HB 1062 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization, providing for State blight data collection system; and establishing the Property Maintenance Code Serious Violations Registry and the Property Maintenance Code Serious Violations Registry Account.

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10621657 2025THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY MARKOSEK,OF HILL-EVANS,PENNSYLVANIA WAXMAN,HOUSE GIRAL,BILL KUZMA,Session KENYATTA, SANCHEZ, BURGOS, KAZEEM, MADDEN, MALAGARI, DONAHUE, KINKEAD, CIRESI, DEASY, DOUGHERTY, STEELE AND SCHLOSSBERG, MARCH 26, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARCH 26, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of theNo. Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in neighborhood blight reclamation and system;

1062 2025 INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, GIRAL, KUZMA, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ, BURGOS, KAZEEM, MADDEN, MALAGARI, DONAHUE, KINKEAD, CIRESI, DEASY, DOUGHERTY, STEELE AND SCHLOSSBERG, MARCH 26, 2025 AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 7, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in neighborhood blight reclamation and system;

20250HB1062PN115720250HB1062PN1657 - 2 - (a) Filing.--A municipality may file a property maintenance code serious violation report for a person who owns real property within the municipality with current serious property maintenance code violations that remain unabated for at least one year unless the municipality can demonstrate that it has, for at least one year, cited serious violations on a property prior to establishment of the registry.

(e) Database.--The database shall be searchable by property 20250HB1062PN115720250HB1062PN1657 - 3 - owner and by property address.

20250HB1062PN115720250HB1062PN1657 - 4 - (2) The department shall disseminate a property maintenance code serious violation report relating to a State license or certification applicant to a requesting Commonwealth agency within 30 days of receipt of a property maintenance code serious violation report request from the agency.

(f) Fee.--The department may not assess a fee for the 20250HB1062PN115720250HB1062PN1657 - 5 - dissemination of property maintenance code serious violation information.

A municipality that files a report with the department shall <-- subsequently supply the property owner with a certificate of compliance once the real property is declared to be brought back into code compliance.

(A) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.-- <-- (1) A MUNICIPALITY THAT FILES A REPORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY SUPPLY THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ONCE THE REAL PROPERTY IS DECLARED TO BE BROUGHT BACK INTO CODE COMPLIANCE.

(2) THE PROPERTY OWNER MUST FORWARD A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WISHES TO HAVE THE PROPERTY'S STATUS CHANGED TO "CURED" ON THE REGISTRY.

(3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE INFORMATION AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD FOR THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY AND OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY.

(B) REMOVAL OF INFORMATION FROM OFFICIAL RECORD.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REMOVE FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORD ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO A REAL PROPERTY OR ITS OWNER WHEN THE REAL PROPERTY HAS REMAINED UNDER A "CURED" DESIGNATION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

20250HB1062PN1657 - 6 - (a) Procedures.--The department shall issue guidelines to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter, which shall include procedures to ensure the completeness and accuracy of information in the registry.

(2) All personnel authorized to access registry 20250HB1062PN1157 - 6 - information are selected, supervised and trained accordingly.

(c) Contents of audit.--The audit shall report in writing 20250HB1062PN1657 - 7 - deficiencies and recommendations for correcting the deficiencies.

(3) The penalty may take the form of a lien on the real property, and the municipality may file the lien with the 20250HB1062PN1157 - 7 - county prothonotary or equivalent office.

20250HB1062PN1657 - 8 - (b) Distribution.--The department may distribute money in excess of the money transferred or appropriated from the General Fund to municipalities participating in the registry.

20250HB1062PN1157 - 8 - (a) Out-of-State property owners.--For a person who lives or has a principal place of residence outside this Commonwealth and owns real estate property in this Commonwealth, upon written request by a municipality, the Attorney General may assist the municipality in pursuing compliance of the property owner in order to bring the property up to municipal code if:

(b) Remedies.--For a violation under subsection (a), the Attorney General may send a warning letter to the property owner 20250HB1062PN1657 - 9 - or file a court proceeding on behalf of the municipality.

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