THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BELFANTI, BARRAR, McCALL, EACHUS, DeWEESE, MANN, GERGELY, SCAVELLO, CASORIO, GALLOWAY, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HARKINS, SABATINA, K. SMITH, BARBIN, BRENNAN, BROWN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MATZIE, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUNDY, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PETRARCA, PRESTON, READSHAW, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, WALKO AND WANSACZ, JULY 24, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JULY 24, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L.705, No.92), entitled,

as amended, "An act providing for the creation of keystone

opportunity zones and keystone opportunity expansion zones to

foster economic opportunities in this Commonwealth, to

facilitate economic development, stimulate industrial,

commercial and residential improvements and prevent physical

and infrastructure deterioration of geographic areas within

this Commonwealth; authorizing expenditures; providing tax

exemptions, tax deductions, tax abatements and tax credits;

creating additional obligations of the Commonwealth and local

governmental units; and prescribing powers and duties of

certain State and local departments, agencies and officials,"

providing for work performed.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of October 6, 1998 (P.L.705, No.92),

known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity

Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, is

amended by adding a section to read:

Section 1301.1.  Work performed.

(a)  General rule.--When a political subdivision has

provided, approved or authorized a tax abatement or tax

exemption for a property or project under this act, all

construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration and repair

work other than maintenance work performed on a property shall

be done in accordance with the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987,

No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act.

(b)  Applicability.--This section does not apply to

residential buildings.

(c)  Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used

in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this

subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Maintenance work."  Repair of existing facilities when the

size, type or extent of the facilities is not thereby changed or

increased.

"Residential building."  A building used as a residence that

is not more than three stories in height, not including any

basement level, regardless of whether any portion of that

basement is at grade level.

Section 2.  The addition of section 1301.1 of the act shall

apply to all contracts entered into on or after the effective

date of this act.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.