PRINTER'S NO. 3719
No. 2678 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY BORTNER, D. R. WRIGHT AND J. L. WRIGHT,
JUNE 13, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 13, 1990
AN ACT
1 Requiring testing for and notification of radon results
2 concerning sale or lease of residential property.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Residential
7 Property Radon Testing and Notification Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Residential real property." Real property which is intended
13 to be used as a primary residence or is leased by the owner to
14 tenants for use as a primary residence.
15 Section 3. Testing and notice.
16 (a) Testing.--Prior to the sale or lease of residential
17 property, the owner shall test any building to be used as a
1 dwelling for the presence of radon. All radon testing shall be
2 conducted by a radon testing individual, firm or laboratory
3 certified by the Department of Environmental Resources. Testing
4 shall consist of two tests, one test during the winter months
5 and one test during the summer months. Testing shall be done on
6 ground floors and below ground floors. Each building need not be
7 tested more often than once every five years.
8 (b) Notice.--The owner or lessor of the residential property
9 shall provide written notice of the results of the test under
10 subsection (a) to a prospective purchaser or lessee of the
11 residential property.
12 (c) Noncompliance.--The lessee or purchaser of the property
13 shall have the option to void the lease or sale of such property
14 in the event that the lessor or owner fails to comply with this
15 act.
16 Section 4. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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