PRINTER'S NO. 1035

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 949 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY WHITE, SHADDING, McMONAGLE, CIANCIULLI, EARLEY,
           REED AND COHEN, MARCH 28, 1979

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 1979

                                     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     dispensing of certain information.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  Section 477.3, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
    25  No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," added July
    26  9, 1976 (P.L.574, No.139), is amended by adding a subsection to
    27  read:


     1     Section 477.3.  Persons Eligible for Compensation.--* * *
     2     (e)  The board shall prepare informational booklets and forms
     3  for distribution by State and municipal police to persons who
     4  may be eligible for compensation under this act. Such
     5  information shall be made available to the potentially eligible
     6  claimant as soon as possible after the crime occurs.
     7     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
















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