * 5 [(4) AGENT APPLICATION FEE: 6 (I) INITIAL, RENEWAL, AND TRANSFER....... 50.00 7 (5) BROKER DEALER APPLICATION FEE: 8 (I) INITIAL AND RENEWAL.................. 250.00 9 (6) SECTION 205 - COORDINATION FILING 10 FEE: 11 (I) LESS THAN $10,000,000................ 500.00 12 (II) $10,000,000 OR MORE................. 750.00 13 (7) RETENTION FEES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT: 15 (I) UNDER SECTION 205.................... 300.00 16 (8) FILING AN APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION 17 FROM REGISTRATION FOR AN OFFERING OF 18 SECURITIES TO BE SOLD UNDER SECTION 19 203(D): 20 (I) LESS THAN $100,000................... 50.00 21 (II) $100,000 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 22 $1,000,000.......................... 150.00 23 (9) INVESTMENT ADVISOR'S APPLICATION 24 FEE: 25 (I) INITIAL AND RENEWAL.................. 200.00 26 (10) REGISTRATION BY AN OPEN-END OR 27 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY: 28 (I) ISSUER SEEKING TO RAISE MORE THAN 29 $4,000,000 BUT LESS THAN 30 $100,000,000......................... 1/20 OF 1% 19900H2557B4342 - 30 -
1 PLUS 1,000.00 2 (II) ISSUER SEEKING TO RAISE 3 $100,000,000 OR MORE................ 1/20 OF 1% 4 PLUS 1,500.00 5 (11) SECURITIES EXEMPTION FEES: 6 (I) SECTION 202(G)....................... 50.00 7 (II) SECTION 203(N)...................... 50.00] 8 (4) FILING FEES FOR SALES OF SECURITIES: 9 (I) EXEMPTION FILINGS UNDER SECTION 10 203(I) OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 5, 11 1972 (P.L.1280, NO.284), KNOWN 12 AS THE "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES 13 ACT OF 1972," EXCEPT AS PROVIDED 14 FOR IN SUBCLAUSE (IV)............. 100.00 15 (II) REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILINGS 16 UNDER SECTION 205 OF THE 17 "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT OF 18 1972," EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN 19 SUBCLAUSE (IV) BASED UPON THE MAXIMUM 20 AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE AT WHICH 21 SUCH SECURITIES ARE TO BE OFFERED 22 IN THIS COMMONWEALTH DURING THE 23 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE 24 REGISTRATION STATEMENT: 25 (A) LESS THAN $10,000,000............ 500.00 26 (B) $10,000,000 OR MORE.............. 750.00 27 (III) REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILINGS 28 UNDER SECTION 206 OF THE 29 "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT 30 OF 1972," EXCEPT AS PROVIDED 19900H2557B4342 - 31 -
1 IN SUBCLAUSE (IV).................... 350.00 2 PLUS 1/20 OF 1% 3 OF THE MAXIMUM 4 AGGREGATE 5 OFFERING PRICE 6 AT WHICH SUCH 7 SECURITIES ARE 8 TO BE OFFERED 9 IN THIS 10 COMMONWEALTH, 11 DURING THE 12 EFFECTIVE 13 PERIOD OF THE 14 REGISTRATION 15 UP TO A 16 MAXIMUM FILING 17 FEE OF 2,150.00 18 (IV) IN THE CASE OF REGISTRATION 19 STATEMENT FILINGS UNDER SECTION 205 20 OR 206 OR EXEMPTION FILINGS UNDER 21 SECTION 203(I) OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 22 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972" BY AN 23 OPEN-END OR CLOSED-END INVESTMENT 24 COMPANY FACE AMOUNT CERTIFICATE COMPANY 25 OR UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST, 26 AS SUCH PERSONS ARE CLASSIFIED IN 27 THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 28 (54 STAT. 789, 15 U.S.C. § 80A-1 29 ET SEQ.). BASED UPON THE MAXIMUM 30 AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE AT WHICH 19900H2557B4342 - 32 -
