Bill Text: PA HB2470 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: In permit extensions, further providing for existing approval.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-11-14 - Referred to FINANCE [HB2470 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2470-Amended.html

  

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3738

PRINTER'S NO.  4188

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2470

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY EVANKOVICH, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, MARSHALL, METCALFE, OBERLANDER, PYLE, BEAR AND LAWRENCE, JUNE 13, 2012

  

  

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OCTOBER 3, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

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as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

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government; providing for the settlement, assessment,

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collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts

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due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and

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other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,

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or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

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proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

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disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

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possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

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against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

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appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

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the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

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and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

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moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

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and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

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authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

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to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

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section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

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Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

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certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

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department, board, commission, and officer of the State

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government, every political subdivision of the State, and

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certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

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association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

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collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

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imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

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other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

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Commonwealth," in permit extensions, further providing for

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definitions and for existing approval.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 


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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The definition of "extension period" in section

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1602-I of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as

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The Fiscal Code, added July 6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), is amended

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to read:

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Section 1602-I.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this article

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shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Extension period."  The period beginning after December 31,

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2008, and ending before July 2, [2013] 2018.

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Section 2.  Section 1603-I(a) and (b) of the act, added July

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6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended

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by adding a subsection to read:

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Section 1.  Section 1603-I(a) and (b) of the act of April 9,

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1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 6,

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2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended by

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adding a subsection to read:

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Section 1603-I.  Existing approval.

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(a)  Automatic suspension.--[The expiration date of an

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approval by a government agency that is granted for or in effect

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during the extension period, whether obtained before or after

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the beginning of the extension period, shall be automatically

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suspended during the extension period.] An approval granted by a

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government agency between December 31, 2008, and July 2, 2013,

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or an approval by a government agency that was in effect on

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December 31, 2008, shall remain in effect no longer than July 2,

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2018. For any approval by a government agency that is granted

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for or in effect between the beginning of the extension period

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and July 2, 2013, whether obtained before or after the beginning

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of the extension period, the running of the period of the

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approval shall be automatically suspended until July 2, 2016.

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(a.2)  Limitation.--Any government approval granted after

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July 2, 2013, shall not be extended beyond the normal approval

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periods of the government agency without the permission or

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approval of the government agency.

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(b)  Duration.--[Nothing in this section shall shorten the

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term or duration an approval relating to development would have

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had in the absence of the enactment of this section.] The

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extension period established by this act shall be the maximum

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approval period authorized by this article and shall supersede

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the normal time period for approvals relating to development. 

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Nothing in this section shall prohibit the [granting of]

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government agency from granting additional extensions as

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provided by law.

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Section 3 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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