PRINTER'S NO. 1374
No. 1167 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT JR., O'CONNELL, KNEPPER, FISCHER,
WAGNER, SALVATORE, HOPKINS, W. D. HUTCHINSON, NOYE, BERLIN,
HALVERSON, McCLATCHY, GEESEY AND REED, MAY 25, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 25, 1977
AN ACT
1 Empowering the commissioners of counties of the first class to
2 declare a countywide state of emergency.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. (a) County commissioners of counties of the
6 first class shall have the power to declare a countywide
7 emergency and shall be empowered upon this declaration to assume
8 powers which they deem necessary to provide for the welfare of
9 their citizens.
10 (b) Such declaration shall have the force of law unless such
11 declaration shall be vetoed by the Governor within 24 hours of
12 such declaration.
13 (c) Such declaration shall not usurp the powers given to
14 local governments detailed in the borough and township codes,
15 where these powers are adequate to handle emergency situations
16 without invocation of the authority specified herein.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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