H0447B1037A00448 DMS:CMD 03/31/15 #90 A00448
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 447
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SCHWEYER
Printer's No. 1037
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "thereto,""
in recovery of possession,
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "for"
termination of lease due to
Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "tenant"
; and, in tenement buildings and multiple dwelling premises,
providing for eviction for unlawful discharge of firearm in
occupied structure
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 8 through 10, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding
sections to read:
Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by inserting after "514. "
Termination of Lease due to
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
Section 506-A. Eviction for Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm
in an Occupied Structure.--(a) The conviction of a tenant for
unlawful discharge of a firearm in any portion of an occupied
structure in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 2707.1 (relating to
discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure) shall
constitute forfeiture of the lease for breach of its conditions
and shall be grounds for removal of the tenant and recovery of
possession by the landlord in accordance with section 501.
(b) Failure of the landlord to remove the tenant and recover
possession under subsection (a) shall not act as a waiver of the
landlord's rights with regard to the same or any other tenant
relating to any subsequent act or violation.
(c) The term "occupied structure" shall have the meaning
given to it under 18 Pa.C.S. § 2707.1 and, for the purposes of
this section, shall include any portion of a single-family
dwelling, apartment, multiple dwelling premises or tenement
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