PRINTER'S NO. 1014
No. 914 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, CORRIGAN, CAWLEY,
LAUGHLIN, GEIST, ORIE, JAMES, GEORGE, McNAUGHTON, HESS, COY,
SHANER, CLYMER, SCHULER, E. Z. TAYLOR, BEBKO-JONES, LEDERER,
PRESTON, BELFANTI, PISTELLA, TRELLO, PESCI, MICHLOVIC, DALLY,
STABACK, GIGLIOTTI, RAMOS, LUCYK, SOLOBAY, McCALL, FLICK,
SEYFERT, SURRA, ROBINSON, MUNDY, MAHER, J. TAYLOR, McGEEHAN,
YOUNGBLOOD, HARHAI, PETRARCA, CIVERA, WOJNAROSKI AND YEWCIC,
MARCH 17, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 17, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the duties of
3 the Department of Military Affairs.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 702 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 702. Duties of department.
9 The department shall have the power and its duty shall be:
10 * * *
11 (13) To provide for an honor guard at the funeral of a
12 resident of the Commonwealth if all of the following apply:
13 (i) The resident was a veteran of the armed forces
14 of the United States who served in an armed conflict.
15 (ii) No veterans' organization can provide an honor
1 guard for the funeral.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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