Bill Text: PA SB569 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the extension of certain permits and approvals affecting the physical development of real property located in municipalities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-24 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [SB569 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB569-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 580
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 569 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, YAW, FONTANA, LOGAN, BAKER, ORIE, ALLOWAY, ERICKSON, WOZNIAK, MUSTO, CORMAN, LEACH, WONDERLING, M. WHITE, TARTAGLIONE AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 4, 2009
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 4, 2009
AN ACT
Providing for an extension of approvals granted by a government
agency during the period beginning after December 31, 2008,
and ending before July 2, 2011.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Building
Permit Extension Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to then in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Approval." An authorization granted by a government agency
in the form of a permit, approval, license, certification,
permission, determination, exemption, variance, exception,
waiver, letter of interpretation or agreement that allows a
development or construction project to proceed.
"Development." Any of the following:
(1) The division of a parcel of land into two or more
parcels.
(2) The construction, reconstruction, conversion,
structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of a
building or other structure or facility.
(3) Grading, soil removal, relocation, excavation or
landfill.
(4) A use or change in the use of a building or other
structure or change in land use.
"Extension period." The period beginning after December 31,
2008, and ending before July 2, 2011.
"Government agency." An agency, department, commission or
board of the Commonwealth or of a political subdivision of the
Commonwealth. The term includes regional commissions, boards or
other instrumentalities.
Section 3. Existing approval.
(a) Automatic suspension.--The expiration date of an
approval by a government agency relating to development that is
granted for or in effect during the extension period shall be
automatically suspended during the extension period. The
automatic suspension of the expiration of an approval under this
section shall not extend the approval for more than six months
beyond the conclusion of the extension period.
(b) Duration.--Nothing in this section shall shorten the
duration an approval relating to development would have had in
the absence of the enactment of this section. Nothing in this
section shall prohibit the granting of additional extensions as
provided by law.
Section 4. Applicability.
This act shall not apply to any of the following:
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(1) An approval issued by an agency of the United States
or an approval issued the duration of which is specified or
determined by Federal law or regulation.
(2) An approval issued by the Department of
Transportation.
(3) An administrative consent order or other enforcement
action by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Section 20. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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