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11 PA Cons Stat § 145A01 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A01 - Authority to assess

§ 145A01. Authority to assess. (a) Authority.--Unless otherwise provided for in this part, a city is authorized to assess all or any portion of the costs of a public improvement, including any related administrative fees, against any properties that are benefited by the public improvement.  (b) Payment of costs.--Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, in addition to the authority to assess the cost of public improvements against properties benefited, a city may pay for the cost of public improvements, in whole or in part, from the city general fund or, if authorized, from a special city fund dedicated to that purpose.  (c) Indebtedness.--If a city incurs indebtedness pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B (relating to indebtedness and borrowing) for the purposes of funding the cost and expense of making public improvements for which assessments are made in accordance with this chapter, payments made on the assessments must be applied to pay the debt service for the indebtedness incurred for funding the cost and expense of making the public improvements.    Cross References. Section 145A01 is referred to in section 145A02 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A02 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A02 - Method of assessment

§ 145A02. Method of assessment. (a) Ordinance.--In any case in which council elects to exercise the power to make assessments for a given public improvement as authorized in section 145A01 (relating to authority to assess), council shall, by ordinance and in conformity with this chapter, establish the method and procedure pursuant to which assessments shall be made.  (b) Allocation of costs and expenses.--Council may, by ordinance, make the assessment by any means that results in fairly allocating all or a portion of the costs and expenses of the public improvement among all properties benefited by the improvement in reasonable proportion to the benefits conferred upon each property. The methods that may be used to make assessments in accordance with this subsection may include but are not limited to:  (1) An equal assessment per front foot, lot, parcel, dwelling unit or square foot. (2) An assessment made by viewers. (c) Front foot method.--If the front foot method is used:  (1) The cost to be collected shall be divided by the total number of linear feet of street frontage of all properties benefited.  (2) The assessment against each property shall be that portion of the cost which is determined by multiplying the dividend under paragraph (1) by the number of linear feet for street frontage of that property.  (3) In the case of corner or irregularly shaped lots or where special conditions exist, council shall have the power and its duty shall be to provide for an equitable adjustment, as necessary, to prevent an unjust or excessive assessment.  (d) Assessment based on report of viewers.--In order to pay for all or a portion of the cost or expenses of a public improvement, council may determine to assess properties benefited based upon a report of viewers. Three disinterested persons shall be appointed by council as viewers. A majority of the viewers shall assess the cost against each property benefited in reasonable proportion to the benefits conferred upon each property. The viewers or a majority of them shall:  (1) Make a report, in writing, which shall specify the amount assessed upon each property. (2) Present the report directly to council or file it with the city clerk as council directs.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A03 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A03 - Notice of assessment

§ 145A03. Notice of assessment. (a) Personal notice.--After the amounts to be assessed against the properties to be benefited by the public improvement have been calculated pursuant to the method and procedures as prescribed by ordinance, the city shall give personal notice of the assessment to the owner of each property that is being assessed. The notice shall also state that the owner has 30 days from receipt of the notice to appeal the assessment.  (b) Assessment effective.--An assessment made pursuant to this chapter shall become effective 30 days after personal notice is given by any of the following means:  (1) Personal service on the owner. (2) Certified mail, addressee only, return receipt requested, to the owner at the owner's last known address.  (3) Posting notice at or upon the property after reasonable attempts to give personal notice pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) have failed.    Cross References. Section 145A03 is referred to in section 145A08 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A04 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A04 - Appeals to court

§ 145A04. Appeals to court. Within 30 days after receipt of the notice of assessment, an owner of property shall have the right to appeal the assessment to the court of common pleas in the county in which the assessed property is located. On appeal, unless the court finds fraud, mistake or illegality, the court shall be restricted to determining the following questions:  (1) Whether the property assessed received any special benefits from the improvement. (2) Whether the assessment made exceeds the special benefits received.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A05 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A05 - Benefits and damages

§ 145A05. Benefits and damages. In any proceeding in which damages to property are being sought as a result of a public improvement for which an assessment of benefits has been made, the excess of damages over benefits, or the excess of benefits over damages, or nothing in case the benefits and damages are equal, shall be awarded to or assessed against the owner of land and property affected by the public improvement.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A06 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A06 - Return by city of assessments paid on property unlawfully assessed

§ 145A06. Return by city of assessments paid on property unlawfully assessed. The following shall apply with regard to the return of payments made on an unlawful assessment:  (1) If, after a timely appeal, a court makes a final determination that a property was unlawfully assessed or that the amount assessed exceeded, to a substantial amount, the benefits received by the property assessed from the public improvement, a city that received money in payment of the assessment shall repay the money in an amount as ordered by the court.  (2) Within two years of receiving payment of an assessment, the city may repay the money voluntarily if the city determines that the assessment was made erroneously.  (3) Repayments to property owners pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall include interest from the date of payment of the unlawful or erroneous assessment at the rate of interest that is provided for in 53 Pa.C.S. § 8426 (relating to interest on overpayment).
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A07 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A07 - Payment of assessments in installments