1 SUCH SECURITIES ARE TO BE OFFERED 2 IN THIS COMMONWEALTH DURING THE 3 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE 4 REGISTRATION, EXEMPTION OR RENEWAL 5 OF THE EXEMPTION, THE FILING FEE 6 SHALL BE: 7 (A) $4,000,000 OR LESS............... 1/20 OF 1% 8 WITH A MINIMUM 9 FEE OF 350.00 10 (B) MORE THAN $4,000,000 BUT LESS 11 THAN $100,000,000................ 3,000.00 12 (C) $100,000,000 OR MORE............. 3,500.00 13 EXCEPT THAT, IN THE CASE OF A 14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN WHICH 15 THE ISSUER, PURSUANT TO ITS 16 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR 17 OTHER GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS, IS 18 RESTRICTED TO HOLDING EXCLUSIVELY 19 DEBT SECURITIES OF OTHER PERSONS 20 HAVING FIXED FINAL MATURITY 21 DATES OCCURRING WITHIN 200 DAYS 22 FROM THE INITIAL EFFECTIVE DATE 23 OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT 24 FOR THE ISSUER'S SECURITIES 25 FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES 26 ACT OF 1933 (48 STAT. 74, 27 15 U.S.C. § 77A ET SEQ.), THE 28 MAXIMUM FEE PAYABLE UNDER THE 29 ABOVE SCHEDULE SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 $1,500.00. IF AN OPEN-END OR 19900H2557B4342 - 33 -
1 CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANY, 2 FACE AMOUNT CERTIFICATE COMPANY 3 OR UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST, AS 4 SUCH PERSONS ARE CLASSIFIED IN 5 THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 6 1940, WHICH HAS AN EFFECTIVE 7 REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 205 8 OR 206 OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 9 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972" ELECTS 10 TO CONVERT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER 11 SECTION 203(I) OF THE 12 "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT OF 13 1972" WITHOUT EXTENDING THE 14 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE EXEMPTION 15 UNDER SUCH SECTION 203(I) BEYOND 16 THE DATE UPON WHICH THE 17 REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH SECTION 18 205 OR 206 WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE 19 TERMINATED, THERE SHALL BE NO 20 ADDITIONAL FILING FEE REQUIRED. 21 (V) EXEMPTION FILING UNDER SECTION 22 203(O)(II) OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 23 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972" SHALL BE..... 250.00 24 (VI) WHEN A REGISTRATION STATEMENT 25 IS WITHDRAWN BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE 26 DATE OR A PREEFFECTIVE STOP ORDER 27 IS ENTERED UNDER SECTION 208 OF THE 28 "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT OF 29 1972," THE AMOUNT THAT THE 30 COMMISSION SHALL RETAIN FROM THE 19900H2557B4342 - 34 -
1 FILING FEE SHALL BE: 2 (A) UNDER SECTION 205 OF SUCH ACT.... 300.00 3 (B) UNDER SECTION 206 OF SUCH ACT.... 175.00 4 (VII) FILING AN APPLICATION FOR 5 EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER 6 SECTION 202(G) OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 7 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972".............. 50.00 8 (VIII) FILING AN APPLICATION FOR 9 EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION FOR AN 10 OFFERING OF SECURITIES TO BE SOLD 11 UNDER SECTION 203(D) OF THE 12 "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT OF 13 1972": 14 (A) WHERE THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE 15 OFFERING PRICE AT WHICH SUCH 16 SECURITIES ARE OFFERED IN THIS 17 COMMONWEALTH IS LESS THAN 18 $100,000......................... 50.00 19 (B) WHERE THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE 20 OFFERING PRICE AT WHICH SUCH 21 SECURITIES ARE OFFERED IN THIS 22 COMMONWEALTH IS $100,000 OR MORE 23 BUT LESS THAN $1,000,000......... 150.00 24 (C) WHERE THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE 25 OFFERING PRICE AT WHICH SUCH 26 SECURITIES ARE OFFERED IN THIS 27 COMMONWEALTH IS $1,000,000 28 OR MORE.......................... 400.00 29 (IX) FILING AN APPLICATION FOR 30 EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER 19900H2557B4342 - 35 -
