THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, PARKER, FABRIZIO, V. BROWN, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, SAINATO, YOUNGBLOOD AND D. COSTA, MARCH 28, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 28, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), entitled, as

amended, "An act to promote public health, safety, morals,

and welfare by declaring the necessity of creating public

bodies, corporate and politic, to be known as housing

authorities to engage in slum clearance, and to undertake

projects, to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of

low income; providing for the organization of such housing

authorities; defining their powers and duties; providing for

the exercise of such powers, including the acquisition of

property by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the renting and

selling of property, and including borrowing money, issuing

bonds, and other obligations, and giving security therefor;

prescribing the remedies of obligees of housing authorities;

authorizing housing authorities to enter into agreements,

including agreements with the United States, the

Commonwealth, and political subdivisions and municipalities

thereof; defining the application of zoning, sanitary, and

building laws and regulations to projects built or maintained

by such housing authorities; exempting the property and

securities of such housing authorities from taxation; and

imposing duties and conferring powers upon the State Planning

Board, and certain other State officers and departments,"

providing for ethics standards.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), known

as the Housing Authorities Law, is amended by adding a section

to read:

Section 6.1.  Ethics Standards.--(a)  The members of an

authority shall be deemed public officials under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch.

11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure).

(b)  A person serving in a position with an authority who

meets the definition of the term "public official" as set forth

in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102 (relating to definitions) shall be deemed a

public official under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11.

(c)  An employe of an authority who meets the definition of

the term "public employee" as set forth in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102

shall be deemed a public employe under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.