PRINTER'S NO. 25
No. 27 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, ROBINSON, DALEY, JOSEPHS, WASHINGTON AND
HORSEY, JANUARY 19, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JANUARY 19, 1995
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 providing for the participation of women and minorities in
24 contracts let by housing authorities of first class cities.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26 hereby enacts as follows:
27 Section 1. The act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), known
28 as the Housing Authorities Law, is amended by adding a section
1 to read:
2 Section 11.1. Award of Contracts; Women and Minorities.--The
3 public housing authority of any first class city shall provide
4 for the substantial participation of women and members of
5 minority groups in all contracts let and administered by the
6 authority.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
L19L64DGS/19950H0027B0025 - 2 -