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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, YAW, FONTANA, LOGAN, BAKER, ORIE, ALLOWAY, ERICKSON, WOZNIAK, MUSTO, CORMAN, LEACH, WONDERLING, M. WHITE, TARTAGLIONE AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 4, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for an extension of approvals granted by a government |
2 | agency during the period beginning after December 31, 2008, |
3 | and ending before July 2, 2011. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Building |
8 | Permit Extension Act. |
9 | Section 2. Definitions. |
10 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
11 | have the meanings given to then in this section unless the |
12 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
13 | "Approval." An authorization granted by a government agency |
14 | in the form of a permit, approval, license, certification, |
15 | permission, determination, exemption, variance, exception, |
16 | waiver, letter of interpretation or agreement that allows a |
17 | development or construction project to proceed. |
18 | "Development." Any of the following: |
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1 | (1) The division of a parcel of land into two or more |
2 | parcels. |
3 | (2) The construction, reconstruction, conversion, |
4 | structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of a |
5 | building or other structure or facility. |
6 | (3) Grading, soil removal, relocation, excavation or |
7 | landfill. |
8 | (4) A use or change in the use of a building or other |
9 | structure or change in land use. |
10 | "Extension period." The period beginning after December 31, |
11 | 2008, and ending before July 2, 2011. |
12 | "Government agency." An agency, department, commission or |
13 | board of the Commonwealth or of a political subdivision of the |
14 | Commonwealth. The term includes regional commissions, boards or |
15 | other instrumentalities. |
16 | Section 3. Existing approval. |
17 | (a) Automatic suspension.--The expiration date of an |
18 | approval by a government agency relating to development that is |
19 | granted for or in effect during the extension period shall be |
20 | automatically suspended during the extension period. The |
21 | automatic suspension of the expiration of an approval under this |
22 | section shall not extend the approval for more than six months |
23 | beyond the conclusion of the extension period. |
24 | (b) Duration.--Nothing in this section shall shorten the |
25 | duration an approval relating to development would have had in |
26 | the absence of the enactment of this section. Nothing in this |
27 | section shall prohibit the granting of additional extensions as |
28 | provided by law. |
29 | Section 4. Applicability. |
30 | This act shall not apply to any of the following: |
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1 | (1) An approval issued by an agency of the United States |
2 | or an approval issued the duration of which is specified or |
3 | determined by Federal law or regulation. |
4 | (2) An approval issued by the Department of |
5 | Transportation. |
6 | (3) An administrative consent order or other enforcement |
7 | action by the Department of Environmental Protection. |
8 | Section 20. Effective date. |
9 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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