PRINTER'S NO. 140
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
177
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT, BAKER, BARRAR, BLOOM, BOBACK, CAUSER,
DOWLING, GABLER, METZGAR, MILLARD, ORTITAY, RAPP, SAYLOR,
WARD AND LAWRENCE, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), entitled
"An act establishing a uniform construction code; imposing
powers and duties on municipalities and the Department of
Labor and Industry; providing for enforcement; imposing
penalties; and making repeals," in preliminary provisions,
further providing for definitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "agricultural building" in
section 103 of the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45),
known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, is amended to
read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Agricultural building." A structure utilized to store farm
implements, hay, feed, grain or other agricultural or
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horticultural products or to house poultry, livestock or other
farm animals, a milk house, a structure utilized to process
maple sap and a structure used to grow mushrooms, agricultural
or horticultural products. The term includes a carriage house
owned and used by members of a recognized religious sect for the
purposes of housing horses and storing buggies. The term shall
not include habitable space or spaces in which agricultural
products are processed, treated or packaged and shall not be
construed to mean a place of occupancy by the general public.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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