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67 PA Cons Stat § 2103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 21 - Adoption Opportunities|Section 2103 - Regulations

§ 2103. Regulations. (a) Duty of department.--The department may establish and develop criteria and promulgate necessary regulations for county agencies to implement an adoption opportunity in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  (b) Content.--The regulations shall include, but are not limited to, the following:  (1) Criteria for identifying eligible children and adoptive homes. (2) Procedures for implementing the adoption opportunity payment. (3) Reporting requirements by county agencies.   Cross References. Section 2103 is referred to in section 2104 of this title.
67 PA Cons Stat § 2104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 21 - Adoption Opportunities|Section 2104 - Adoption opportunity payments and reimbursement

§ 2104. Adoption opportunity payments and reimbursement. (a) Amount.--The amount of adoption opportunity payment for maintenance costs to an adoptive family shall not exceed the monthly payment rate for foster family care in the county in which the child resides.  (b) County reimbursement.--The department shall reimburse county agencies for at least 80% of the cost of an adoption opportunity provided by the county agency under this chapter if the county agency complies with the reporting requirements established by the department under section 2103 (relating to regulations).  (c) Limitation.--No public money shall be expended under this chapter on behalf of an eligible child until all available benefits under existing or future private, public, local, State or Federal programs have been exhausted. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, adoptive families subsidized under the provisions of this chapter shall not be liable under the provisions of the act of October 20, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.96, No.6), known as the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966, or 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 46 (relating to support of the indigent) in the event that the adopted child needs services or assistance under the provisions of Article IV of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, or under the provisions of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966.
67 PA Cons Stat § 3101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3101 - Legislative intent

§ 3101. Legislative intent. This chapter is intended to ensure that family finding occurs on an ongoing basis for all children entering the child welfare system. This chapter is also intended to promote the use of kinship care when it is necessary to remove a child from the child's home in an effort to:  (1) Identify and build positive connections between the child and the child's relatives and kin.  (2) Support the engagement of relatives and kin in children and youth social service planning and delivery.  (3) Create a network of extended family support to assist in remedying the concerns that led the child to be involved with the county agency.
67 PA Cons Stat § 3103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3103 - Family finding required

§ 3103. Family finding required. Family finding shall be conducted for a child when the child is accepted for service and at least annually thereafter until the child's involvement with the county agency is terminated or the family finding is discontinued in accordance with section 3104 (relating to discontinuance of family finding).
67 PA Cons Stat § 3104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3104 - Discontinuance of family finding

§ 3104. Discontinuance of family finding. (a) General rule.--A county agency may discontinue family finding for a child under the following circumstances:  (1) The child has been adjudicated dependent pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters) and a court has made a specific determination that continued family finding no longer serves the best interests of the child or is a threat to the child's safety.  (2) The child is not under the jurisdiction of a court and the county agency has determined that continued family finding is a threat to the child's safety. A determination that continued family finding is a threat to the child's safety must be based on credible information about a specific safety threat, and the county agency shall document the reasons for the county agency's determination.  (3) The child is in a preadoptive placement, and court proceedings to adopt the child have been commenced pursuant to 23 Pa.C.S. Pt. III (relating to adoption).  (b) Resuming family finding.--Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a county agency shall resume family finding for a child if:  (1) the child is under the jurisdiction of a court and the court determines that resuming family finding is best suited to the safety, protection and physical, mental and moral welfare of the child and does not pose a threat to the child's safety; or  (2) the child is not under the jurisdiction of a court and the county agency determines that resuming family finding serves the best interests of the child and does not pose a threat to the child's safety.    Cross References. Section 3104 is referred to in section 3103 of this title.
67 PA Cons Stat § 3105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3105 - Kinship Care Program

§ 3105. Kinship Care Program. (a) Establishment of program.--The Kinship Care Program is established in the department.  (b) Relative notification.--Except in situations of family or domestic violence, the county agency shall exercise due diligence to identify and notify all grandparents and other adult relatives to the fifth degree of consanguinity or affinity to the parent or stepparent of a dependent child and each parent who has legal custody of a sibling of a dependent child within 30 days of the child's removal from the child's home if temporary legal and physical custody has been transferred to the county agency. The notice must explain all of the following:  (1) Any options under Federal and State law available to the relative to participate in the care and placement of the child, including any options that would be lost by failing to respond to the notice.  (2) The requirements to become a foster parent, permanent legal custodian or adoptive parent.  (3) The additional supports that are available for children removed from the child's home. (c) Placement of children.--If a child has been removed from the child's home under a voluntary placement agreement or is in the legal custody of the county agency, the county agency shall give first consideration to placement with relatives or kin. The county agency shall document that an attempt was made to place the child with a relative or kin. If the child is not placed with a relative or kin, the agency shall document the reason why the placement was not possible.  (d) Regulations.--The department is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  (1) Relatives and kin shall receive the same foster care rate as other foster parents if they comply with the regulations governing foster parents.  (2) Foster care payments received by a relative or kin who is a foster parent shall be excluded from consideration when calculating eligibility for public assistance.
67 PA Cons Stat § 3106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3106 - Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship Program

