PRINTER'S NO. 1718
No. 1446 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT JR., JULY 5, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, JULY 5, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 2, 1975 (P.L.3, No.2), entitled "A
2 supplement to the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265),
3 entitled, as amended, 'An act to promote public health,
4 safety, morals, and welfare by declaring the necessity of
5 creating public bodies, corporate and politic, to be known as
6 housing authorities to engage in slum clearance, and to
7 undertake projects, to provide dwelling accommodations for
8 persons of low income; providing for the organization of such
9 housing authorities; defining their powers and duties;
10 providing for the exercise of such powers, including the
11 acquisition of property by purchase, gift or eminent domain,
12 the renting and selling of property, and including borrowing
13 money, issuing bonds, and other obligations, and giving
14 security therefor; prescribing the remedies of obligees of
15 housing authorities; authorizing housing authorities to enter
16 into agreements, including agreements with the United States,
17 the Commonwealth, and political subdivisions and
18 municipalities thereof; defining the application of zoning,
19 sanitary, and building laws and regulations to projects built
20 or maintained by such housing authorities; exempting the
21 property and securities of such housing authorities from
22 taxation; and imposing duties and conferring powers upon the
23 State Planning Board, and certain other State officers and
24 departments,' providing for civil service protection for
25 certain employees of certain housing authorities," further
26 providing for certain employees of housing authorities.
27 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
28 hereby enacts as follows:
29 Section 1. The act of June 2, 1975 (P.L.3, No.2), entitled
30 "A supplement to the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265),
1 entitled, as amended, 'An act to promote public health, safety,
2 morals, and welfare by declaring the necessity of creating
3 public bodies, corporate and politic, to be known as housing
4 authorities to engage in slum clearance, and to undertake
5 projects, to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low
6 income; providing for the organization of such housing
7 authorities; defining their powers and duties; providing for the
8 exercise of such powers, including the acquisition of property
9 by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the renting and selling of
10 property, and including borrowing money, issuing bonds, and
11 other obligations, and giving security therefor; prescribing the
12 remedies of obligees of housing authorities; authorizing housing
13 authorities to enter into agreements, including agreements with
14 the United States, the Commonwealth, and political subdivisions
15 and municipalities thereof; defining the application of zoning,
16 sanitary, and building laws and regulations to projects built or
17 maintained by such housing authorities; exempting the property
18 and securities of such housing authorities from taxation; and
19 imposing duties and conferring powers upon the State Planning
20 Board, and certain other State officers and departments,'
21 providing for civil service protection for certain employees of
22 certain housing authorities," is amended by adding a section to
23 read:
24 Section 3.1. Any employee of a housing authority covered by
25 the provisions of this supplement who, on the effective date of
26 this amendatory act, is in provisional status and has been in
27 provisional status since December 31, 1976, shall assume the
28 status of a probationary employee for six months. After
29 successful completion of the probationary period, such employee
30 shall be granted regular status.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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