Pennsylvania Act 2004-137 — URBAN REDEVELOPMENT LAW - APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF AUTHORITY

Act text

Session of 2004

No. 2004-137

HB 2027

AN ACT

Amending the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385), entitled "An act to promote elimination of blighted areas and supply sanitary housing in areas throughout the Commonwealth; by declaring acquisition, sound replanning and redevelopment of such areas to be for the promotion of health, safety, convenience and welfare; creating public bodies corporate and politic to be known as Redevelopment Authorities; authorizing them to engage in the elimination of blighted areas and to plan and contract with private, corporate or governmental redevelopers for their redevelopment; providing for the organization of such authorities; defining and providing for the exercise of their powers and duties, including the acquisition of property by purchase, gift or eminent domain; the leasing and selling of property, including borrowing money, issuing bonds and other obligations, and giving security therefor; restricting the interest of members and employes of authorities; providing for notice and hearing; supplying certain mandatory provisions to be inserted in contracts with redevelopers; prescribing the remedies of obligees of redevelopment authorities; conferring certain duties upon local planning commissions, the governing bodies of cities and counties, and on certain State officers, boards and departments," further providing for appointment and qualifications of members of authority.

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

Section 1. Section 5 of the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385), known as the Urban Redevelopment Law, is amended to read:

Section 5. Appointment and Qualifications of Members of Authority.--Upon certification of a resolution declaring the need for an Authority to operate in a city or county, the mayor or board of county commissioners thereof, respectively, shall appoint, as members of the Authority, five citizens who , except in the case of cities of the third class, shall be residents of the city or county in which the Authority is to operate. In the case of a city of the third class, a majority of the members of the Authority shall be residents of the city, and the remainder may be nonresidents who own and operate businesses in the city in which the Authority is to operate.

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

APPROVED--The 23rd day of November, A. D. 2004.

EDWARD G. RENDELL