1 SECTION 203(N) OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 2 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972".............. 50.00 3 (X) FILING AN APPLICATION FOR 4 EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER 5 SECTION 203(P) OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA 6 SECURITIES ACT OF 1972".............. 100.00 7 (5) APPLICANT LICENSE FEES: 8 (I) EACH APPLICANT FOR AN INITIAL OR 9 RENEWAL LICENSE UNDER SECTION 301 10 OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA SECURITIES ACT 11 OF 1972" SHALL PAY A FILING FEE AS 12 FOLLOWS: 13 (A) BROKER-DEALER.................... 250.00 14 (B) AGENT............................ 50.00 15 (C) INVESTMENT ADVISOR............... 200.00 16 THE TERM OF AN AGENT'S REGISTRATION 17 SHALL BE CONCURRENT WITH THAT OF HIS 18 EMPLOYER, IF A BROKER-DEALER OR AN 19 INVESTMENT ADVISOR. 20 (II) FEE REQUIRED FOR AN AGENT 21 CHANGING EMPLOYERS................... 50.00 22 (III) THE FILING FEE SHALL BE RETAINED 23 BY THE COMMISSION WHENEVER AN 24 APPLICATION IS DENIED OR WITHDRAWN 25 OR A REGISTRATION IS REVOKED. 26 SECTION 3. SECTION 618-A OF THE ACT, ADDED JULY 1, 1990 27 (P.L.277, NO.67), IS AMENDED TO READ: 28 SECTION 618-A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.--THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 29 IS AUTHORIZED TO CHARGE FEES FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AND IN 30 THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: 19900H2557B4342 - 36 -
1 [(1) BUREAU OF COMMISSIONS, ELECTIONS 2 AND LEGISLATION: 3 (I) APPLICATION FEE FOR NOTARY 4 COMMISSION........................... $40.00 5 (II) DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS FOR PROFIT. 6 (A) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, 7 LETTERS PATENT OR LIKE 8 INSTRUMENT INCORPORATING A 9 CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION....... 85.00 10 (B) ARTICLES OF CONVERSION OR LIKE 11 INSTRUMENT....................... 85.00 12 (C) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION....... 45.00 13 (III) FOREIGN CORPORATION: 14 (A) CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORITY OR 15 LIKE QUALIFICATION TO DO BUSINESS. 45.00 16 (B) AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY 17 OR LIKE CHANGE IN QUALIFICATION 18 TO DO BUSINESS................... 175.00 19 (C) DOMESTICATION.................... 85.00 20 (IV) INDIVIDUAL FICTITIOUS NAMES: 21 (A) REGISTRATION..................... 30.00 22 (B) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION....... 30.00 23 (V) CORPORATE FICTITIOUS NAMES: 24 (A) REGISTRATION..................... 45.00 25 (B) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION....... 45.00 26 (VI) TRADEMARKS, EMBLEMS, UNION 27 LABELS, DESCRIPTION OF BOTTLES AND 28 LIKE MATTERS: 29 (A) REGISTRATION..................... 30.00 30 (B) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION....... 30.00 19900H2557B4342 - 37 -
1 (VII) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: 2 (A) FINANCING STATEMENT.............. 10.00 3 (B) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION....... 10.00 4 (C) SEARCH PER DEBTOR NAMED.......... 10.00 5 (VIII) CERTIFICATION FEES: 6 (A) FOR CERTIFYING COPIES OF ANY 7 DOCUMENT OR PAPER ON FILE, IF 8 THE DEPARTMENT FURNISHED 9 THE COPY......................... 10.00 10 (B) FOR ISSUING ANY OTHER CERTIFICATE 11 OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 12 OR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE....... 15.00 13 (IX) REPORT OF RECORD SEARCH: 14 (A) FOR PREPARING AND PROVIDING A 15 WRITTEN OR PHOTOCOPY, OR 16 BOTH, REPORT OF A RECORD 17 SEARCH, THE FEE SPECIFIED 18 IN SUBCLAUSE (VIII)(A) HEREOF, 19 IF ANY, PLUS $10.00] 20 (1) DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS OR 21 ASSOCIATIONS FOR PROFIT: 22 (I) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, LETTERS 23 PATENT OR LIKE INSTRUMENT 24 INCORPORATING A CORPORATION OR 25 ASSOCIATION......................... 85.00 26 (II) ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, OR LIKE 27 INSTRUMENT OF MERGER OR 28 CONSOLIDATION....................... 45.00 29 (III) ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH 30 CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH 19900H2557B4342 - 38 -
