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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, McGEEHAN, CALTAGIRONE, FABRIZIO, COHEN, DONATUCCI, GIBBONS, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS AND SABATINA, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Requiring community notification of certain prison projects in |
2 | cities of the first class. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Short title. |
6 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Community |
7 | Notification of Prison Facilities Act. |
8 | Section 2. Definitions. |
9 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
10 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
11 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
12 | "Prison." A detention center, prison or similar correctional |
13 | facility owned or operated by a county or privately owned or |
14 | operated. The term does not include a facility certified, |
15 | licensed or operated by the Department of Public Welfare or the |
16 | Department of Health, nor prerelease centers under 61 Pa.C.S. |
17 | Ch. 37 (relating to inmate prerelease plans). |
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1 | Section 3. Public hearing required. |
2 | (a) General rule.--No prison may be considered at any time |
3 | for zoning, planning, housing or similar local code approval in |
4 | a city of the first class unless the applicant has certified |
5 | that the applicant has met the requirements of subsection (b). |
6 | (b) Notice and hearing.-- |
7 | (1) The applicant shall hold two public meetings for the |
8 | purpose of soliciting from members of the public, |
9 | suggestions, comments and objections about the proposed |
10 | prison. At least 15 days prior to the holding of any public |
11 | meeting pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall give |
12 | public notice of the meeting in a newspaper of general |
13 | circulation in a city of the first class. |
14 | (2) Notice of the proposed prison shall be provided to a |
15 | city of the first class, the State Senator of the senatorial |
16 | district in which the project is proposed to be located and |
17 | the member of the House of Representatives of the legislative |
18 | district in which the project is proposed to be located. |
19 | Section 4. Effective date. |
20 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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