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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3195, 3226               PRINTER'S NO. 3419

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2233 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, ARGALL, McILVAINE SMITH, ROSS, BAKER,
           BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGTON, BOYD, BRENNAN, CARROLL, CONKLIN,
           FABRIZIO, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HICKERNELL, KING, KORTZ,
           MAHONEY, MANN, McGEEHAN, MENSCH, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER,
           PEIFER, REICHLEY, SOLOBAY, STEIL, THOMAS, WALKO, J. WHITE,
           YUDICHAK, HARHAI, WOJNAROSKI, KOTIK, O'NEILL, MANDERINO,
           HARPER, JOSEPHS, HENNESSEY, READSHAW, SAYLOR, GOODMAN,
           YOUNGBLOOD, LENTZ, SAMUELSON, HARHART, KULA, FRANKEL,
           CALTAGIRONE, BISHOP, COHEN, GEIST, RUBLEY, MILNE, GABIG,
           MOYER, PETRONE, LONGIETTI, GINGRICH AND SIPTROTH,
           FEBRUARY 6, 2008

        AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           MARCH 12, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of February 9, 2004 (P.L.61, No.7), entitled
     2     "An act providing for a residential neighborhood enhancement
     3     program to be administered by the Department of Community and
     4     Economic Development; and making an allocation of
     5     appropriated funds," further providing for program
     6     requirements and for rules and regulations GUIDELINES; and     <--
     7     repealing the expiration date of the act.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  Section 3(c) of the act of February 9, 2004
    11  (P.L.61, No.7), known as the Elm Street Program Act, is amended
    12  and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
    13  Section 3.  Elm Street Program.
    14     * * *
    15     (c)  Program requirements.--The program shall:


     1         (1)  Provide basic grants for [a maximum of] A PERIOD OF   <--
     2     UP TO five years per project or upon approval by the
     3     department an additional period of up to five years for
     4     administrative costs associated with the hiring of a
     5     professional Elm Street Manager, who may serve as an
     6     assistant to the Main Street Manager if a Main Street Program
     7     exists within the municipality.
     8         (2)  Provide residential reinvestment grants for
     9     infrastructure and structural improvements, including, but
    10     not limited to, streets, street lights, trees, exteriors of
    11     buildings and sidewalks or other pedestrian-oriented
    12     features.
    13         (3)  Provide planning and development grants for:
    14             (i)  Marketing and promoting urban residential
    15         living.
    16             (ii)  Leveraging additional private and public
    17         investment.
    18             (iii)  Promoting home ownership and other housing
    19         options.
    20             (iv)  Addressing social and economic concerns
    21         including, but not limited to, crime, blight, employment
    22         opportunities and public services and amenities.
    23             (v)  Achieving consistency, whenever appropriate,
    24         with existing commercial and residential revitalization
    25         efforts.
    26             (vi)  Promoting the development of traditional
    27         neighborhood consumer services and goods, including, but
    28         not limited to, banking institutions, grocery stores and
    29         pharmacies.
    30         (4)  Provide an assessment of the applying municipality's
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     1     need for the following:
     2             (i)  The establishment of a neighborhood improvement
     3         district as defined in the act of December 20, 2000
     4         (P.L.949, No.130), known as the Neighborhood Improvement
     5         District Act.
     6             (ii)  A review of local comprehensive plans and
     7         zoning and other land use ordinances to foster the
     8         viability of established residential neighborhoods, with
     9         a balanced mix of commercial, civic, employment and
    10         residential uses, with particular attention to a
    11         diversity of housing options.
    12             (iii)  A review of educational and recreational
    13         opportunities and facilities.
    14     * * *
    15     (i)  Regulations GUIDELINES.--The department shall adopt       <--
    16  regulations GUIDELINES to authorize municipalities or their       <--
    17  designees, upon the submission of the appropriate applications
    18  and the approval of the department, to reestablish an Elm Street
    19  program in a neighborhood where a program had been previously
    20  established.
    21     Section 2.  Section 6 of the act is repealed:
    22  [Section 6.  Expiration of act.
    23     This act shall expire June 30, 2011, unless it is reenacted
    24  prior to that date.]
    25     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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