Bill Text: PA HB1927 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for award of attorney fees and costs in certain zoning appeals in cities of the first class.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-12 - Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS [HB1927 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1927-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2574
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1927 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SABATINA, CARROLL, CRUZ, DONATUCCI, GRUCELA, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KOTIK, MAHONEY, McGEEHAN, MURT, MYERS, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PERZEL, ROEBUCK, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, WATERS, WILLIAMS AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 12, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, AUGUST 12, 2009
AN ACT
Providing for award of attorney fees and costs in certain zoning
appeals in cities of the first class.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Attorney fees and costs.
(a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of subsection
(b), the prevailing party in an appeal to a court of common
pleas from a decision of a zoning board of adjustment in a city
of the first class shall be awarded a reasonable attorney fee in
an amount to be determined by the court, together with costs,
which award shall be paid by the city of the first class.
(b) Double award.--If the court determines that the zoning
board of adjustment acted with gross negligence, in bad faith or
with malice in making its decision, the award shall be twice the
amount of the reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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