1 IS PARTY TO A MERGER OR 2 CONSOLIDATION....................... 20.00 3 (IV) ARTICLES OF CONVERSION OR LIKE 4 INSTRUMENT.......................... 85.00 5 (V) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION........... 45.00 6 (2) DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS OR 7 ASSOCIATIONS NOT-FOR-PROFIT: 8 (I) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, OR LIKE 9 INSTRUMENT INCORPORATING A 10 CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION........... 85.00 11 (II) ARTICLES OR AGREEMENT, OR LIKE 12 INSTRUMENT OF MERGER OR 13 CONSOLIDATION....................... 45.00 14 (III) ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH 15 CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS 16 A PARTY TO A MERGER OR 17 CONSOLIDATION...................... 20.00 18 (IV) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION.......... 45.00 19 (3) FOREIGN CORPORATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS: 20 (I) CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORITY OR LIKE 21 QUALIFICATION TO DO BUSINESS......... 175.00 22 (II) AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY 23 OR LIKE CHANGE IN QUALIFICATION TO 24 DO BUSINESS......................... 175.00 25 (III) DOMESTICATION...................... 85.00 26 (IV) STATEMENT OF MERGER OR 27 CONSOLIDATION AFFECTED BY A FILING 28 IN THE DEPARTMENT OR LIKE INSTRUMENT 29 REPORTING OCCURRENCE OF MERGER...... 55.00 30 (V) ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH 19900H2557B4342 - 39 -
1 CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS 2 NAMED IN A STATEMENT OF MERGER OR 3 CONSOLIDATION OR LIKE INSTRUMENT..... 20.00 4 (VI) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION......... 45.00 5 (4) INDIVIDUAL FICTITIOUS NAMES: 6 (I) REGISTRATION......................... 45.00 7 (II) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION.......... 45.00 8 (5) CORPORATE FICTITIOUS NAMES: 9 (I) REGISTRATION......................... 45.00 10 (II) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION.......... 45.00 11 (6) FILING AN APPLICATION TO RESERVE 12 A CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION NAME........ 45.00 13 (7) SERVICE OF PROCESS, EACH DEFENDANT 14 NAMED OR SERVED.......................... 45.00 15 (8) TRADEMARKS, EMBLEMS, UNION LABELS, 16 DESCRIPTION OF BOTTLES AND LIKE MATTERS: 17 (I) REGISTRATION......................... 45.00 18 (II) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION.......... 45.00 19 (9) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: 20 (I) FINANCING STATEMENT, PER DEBTOR 21 NAME................................. 10.00 22 (II) EACH ANCILLARY TRANSACTION.......... 10.00 23 (III) SEARCH, PER DEBTOR NAME............ 10.00 24 (IV) ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EACH FINANCING 25 STATEMENT FOUND AND FOR EACH 26 STATEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT REPORTED 27 THEREIN............................. 1.00 28 (V) ALL FILINGS UNDER TITLE 13 29 (RELATING TO COMMERCIAL CODE) SHALL 30 BE MADE ON STANDARD FORMS APPROVED 19900H2557B4342 - 40 -
1 BY THE SECRETARY OF THE 2 COMMONWEALTH. FOR EACH FINANCING 3 STATEMENT, AMENDING STATEMENT AND 4 SERVICE REQUEST NOT FILED ON 5 STANDARD FORMS APPROVED BY THE 6 SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, A 7 FEE OF $25.00, IN ADDITION TO THE 8 FEES SET FORTH UNDER THIS CLAUSE 9 (9)(I) OR (II), SHALL BE CHARGED 10 FOR EACH SUCH FORM FILED. 11 (10) MISCELLANEOUS: 12 (I) TAKING OR FILING BOND OF ANY 13 PUBLIC OFFICER..................... 5.00 14 (II) TAKING OR FILING RECOGNIZANCE OF 15 ANY PUBLIC OFFICER................. 5.00 16 (III) WRIT OF ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING 17 GREAT SEAL......................... 10.00 18 (IV) COMMISSION FOR ANY CITY, COUNTY 19 OR DISTRICT OFFICER WHO RECEIVES 20 EMOLUMENTS AND PAYS NO TAXES ON 21 COMMISSION, EXCEPT CORONERS......... 10.00 22 (V) COMMISSION TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENT 23 OF DEEDS OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS...... 50.00 24 (VI) EACH COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT 25 JUSTICE............................. 10.00 26 (VII) APPROVING PLANS OF PRISONS, 27 INCLUDING CERTIFICATE AND GREAT 28 SEAL................................ 10.00 29 (VIII) EACH COMMISSION FOR RAILROAD OR 30 OTHER POLICE...................... 10.00 19900H2557B4342 - 41 -
