PRINTER'S NO. 2315
No. 1522 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, WAUGH, WOZNIAK, COSTA, ERICKSON, O'PAKE,
FONTANA AND FUMO, JULY 8, 2008
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JULY 8, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 exceptions to governmental immunity.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8542 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 8542. Exceptions to governmental immunity.
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10 (b.1) Tax sale property.--No liability shall be imposed on a
11 county or county tax claim bureau for any of the acts set forth
12 in subsection (b) as a result of a county or a county tax claim
13 bureau having acquired legal or equitable title or possession,
14 care, custody or control of property in accordance with the act
15 of May 16, 1923 (P.L.207, No.153), referred to as the Municipal
16 Claim and Tax Lien Law, the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368,
17 No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, or any other act
18 authorizing a tax sale or treasurer's sale on tax liens.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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