PRINTER'S NO. 144
No. 135 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, REBER, DORR, OLASZ, PETRARCA, VROON,
HALUSKA, GEIST, STABACK, BELARDI, MERRY AND TELEK,
FEBRUARY 3, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 3, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto,"
5 increasing the amount that may be spent on burials.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2166 of the act of August 9, 1955
9 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, amended December
10 22, 1965 (P.L.1162, No.456), is amended to read:
11 Section 2166. Provision for Burial of Dependents and Other
12 Persons.--Except as otherwise provided by law, the county
13 commissioners of counties of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
14 and eighth classes shall provide for the burial of any person
15 who dies in the county unless his body is claimed by a relative
16 by blood or marriage, or by a friend, or by his fraternal or
17 veterans' organization, or by a charitable organization, or by
18 the Anatomical Board of the State of Pennsylvania, and is buried
19 at the expense of such relative, friend or organization. No such
1 burial shall cost more than [three hundred dollars ($300)] seven
2 hundred dollars ($700).
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
A6L16CHF/19870H0135B0144 - 2 -