PRINTER'S NO. 599

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 532 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, COY, STEIGHNER, JAROLIN, GALLAGHER,
           MRKONIC, CLYMER, PRATT, POTT, DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           MANMILLER, GRIECO, ZWIKL, GEIST, PRESTON, LETTERMAN, SEVENTY,
           BUNT, CIVERA, BELFANTI, BOOK, DALEY, D. W. SNYDER, TELEK,
           JOHNSON, MICOZZIE, MORRIS, ALDERETTE, D. R. WRIGHT, BURD,
           REBER, COLAFELLA, CORDISCO AND BALDWIN, MARCH 22, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 22, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 28, 1895 (P.L.408, No.289), entitled,
     2     as amended, "A supplement to the twenty-fourth section of an
     3     act, entitled 'An act to provide revenue by taxation,
     4     approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred
     5     and seventy-nine,' approved the first day of June, one
     6     thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, amending the twenty-
     7     fourth section, by providing for the payment by the State
     8     Treasurer of the two per centum tax on premiums paid by
     9     foreign fire insurance companies to the treasurers of the
    10     several cities, towns, townships and boroughs, within this
    11     Commonwealth," further providing for the disposition of the
    12     tax on premiums.

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    14  hereby enacts as follows:
    15     Section 1.  Section 2 of the act of June 28, 1895 (P.L.408,
    16  No.289), entitled, as amended, "A supplement to the twenty-
    17  fourth section of an act, entitled 'An act to provide revenue by
    18  taxation, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight
    19  hundred and seventy-nine,' approved the first day of June, one
    20  thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, amending the twenty-
    21  fourth section, by providing for the payment by the State

     1  Treasurer of the two per centum tax on premiums paid by foreign
     2  fire insurance companies to the treasurers of the several
     3  cities, towns, townships and boroughs, within this
     4  Commonwealth," is amended by adding a subsection to read:
     5     Section 2.  * * *
     6     (c)  Any volunteer fire company which receives any payments
     7  pursuant to this act may, once in each five-year period, use any
     8  funds which it has deposited in its relief fund association for
     9  any purposes relating to its operation as a volunteer fire
    10  company.
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.













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