Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 1595.3. Definitions

(a) “Persons engaged in national defense activities” as used in this act shall mean men in the military and naval services of the United States and employes of the War and Navy Departments assigned to duty at military or naval reservations, posts or bases and workers engaged or to be engaged in industries connected with and essential to the national defense program and shall include the families of the aforesaid persons who are living with them.

(b) “Development” as used in this act shall mean any and all undertakings and activities necessary or proper for the planning, land acquisition, demolition, financing, construction or equipment in connection with a project (including the negotiation or award of contracts therefor) and shall include the acquisition of any project (in whole or in part) from the State or Federal Government.

(c) “Administration” as used in this act shall mean any and all undertakings and activities necessary or proper for the management, operation or maintenance in connection with any project and shall include the leasing of any project (in whole or in part) from the State or Federal Government.

(d) “Federal Government” as used in this act shall mean the United States of America, or any agent or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.

(e) “State Government” as used in this act shall mean the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the Commonwealth.

(f) The development of a project shall be deemed to be “initiated” within the meaning of this act if a housing authority has issued any bonds, notes or other obligations with respect to financing the development of such projects of the housing authority or has contracted with the Federal Government with respect to the exercise of powers hereunder in the development of such project of the Federal Government for which an allocation of funds has been made prior to May 31, 1947.

(g) “Housing authority” as used in this act shall mean any housing authority established or hereafter established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Act of May 28, 1937, Pamphlet Laws, 955, as amended by Act of June 19th, 1939, Pamphlet Laws, 424, and any additional amendments thereto). 1

(h) “Project” or “housing project”   2 as used in this act shall mean any work or undertaking to provide safe and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations, including buildings, land, equipment, facilities and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water services, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community health, recreational, educational, welfare or other purposes.

(i) “National Defense period” as used in this act means the period during which a housing authority finds that within its field of operation, or any part thereof, (1) there exists or impends an acute shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings, and (2) there exists an immediate need for housing accommodations for persons engaged in national defense activities, and (3) the failure to supply such housing accommodations will impede the National Defense program, and (4) private industry alone is unable to supply the need for housing accommodations for persons engaged in national defense activities within the time and in the quantity necessary to supply the need of such housing without impeding the National Defense program.

(j) “Field of operation” as used in this act means the area within the territorial boundaries of the city or county for which the particular housing authority is created:  Provided, however, That the field of operation of any county authority, except as hereinafter provided, shall not include a city having a housing authority.  For the purposes of section 6.1 of this act   3 only, “Field of operation” shall also include any county, city, borough or incorporated town, or any portion thereof not included in said area, in which the housing authority exercises its powers under the provisions of section 6.1 of this act.

(k) “State public body” as used in this act shall mean any city, borough, town, township, county, municipal corporation, commission, school district, institution district, district authority, other subdivision or public body of this Commonwealth.