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Interagency cooperation - 37 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 508

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     § 508.  Interagency cooperation.
        (a)  Responsibilities of Commonwealth agencies.--Commonwealth
     agencies shall:
            (1)  Consult the commission before demolishing, altering
        or transferring any property under their ownership or control
        that is or may be of historical, architectural or
        archaeological significance.
            (2)  Seek the advice of the commission on possible
        alternatives to the demolition, alteration or transfer of
        property under their ownership or control that is on or may
        be eligible for the Pennsylvania Register of Historic Places.
            (3)  Initiate measures and procedures to provide for the
        maintenance by means of preservation, rehabilitation or
        restoration of historic resources under their ownership or
        control that are listed on or are eligible for the
        Pennsylvania Register of Historic Places.
            (4)  Institute procedures and policies to assure that
        their plans, programs, codes, regulations and activities
        contribute to the preservation and enhancement of all
        historic resources in this Commonwealth. However, nothing in
        this title shall be construed as conferring on the commission
        the authority to delay, deny, condition or limit or cause to
        be delayed, denied, conditioned or limited any permits which
        would otherwise be issued by a Commonwealth agency beyond
        those time frames specified in section 507 (relating to
        cooperation by public officials with the commission), unless
        the applicant agrees in writing to such condition, limit or
        time extension. An applicant is prohibited from utilizing a
        permit or license in any manner that would impair or
        interfere with the performance of an archaeological survey or
        field investigation until the expiration of the time frames
        in section 507 or until receiving written notification from
        the commission that its archaeological survey or
        investigation is completed, whichever is sooner. Commonwealth
        agencies likewise are, in the absence of specific statutory
        language in their enabling or regulatory statutes, prohibited
        from stopping the processing or denying a permit solely
        because of the possible or actual presence of archaeological
        resources.
            (5)  Submit the procedures and policies described in
        paragraphs (3) and (4) to the commission for review and
        comment.
        (b)  Limitation.--Nothing under this act shall confer power
     upon a political subdivision or municipal authority to delay,
     deny, condition or limit or cause to be delayed, denied,
     conditioned or limited any permit or approval because of failure
     to comply with this act.
     (Nov. 28, 1995, P.L.647, No.70, eff. 60 days)

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