legislative briefing


Edward Homan, Jr., Esq. Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C.


Happy New Year! 2014 has come and gone. Fortunately, CAI’s Pennsylvania Legislave Acon Commiee (PALAC) has been hard at work promong the interests of community associaons throughout Pennsylvania. Below are some key things to look for as we begin 2015:


Elecon Results and Leadership Changes


A new Governor is coming in and changes in State House and Senate Leadership have been announced. PALAC must work with the new leadership in order to further the interests of community associaons in 2015. A leadership summary is provided below:


State Senate Senate Republican Leadership:


Interim President Pro Tempore: Joe Scarna (RJeerson)


Majority Leader: Jake Corman (RCentre)


Appropriaons Chairman: Patrick Browne (RLehigh) Whip:


John Gordner (RColumbia)


Caucus Chair: Bob Mensch (RMontgomery)


Caucus Secretary: Richard Alloway (RFranklin)


Caucus Administrator: Chuck McIlhinney (RBucks)


Policy Chair: David Argall (RSchuylkill) Senate Democrac Leadership:


Minority Leader: Jay Costa (DAllegheny)


Appropriaons Chair: Vincent Hughes (DPhiladelphia)


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Whip: Anthony Williams (DPhiladelphia)


Caucus Chair: Wayne Fontana (DAllegheny)


Caucus Secretary: Larry Farnese (DPhiladelphia)


Caucus Administrator: John Yudichak (DLuzerne)


Policy Chair: Lisa Boscola (DNorthampton) State House House Republican Leadership:


SpeakerDesignee: Mike Turzai (RAllegheny)


Majority Leader: David Reed (RIndiana)


Appropriaons Chairman: William Adolph (RDelaware) Whip:


Bryan Cutler (RLancaster)


Caucus Chair: Sandra Major (RSusquehanna)


Caucus Secretary: Donna Oberlander (RClarion)


Caucus Administrator: Brian Ellis (RButler)


Policy Chair: Kerry Benningho (RCentre) House Democrac Leadership:


Minority Leader: Frank Dermody (DAllegheny)


Appropriaons Chairman: Joseph Markosek (DAllegheny)


Whip: Mike Hanna (DClinton)


Caucus Chair: Dan Frankel (DAllegheny)


Caucus Secretary: Rosita Youngblood (DPhiladelphia)


Caucus Administrator: Neal Goodman (DSchuylkill)


Policy Chair: Mike Sturla (DLancaster)


New Government Relaons Professional


PALAC has contracted with Pugliese Associates to help promote its associaon driven agenda in Harrisburg. Pugliese Associates is a leader in the industry and has over thirty years of experience in Pennsylvania government aairs. PALAC looks forward to working with Pugliese Associates to make 2015 a successful year legislavely for associaons across Pennsylvania.


Legislave Aairs


2014 was a busy year for PALAC in addressing legislave issues that impact common interest communies (CICs) and we expect 2015 to be even busier. As we begin the new year, there are several key legislave issues we are acvely working on (all bill numbers refer to the 20132014 session):


Electronic Vong / Proxies (Senate Bill 1302) The LAC is working on revisions to the vong secons of the state’s CIC statutes (UCA  Secon 3310; UPCA – Secon 5310) that would provide for and allow various methods of electronic vong within a CIC. These revisions are being sought as CICs begin to embrace evolving technology that is decreasing in cost and changing the way in which associaon residents can vote.


An amendment to the “Amendment of declaraon” secons of the CIC statutes (UCA Secon 3219; UPCA – Secon 5219) that would provide for a statewide standard for fees related to recording CIC declaraon amendments. The goal would be to eliminate a “per unit” recording fee for any county that requires indexing the declaraon amendment by reference to (Connued on page 29)


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