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68 PA Cons Stat § 7506 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7506 - Required contractual provision regarding home inspections

§ 7506. Required contractual provision regarding home inspections.  Except as provided in this section, a provision of an agreement of transfer regarding the right of the buyer to obtain a home inspection report and providing for the consequences, if any, shall provide that the home inspection be performed by a full member in good standing of a national home inspection association in accordance with the ethical standards and code of conduct or practice of that association, provided that a home inspection performed by a person who has not attained full membership in a national home inspection association satisfies the requirements of this section if the person is: (1) licensed or registered as a professional engineer under the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law; (2) licensed or registered under the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L.1227, No.281), known as the Architects Licensure Law; or (3) supervised by a full member in good standing of a national home inspection association who agrees to be responsible for the home inspection report by signing the report.  (June 28, 2004, P.L.464, No.51, eff. 60 days)
68 PA Cons Stat § 7507 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7507 - Contracts with home inspectors

§ 7507. Contracts with home inspectors.   (a) Prohibited provisions.--The following types of provisions in a contract with a home inspector for the performance of a home inspection are contrary to public policy and shall be void: (1) a limitation on the liability of the home inspector for gross negligence or willful misconduct; (2) a waiver or modification of any provision of this chapter.  (b) Scope of inspection.--The scope of a home inspection, the services to be performed and the systems and conditions to be inspected or excluded from inspection may be defined by a contract between the home inspector and the client.    Cross References. Section 7507 is referred to in section 7513 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7508 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7508 - Home inspection reports

§ 7508. Home inspection reports.   (a) Required contents.--A home inspection report must be in writing and shall include: (1) A description of the scope of the inspection, including without limitation an identification of the structural elements, systems and subsystems covered by the report. (2) A description of any material defects noted during the inspection, along with any recommendation that certain experts be retained to determine the extent of the defects and any corrective action that should be taken. A "material defect" as defined in section 7102 (relating to definitions) that poses an unreasonable risk to people on the property shall be conspicuously identified as such. (3) The following statements, set forth conspicuously: "A home inspection is intended to assist in evaluation of the overall condition of the dwelling. The inspection is based on observation of the visible and apparent condition of the structure and its components on the date of inspection." "The results of this home inspection are not intended to make any representation regarding the presence or absence of latent or concealed defects that are not reasonably ascertainable in a competently performed home inspection. No warranty or guaranty is expressed or implied." "If the person conducting your home inspection is not a licensed structural engineer or other professional whose license authorizes the rendering of an opinion as to the structural integrity of a building or its other component parts, you may be advised to seek a professional opinion as to any defects or concerns mentioned in the report." "This home inspection report is not to be construed as an appraisal and may not be used as such for any purpose."  (b) Confidentiality.--Except as otherwise required by law, a home inspector shall not deliver a home inspection report to any person other than the client of the home inspector without the client's consent. The seller shall have the right, upon request, to receive without charge a copy of a home inspection report from the person for whom it was prepared.  (c) Repair estimates prohibited.--A home inspector shall not express either orally or in writing an estimate of the cost to repair any defect found during a home inspection, except that such an estimate may be included in a home inspection report if: (1) the report identifies the source of the estimate; (2) the estimate is stated as a range of costs; and (3) the report states that the parties should consider obtaining an estimate from a contractor who performs the type of repair involved.    Cross References. Section 7508 is referred to in sections 7511, 7513 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7509 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7509 - Liability insurance

§ 7509. Liability insurance.   (a) Required insurance.--A home inspector shall maintain insurance against errors and omissions in the performance of a home inspection and general liability, with coverages of not less than $100,000 per occurrence and $500,000 in the aggregate and with deductibles of not more than $2,500.  (b) Term.--  (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a home inspector shall maintain insurance under subsection (a) for at least one year after the latest home inspection report the home inspector delivers. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a home inspection report that was delivered prior to the effective date of this section.    Cross References. Section 7509 is referred to in sections 7511, 7513 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7510 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7510 - Reliance by buyer

§ 7510. Reliance by buyer.  A buyer shall be entitled to rely in good faith, without independent investigation, on a written representation by a home inspector that the home inspector is: (1) licensed or registered as a professional engineer under the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law; (2) licensed or registered under the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L.1227, No.281), known as the Architects Licensure Law; or (3) a full member in good standing of a national home inspection association.  (June 28, 2004, P.L.464, No.51, eff. 60 days)    Cross References. Section 7510 is referred to in section 7511 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7511 - Penalties

§ 7511. Penalties. (a) Criminal penalty.--A person who violates section 7509 (relating to liability insurance) or who provides a false representation under section 7510 (relating to reliance by buyer) commits a summary offense and, upon conviction thereof for a first offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for not more than three months, or both, and for a second or subsequent offense commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $2,000 but not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than two years, or both.  (b) Fine.--A person who violates any provision of section 7508 (relating to home inspection reports) shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before a magisterial district judge, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (b). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7512 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7512 - Statute of limitations