1 (11) COPY FEES: 2 (I) CORPORATION BUREAU COPY SERVICE 3 FEE, INCLUDING COPIES FURNISHED BY 4 FILING OFFICERS UNDER THE UNIFORM 5 COMMERCIAL CODE, EACH SINGLE-SIDED 6 PAGE OF PHOTOCOPY FURNISHED.......... 2.00 7 (II) ELECTION BUREAU COPY SERVICE FEE 8 FOR NOMINATION PETITIONS, PAPERS AND 9 CERTIFICATES, EACH SINGLE-SIDED PAGE 10 OF PHOTOCOPY FURNISHED.............. 1.00 11 (III) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY 12 CHARGE A REASONABLE FEE, NOT TO 13 EXCEED $2.00, PER SINGLE-SIDED PAGE 14 OF PHOTOCOPY FURNISHED FOR ALL OTHER 15 COPY SERVICES PROVIDED. 16 (12) CERTIFICATION FEES: 17 (I) FOR CERTIFYING COPIES OF ANY 18 DOCUMENT OR PAPER ON FILE, THE 19 APPLICABLE FEE SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 20 (11) IF THE DEPARTMENT FURNISHED THE 21 COPY, PLUS........................... 25.00 22 (II) FOR ISSUING ANY OTHER CERTIFICATE OF 23 THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OR 24 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE............. 25.00 25 (13) REPORT OF RECORD SEARCH, OTHER THAN 26 SEARCH UNDER CLAUSE (10), FOR PREPARING 27 AND PROVIDING A WRITTEN OR PHOTOCOPY, OR 28 BOTH, REPORT OF A RECORD SEARCH, THE FEE 29 SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE (11), IF ANY, PLUS.. 10.00 30 (14) APPLICATION FEE FOR NOTARY PUBLIC 19900H2557B4342 - 42 -
1 COMMISSION........................... 40.00 2 (15) EXAMINATION OR REEXAMINATION OF 3 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS BY THE 4 SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, WHICH 5 INCLUDES COMPENSATION FOR EACH 6 EXAMINER AT A RATE OF $300.00 FOR EACH 7 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM EXAMINED... 2,000.00 8 (16) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY CHARGE 9 EQUIVALENT FEES FOR ANY LIKE SERVICE 10 NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION. 11 (17) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY PROVIDE 12 LISTINGS OR COPIES OF MICROFILM, OR 13 BOTH, OR COMPLETE DAILY FILINGS OF ANY 14 CLASS OF DOCUMENTS OR PAPERS FOR A FEE 15 OF 25¢ PER FILING LISTED OR SET FORTH 16 THEREIN. 17 SECTION 4. SECTION 2001.1 OF THE ACT, ADDED MAY 6, 1970 18 (P.L.356, NO.120), IS AMENDED TO READ: 19 SECTION 2001.1. CERTAIN CONTRACTS BY THE SECRETARY.--THE 20 SECRETARY SHALL ENTER INTO ALL NECESSARY CONTRACTS AND 21 AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROPER AGENCIES OF ANY GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, 22 STATE AND/OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND/OR ANY PRIVATE AGENCY AND 23 SHALL DO ALL OTHER THINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER IN ORDER TO 24 OBTAIN ANY BENEFITS AFFORDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ANY ACT OF 25 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 26 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND/OR ANY GOVERNING BODY OF ANY 27 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND 28 ALSO THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY PRIVATE AGENCY FOR ANY PURPOSE 29 CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF 30 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE SECRETARY IS AUTHORIZED TO 19900H2557B4342 - 43 -
