SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 147, 688 PRINTER'S NO. 1790
No. 142 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. PETRARCA, MANDERINO, A. K. HUTCHINSON,
SCHMITT, KOLTER AND LAUDADIO, JANUARY 28, 1975
SENATOR MURPHY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 23, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled "An
2 act concerning townships of the second class; and amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," providing for appropriations for building
5 hospitals.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 702, act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69),
9 known as "The Second Class Township Code," reenacted and amended
10 July 10, 1947 (P.L.1481, No.567), and amended May 24, 1951
11 (P.L.370, No.85), is amended by adding a clause to read:
12 Section 702. Supervisors to Exercise Powers.--The corporate
13 powers of townships of the second class shall be exercised by
14 the township supervisors. Where no specific authority is given
15 for the expenditures incident to the exercise of any power
16 hereinafter conferred, or where no specific fund is designated
17 from which such expenditures shall be made, appropriations for
18 such expenditures shall be made only from the general township
1 fund. In addition to the duties imposed upon them by section 516
2 hereof, they shall have power--
3 * * *
4 LXVIII. Building Hospitals.--To appropriate not exceeding
5 one dollar ($1) per TOWNSHIP resident per year toward the <--
6 erection, maintenance and support of any medical center or
7 hospital building necessary for the treatment and medical <--
8 attention of the residents of the township AS DETERMINED BY THE <--
9 APPROPRIATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY. The number of residents
10 shall be determined from the latest decennial Federal Census.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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