Pennsylvania SB 345: An Act amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law, further providing for a fee imposed and used for demolition.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 282
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 345
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BROWN, STEFANO, DUSH, KEARNEY, FONTANA,
COSTA, KANE AND MILLER, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, FEBRUARY 26, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.310, No.87), entitled "An
act establishing fees for services of recorders of deeds in
counties of the second A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth classes and home rule charter counties of
these classes; authorizing a special deed and mortgage
recording fee in certain counties; and establishing county
demolition funds," further providing for a fee imposed and
used for demolition.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.2(b) of the act of April 8, 1982
(P.L.310, No.87), referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law,
is amended to read:
Section 2.2. * * *
(b) [In] (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4),
in addition to the fees charged by a recorder of deeds or an
equivalent officer in a county, the governing body of the
county may, by resolution or ordinance, authorize the
recorder of deeds to charge and collect a fee not to exceed
[$15] $16 for each deed and mortgage recorded.
(2) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
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paragraph and annually thereafter, the Department of
Community and Economic Development shall calculate an
increase in the fee amount under paragraph (1) at the rate of
inflation as outlined in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-
NJ-DE-MD area for the most recent 12-month period for which
the figures have been reported by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, rounded to
the nearest dollar. The Department of Community and Economic
Development shall transmit notice of the following to the
Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next
available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin:
(i) If the rate of inflation increases, the
increased fee amount.
(ii) If the rate of inflation does not increase,
that the fee amount will remain the same as it was for
the previous year.
(3) The governing body of a county may increase the fee
each year to the published increased fee amount under
paragraph (2)(i) and by ordinance or resolution authorize the
recorder of deeds to charge and collect the increased fee.
(4) If the governing body of a county does not increase
the fee in a year or years under paragraph (3) and
subsequently chooses to do so, the governing body may
increase the fee to the most recently published increased fee
amount under paragraph (2)(i) and by ordinance or resolution
authorize the recorder of deeds to charge and collect the
increased fee.
(5) The fee shall be deposited into the county
demolition fund to be used exclusively for the demolition of
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blighted property situate in the county.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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