1 HOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HARMLESS FROM DAMAGES DUE TO 2 CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EMERGENCY STREAMBANK 3 PROTECTION PROJECTS UNDER SECTION 103(J) OF THE WATER RESOURCES 4 DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-662, 33 U.S.C. § 2213(J)) 5 EXCEPT FOR DAMAGES DUE TO THE FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE OF THE FEDERAL 6 GOVERNMENT OR ITS CONTRACTORS. 7 SECTION 5. SECTION 2003(E)(7) OF THE ACT, AMENDED DECEMBER <-- 8 7, 1979 (P.L.478, NO.100), IS AMENDED TO READ: 9 SECTION 2003. MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, LANDS AND BUILDINGS.-- 10 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN ACCORD WITH APPROPRIATIONS 11 MADE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND GRANTS OF FUNDS FROM FEDERAL, 12 STATE, REGIONAL, LOCAL OR PRIVATE AGENCIES, SHALL HAVE THE 13 POWER, AND ITS DUTY SHALL BE: 14 * * * 15 (E) * * * 16 (7) ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO THE CONTRARY 17 NOTWITHSTANDING, THE DEPARTMENT MAY SELL AT PUBLIC SALE ANY LAND 18 ACQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT THE 19 LAND IS NOT NEEDED FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE TRANSPORTATION 20 PURPOSES: 21 (I) IMPROVED LAND SHALL FIRST BE OFFERED FOR ITS FAIR MARKET 22 VALUE TO OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES WHICH DEMONSTRATE A PUBLIC 23 PURPOSE FOR THE LAND, UNLESS THE LAND IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY OF 24 THE SECOND CLASS A NOT GOVERNED UNDER A HOME RULE CHARTER. IF 25 NOT TRANSFERRED TO A PUBLIC AGENCY OR IF LOCATED IN A COUNTY OF 26 THE SECOND CLASS A NOT GOVERNED UNDER A HOME RULE CHARTER, THE 27 IMPROVED LAND OCCUPIED BY A TENANT OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL 28 [FIRST] BE OFFERED TO THE TENANT AT ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE AS 29 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, EXCEPT THAT IF THE TENANT IS THE 30 PERSON FROM WHOM THE DEPARTMENT ACQUIRED THE LAND, IT SHALL BE 19900H2557B4342 - 44 -
1 OFFERED TO THE TENANT AT THE ACQUISITION PRICE, LESS COSTS, 2 EXPENSES AND REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY THE PERSON 3 AS A RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND BY THE DEPARTMENT. IF 4 THERE IS NO TENANT AND THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE DEPARTMENT 5 ACQUIRED THE LAND DID NOT RECEIVE A REPLACEMENT HOUSING PAYMENT 6 UNDER SECTION 602-A OF THE "EMINENT DOMAIN CODE," OR UNDER 7 FORMER SECTION 304.3 OF THE ACT OF JUNE 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, 8 NO.428), KNOWN AS THE "STATE HIGHWAY LAW," THE LAND TO BE SOLD 9 SHALL FIRST BE OFFERED TO SUCH PERSON AT THE ACQUISITION PRICE, 10 LESS COSTS, EXPENSES AND REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY 11 THE PERSON AS A RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND BY THE 12 DEPARTMENT. 13 (II) UNIMPROVED LAND SHALL FIRST BE OFFERED FOR ITS FAIR 14 MARKET VALUE TO OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES WHICH DEMONSTRATE A PUBLIC 15 PURPOSE FOR THE LAND, UNLESS THE LAND IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY OF 16 THE SECOND CLASS A NOT GOVERNED UNDER A HOME RULE CHARTER. IF 17 NOT TRANSFERRED TO A PUBLIC AGENCY OR IF LOCATED IN A COUNTY OF 18 THE SECOND CLASS A NOT GOVERNED UNDER A HOME RULE CHARTER, THE 19 UNIMPROVED LAND SHALL [FIRST] BE OFFERED TO THE PERSON FROM WHOM 20 IT WAS ACQUIRED AT ITS ACQUISITION PRICE, LESS COSTS, EXPENSES 21 AND REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY THE PERSON AS A 22 RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND BY THE DEPARTMENT, IF THE 23 PERSON STILL RETAINS TITLE TO LAND ABUTTING THE LAND TO BE SOLD. 24 IF THE LAND ABUTTING THE LAND TO BE SOLD HAS BEEN CONVEYED TO 25 ANOTHER PERSON, THE LAND TO BE SOLD SHALL FIRST BE OFFERED TO 26 THAT PERSON AT ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY THE 27 DEPARTMENT. 28 (III) NOTICE OF THE OFFER DESCRIBED IN EITHER SUBCLAUSE (I) 29 OR (II) SHALL BE SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, OR, IF NOTICE CANNOT BE 30 SO MADE, IN THE MANNER REQUIRED FOR "IN REM" PROCEEDINGS. THE 19900H2557B4342 - 45 -