§ 3106. Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship Program. (a) Establishment of program.--The Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship Program is established in the department.  (b) Implementation.--The department shall establish and develop criteria and is authorized to promulgate necessary regulations for county agencies to implement the Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship Program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The criteria and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, identification of eligible children and eligible permanent legal custodians, procedures for implementing the program and reporting requirements by county agencies.
67 PA Cons Stat § 3107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 67 - PUBLIC WELFARE|Chapter 31 - Family Finding and Kinship Care|Section 3107 - Permanent legal custodianship subsidy and reimbursement

§ 3107. Permanent legal custodianship subsidy and reimbursement. (a) Amount.--The amount of permanent legal custodianship subsidy for maintenance costs to a permanent legal custodian or a successor permanent legal custodian shall not exceed the monthly payment rate for foster family care in the county in which the child resides.  (b) County reimbursement.--The department shall reimburse the county agency for at least 80% of the cost of a permanent legal custodianship subsidy payment provided by a county agency in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, provided that the county agency complies with the requirements established by the department.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2101 - Scope of chapter

§ 2101. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to land banks.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2102 - Legislative findings and purpose

§ 2102. Legislative findings and purpose.  The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Strong communities are important to the social and economic vitality of this Commonwealth. Whether urban, suburban or rural, many communities are struggling to cope with vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties. (2) Citizens of this Commonwealth are affected adversely by vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties, including properties which have been vacated or abandoned due to mortgage foreclosure. (3) Vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties impose significant costs on neighborhoods, communities and municipalities by lowering property values, increasing fire and police protection costs, decreasing tax revenues and undermining community cohesion. (4) There is an overriding public need to confront the problems caused by vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties through the creation of new tools to enable municipalities to turn vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent spaces into vibrant places. (5) Land banks are one of the tools that municipalities may use to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties to productive use.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2103 - Definitions

§ 2103. 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:  "Board." The board of directors of a land bank.  "Department." The Department of Community and Economic Development of the Commonwealth.  "Financial institution." A bank, savings association, operating subsidiary of a bank or savings association, credit union, association licensed to originate mortgage loans or an assignee of a mortgage or note originated by such an institution.  "Land bank." A public body and a body corporate and politic established under this chapter.  "Land bank jurisdiction."  (1) a county, a city, a borough, a township and an incorporated town with a population of more than 10,000; or (2) two or more municipalities with populations less than 10,000 that enter into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement to establish and maintain a land bank.  "Low income." A household with total income at or below 80% of the area median income, adjusted for household size, as defined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.  "Municipality." A county, city, borough, incorporated town, township or home rule municipality.  "Owner-occupant." A natural person with a legal or equitable ownership interest in property which was the primary residence of the person for at least three consecutive months at any point in the year preceding the date of initial delinquency.  "Real property." Land and all structures and fixtures thereon and all estates and interests in land, including easements, covenants and leaseholders.  "School district." Any of the classifications of school districts specified in section 202 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949. The term includes, as to any real property acquired, owned or conveyed by a land bank, the school district within whose geographical jurisdiction the real property is located.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2106 - Staff

§ 2106. Staff.   (a) Employees.--A land bank may employ or enter into a contract for an executive director, counsel and legal staff, technical experts and other individuals and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation and benefits of those employees.  (b) Contracts.--A land bank may enter into a contract with a municipality for: (1) the municipality to provide staffing services to the land bank; or (2) the land bank to provide staffing services to the municipality.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2108 - Eminent domain

§ 2108. Eminent domain.  A land bank does not possess the power of eminent domain.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2111 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2111 - Financing of land bank operations

§ 2111. Financing of land bank operations.   (a) General rule.--A land bank may receive funding through grants and loans from: (1) the Federal Government; (2) the Commonwealth; (3) a municipality; (4) the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank; and (5) private sources.  (b) Funding.--A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for rents and leasehold payments received, for consideration for disposition of real and personal property, for proceeds of insurance coverage for losses incurred, for income from investments and for an asset and activity lawfully permitted to a land bank under this chapter.  (c) Allocated real property taxes.--  (1) A taxing jurisdiction may authorize the remittance or dedication of a portion of real property taxes collected pursuant to the laws of this Commonwealth to a land bank on real property conveyed by a land bank. (2) Allocation of property tax revenues in accordance with this subsection, if authorized by the taxing jurisdiction, shall commence with the first taxable year following the date of conveyance and continue for a period of up to five years and may not exceed a maximum of 50% of the aggregate property tax revenues generated by the property. (3) Remittance or dedication of real property taxes shall include the real property taxes of a school district only if the school district enters into an agreement with the land bank for the remittance or dedication.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2113 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2113 - Public records and public access

§ 2113. Public records and public access.   (a) Public records.--A board shall keep minutes and a record of its proceedings.  (b) Public access.--A land bank is subject to: (1) 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings); and (2) the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2114 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2114 - Dissolution of land bank

