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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 95                         PRINTER'S NO. 492

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 71 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY GRUCELA, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, DALEY,
           DALLY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, HALUSKA, HARPER, HELM,
           HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KING, KORTZ, LEACH,
           McGEEHAN, MELIO, R. MILLER, MUNDY, MURT, NAILOR, O'NEILL,
           PALLONE, PASHINSKI, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, STABACK,
           TANGRETTI, THOMAS, WALKO, WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI,
           YOUNGBLOOD, WANSACZ, COSTA, GERGELY AND FABRIZIO,
           JANUARY 30, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled,
     2     as amended, "An act to empower cities of the second class A,
     3     and third class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of
     4     the first and second classes including those within a county
     5     of the second class and counties of the second through eighth
     6     classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development
     7     and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land
     8     development ordinances, planned residential development and
     9     other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of
    10     certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition
    11     of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through
    12     the use of planning practices and to promote the effective
    13     utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the
    14     establishment of planning commissions, planning departments,
    15     planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing
    16     them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public
    17     hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable
    18     development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to
    19     courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and
    20     parts of acts," providing for notice to school district; and
    21     further providing for application for final approval.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known

     1  as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, reenacted and
     2  amended December 21, 1988 (P.L.1329, No.170), is amended by
     3  adding a section to read:
     4     Section 508.1.  Notice to School District.--Each month a
     5  municipality shall notify in writing the superintendent of a
     6  school district in which a plat for a residential development
     7  was finally approved by the municipality during the preceding
     8  month. The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
     9  location of the development, the number and types of units to be
    10  included in the development and the proposed construction
    11  schedule of the development, and where required by local
    12  ordinance to be included in an application for approval of a
    13  plat, an economic assessment of the proposed development.
    14     Section 2.  Section 711 of the act is amended by adding a
    15  subsection to read:
    16     Section 711.  Application for Final Approval.--* * *
    17     (f)  Each month a municipality shall notify in writing the
    18  superintendent of a school district in which development plans
    19  for a planned residential development were finally approved by
    20  the municipality during the preceding month. The notice shall
    21  include, but not be limited to, the location of the development,
    22  the number and types of units to be included in the development
    23  and the proposed construction schedule of the development, and
    24  where required by local ordinance to be included in an
    25  application for approval of a planned residential development,
    26  an economic assessment of the proposed development.
    27     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


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