PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 491
PRINTER'S NO. 1037
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
447
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, MAJOR, SCHREIBER, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
D. COSTA, DIAMOND, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, HARHART, A. HARRIS,
HEFFLEY, HELM, JAMES, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, MURT,
O'NEILL, PICKETT, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG, THOMAS, TOOHIL,
WATSON AND PHILLIPS-HILL, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 31, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," providing for death of a tenant.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 514. Death of Tenant.--(a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this act or law, and if the deceased tenant
is the sole tenant of the residential unit, the executor or
administrator of the estate of a tenant who dies during the term
of a residential lease shall have the option to terminate the
lease upon fourteen days' written notice to the landlord on the
later of:
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