PRINTER'S NO.  2882

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

220

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, CALTAGIRONE AND GEORGE, DECEMBER 13, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further

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providing for purposes and powers.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 5607(d) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

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§ 5607.  Purposes and powers.

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(d)  Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers

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necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set

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forth in this section, including, but without limiting the

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generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:

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(34)  When an authority approves a project in excess of

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$1,000,000 and is eligible to apply for Federal or State

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funding for the project that would have the effect of

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offsetting costs to property owners, the authority shall

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apply for the Federal or State funding and shall provide

 


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public notice of any Federal or State funding for which the

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authority has applied.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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