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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2209
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE STURLA
Printer's No. 2574
Amend Bill, page 1, line 3, by striking out "board." and
inserting
legislative findings and purpose, for board, for powers and for
disposition of property and providing for exemption from
realty transfer tax.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 6 and 7, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Section 2102 of Title 68 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 2102. Legislative findings and purpose.
The General Assembly finds and declares that:
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(6) Land banks, if used effectively, can be a powerful
tool in the fight against homelessness. Using land banks to
transform vacant, abandoned or tax-delinquent properties into
housing facilities for homeless individuals provides tangible
benefits to municipalities, including the restoration of
blighted property and the ability to provide necessary
resources to one of this Commonwealth's most vulnerable
populations.
Section 2. Section 2105(g)(2) of Title 68 is amended to
read:
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Section 3. Section 2107 of Title 68 is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
§ 2107. Powers.
A land bank constitutes a public body, corporate and politic,
exercising public powers of the Commonwealth necessary or
appropriate to carry out this chapter, including the following
powers:
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(16.1) To enter into partnerships, joint ventures and
other collaborative relationships with other entities,
including private developers, for the conversion of vacant,
abandoned, tax-delinquent or otherwise blighted property into
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housing facilities for homeless individuals.
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Section 4. Section 2110(e)(1) of Title 68 is amended by
adding a subparagraph to read:
§ 2110. Disposition of property.
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(e) Ranking of priorities.--
(1) A land bank jurisdiction may establish a
hierarchical ranking of priorities for the use of real
property conveyed by a land bank, including use for:
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(i.1) Housing for homeless individuals.
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Section 5. Title 68 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2121. Exemption from realty transfer tax.
A transfer of real property to or from a land bank shall be
exempt from both the State and local realty transfer tax under
Articles XI-C and XI-D of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6,
No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, and section 301.1
of the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as The
Local Tax Enabling Act.
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