THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY EVANKOVICH, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, MARSHALL, METCALFE, OBERLANDER, PYLE, BEAR AND LAWRENCE, JUNE 13, 2012

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OCTOBER 3, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

government; providing for the settlement, assessment,

collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts

due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and

other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,

or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in permit extensions, further providing for

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definitions and for existing approval.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "extension period" in section

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1602-I of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as

The Fiscal Code, added July 6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), is amended

to read:

Section 1602-I.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this article

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Extension period."  The period beginning after December 31,

2008, and ending before July 2, [2013] 2018.

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Section 2.  Section 1603-I(a) and (b) of the act, added July

6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended

by adding a subsection to read:

Section 1.  Section 1603-I(a) and (b) of the act of April 9,

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1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 6,

2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended by

adding a subsection to read:

Section 1603-I.  Existing approval.

(a)  Automatic suspension.--[The expiration date of an

approval by a government agency that is granted for or in effect

during the extension period, whether obtained before or after

the beginning of the extension period, shall be automatically

suspended during the extension period.] An approval granted by a

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government agency between December 31, 2008, and July 2, 2013,

or an approval by a government agency that was in effect on

December 31, 2008, shall remain in effect no longer than July 2,

2018. For any approval by a government agency that is granted

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for or in effect between the beginning of the extension period

and July 2, 2013, whether obtained before or after the beginning

of the extension period, the running of the period of the

approval shall be automatically suspended until July 2, 2016.

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(a.2)  Limitation.--Any government approval granted after

July 2, 2013, shall not be extended beyond the normal approval

periods of the government agency without the permission or

approval of the government agency.

(b)  Duration.--[Nothing in this section shall shorten the

term or duration an approval relating to development would have

had in the absence of the enactment of this section.] The

extension period established by this act shall be the maximum

approval period authorized by this article and shall supersede

the normal time period for approvals relating to development. 

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the [granting of]

government agency from granting additional extensions as

provided by law.

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Section 3 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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