§ 145A07. Payment of assessments in installments. (a) Authorization.--An ordinance providing for a public improvement, the expense of which is to be defrayed by an assessment against properties benefited by the public improvement, may authorize payment of the assessment in installments. The ordinance shall:  (1) Set a time when the installment payments shall commence. (2) Specify the length of time over which the installments may be extended. The period during which installments may be paid shall not exceed the lesser of 10 years or the number of years equal to the period of maturity of the bonds issued to fund the public improvement.  (3) Specify whether payments are to be made by equal annual or more frequent installments. (b) Interest rate.--The ordinance shall set forth the rate of interest for the installments, which shall not be more than 10% per year unless a bond is issued for the improvement, in which case the maximum interest rate on the installment payments shall be in accordance with section 9 of the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.  (c) Written agreement.--The city shall enter into a written installment agreement with each property owner that will pay the assessment in installments, subject to the requirements of the ordinance pertaining to the agreements and this chapter.  (d) Installments not paid.--If any of the installments remain unpaid for 60 days after the installments have become due and payable:  (1) The entire unpaid assessment, plus unpaid accrued interest and any costs, shall be due and payable.  (2) The city may proceed to collect the installments by filing a lien in the same manner as municipal claims are filed under the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law or by instituting a civil action.  (e) Advance payments.--Any property owner upon whom an assessment has been made may pay all or as many of the installments before they are due, with interest and costs, on or before the due date of the next installment.    Cross References. Section 145A07 is referred to in section 145A08 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 145A08 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 145A - Assessments for Public Improvements|Section 145A08 - Collection of assessments

§ 145A08. Collection of assessments. (a) Authority.--Council shall have the power to authorize the city treasurer or other city official to collect assessments.  (b) Procedure.--The following shall apply to the collection of assessments:  (1) A city may collect an assessment that remains unpaid for 60 days after personal notice was given pursuant to section 145A03 (relating to notice of assessment) unless an installment agreement has been entered into pursuant to section 145A07 (relating to payment of assessments in installments).  (2) An assessment made under this chapter may be collected in the same manner as municipal claims under the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law or by instituting a civil action against the owner of the property benefited.  (3) Interest on an unpaid assessment shall begin to accrue from the time of completion of the improvement at a rate of 10% per year unless a bond is issued for the improvement, in which case the maximum interest rate shall be pursuant to section 9 of the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.  (4) If a property owner has two or more lots against which there is an assessment for the same improvement, all of the lots may be embraced in one claim.  (5) Assessments, whether paid one time or by installments, shall be payable at the office of the city treasurer or any other place designated by ordinance.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 146 - Collection of Municipal Claims and Compromise of Claims|Section 14601 - Collection of municipal claims

§ 14601. Collection of municipal claims. (a) Civil action.--In addition to the remedies provided by this part or any other law for the filing of liens for the collection of municipal claims, including water rates, sewer rates and the removal of nuisances, a city may proceed for the recovery and collection of municipal claims by civil action as follows:  (1) The action shall be brought against the person who was the owner of the property at the time:  (i) of the completion of the improvement; or (ii) the water or sewer rates or the cost of the removal of nuisances first became payable. (2) A city may bring a civil action, notwithstanding the failure on the part of the city or its agents to enter the municipal claim as a lien against the property assessed for the improvement, for the furnishing of water or sewer services or for the removal of nuisances and for the recovery of which the action was brought.  (b) Limitation period.--The civil action shall be commenced either within six years after the completion of the improvement from which the claim arises or within six years after the water or sewer rates or the cost of abating a nuisance first became payable.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14602 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 146 - Collection of Municipal Claims and Compromise of Claims|Section 14602 - Compromise of municipal claims

§ 14602. Compromise of municipal claims. (a) Agreement.--Council may agree with the owner of the real estate to accept a sum less than the whole of the amount of a municipal claim due, in compromise or reduction of the amount of the claim and the interest charges, expenses and fees added to and due on the claim, if:  (1) the city had entered the claim in the office of the prothonotary as a lien against real estate; and  (2) the claim has existed for 10 years or more. (b) Satisfaction of lien.--Upon receipt of the compromise amount as agreed upon:  (1) The city shall cause the lien to be properly satisfied on the record, which shall be as effective as if the whole amount of the claim, interest, charges, expenses and fees had been paid.  (2) The claim shall no longer be a lien against the real estate or a claim against the owner of the real estate.  (c) Applicability.--The provisions of this section permitting compromise of municipal claims shall not apply to or in any manner affect any claims, the assessments for which:  (1) Are: (i) the sole basis of improvement bonds issued by any political subdivision; and (ii) the security for the payment of the bonds. (2) Have been assigned by any political subdivision to any contractor in payment of the amount due the contractor under terms of the contract for the improvement for which the assessments were levied.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 147 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14701 - Intent

§ 14701. Intent. It is intended that this part furnish a complete and exclusive system for the government and regulation of cities, except as provided for in section 10103 (relating to excluded provisions).
11 PA Cons Stat § 14702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 147 - Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 14702 - Construction of part

