contract with a third-party professional to administer a program
established under subsection (a) in accordance with 62 Pa.C.S.
Pt. I (relating to Commonwealth procurement code). Payments to a
third-party professional under this subsection shall consist of
the remittance of any fees collected by a State agency from
applicants whose applications are subject to a permit decision
delay.
(c) Review.--A State agency shall, immediately after
establishing a program under subsection (a), refer applications
that have been submitted to the State agency and are subject to
permit decision delay to a third-party professional for review
and resolution. A permit application that becomes subject to
permit decision delay after the establishment of a program under
subsection (a) shall be submitted by the State agency to a
third-party professional for review and resolution no later than
three business days after the application becomes subject to
permit decision delay.
(d) Issuance.--After a third-party professional's review of
an application which is subject to a permit decision delay and
the resolution of all issues causing the delay, the third-party
professional shall transmit the application to the State agency
for issuance of the permit.
Section 10. Annual reports.
No later than January 31 of each year, a State agency shall
submit a report to the General Assembly that, at a minimum,
shall contain the following information from the immediately
preceding calendar year:
(1) The number of applications received.
(2) The number of applications reviewed by the State
agency that received a decision without being referred to a
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