§ 7512. Statute of limitations.  An action to recover damages arising from a home inspection report must be commenced within one year after the date the report is delivered.
68 PA Cons Stat § 7513 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 75 - Home Inspections|Section 7513 - Engineers and architects

§ 7513. Engineers and architects.  Notwithstanding section 7503(b)(1) (relating to relationship to other laws), the following sections: 7505 (relating to consumer remedies), 7507(a)(1) and (b) (relating to contracts with home inspectors), 7508 (relating to home inspection reports) and 7509 (relating to liability insurance) shall apply to a person licensed or registered as a professional engineer under the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.913, No.367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law, or a person licensed or registered under the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L.1227, No.281), known as the Architects Licensure Law, when performing a home inspection.  (June 28, 2004, P.L.464, No.51, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 51 added section 7513.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 81 - Private Transfer Fee Obligations|Section 8101 - Short title of chapter

§ 8101. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 81 - Private Transfer Fee Obligations|Section 8102 - Intent

§ 8102. Intent.  The General Assembly finds and declares that the public policy of this Commonwealth favors the marketability of real property and the transferability of interests in real property free of title defects or unreasonable restraints on alienation. The General Assembly further finds and declares that private transfer fee obligations violate this public policy by impairing the marketability and transferability of real property and by constituting an unreasonable restraint on alienation regardless of the duration of the obligation to pay a private transfer fee, the amount of a private transfer fee or the method by which any private transfer fee is created or imposed. Thus, the General Assembly finds and declares that a private transfer fee obligation shall not run with the title to property or otherwise bind subsequent owners of property under any common law or equitable principle.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 81 - Private Transfer Fee Obligations|Section 8104 - Prohibition

§ 8104. Prohibition.  A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this Commonwealth on or after the effective date of this chapter does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against a subsequent owner, purchaser or mortgagee of an interest in real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this Commonwealth before the effective date of this chapter is presumed valid and enforceable, provided that it complies with the provisions of sections 8106 (relating to disclosure) and 8107 (relating to notice requirements for existing private transfer fee obligations) and all other applicable law.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 81 - Private Transfer Fee Obligations|Section 8105 - Liability for violation

§ 8105. Liability for violation.  A person who records or enters into an agreement imposing a private transfer fee obligation in his favor after the effective date of this chapter may be liable for the following: (1) the damages resulting from the imposition of the private transfer fee obligation on the transfer of an interest in the real property, including, but not limited to, the amount of any transfer fee paid by a party to the transfer; and (2) the attorney fees, expenses and costs incurred by a party to the transfer or mortgagee of the real property to recover any private transfer fee paid or in connection with an action to quiet title. Where an agent acts on behalf of a disclosed principal to record or secure a private transfer fee obligation, liability shall be assessed to the principal, rather than the agent.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 81 - Private Transfer Fee Obligations|Section 8106 - Disclosure

§ 8106. Disclosure.   (a) General rule.--A contract for the sale of real property subject to a private transfer fee obligation shall include a provision disclosing the existence of that obligation, a description of the obligation and a statement that private transfer fee obligations are subject to certain restrictions under this chapter. A contract for the sale of real property that does not conform to the requirements of this section shall not be enforceable by the seller against the buyer, nor shall the buyer be liable to the seller for damages under the contract. For purposes of this section, "buyer" shall include all subsequent buyers and "seller" shall include payees. The buyer under a contract that fails to comply with this section shall be entitled to the return of all deposits made in connection with the sale of the real property.  (b) Recovery upon failure to disclose.--Where a private transfer fee obligation is not disclosed under subsection (a) and a buyer subsequently discovers the existence of the private transfer fee obligation after title to the property has passed to the buyer, the buyer may be awarded: (1) the damages resulting from the failure to disclose the private transfer fee obligation, including, but not limited to, the amount of any private transfer fee paid by the buyer, or the difference between: (i) the market value of the real property if it were not subject to a private transfer fee obligation; and (ii) the market value of the real property as subject to a private transfer fee obligation; and (2) the attorney fees, expenses and costs incurred by the buyer in seeking the buyer's remedies under this subsection.  (c) Waiver.--A provision in a contract for sale of real property that purports to waive the rights of a buyer under this section shall be void.    Cross References. Section 8106 is referred to in section 8104 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 8201 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 82 - Broadband Services|Section 8201 - Definitions

