2013 Legislative Agenda
High Priority
Professional Practice
- Support revisions to the Architects Licensing Act for Mandatory Continuing Education
- Oppose intrusions on the practice of architecture, including, but not limited to: A/E practice overlap; unlicensed practice of architecture; interior design practice act and title registration; and removal of townhouse from purview of the architect.
Public Contracts
- Support continuation of the PlanCon program at the PA Department of Education
- Oppose Public Private Partnerships
Sustainable Communities
- Support incentives for reinvestment in existing older communities, e.g. City Revitalization and Improvement Zone Act
Medium Priority
Professional Practice
- Uniform Construction Code (UCC) - monitor and respond to proposed amendments/changes to the UCC and participate in the UCC Collaborative
Sustainable Communities
- Support high performance building standards for state-funded buildings
- Support implementation of the state historic preservation tax credit
Low Priority
Professional Practice
- Monitor and advocate for expungement legislation
Public Contracts
- Oppose new referenda for school construction
- Monitor activities concerning public contracts and cooperative agreements
- Support the modernization of the Separations Act
- Oppose Prototypical Schools
- Support Qualifications Based Selection
Sustainable Communities
- Monitor Property Assessed Clean Energy Program Act
