PRINTER'S NO. 637
No. 580 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, GEORGE, M. BAKER, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAWLEY, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, D. EVANS,
FREEMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HORSEY, LAUGHLIN, LUCYK, MANDERINO,
PISTELLA, PRESTON, READSHAW, ROBINSON, SATHER, SCRIMENTI,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRICH,
WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 seller disclosure forms for residential real estate.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7304(b)(8) of Title 68 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes added December 20, 2000
8 (P.L., No.114), is amended to read:
9 § 7304. Disclosure form.
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11 (b) Contents of property disclosure statement.--The form of
12 property disclosure statement promulgated by the State Real
13 Estate Commission shall call for disclosures with respect to all
14 of the following subjects:
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1 (8) Water and sewage systems or service. This paragraph
2 includes all of the following:
3 (i) For drinking water, responses as to well
4 failures, with specificity as to dates and frequencies;
5 well restoration; and, in cases of a new well or
6 alternative water source, capping of the old well.
7 (ii) With respect to sewage, for property on which
8 there is no public sewer nor existing approved sewage
9 treatment system, all of the following:
10 (A) Responses as to soil testing and compliance
11 with conventional sewage treatment methods.
12 (B) Notice to the buyer about the prohibition,
13 under the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535,
14 No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
15 Act, of construction or occupancy of a structure for
16 which an individual or commercial sewage system is to
17 be installed, altered or replaced without first
18 obtaining a permit from a sewage enforcement officer.
19 (C) Notice to the buyer that:
20 (I) some soil and slope types cannot support
21 conventional sewage treatment methods;
22 (II) additional testing and use of higher-
23 cost, alternative sewage treatment methods may be
24 required; and
25 (III) the local sewage enforcement officer
26 should be contacted for more information.
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28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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