§ 8201. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Affiliate." A person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a specified person. The term includes subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures and other entities that have shared resources, interests or business dealings.  "Broadband facilities." Wires, cables, materials, equipment and other facilities, which are or can be used for the provision of broadband services.  "Broadband service supplier." An electricity, telecommunications, cable operator or Internet supplier or affiliate that constructs, owns or installs new broadband facilities to provide broadband services, at wholesale or retail, using existing electric infrastructure, including, but not limited to, poles and conduit, within an easement. The term includes third parties with which the electric cooperative corporation contracts, licenses or otherwise enters into agreements with for the installation, service or maintenance of broadband infrastructure and provision of broadband services on behalf of the electric cooperative corporation or its affiliate.  "Broadband services." As follows:  (1) Service that consists of or includes the provision of broadband that: (i) is used to provide access to the Internet; or (ii) provides computer processing, information storage, information content or protocol conversion.  (2) The term includes the provision of voice over Internet protocol services and Internet protocol-enabled services.  "Easement." A recorded or unrecorded right-of-way, easement or similar property right acquired by eminent domain, prescription or conveyance that is used or may be used for transmitting, distributing or providing electric service by utilizing electric infrastructure.  "Electric cooperative corporation." As defined in 15 Pa.C.S. § 7302(a) (relating to application of chapter).
71 PA Cons Stat § 2101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2101 - Scope of part

§ 2101. Scope of part. This part relates to civil service reform.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 21 - General Provisions|Section 2102 - Purpose

§ 2102. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to create and sustain a modern merit system of employment within the Commonwealth workforce that promotes the hiring, retention and promotion of highly qualified individuals, ensuring that government services are efficiently and effectively delivered to the public.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2201 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 22 - Merit System Employment|Section 2201 - Transfer of duties

§ 2201. Transfer of duties. Beginning on the effective date of this section, the Office of Administration shall perform the duties conducted by the commission and the director under the Civil Service Act, except sections 950 and 951(a), (b) and (c) of the Civil Service Act.    Cross References. Section 2201 is referred to in section 2202 of this title.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2203 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 22 - Merit System Employment|Section 2203 - Regulations

§ 2203. Regulations. (a) Authority.--The Office of Administration may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this part.  (b) Temporary regulations.-- (1) In order to facilitate the prompt implementation of this part, the Office of Administration may promulgate temporary regulations which shall expire no later than three years following the publication of the temporary regulations. The Office of Administration may promulgate temporary regulations not subject to:  (i) Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law.  (ii) Section 204(b) of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act.  (iii) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act. (2) The authority provided to the Office of Administration to adopt temporary regulations under paragraph (1) shall expire three years following the publication of the temporary regulations. Regulations adopted after this period shall be promulgated as provided by law.    2018 Amendment. Act 71 added section 2203, effective immediately as to subsec. (b) and nine months as to the remainder of the section. See section 3 of Act 71 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law and applicability.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2204 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 22 - Merit System Employment|Section 2204 - Federal standards

§ 2204. Federal standards. (a) Duty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall take action with respect to matters involving personnel administration as necessary to ensure the continued eligibility of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions for Federal grants-in-aid.  (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a State program which is required to have the State program's positions under a merit system because of the receipt of Federal grants-in-aid may not have more positions in the unclassified service than are allowed by Federal merit system standards.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 23 - Selection of Employees for Entrance to or Promotion in Classified Service|Section 2302 - Nature of examinations

§ 2302. Nature of examinations. (a) General rule.--Examinations shall be conducted to establish employment and promotion lists. Examinations may be:  (1) Written or oral. (2) A demonstration of skill. (3) An evaluation of experience and education. (4) A combination of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) which fairly appraise the fitness and ability of competitors.  (b) Method of examination.--The appointing authority shall select the method of examination that will be used for the individual position or the class of positions for which the employment or promotion list is being established. The examinations shall:  (1) Be practical in nature. (2) Relate to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which the applicant is being examined.  (3) Fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of individuals examined to perform the duties of the position or class of positions to which the individuals seek to be appointed or promoted.  (c) Qualifications.--An applicant may be required to possess scholastic education qualifications only if the position for which the applicant is being examined requires professional or technical knowledge, skills and abilities or if the scholastic qualifications are required to ensure the continued eligibility of the Commonwealth for Federal grants-in-aid. No greater credit for experience gained during a provisional, emergency or temporary appointment under this chapter shall be given to an individual in an examination than is given for experience in the same type of work performed in a similar position not under the provisions of this chapter.  (d) Military service.--In evaluating experience in order to compute the final rating in an examination to establish eligible lists, an individual discharged other than dishonorably after active service during a war or armed conflict in which the United States engaged, from a branch of the armed forces of the United States or from a women's uniformed service directly connected with the armed forces of the United States, may not be given less credit for experience than would be given for continued experience in the position held at the time of induction into the service.  (e) Discriminatory questions prohibited.--No question in an examination shall relate to the race, gender, religion, disability or political or labor union affiliation of the candidate.
71 PA Cons Stat § 2303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT|Chapter 23 - Selection of Employees for Entrance to or Promotion in Classified Service|Section 2303 - Holding examinations and rating competitors

§ 2303. Holding examinations and rating competitors. The Office of Administration shall prepare and hold examinations rating the work of competitors and prepare the resulting eligible lists. Individuals not on the regular staff of the Office of Administration may be called on for assistance.