Pennsylvania Act 2023-46 — HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW - ORGANIZATION OF AN AUTHORITY

Act text

Session of 2023

No. 2023-46

HB 666

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), entitled "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," further providing for organization of an authority.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 7(b) of the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), referred to as the Housing Authorities Law, is amended to read:

Section 7. Organization of an Authority.--* * *

(b) In an Authority in a city of the first class, the executive director and staff with executive duties who report directly to either the executive director or members of the Authority shall [be at-will employes of the Authority and shall serve at the pleasure of the members of the Authority. The Authority shall not provide any payment or other thing of value to such employes in connection with their separation from employment, other than salary and benefits to which they are entitled for regular employment through the date of separation.] serve in accordance with the terms and conditions approved in writing by the members of the Authority.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 14th day of December, A.D. 2023.

JOSH SHAPIRO