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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1385

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1134 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY MELIO, CAUSER, CONKLIN, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD,
           GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
           HENNESSEY, HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KILLION, KORTZ, MAHONEY,
           McCALL, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, MOYER, MURT, PALLONE, PAYNE,
           SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
           J. WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND FREEMAN, APRIL 23, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
           PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 23, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
     2     "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
     3     revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
     4     thereto," providing for specific powers relating to emergency
     5     services.

     6     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     7  hereby enacts as follows:
     8     Section 1.  Section 1502 of the act of June 24, 1931
     9  (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
    10  reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569), is
    11  amended by adding a clause to read:
    12     Section 1502.  The corporate power of a township of the first
    13  class shall be vested in the board of township commissioners.
    14  The board shall have power--
    15     * * *
    16     LXXIX.  Emergency Services. The township shall be responsible
    17  for ensuring that fire and emergency medical services are

     1  provided within the township and shall determine and provide the
     2  appropriate financial and administrative assistance necessary
     3  for these services in order to protect the health, safety and
     4  welfare of its citizenry. The township shall require any
     5  emergency services organization receiving township funds to
     6  provide to the township an annual itemized listing of all
     7  expenditures of these funds before the township may consider
     8  budgeting additional funding to the organization.
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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