§ 14702. Construction of part. Nothing contained in this part shall be construed to repeal: (1) The provisions of the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L.903, No.362), entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class to establish an optional retirement system for officers and employes independently of any pension system or systems existing in such cities."  (2) The act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. (3) The provisions of 45 Pa.C.S. (relating to legal notices). (4) The provisions of 65 Pa.C.S. (relating to public officers). (5) The provisions of 66 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to public utility code). (6) The provisions of 74 Pa.C.S. Ch. 59 Subch. B (relating to airport zoning). (7) Any local or special laws. (8) Any law relating to the Navigation Commission for the Delaware River and its Navigable Tributaries.  (9) The provisions of any law, the enforcement of which is vested in the Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Protection.  (10) The provisions of any law, the enforcement of which is vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.  (11) Any laws or parts of laws pertaining to civil defense. (12) A supplement to any act under this section.
12 PA Cons Stat § 101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 101 - Definitions

§ 101. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this title which are applicable to specific provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Department." The Department of Community and Economic Development of the Commonwealth.  "Secretary." The Secretary of Community and Economic Development.
12 PA Cons Stat § 301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 3 - Economic Development Financing Strategy|Section 301 - Scope

§ 301. Scope. This chapter relates to the development of an annual economic development financing strategy.
12 PA Cons Stat § 302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 3 - Economic Development Financing Strategy|Section 302 - Definitions

§ 302. 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:  "Economic development program." A program which is administered by the department, including programs administered or staffed by the department, and which provides financial assistance for economic development to persons. The term includes all of the following:  (1) Any program created under Part III (relating to economic development programs). (2) Any program of an entity created under 64 Pa.C.S. Pt. II (relating to economic development financing).  (3) The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority. (4) The Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority. (5) The Infrastructure Development Program. (6) The Industrial Sites Reuse Program. (7) The tax credit programs established in Articles XVII-B and XVIII-B of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.  (Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2569, No.161, eff. 60 days)
12 PA Cons Stat § 303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 3 - Economic Development Financing Strategy|Section 303 - Development

§ 303. Development. The department shall annually develop a report containing a financing strategy for economic development within this Commonwealth. In developing the report, the department shall gather input and recommendations from businesses, community leaders and organizations, legislators and private citizens. The report shall include all of the following:  (1) A financial audit or statement of operations for each economic development program.  (2) A narrative description of accomplishments for each economic development program during the preceding fiscal year.  (3) A detailed description of the parameters of operation for the economic development programs during the upcoming fiscal year. The description shall include the terms and conditions under which the economic development programs shall be administered.  (4) A description of the performance measurements and accountability factors to be applied and the performance targets or goals to be met for each economic development program.  (5) A description of long-range planning for the economic development programs through the next five fiscal years.  (6) A list of the loans, grants or credits approved for the economic development programs during the fiscal year. The list shall include a brief description of and details regarding each loan, grant or credit approved, including penalties imposed by the department.  (7) A review of pending projects.
12 PA Cons Stat § 304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 3 - Economic Development Financing Strategy|Section 304 - Oversight

§ 304. Oversight. Concurrent with the submission of the Governor's annual budget message, the department shall submit the report required by this chapter to all of the following:  (1) The Secretary of the Senate.  (2) The chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate.  (3) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.  (4) The chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
12 PA Cons Stat § 401 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 4 - Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission|Section 401 - Definitions

§ 401. 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:  "Commission." The Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission established under this chapter.
12 PA Cons Stat § 402 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 12 - COMMERCE AND TRADE|Chapter 4 - Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission|Section 402 - Establishment and membership

§ 402. Establishment and membership. (a) Establishment.--The commission is hereby established within the department.  (b) Membership.--The commission shall be comprised of not more than 17 members as follows:  (1) The Lieutenant Governor. (2) A member appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. (3) A member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. (4) A member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (5) A member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. (6) Up to 12 members appointed by the Governor as follows: (i) One member shall have experience at the senior level of the military, such as an active duty retired one-star, two-star, three-star or four-star military officer, shall be familiar with the operations represented by the installations and organizations stationed in this Commonwealth and shall be a resident of this Commonwealth. The member shall serve as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson elected by a majority of the members.  (ii) At least ten members shall be representatives of the military installations or organizations stationed in this Commonwealth and shall have knowledge of the mission and operations of the installation or organization that they represent.  (iii) One member shall be an expert in the field of economic development and shall be knowledgeable in the missions and operations of the military in their respective regions of this Commonwealth.  (c) Chairperson.--A chairperson shall be elected by a majority of the commission members.  (d) Executive director.--The Governor shall appoint an executive director who shall be an employee of the department.  (e) Membership terms.-- (1) Members shall be appointed for a term of two years and serve until their respective successors are appointed. A member may be reappointed for additional terms. Members appointed by the Governor shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (2) If a vacancy occurs on the commission, a successor shall be appointed in the same manner as the predecessor.  (3) A member who is absent from two consecutive meetings of the commission without a reasonable excuse, as determined by the chairperson, shall forfeit membership on the commission.  (4) Members shall not receive compensation for their services, but shall receive reimbursement for their necessary and proper expenses related to their duties on the commission.  (Oct. 24, 2018, P.L.884, No.139, eff. 60 days)   2018 Amendment. Act 139 amended subsec. (b)(6).