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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, PARKER, FABRIZIO, V. BROWN, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, SAINATO, YOUNGBLOOD AND D. COSTA, MARCH 28, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 28, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 | providing for ethics standards. |
24 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
25 | hereby enacts as follows: |
26 | Section 1. The act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), known |
27 | as the Housing Authorities Law, is amended by adding a section |
28 | to read: |
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1 | Section 6.1. Ethics Standards.--(a) The members of an |
2 | authority shall be deemed public officials under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. |
3 | 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure). |
4 | (b) A person serving in a position with an authority who |
5 | meets the definition of the term "public official" as set forth |
6 | in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102 (relating to definitions) shall be deemed a |
7 | public official under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11. |
8 | (c) An employe of an authority who meets the definition of |
9 | the term "public employee" as set forth in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102 |
10 | shall be deemed a public employe under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11. |
11 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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