1 OFFEREE SHALL HAVE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) DAYS AFTER RECEIPT 2 OF NOTICE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER IN WRITING. 3 (IV) REVENUE FROM ANY SALE OF LAND ACQUIRED WITH MOTOR 4 LICENSE FUNDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE MOTOR LICENSE FUND. 5 (V) AS USED IN THIS CLAUSE, THE TERM "PUBLIC AGENCY" SHALL 6 INCLUDE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND AUTHORITIES. 7 * * * 8 SECTION 5 6. THE ACT IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ: <-- 9 SECTION 2121.1. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION TO CERTIFICATE OF 10 NEED.--NOT WITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JULY 19, 11 1979 (P.L.130, NO.48), KNOWN AS THE "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES 12 ACT," ANY HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE 13 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE 14 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 (68A STAT.3, 26 U.S.C. § 15 501(C)(3)) AND THAT MAKES NO CHARGES TO ITS PATIENTS NOR ACCEPTS 16 ANY THIRD-PARTY PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO ITS PATIENTS 17 SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROVISIONS OF THE 18 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ACT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL 19 NOT ENFORCE SUCH PROVISIONS IN THE CASE OF SUCH A FACILITY. 20 SECTION 7. THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 2416 OF THE ACT, <-- 21 AMENDED SEPTEMBER 27, 1978 (P.L.775, NO.149), IS AMENDED TO 22 READ: 23 SECTION 2416. CAPITOL POLICE, COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY POLICE 24 AND CAMPUS POLICE.--* * * 25 SECURITY AND CAMPUS POLICE SHALL EXERCISE THEIR POWERS AND 26 PERFORM THEIR DUTIES ONLY ON THE PREMISES OF THE STATE COLLEGES 27 AND UNIVERSITIES, STATE AIDED OR RELATED COLLEGES AND 28 UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES BY OR FOR WHICH THEY ARE 29 EMPLOYED AND ONLY AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED A COURSE OF TRAINING 30 INCLUDING CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING AND RIOT CONTROL AS 19900H2557B4342 - 46 -
1 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EXCEPT, THAT CAMPUS 2 POLICE EMPLOYED BY STATE OWNED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LOCATED 3 IN ANY MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER THAN CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS OR 4 SECOND CLASS, ARE AUTHORIZED, IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OCCURRING 5 WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY, UPON THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR OTHER 6 EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LOCAL LAW 7 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, TO EXERCISE THOSE POWERS AND PERFORM 8 THOSE DUTIES CONFERRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WITHIN THE 9 MUNICIPALITY FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF AIDING LOCAL AUTHORITIES 10 IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR, IF THERE HAS BEEN A PRIOR AGREEMENT 11 WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OR A CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITY FOR THE USE 12 OF CAMPUS POLICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO AID OR ASSIST A 13 FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR PARK POLICE 14 OFFICER UPON REQUEST OR UPON PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE 15 OFFICER IS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. WHEN SO ACTING, THE CAMPUS 16 POLICE SHALL BE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE AUTHORITY OF THIS 17 ACT AND ARE, AT ALL TIMES, STATE EMPLOYES OF THIS COMMONWEALTH 18 AND ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS ACCRUING THEREFROM. 