PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2208 PRINTER'S NO. 3455
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
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 18, 2008
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: 9 * * * 10 (ee) In a city of the second or third [IN] EXCEPT IN A CITY <-- 11 OF THE [SECOND] FIRST class, to appoint police officers who 12 shall [have the same rights, powers and duties as other peace <-- 13 officers in the Commonwealth] EXERCISE THE SAME POWERS THAT MAY <-- 14 BE EXERCISED UNDER AUTHORITY OF LAW OR ORDINANCE BY THE POLICE 15 OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WHEREIN THE AUTHORITY IS LOCATED, 16 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE POWERS CONFERRED PURSUANT 17 TO 42 PA.C.S. CH. 89 SUBCH. D (RELATING TO MUNICIPAL POLICE 18 JURISDICTION) with respect to the property and enforcing order 19 on and adjacent to the grounds and buildings of the Authority: 20 Provided, That said police officers complete the same course of 21 instruction as is required for municipal police officers by [the <-- 22 act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120), referred to as the 23 Municipal Police Education and Training Law] 53 PA.C.S. CH. 21 <-- 24 SUBCH. D (RELATING TO MUNICIPAL POLICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING). 25 * * * 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. B21L64DMS/20070H1674B3455 - 2 -