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

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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

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3738 PRINTER'S NO. 4188
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2470 Session of2012
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
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in permit extensions, further providing for <--
definitions and for existing approval.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "extension period" in section <--
1602-I of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as
The Fiscal Code, added July 6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), is amended
to read:
Section 1602-I. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Extension period." The period beginning after December 31,
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
6, 2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended
by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1. Section 1603-I(a) and (b) of the act of April 9, <--
1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 6,
2010 (P.L.279, No.46), are amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 1603-I. Existing approval.
(a) Automatic suspension.--[The expiration date of an
approval by a government agency that is granted for or in effect
during the extension period, whether obtained before or after
the beginning of the extension period, shall be automatically
suspended during the extension period.] An approval granted by a <--
government agency between December 31, 2008, and July 2, 2013,
or an approval by a government agency that was in effect on
December 31, 2008, shall remain in effect no longer than July 2,
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
and July 2, 2013, whether obtained before or after the beginning
of the extension period, the running of the period of the
approval shall be automatically suspended until July 2, 2016.
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(a.2) Limitation.--Any government approval granted after
July 2, 2013, shall not be extended beyond the normal approval
periods of the government agency without the permission or
approval of the government agency.
(b) Duration.--[Nothing in this section shall shorten the
term or duration an approval relating to development would have
had in the absence of the enactment of this section.] The
extension period established by this act shall be the maximum
approval period authorized by this article and shall supersede
the normal time period for approvals relating to development.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit the [granting of]
government agency from granting additional extensions as
provided by law.
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Section 3 2. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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