Bill Text: PA HB710 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Further providing for right to lien and amount and for discharge of lien on payment into court or entry of security.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 19-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-10-15 - Laid on the table [HB710 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB710-Amended.html

  

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 724

PRINTER'S NO.  4135

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

710

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BOYD, V. BROWN, CLYMER, FABRIZIO, HARPER, KORTZ, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, O'NEILL, SAYLOR, TRUITT, VULAKOVICH, PERRY, QUINN, MICOZZI, HESS, SWANGER, DENLINGER, FARRY AND KULA, FEBRUARY 16, 2011

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 1, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L.1175, No.497), entitled

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"An act to codify, amend, revise and consolidate the laws

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relating to mechanics' liens," further providing for right to

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lien and amount and for discharge of lien on payment into

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court or entry of security.

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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.  Section 301 of the act of August 24, 1963

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(P.L.1175, No.497), known as the Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963, is

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amended to read:

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Section 301.  Right to Lien; Amount.--[Every]

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(a)  General Rule. Except as provided under subsection (b),

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every improvement and the estate or title of the owner in the

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property shall be subject to a lien, to be perfected as herein

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provided, for the payment of all debts due by the owner to the

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contractor or by the contractor to any of his subcontractors for

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labor or materials furnished in the erection or construction, or

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the alteration or repair of the improvement, provided that the

 


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amount of the claim, other than amounts determined by

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apportionment under section 306(b) of this act, shall exceed

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five hundred dollars ($500).

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(b)  Subcontractor on Residential Property. Notwithstanding

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any other provision of this act, if the contractor has been paid

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in full a subcontractor may not file a claim against residential

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property unless the owner provides a written waiver to the

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subcontractor to file a claim.

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Section 301.  Right to Lien; Amount; Subcontractor.--[Every]

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(a)  General Rule. Except as provided under subsection (b),

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every improvement and the estate or title of the owner in the

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property shall be subject to a lien, to be perfected as herein

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provided, for the payment of all debts due by the owner to the

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contractor or by the contractor to any of his subcontractors for

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labor or materials furnished in the erection or construction, or

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the alteration or repair of the improvement, provided that the

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amount of the claim, other than amounts determined by

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apportionment under section 306(b) of this act, shall exceed

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five hundred dollars ($500).

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(b)  Subcontractor. A subcontractor does not have the right

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to a lien with respect to an improvement to a residential

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property if:

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(1)  the owner or tenant paid the full contract price to the

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contractor;

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(2)  the property is or is intended to be used as the

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residence of the owner or tenant; and

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(3)  the residential property is a building that consists of

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one or two dwelling units used, intended or designed to be

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built, used, rented or leased for living purposes.

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Section 2.  Section 510 heading of the act is amended and the

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section is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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Section 510.  Discharge of Lien [on Payment into Court or

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Entry of Security].--

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(f)  Residential property. A claim filed under this act with

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respect to an improvement to a residential property subject to

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section 301(b) shall, upon petition or motion to the court by

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the owner or a party in interest, be discharged as a lien

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against the property when:

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(1)  the owner or tenant has paid the full contract price to

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the contractor; or

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(2)  the lien shall be reduced to the amount of the unpaid

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contract price owed by the owner or tenant to the contractor.

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Section 2 3.  The amendment of section sections 301 and 510

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of the act shall apply to contracts entered into on or after the

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effective date of this section.

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Section 3 4.  This act shall take effect in 60 30 days.

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