PRINTER'S NO. 3610

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2583 Session of 1986


        INTRODUCED BY IRVIS, JUNE 9, 1986

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 9, 1986

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making an appropriation to the Department of Community Affairs
     2     for mine subsidence assistance.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The sum of $400,000, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Community
     7  Affairs for the fiscal year July 1, 1986, to June 30, 1987, to
     8  reimburse individuals and families who reside in cities of the
     9  second class for the fair market value of homes which were
    10  razed, or will be razed no later than December 31, 1986, by the
    11  governing body of any such city because the residences were
    12  determined to be structurally dangerous and unsafe for
    13  habitation due to mine subsidence. The maximum amount of
    14  reimbursement per building shall not exceed $40,000. Fair market
    15  value of the affected properties shall be the fair market value
    16  of the homes immediately prior to the occurrence of the
    17  subsidence.


     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.




















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