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PA SB214
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nicholas Miller
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Municipal Codes Enforcement Grant Program through the Department of Community and Economic Development to provide competitive grants up to $100,000 to municipalities without existing code enforcement programs, with a 1:1 matching fund requirement and a three-year consecutive limit per recipient
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Authorizes municipalities with code enforcement programs to create neighborhood mitigation funds, funded by penalties from serious code violations, to pay for demolition, cleanup, sealing, and repairs to blighted properties
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Imposes escalating penalties for serious property code violations: $25-$250 for first offense, $250-$500 for second offense, and $500-$1,000 for third or subsequent offenses
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Permits counties to enact property maintenance ordinances by adopting standard or nationally recognized codes, but limits county enforcement authority to municipalities that lack their own property maintenance ordinances
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Requires the Department of Community and Economic Development to issue program guidelines within 180 days and submit annual reports to legislative housing committees on grants awarded
Legislative Description
In neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization, providing for Municipal Codes Enforcement Grant Program and municipal neighborhood mitigation funds and for county property maintenance code; and imposing penalties.
Last Action
Referred to Urban Affairs & Housing
2/3/2025