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PRINTER'S NO. 1876
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1471
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, COX, DRISCOLL, JAMES, MENTZER, MURT,
SACCONE, SOLOMON, QUIGLEY AND GILLEN, MAY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
changing the laws relating thereto," in special powers and
duties of the county, further providing for flags to decorate
graves.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2122 of the act of July 28, 1953
(P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is
amended to read:
Section 2122. Flags to Decorate Graves.--(a) It shall be
the duty of the county commissioners to provide flags on each
Memorial Day with which to decorate the graves of all deceased
service persons and the graves of all other deceased persons who
served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard,
Merchant Marine during World War II or any organization
officially connected therewith and whose separation from such
service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, buried
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within the county. The flags to be used for said purposes shall
be of one standard size, and shall be purchased at the expense
of the county from moneys in the county treasury. The flags
shall be provided in accordance with the following:
(1) The authorities in charge of any cemetery are authorized
to remove such flags, when the same become unsightly or weather-
worn, at any time not less than thirty days after the flags have
been placed on graves along with notification to the respective
county director of veterans' affairs for a replacement flag.
(2) A family member of a person whose grave is decorated
with a flag for the purpose of Memorial Day by the county is
granted permission to take and keep the flag after the first
working day after the Fourth of July. A cemetery shall contact
the county no less than thirty days after taking down the flags
annually for collection by the county.
(3) In addition to the powers and duties granted to local
code enforcement officers, a local code enforcement officer may
inspect local cemeteries for violations of this section and
report any violation to a county director of veterans' affairs.
(4) Counties may coordinate with local veterans' service
organizations to ensure that cemeteries are in compliance with
the provisions of this section.
(b) Such flags shall be furnished to the various veterans'
organizations in such numbers as they shall require for their
respective communities.
(c) The moneys expended by any county under the provisions
of this section shall be in addition to moneys appropriated by
the county for Memorial Day purposes.
[(d) The authorities in charge of any cemetery are
authorized to remove such flags when the same become unsightly
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or weatherworn at any time not less than ninety days after the
flags have been placed on graves.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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