The Township Manager/Secretary or such official's designee
is hereby appointed as the designated officer who is authorized to
carry out all responsibilities and duties stated herein.
Where any fire loss to a property is in excess of $7,500 of
all policy coverages, the Township Manager/Secretary, upon written
request of property owner or named insured meeting the requirements
of Section 508(b)(1) of the Act, 40 P.S. § 638 et seq.,
shall issue, within 14 working days of the request, to the insuring
agent either of the following:
A. A certificate, or at the discretion of the Township, a verbal notification
which will be confirmed in writing, that as of a specified date, there
are no delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties or user charges against
the property and that no costs have been incurred by the Township
for repairs or demolition or securing a building or structure; or
B. A certificate and bill showing the amount of delinquent taxes, assessments,
penalties and user charges and other costs. When delinquent taxes,
assessments, penalties, charges and/or costs are owed, the insurance
company must then, prior to paying the claim to the insured, transfer
to the Township the amount necessary to pay the amounts as shown on
the bill from the insurance proceeds.
No insurance company, association, or exchange (hereinafter
the "insuring agent") doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure
located within the Township of Upper Burrell (hereinafter the "Township")
where the amount recoverable for the fire loss to the structure under
all policies exceeds $7,500, unless the named insured or insuring
agent is furnished by the Township Manager/Secretary with a municipal
certificate pursuant to Section 508(b) of Act 98 of 1992, as amended, and unless there is compliance with Section 508(c) and
(d) of Act 98 of 1992 and the provisions of this chapter.
The Township Board of Supervisors may, by resolution, adopt
procedures and regulations to implement Act 98 of 1992 and this chapter
and may, by resolution, fix reasonable fees to be charged for Township
activities or services provided pursuant to Act 98 of 1992 and this
chapter, including but not limited to issuance of certificates and
bills, performance of inspection, and opening separate fund accounts.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.