PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 48 PRINTER'S NO. 993
No. 52 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, MELLOW, M. WHITE, DENT, RHOADES, COSTA,
WAGNER, BODACK, MOWERY, BOSCOLA, SCHWARTZ, LOGAN AND LEMMOND,
JANUARY 22, 2001
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MAY 7, 2001
AN ACT
1 Requiring the Department of Community and Economic Development
2 to require a certification that a developer has no delinquent
3 municipal taxes within certain taxing districts, outstanding
4 utility bills or any fines or fees owed to the municipality
5 as part of a grant or loan from the department.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Certification required.
9 The Department of Community and Economic Development shall
10 require, in cases where a municipality, county, authority or
11 quasi-governmental agency accepts an award from the department
12 and passes this award on to a private developer, a certification
13 that the developer has no delinquent taxes to any of the taxing
14 districts where the development project is proposed to be
15 located, any AND NO municipal utility bills or any, fines or <--
16 fees owed to the municipality that are more than one year
17 outstanding. This certification shall be in form and content
18 developed by the department and shall be executed by an
19 authorized officer of the developer. This certification shall be
1 included as part of any closing document of the grant or loan
2 from the department.
3 Section 2. Definitions.
4 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
5 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
6 context clearly indicates otherwise:
7 "Delinquent." Taxes shall be considered delinquent on
8 December 31 of each calendar year for all taxing districts.
9 "Municipal utility bills." Utility bills for services
10 provided by a utility which is wholly owned and operated by a
11 municipality or municipal authority. The term shall include, but
12 not be limited to, water, sewer and solid waste disposal utility
13 bills.
14 Section 3. Effective date.
15 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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