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Statute References

2013-2014 Legislation Amending Title 53

These bills amend Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. To view a list of all statutes that amend this act, visit the Chronological History.

# of House Bills: 46

# of Senate Bills: 32

Bill	Sponsor	Memo
House Bill 33	Rep. KULA	Legislation Providing for a County Assessment on Oil and Gas
House Bill 95	Rep. GODSHALL	Title 53 Municipal Authorities/Financial Disclosure - Former HB 1165
House Bill 161	Rep. MOUL	Assessment of Mobile Homes – Prior HB 2472
House Bill 257	Rep. READSHAW	Co-sponsorship: School Police Education and Training (HB 1554)
House Bill 318	Rep. O'NEILL	Homestead Definition (Previous HB 1472)
House Bill 334	Rep. THOMAS	Statute of limitations on parking tickets in Philadelphia
House Bill 338	Rep. TALLMAN	Property Tax Relief -- Prior HB 2315
House Bill 374	Rep. KRIEGER	Proposed Legislation - Westmoreland County Park Police (prior SB657 from 2011-2012 Session)
House Bill 378	Rep. D. COSTA	Co-Sponsorship Memo - New Training Regarding Child Abuse in the Training Mandated for Both Police Officers and the Minor Judiciary
House Bill 391	Rep. McGEEHAN	Property Tax Relief Package
House Bill 428	Rep. READSHAW	Co-sponsorship: Municipal Aggregation
House Bill 682	Rep. HALUSKA	Permit Electronic Incapacitation Devices (Tazers) to be used in schools by trained teachers and administrators
House Bill 821	Rep. HARPER	Creation of Municipal Storm Water Authorities
House Bill 830	Rep. EVANKOVICH	Prohibit Property Tax Reassessments for Home Improvements - Former HB 2729
House Bill 871	Rep. DAY	CSM: Loophole regarding online travel companies and hotel occupancy tax
House Bill 886	Rep. DONATUCCI	Co-sponsorship of Legislation - Anti-Windfall Provision for Cities/Counties of the First Class
House Bill 1078	Rep. MOUL	Life Lease Inclusion, Prior HB 1499
House Bill 1177	Rep. LUCAS	HB 1177_Clarifying langauge relating to the formation of a Gov't Study Referendum and Commission on consolidation/merger of municipalities
House Bill 1252	Rep. READSHAW	Storm Water Management
House Bill 1312	Rep. GOODMAN	Tax Liens on Abandoned and Blighted Property (former HB 2704)
House Bill 1365	Rep. GODSHALL	Municipal Authorities
House Bill 1409	Rep. ROSS	Delinquent Real Estate Tax Sale Reform
House Bill 1439	Rep. HAHN	House Bill 1439 - High Tunnels
House Bill 1490	Rep. ROSS	Preserving Enforcement of Taxicab and Limousine Regulations in Philadelphia
House Bill 1504	Rep. CALTAGIRONE	Mandatory Training on Mental Illness for Police and Minor Judiciary
House Bill 1524	Rep. MUSTIO	Reduction of parking fees at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport
House Bill 1644	Rep. TAYLOR	Municipalities Authorities Act amendment concerning business improvement districts.
House Bill 1677	Rep. HEFFLEY	Homestead Limitation legislation - Heffley
House Bill 1729	Rep. HAGGERTY	Amending the Home Rule Charter & Optional Plan Law - Local Taxing Power
House Bill 1796	Rep. STEPHENS	Protection for Victims of Crime from Certain Municipal Ordinances
House Bill 1904	Rep. GINGRICH
House Bill 1960	Rep. GROVE
House Bill 1974	Rep. B. BOYLE	Domestic Violence Bill Package
House Bill 2120	Rep. MASSER	Revised Blight Act cosponsor memo
House Bill 2131	Rep. ROSS
House Bill 2144	Rep. HARPER	Storm Water Authorities
House Bill 2194	Rep. MUSTIO	Authorizing The Allegheny County Airport Authority To Invest In Commercial Paper
House Bill 2269	Rep. D. MILLER	Municipality Authorities Act Notification Requirements
House Bill 2302	Rep. HARHAI	Code Enforcement Grant Program
House Bill 2343	Rep. MOUL	Municipal authority costs and Fees
House Bill 2348	Rep. MILNE	Spot Assessments
House Bill 2379	Rep. MASSER	Amending the Municipality Authorities Act on Competitive Enterprises
House Bill 2415	Rep. EMRICK	Safeguards for City and Municipal Authority Accounts
House Bill 2435	Rep. PAINTER	Real Estate Tax Deferral for Elderly Homeowners
House Bill 2446	Rep. DeLUCA	Co-sponsorship Memo: Legislation Establishing Uniform Ridesharing Standards
House Bill 2468	Rep. MAHER	Cosponsors: Web-based transportation options such as UberX, Lyft and Sidecar
Senate Bill 59	Sen. WARD	Memo #1 - Westmoreland County Park Police and MPOETC training requirements
Senate Bill 65	Sen. WARD	Memo #9 – Local Voter Referendums
Senate Bill 68	Sen. GORDNER	EIT Legislation
Senate Bill 192	Sen. WASHINGTON	First class cities, handgun purchase limits
Senate Bill 275	Sen. EICHELBERGER	Eichelberger-Local Agencies and Abortion
Senate Bill 293	Sen. FOLMER	Municipal Reforms
Senate Bill 294	Sen. FOLMER	Municipal Reforms
Senate Bill 295	Sen. FOLMER	Municipal Reforms
Senate Bill 351	Sen. ERICKSON	Creation of Municipal Stormwater Authorities
Senate Bill 377	Sen. KASUNIC	Assessment Appeal Filing Fee
Senate Bill 407	Sen. SOLOBAY	PASSHE police officers
Senate Bill 552	Sen. RAFFERTY	Municipal Bulk Electric Purchasing
Senate Bill 603	Sen. WOZNIAK	Landlord/Tenant Rights
Senate Bill 683	Sen. WOZNIAK	School Property Tax Elimination
Senate Bill 880	Sen. BREWSTER
Senate Bill 901	Sen. EICHELBERGER	Bipartisan Municipal Debt Bill #1-Local Government Unit Debt Act
Senate Bill 902	Sen. BLAKE	Bipartisan Municipal Debt Bill #2: Ethics Commission & Municipal Authorities
Senate Bill 903	Sen. FOLMER	Bipartisan Municipal Debt Bill #3: LGUDA Swap Ban
Senate Bill 948	Sen. STACK	Philadelphia AVI legislation
Senate Bill 1014	Sen. ARGALL	Philadelphia Taxicab and Limousine Regulation
Senate Bill 1051	Sen. COSTA	Second Class County Airport Authority Investments
Senate Bill 1055	Sen. SOLOBAY	Sale of alternative nicotine products to minors
Senate Bill 1156	Sen. EICHELBERGER
Senate Bill 1166	Sen. WILLIAMS	Property Tax Deferral
Senate Bill 1221	Sen. ERICKSON
Senate Bill 1242	Sen. WARD
Senate Bill 1255	Sen. ERICKSON	Storm Water Authorities
Senate Bill 1322	Sen. EICHELBERGER
Senate Bill 1352	Sen. SMITH	Municipal Financing of Consumer Energy Projects Loan Program
Senate Bill 1420	Sen. WASHINGTON	Driver’s license suspensions for property code violators
Senate Bill 1457	Sen. FONTANA	Co Sponsorship: Regulating Ridesharing in Pennsylvania
Senate Bill 1468	Sen. TEPLITZ	Water Authority Board Credentials