§ 2114. Dissolution of land bank.   (a) General rule.--A land bank may be dissolved as a public body corporate and politic upon compliance with all of the following: (1) Sixty calendar days' advance written notice of consideration of a resolution to request dissolution must: (i) be given to the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank; (ii) be published in a local newspaper of general circulation; and (iii) be sent by certified mail to the trustees of outstanding bonds of the land bank. (2) A resolution requesting dissolution must be approved under section 2105(h)(3) (relating to board).  (b) Authority.--Upon receipt of a proper resolution described in subsection (a)(1), the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank may dissolve the land bank by adoption of an ordinance subject to the approval of the mayor in a city or the county executive in a home rule county. If approved, the governing body of the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank shall file a certified copy of the ordinance with the Department of State, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the termination of the existence of the land bank to be noted on the record of incorporation. Upon such filing, the land bank shall cease to function. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall also notify the department of the dissolution of the land bank.  (c) Transfer of assets.--Upon dissolution of the land bank, real property, personal property and other assets of the land bank shall become the assets of the municipality in which the property is located. The following shall apply: (1) Personal property, including financial assets, of the land bank shall be divided among participating land bank jurisdictions in proportion to the population of each jurisdiction. (2) The municipality in which real property is located shall approve the transfer of title to the municipality.  (d) Multiple jurisdictions.--If multiple land bank jurisdictions create a land bank under section 2104(c) (relating to creation and existence), the withdrawal of one or more land bank jurisdictions shall not require dissolution of the land bank unless: (1) the intergovernmental cooperation agreement provides for dissolution in this event; and (2) there is no land bank jurisdiction which desires to continue the existence of the land bank.    Cross References. Section 2114 is referred to in sections 2104, 2105 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2115 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2115 - Conflicts of interest

§ 2115. Conflicts of interest. (a) State Adverse Interest Act.--The acts and decisions of members of a board and of employees of a land bank shall be subject to the act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known as the State Adverse Interest Act.  (b) Ethical standards.--Board members and land bank employees are subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure).  (c) Supplemental rules and guidelines.--The board may adopt:  (1) supplemental rules addressing potential conflicts of interest; and (2) ethical guidelines for members of the board and land bank employees.   Cross References. Section 2115 is referred to in section 2104 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2116 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2116 - Construction, intent and scope

§ 2116. Construction, intent and scope.  This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes as complete and independent authorization for the implementation of this chapter, and all powers granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate the intent and purposes and not as a limitation of powers.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2118 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2118 - Expedited quiet title proceedings

§ 2118. Expedited quiet title proceedings.   (a) Authorization.--  (1) A land bank may file an action to quiet title to real property in which the land bank has an interest. (2) A land bank may join in a single complaint to quiet title to one or more parcels of real property. (3) For purposes of an action under this section, the land bank shall be deemed to be the holder of sufficient legal and equitable interests and possessory rights so as to qualify the land bank as an adequate complainant in the action.  (b) Procedural requirements.--  (1) Prior to the filing of an action to quiet title, the land bank must conduct an examination of title to determine the identity of any person possessing a claim or interest in or to the real property. (2) Service of the complaint to quiet title shall be provided to interested parties as follows: (i) By first class mail to the identity and address reasonably ascertainable by an inspection of public records. (ii) In the case of occupied real property, by first class mail, addressed to "Occupant." (iii) By posting a copy of the notice on the real property. (iv) By publication. (v) As ordered by the court. (3) As part of the complaint to quiet title, the land bank must file an affidavit identifying: (i) persons discovered under paragraph (1); and (ii) the form of service under paragraph (2).  (c) Hearing.--  (1) The court shall schedule a hearing on the complaint within 90 days following filing of the complaint and as to all matters upon which an answer was not filed by an interested party. (2) The court shall issue its final judgment within 120 days of the filing of the complaint.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2119 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2119 - Annual audit and report

§ 2119. Annual audit and report. The following shall apply: (1) The land bank shall annually, within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year, submit an audit of income and expenditures, together with a report of its activities for the preceding year, to the department.  (2) A duplicate of the audit and the report shall be filed with the governing body of: (i) the land bank jurisdiction which created the land bank; and (ii) each political subdivision which opted to participate in the land bank pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement.    Cross References. Section 2119 is referred to in section 2104 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2120 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 21 - Land Banks|Section 2120 - Determination on procedural revision

§ 2120. Determination on procedural revision.  If the department determines that comprehensive reform legislation on property-tax foreclosure has been enacted revising procedure under the statutory provisions referred to in section 2117 (relating to delinquent property tax enforcement), the department shall transmit notice of the determination to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.    Cross References. Section 2120 is referred to in section 2117 of this title.
68 PA Cons Stat § 2301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY|Chapter 23 - Real Estate Foreclosure|Section 2301 - Short title of subchapter

§ 2301. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Vacant and Abandoned Real Estate Foreclosure Act.