behalf to order, contract for or purchase a home
improvement.
(ii) A person entitled to the performance of the
work of a contractor pursuant to a home improvement
contract.
(2) An owner of a private residence shall not be
required to reside in the residence to be deemed an owner
under this act. T o meet this definition for the purposes of
exemption to register as a contractor for home improvements
the owner of a private residence shall be required to
maintain ownership and possession of the residence for one
year following the completion of construction.
(3) A person who owns three or more private residences
in this Commonwealth shall not be deemed an owner except with
respect to the person's primary residence or the part of the
building which houses the primary residence of the owner and
those private residences the person uses for personal
recreational purposes.
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Section 2. Section 8(a)(7) and (8) of the act are amended
and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 8. Home improvement fraud.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of home
improvement fraud if, with intent to defraud or injure anyone or
with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud or injury to be
perpetrated by anyone, the actor:
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(7) alters a home improvement agreement, mortgage,
promissory note or other document incident to performing or
selling a home improvement without the consent of the
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