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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 286 | PRINTER'S NO. 1305 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PILEGGI, MUSTO, ALLOWAY, ERICKSON, LOGAN, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, TARTAGLIONE, M. WHITE, WOZNIAK, YAW AND BOSCOLA, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 |
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| SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JULY 14, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act to empower cities of the second class A, |
3 | and third class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of |
4 | the first and second classes including those within a county |
5 | of the second class and counties of the second through eighth |
6 | classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development |
7 | and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land |
8 | development ordinances, planned residential development and |
9 | other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of |
10 | certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition |
11 | of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through |
12 | the use of planning practices and to promote the effective |
13 | utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the |
14 | establishment of planning commissions, planning departments, |
15 | planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing |
16 | them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public |
17 | hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable |
18 | development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to |
19 | courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and |
20 | parts of acts," further providing for implementation |
21 | agreements. |
22 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
23 | hereby enacts as follows: |
24 | Section 1. Section 1104(b)(1) of the act of July 31, 1968 |
25 | (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities |
26 | Planning Code, reenacted and amended December 21, 1988 (P.L. |
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1 | 1329, No.170) and amended June 22, 2000 (P.L.483, No.67), is |
2 | amended to read: |
3 | Section 1104. Implementation Agreements.--* * * |
4 | (b) Cooperative implementation agreements shall: |
5 | (1) Establish the process that the participating |
6 | municipalities will use to achieve general consistency |
7 | between the county or multimunicipal comprehensive plan and |
8 | zoning ordinances, subdivision and land development and |
9 | capital improvement plans within participating |
10 | municipalities, including [adoption] enactment of conforming |
11 | ordinances by participating municipalities within two years |
12 | and a mechanism for resolving disputes over the |
13 | interpretation of the multimunicipal comprehensive plan and |
14 | the consistency of implementing plans and ordinances. The |
15 | participating municipalities may amend the intergovernmental |
16 | cooperation agreement to extend the time to enact the |
17 | conforming ordinances by a period specified in the amendment, | <-- |
18 | but no longer than five years. |
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20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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