PRINTER'S NO. 2208
No. 1674 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, BEYER, MANN, BLACKWELL, BRENNAN, COHEN,
FRANKEL, GERGELY, JAMES, KORTZ, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MENSCH,
R. MILLER, MURT, PASHINSKI, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY,
THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD AND K. SMITH, JULY 3, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JULY 3, 2007
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 further providing for powers of authority.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. Section 10(ee) of the act of May 28, 1937
27 (P.L.955, No.265), known as the Housing Authorities Law, added
1 October 4, 1978 (P.L.1008, No.215), is amended to read:
2 Section 10. Powers of an Authority.--An Authority shall
3 constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercising
4 public powers of the Commonwealth as an agency thereof, which
5 powers shall include all powers necessary or appropriate to
6 carry out and effectuate the purpose and provisions of this act,
7 including the following powers, in addition to others herein
8 granted:
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10 (ee) In a city of the second or third class, to appoint
11 police officers who shall have the same rights, powers and
12 duties as other peace officers in the Commonwealth with respect
13 to the property and enforcing order on and adjacent to the
14 grounds and buildings of the Authority: Provided, That said
15 police officers complete the same course of instruction as is
16 required for municipal police officers by the act of June 18,
17 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), referred to as the Municipal Police
18 Education and Training Law.
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20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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