PRINTER'S NO. 1280
No. 1139 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY WEIDNER, LEVI, A. C. FOSTER, JR., DeMEDIO AND
FRYER, MAY 1, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 1, 1979
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 specifically providing for a repeal.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. Section 26, act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955,
27 No.265), known as the "Housing Authorities Law," is amended to
28 read:
1 Section 26. Repeal of Inconsistent Acts.--(a) The act of
2 May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), entitled, "An act regulating the
3 letting of certain contracts for the erection, construction and
4 alteration of public buildings," is repealed insofar as it
5 relates to housing authorities.
6 (b) All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
7 hereby repealed.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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