PRINTER'S NO.  815

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

729

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, JOSEPHS, MENSCH, M. O'BRIEN, PHILLIPS AND SIPTROTH, MARCH 5, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 5, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of March 7, 1901 (P.L.20, No.14), entitled "An

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act for the government of cities of the second class,"

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providing for contracts granting rights to use or control

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city suites.

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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.  Article XV of the act of March 7, 1901 (P.L.20,

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No.14), referred to as the Second Class City Law, amended July

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13, 1988 (P.L.523, No.92), is amended by adding a section to

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read:

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Section 1.3.  No city officer shall execute any contract

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under which the city will be granted the right to use or control

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a city suite unless such contract requires that the city suite

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be leased by the city to the highest responsible bidder for a

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term of no more than ten years, with all rental payments paid

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into the city's general fund. If the city has the right to use

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or control the use of a city suite under a contract executed

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before the effective date of this section, then the city shall

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lease such city suite to the highest responsible bidder for a

 


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term of no more than ten years, with all rental payments paid

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into the city's general fund. As used in this section, the term

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"city suite" means a suite, box or other portion of a sports

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stadium, ball park, arena or other sports facility with a

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seating capacity in excess of seventeen thousand seats.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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