PRINTER'S NO. 927
No. 863 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, MACKOWSKI, HALUSKA, ALDEN, JACKSON,
McVERRY, MADIGAN, NOYE, MAIALE, WHITE, COCHRAN, D. R. WRIGHT,
MORRIS, PHILLIPS, KLINGAMAN, LETTERMAN, TELEK, POTT, PRATT,
E. Z. TAYLOR, COHEN, PETERSON, ITKIN AND MERRY,
MARCH 16, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MARCH 16, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act defining the liability of an employer to pay
3 damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of
4 employment; establishing an elective schedule of
5 compensation; providing procedure for the determination of
6 liability and compensation thereunder; and prescribing
7 penalties," further providing for the payment of workmen's
8 compensation premiums.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 601, act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736,
12 No.338), known as "The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act,"
13 reenacted and amended June 21, 1939 (P.L.520, No.281), is
14 amended by adding a subsection to read:
15 Section 601. * * *
16 (e) Each municipality which receives fire protection
17 services from the volunteer fire company of another municipality
18 pursuant to a contract, standing agreement or arrangement shall
19 reimburse the municipality maintaining the volunteer fire
1 company for a portion of the cost of the workmen's compensation
2 premiums covering members of the volunteer fire company. The
3 appropriate portion of the cost shall be determined by
4 multiplying the entire cost of the premium by the percentage of
5 the individual municipality's population divided by the total
6 population served by such volunteer fire company.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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