PRINTER'S NO. 1681
No. 1443 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, LASHINGER, TIGUE, SALOOM, TRELLO, MAIALE,
HOWLETT, KOSINSKI, NAHILL, McNALLY, BILLOW, WAMBACH,
ANGSTADT, DeLUCA, FARGO, FOX, VAN HORNE, JAMES, BISHOP,
ITKIN, ROBINSON, PRESTON, NOYE, MELIO, GIGLIOTTI, MORRIS,
WOGAN, BELFANTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, ACOSTA, MRKONIC, CARN, VROON,
BUNT AND LEE, MAY 22, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 22, 1989
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting the use of public or subsidized housing and
2 subsidized mortgage assistance by persons convicted of
3 felonies relating to controlled substances.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Use of public housing by certain felons prohibited.
7 (a) Housing agencies.--It shall be unlawful for any agency
8 or authority of the Commonwealth or of a political subdivision
9 which owns or operates any form of public or subsidized
10 residential housing to lease or to renew a lease of a housing
11 unit to, or to allow the continued occupancy of, a housing unit
12 by, any person convicted of a felony under the act of April 14,
13 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
14 Device and Cosmetic Act, or a similar act of another state.
15 (b) Tenants.--It shall be unlawful for any person convicted
16 of a felony, as described in subsection (a), to lease any unit
1 of public or subsidized housing owned or operated by the
2 Commonwealth or a political subdivision or any agency or
3 authority thereof, and any tenant occupying a housing unit in
4 violation of this section shall be immediately evicted.
5 Section 2. Subsidized mortgage assistance.
6 No person convicted of a felony as described in section 1(a)
7 shall be eligible to receive any subsidized mortgage assistance
8 from any agency or authority of the Commonwealth or of a
9 political subdivision.
10 Section 3. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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