19 SECTION 4 6 8. (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL NOT BE <-- 20 REQUIRED TO RECEIVE OR FILE ANY DOCUMENT OR PAPER UNLESS THE 21 SAME SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE PROPER FEE, BUT THE DEPARTMENT 22 OF STATE MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, PERMIT THE FILING OF ANY 23 DOCUMENT OR PAPER WITHOUT FIRST REQUIRING PAYMENT OF THE FEES 24 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION WHEN SATISFIED THAT THE FEE WILL BE 25 PAID PROMPTLY. IF ANY SUCH FEE IS NOT PAID IN THE MANNER AND 26 WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 27 STATE, THE FILING TO WHICH SUCH FEE RELATES SHALL BECOME VOID. 28 (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE MAY MAKE PROVISION, BY 29 REGULATION, FOR THE EXTENSION OF CREDIT TO PERSONS DEALING WITH 30 IT. ANY PERSON WHO SHALL FAIL OR REFUSE TO SATISFY ANY 19900H2557B4342 - 47 -
1 INDEBTEDNESS OWING TO THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER THIS SECTION IN THE 2 MANNER AND WITHIN THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY REGULATION ADOPTED 3 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL PAY TO THE COMMONWEALTH, IN 4 ADDITION TO THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH INDEBTEDNESS AND 5 INTEREST THEREON, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00. 6 SECTION 5 7 9. FEES CHARGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR <-- 7 SERVICES ITEMIZED IN THE ACT OF JULY 12, 1972 (P.L.769, NO.182), 8 ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, PRESCRIBING THE 9 FEES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICERS, 10 PERMITTING THE FILING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS APPROPRIATING THE 11 EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO A CORPORATE NAME, REPEALING THE EXCISE TAX ON 12 THE CAPITAL STOCK OF DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS AND REPEALING 13 INCONSISTENT ACTS," WHICH WERE REPEALED BY THE ACT OF JULY 1, 14 1990 (P.L.277, NO.67), DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 1990, 15 THROUGH DATE OF APPLICABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, ARE 16 HEREBY VALIDATED. 17 SECTION 6 8 10. AS MUCH OF SECTION 1105-A OF THE ACT OF JUNE <-- 18 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, NO.320), KNOWN AS THE "PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION 19 CODE," AS RELATES TO FEES FOR THE EXAMINATION AND APPROVAL OF 20 ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 21 AND THE RATE OF COMPENSATION FOR EACH EXAMINER FOR EACH TYPE OF 22 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM EXAMINED IS REPEALED INSOFAR AS 23 INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT. 24 SECTION 7 9 11. THE FOLLOWING FEES SHALL BE APPLIED AS <-- 25 FOLLOWS: 26 (1) SECTIONS 1 (SECTION 609-A), 2 (SECTION 615-A), 3 27 (SECTION 618-A(1)(I), (IV) AND (V), (3)(II) AND (III), (5), 28 (9)(I), (II) AND (III), (13) AND (14)) AND 4 6 8 SHALL BE <-- 29 APPLIED RETROACTIVELY TO JULY 1, 1990. 30 (2) SECTION 3 (SECTION 618-A(1)(II), (2)(I), (II) AND 19900H2557B4342 - 48 -
1 (IV), (3)(VI), (6) AND (7)) SHALL BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY TO 2 AUGUST 15, 1990. 3 SECTION 8 10 12. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS: <-- 4 (1) SECTION 3 (SECTION 618-A(10)) OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE 5 EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1991. 6 (2) SECTIONS 5, 6, 7 AND THE SECTIONS REFERRED TO IN <-- 7 SECTION 7, SECTIONS 1 (SECTION 609-A), 2 (SECTION 615-A), 3 <-- 8 (SECTION 618-A(1)(I), (II), (IV) AND (V), (2)(I), (II) AND 9 (IV), (3)(II), (III) AND (VI), (5), (6), (7), (9)(I), (II) 10 AND (III), (13) AND (14)), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND <-- 11 THIS SECTION shall take effect immediately. 12 (3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 30 13 days. E3L71RZ/19900H2557B4342 - 49 -