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Senate of Pennsylvania
SENATE DEMOCRATIC WRAP-UP FOR
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The Senate this week unanimously approved Senate Bill 660, which was introduced at the recommendation of the Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Decedents’ Estates Laws. The legislation codifies the Uniform Trust Code with some modifications to preserve Pennsylvania’s terminology and substantive law on certain points. An organized and comprehensive codification of trust law would make it easier for Pennsylvania lawyers and judges to find the law; trustees who do business in more than one state to comply with Pennsylvania law; and beneficiaries of Pennsylvania trusts to know when and how to enforce their rights. Additional amendments in the bill include a new provision regarding the cost of the distribution of tangible personal property and language relating to the rule against perpetuities and mutual funds. The bill now goes to the House.
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The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 87, which would eliminate the requirement that all real property acquired in "fee simple" by a local government unit (county or municipality) be offered for resale within two years of the date of acquisition. ‘Fee simple’ is defined as absolute title to land, free of any other claims against the title, which one can sell or pass to another by will or inheritance. Also, the bill would permit the governing body of a county, municipality or school district to exempt real property from further millage increases. The bill now goes to the governor.
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Senate Bill 928 was passed unanimously in the Senate. The bill would add a section to Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to authorize political subdivisions to give, grant or lend services, manpower, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and funds to another municipality or county within Pennsylvania or within the United States in which a declaration of a disaster emergency has been issued. The bill now goes to the House
* * * The Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 986, which would amend Section 1504 (Personal Property) of the Second Class Township Code by allowing townships to sell township property through an online or electronic auction. The bill now goes to the House.
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