PRINTER'S NO. 1570
No. 1359 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY MRKONIC, CESSAR, OLASZ, MAYERNIK, PRESTON,
PISTELLA, BOOK, DeLUCA, ITKIN, TRELLO, COWELL, LEVDANSKY,
GAMBLE, MICHLOVIC, McVERRY, PETRONE, DUFFY AND LANGTRY,
MAY 12, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MAY 12, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," further providing for
5 the expenses of grave markers and flags.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 2113(j) of the act of July 28, 1953
9 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code,
10 amended May 3, 1965 (P.L.27, No.25), is amended to read:
11 Section 2113. Markers on Graves; Headstones.--* * *
12 (j) The expense in each case except for subsection (f) shall
13 be borne by the county in which the deceased service person had
14 his or her legal residence at the time of his or her death,
15 whether or not he or she died in the county and whether or not
16 he or she was buried in the county, and for the items described
17 in subsection (f), one-half of the cost shall be borne by the
18 Commonwealth. The expense shall not exceed the sum of one
1 hundred dollars ($100) for each headstone or concrete base or
2 lettering or bronze memorial tablet, and the county
3 commissioners of the county, acting under this section, shall
4 cause to be drawn a warrant on the treasury of the county for
5 the payment of said expense in favor of the party or parties
6 furnishing such headstone or concrete base or lettering or
7 bronze memorial tablet.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. Section 2122 of the act is amended to read:
10 Section 2122. Flags to Decorate Graves.--(a) It shall be
11 the duty of the county commissioners to provide flags on each
12 Memorial Day with which to decorate the graves of all deceased
13 service persons buried within the county. The flags to be used
14 for said purposes shall be of one standard size[, and shall be
15 purchased at the expense of the county from moneys in the county
16 treasury]. One-half of the purchase price of the flags shall be
17 paid by the county and the other one-half shall be paid by the
18 Commonwealth.
19 (b) Such flags shall be furnished to the various veterans'
20 organizations in such numbers as they shall require for their
21 respective communities.
22 (c) The moneys expended by any county under the provisions
23 of this section shall be in addition to moneys appropriated by
24 the county for Memorial Day purposes.
25 (d) The authorities in charge of any cemetery are authorized
26 to remove such flags when the same become unsightly or
27 weatherworn at any time not less than ninety days after the
28 flags have been placed on graves.
29 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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