SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 494, 917 PRINTER'S NO. 3123
No. 440 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, MANDERINO, LIVENGOOD, SEVENTY,
LETTERMAN, MAYERNIK, PETRARCA, MARKOSEK, TRELLO, DeWEESE,
FEE, GEORGE, DOMBROWSKI, COWELL, STEIGHNER AND BROUJOS,
FEBRUARY 25, 1985
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
MARCH 18, 1986
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management <--
2 Agency for loans to volunteer companies.
3 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR <--
4 ANIMAL DISEASE ERADICATION PROGRAMS.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The sum of $10,000,000, or as much thereof as may <--
8 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Pennsylvania
9 Emergency Management Agency for the fiscal year July 1, 1985, to
10 June 30, 1986, for the purpose of making loans to volunteer
11 companies under the act of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1036, No.208),
12 known as the Volunteer Fire Company, Ambulance Service and
13 Rescue Squad Assistance Act.
14 Section 2. The appropriation shall, under section 19 of the
15 act of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1036, No.208), known as the Volunteer
16 Fire Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad Assistance Act,
17 be a continuing appropriation and shall not lapse.
1 SECTION 1. THE SUM OF $1,200,000 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO <--
2 THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP IN THE ERADICATION OF
3 AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PSEUDORABIES IN THIS COMMONWEALTH. THESE
4 FUNDS ARE TO BE USED TO PAY FOR INDEMNIFICATION FOR LIVE BIRDS
5 AND POULTRY PRODUCTS DESTROYED DURING DEPOPULATION PROCEDURES,
6 FOR MANPOWER, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NEEDED TO DESTROY INFECTED
7 POULTRY AND TO CLEAN AND DISINFECT AFFECTED PREMISES, AND OTHER
8 NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT DUE TO THE AVIAN
9 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK. THESE FUNDS MAY ALSO BE USED FOR INCENTIVE
10 PAYMENTS MADE TO SWINE OWNERS WHO VOLUNTARILY SLAUGHTER THEIR
11 BREEDING SWINE TO HELP ERADICATE PSEUDORABIES UNDER GUIDELINES
12 ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
13 SECTION 2. THE SUM APPROPRIATED IN THIS ACT IS IN ADDITION
14 TO ANY SUMS APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BY THE
15 ACT OF JUNE 30, 1985 (P.L.592, NO.5A), KNOWN AS THE GENERAL
16 APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1985.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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