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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 09:01:46+00:00

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§ 221-4 Certificate required prior to payment of claim.
§ 221-5 Transfer of proceeds to City; escrow; payment of costs.
§ 221-7 Violations and penalties.
§ 221-8 Filing of provisions.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 199.
This article may be known and cited as the "Fire Insurance Escrow Ordinance."
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has enacted Act 93 of 1994, effective January 11, 1995, which further amends the Insurance Company Law of 1921, as amended, to provide procedures for payment of certain fire loss claims. The Council of the City of Clairton finds it necessary and advisable and declares the purpose of this article to be to deter the commission of arson and related crimes, to discourage the abandonment of property, to prevent urban blight and deterioration and to provide for the collection of delinquent municipal taxes, assessments, penalties and user charges against real estate by adopting this article pursuant to Section 508 of the Insurance Law of 1921, as amended, to provide for the payment of proceeds from certain fire loss claims to the City.
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 638.
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 361 et seq.
The City Manager or the City Manager's designee is hereby appointed as the designated officer who is authorized to carry out all responsibilities and duties stated herein.
No insurance company, association or exchange (hereinafter the "insuring agent") doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure located within the City of Clairton (hereinafter the "City") where the amount recoverable for the fire loss to the structure under all policies exceeds $7,500, unless the insuring agent is furnished by the Financial Officer with a municipal certificate within 14 working days of a request for the same, pursuant to Section 508(b) of Act 93 of 1994 and unless there is compliance with Sections 508(c) and (d) of Act 93 of 1994 and the provisions of this article.
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 638(b).
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 638(c) and (d).
Where, pursuant to Section 508(b)(1)(ii) of Act 93 of 1994, the Financial Officer issues a certificate and bill for delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties and user charges against the property and also the total costs, if any, incurred by the City for the removal, repair or securing of a building or other structure on the property, the insuring agent shall transfer to the Financial Officer an amount from the insurance proceeds necessary to pay the taxes, assessments, penalties, charges and costs as shown on the bill, which amount shall be applied or credited by the City to payment of the items shown on the bill. A tax, assessment, penalty or user charge becomes delinquent at the time and on the date a lien could otherwise have been filed against the property by the City under applicable law.
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 638(b)(1)(ii).
If, at the time of a loss report, the named insured or insuring agent has submitted a contractor's signed estimate of the costs of removing, repairing or securing the building or other structure, in an amount less than the amount calculated under the foregoing transfer formula, the insuring agent shall transfer to the City from the insurance proceeds the amount specified in the estimate.
Editor's Note: See 40 P.S. § 638(b)(1)(i).
The City Council may by resolution adopt procedures and regulations to implement Act 98 of 1992 and this article and may by ordinance fix reasonable fees to be charged for municipal activities or services provided pursuant to Act 98 of 1992 and this article, including but not limited to issuance of certificates and bills, performance of inspections and opening separate fund accounts.
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 195, Fees.
Any owner of property, any named insured or any insuring agent who violates this article shall be subject to a penalty of up to $1,000 per violation.
A certified copy of this article shall be filed with the Department of Community Affairs.
Editor's Note: Now the Department of Community and Economic Development, pursuant to Act 58-1996.

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