HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 0426, 0749, 0987
PRINTER'S NO. 2065
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
486
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, KITCHEN, BREWSTER, WILLIAMS, WHITE,
SCHWANK, COSTA, YUDICHAK, TEPLITZ, McGARRIGLE, STEFANO,
WOZNIAK AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 13, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87), entitled, as
amended, "An act establishing fees for services of recorders
of deeds in counties of the second A, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth classes and home rule charter
counties of these classes," authorizing an additional fee to
be imposed and used for demolition; and making an editorial
change.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title of the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310,
No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, amended
April 17, 2002 (P.L.244, No.32), is amended to read:
AN ACT
Establishing fees for services of recorders of deeds in counties
of the second A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth classes and home rule charter counties of these
classes; authorizing a special deed and mortgage recording
fee in counties of all classes and all home rule charter
CERTAIN counties; and establishing county demolition funds .
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 2.2. (a) There is hereby created a county
demolition fund in each county of the first, second, second A,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class and home
rule charter county of these classes that impose THAT IMPOSES
the fee authorized under subsection (b).
(b) In addition to the fees charged by a recorder of deeds
in a county of the first, second, second A, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth class or by OR an equivalent
officer in a home rule charter county of these classes COUNTY ,
the governing body of the county may, by resolution or
ordinance, authorize the recorder of deeds to charge and collect
a fee not to exceed $15 for each deed and mortgage recorded. The
fee shall be deposited into the county demolition fund to be
used exclusively for the demolition of blighted property situate
in the county.
(C) (1) A COUNTY THAT CREATES A COUNTY DEMOLITION FUND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL:
(I) WITHIN 90 DAYS OF IMPOSING THE FEE AUTHORIZED BY
THIS SECTION, FILE AN INITIAL REPORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE INITIAL REPORT
SHALL INCLUDE A PLAN ON HOW THE REVENUE RECEIVED UNDER
THIS SECTION WILL BE SPENT, HOW MANY PROPERTIES WILL
LIKELY BE DEMOLISHED AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD
BE RELEVANT TO THE DEMOLITION PROGRAM OF THE COUNTY.
(II) NOT LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER IMPOSING THE FEE
AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,
PREPARE A REPORT ON THE USE OF THE FUND AND SUBMIT THE
REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT. THE ANNUAL REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW MANY
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PROPERTIES WERE DEMOLISHED, THE COST OF DEMOLITION PER
PROPERTY AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT
TO THE DEMOLITION PROGRAM OF THE COUNTY.
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SHALL COMPILE THE INITIAL AND ANNUAL REPORTS AND POST THEM ON
THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE.
(D) THIS SECTION SHALL EXPIRE 10 YEARS FROM ITS EFFECTIVE
DATE.
(c) For purposes of this section, a "blighted property"
shall mean a (E) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS
AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS
SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:
"BLIGHTED PROPERTY." A property which meets at least three
of the criteria listed under section 5(d)(5) of the act of
November 26, 2008 (P.L.1672, No.135), known as the Abandoned and
Blighted Property Conservatorship Act, as determined by the
governing body of the A county.
"COUNTY." A COUNTY OR HOME RULE CHARTER COUNTY OF ANY
CLASSIFICATION.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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