PRINTER'S NO. 3476
No. 2484 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY FOX, MAYERNIK, NAHILL, CORNELL, GODSHALL,
J. TAYLOR, CARLSON, PRESSMANN, BUNT, JOHNSON, E. Z. TAYLOR,
McVERRY, MORRIS, NOYE, GRUPPO, GEIST, RAYMOND, PHILLIPS,
BOWSER, WOZNIAK, FISCHER, BATTISTO, TRELLO, MAIALE, CIMINI,
FLICK, BUNT, KUKOVICH, CORDISCO AND LASHINGER, MAY 7, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 7, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for the
21 establishment of a burn registry by the Pennsylvania State
22 Police.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 710 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
26 No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by
1 adding a subsection to read:
2 Section 710. Pennsylvania State Police.--The Pennsylvania
3 State Police shall have the power and its duty shall be:
4 * * *
5 (i) To establish in its Fire Marshal Division, in
6 cooperation with the Department of Health, a burn registry, to
7 assist in the prevention and prosecution of arson offenses, and
8 to provide a data base relating to burns. The burn registry
9 shall include a toll-free telephone number which shall be
10 established and publicized for the reporting of incidents of
11 arson or suspected arson.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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