PRINTER'S NO. 2042
No. 1644 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY COLE, BENNETT, BRANDT, M. E. MILLER JR., LEHR,
GREEN, McCALL, SCHWEDER, LINCOLN AND DiCARLO, JULY 17, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JULY 18, 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 an appropriation to certain tourist
5 promotion agencies.
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), is amended by adding a clause
11 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
19 fund. In addition to the duties imposed upon them by section 516
1 hereof, they shall have power--
2 * * *
3 LXVIII. Appropriations to tourist promotion agencies.--To
4 appropriate annually, such amount of money but not in excess of
5 ten cents (10¢) for each resident of the township, as determined
6 by the latest official census, which may be deemed necessary, to
7 any "tourist promotion agency," as defined in the act of April
8 28, 1961 (P.L.111, No.50), known as the "Tourist Promotion Law,"
9 to assist such agencies in carrying out tourist promotional
10 activities.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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