SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1030                      PRINTER'S NO. 1792

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 907 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MORRIS, FRYER, MEBUS, ARTHURS, PETRARCA, YAHNER,
           RUGGIERO, DOYLE, O'KEEFE, ABRAHAM, TRELLO, MISCEVICH,
           WEIDNER, BURNS, NOYE, GRING AND GARZIA, MARCH 20, 1975

        SENATOR MURPHY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
           JUNE 23, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
     2     "An act concerning townships of the first class; 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 1502, act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206,
     9  No.331), known as "The First Class Township Code," reenacted and
    10  amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569), is amended by adding a
    11  clause to read:
    12     Section 1502.  The corporate power of a township of the first
    13  class shall be vested in the board of township commissioners.
    14  The board shall have power--
    15     * * *
    16     LXVIII.  Building Hospitals.--To appropriate not exceeding
    17  one dollar ($1) per TOWNSHIP resident per year toward the         <--
    18  erection, maintenance and support of any medical center or

     1  hospital building necessary for the treatment and medical         <--
     2  attention of the residents of the township AS DETERMINED BY THE   <--
     3  APPROPRIATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY. The number of residents
     4  shall be determined from the latest decennial Federal census.


















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