PRINTER'S NO.  2427

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1590

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, PILEGGI, M. WHITE, ERICKSON AND FERLO, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), entitled

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"An act establishing a uniform construction code; imposing

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powers and duties on municipalities and the Department of

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Labor and Industry; providing for enforcement; imposing

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penalties; and making repeals," further providing for

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administration and enforcement.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 501(c)(1) of the act of November 10, 1999

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(P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code

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Act, amended November 29, 2006 (P.L.1440, No.157), is amended to

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read:

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Section 501.  Administration and enforcement.

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(c)  Board of appeals.--

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(1)  A municipality which has adopted an ordinance for

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the administration and enforcement of this act or

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municipalities which are parties to an agreement for the

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joint administration and enforcement of this act shall

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establish or designate a board of appeals as provided by

 


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Chapter 1 of the 1999 BOCA National Building Code, Fourteenth

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Edition, to hear appeals from decisions of the code

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administrator. Members of the municipality's governing body

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may not serve as members of the board of appeals. A

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municipality may establish a board of appeals or may

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establish or designate a joint board of appeals in accordance

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with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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