H0782B3530A08538 AJB:NLH 06/20/16 #90 A08538
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 782
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HARPER
Printer's No. 3530
Amend Bill, page 1, line 12, by inserting after "REPEALS,""
in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and,
Amend Bill, page 5, lines 26 through 30, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. The definition of "board of appeals" 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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"Board of appeals." The body created by a municipality or
more than one municipality to hear appeals from decisions of the
code administrator as provided for by [Chapter 1 of the 1999
Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.,
National Building Code, Fourteenth Edition] the department
through regulation.
* * *
Section 2. Section 501(b)(1), (2) and (3) and (c) of the
act, amended November 29, 2006 (P.L.1440, No.157) and October
24, 2012 (P.L.1433, No.179), are amended and the section is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Amend Bill, page 9, by inserting between lines 18 and 19
(c) Board of appeals.--
(1) A municipality which has adopted an ordinance for
the administration and enforcement of this act or
municipalities which are parties to an agreement for the
joint administration and enforcement of this act shall
establish or designate a board of appeals as provided by
[Chapter 1 of the 1999 BOCA National Building Code,
Fourteenth Edition,] the department through regulation to
hear appeals from decisions of the code administrator.
Members of the municipality's governing body may not serve as
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