PRINTER'S NO. 2935
No. 2149 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY AFFLERBACH, LUCYK, SEMMEL, KOSINSKI, FATTAH,
PRATT, HALUSKA, MRKONIC, BELARDI, HERMAN, E. Z. TAYLOR,
GODSHALL, KASUNIC, ALDERETTE, MORRIS, CLARK, RYBAK, GRUPPO,
DeLUCA AND GREENWOOD, MAY 9, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 9, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act to promote public health, safety, morals,
3 and welfare by declaring the necessity of creating public
4 bodies, corporate and politic, to be known as housing
5 authorities to engage in slum clearance, and to undertake
6 projects, to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of
7 low income; providing for the organization of such housing
8 authorities; defining their powers and duties; providing for
9 the exercise of such powers, including the acquisition of
10 property by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the renting and
11 selling of property, and including borrowing money, issuing
12 bonds, and other obligations, and giving security therefor;
13 prescribing the remedies of obligees of housing authorities;
14 authorizing housing authorities to enter into agreements,
15 including agreements with the United States, the
16 Commonwealth, and political subdivisions and municipalities
17 thereof; defining the application of zoning, sanitary, and
18 building laws and regulations to projects built or maintained
19 by such housing authorities; exempting the property and
20 securities of such housing authorities from taxation; and
21 imposing duties and conferring powers upon the State Planning
22 Board, and certain other State officers and departments,"
23 requiring the submission of budgets and reports.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955,
27 No.265), known as the Housing Authorities Law, is amended to
1 read:
2 Section 4. Formation of Housing Authorities.--(a) There are
3 hereby created separate and distinct bodies, corporate and
4 politic, one for each city (as herein defined), and one for each
5 of the counties of the Commonwealth. Each such Authority may be
6 known as the housing authority of the city or the county, as the
7 case may be, but shall in no way be deemed to be an
8 instrumentality of such city or county, or engaged in the
9 performance of a municipal function. Each such Authority shall
10 transact no business or otherwise become operative until and
11 unless a finding is made, as hereinafter provided in this
12 section. After formation, each Authority shall submit annually a
13 proposed budget for the coming year to the municipality which
14 created it for review and comments. Each Authority shall also
15 submit quarterly reports to the creating municipality on its
16 activities during the preceding quarter.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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