PRINTER'S NO. 3474
No. 2586 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, MERRY, STEIL, TANGRETTI, BELARDI, GEORGE,
ARMSTRONG, DEMPSEY, FAIRCHILD, O'BRIEN, FARGO, FICHTER,
LAUGHLIN, SCHRODER, LYNCH, HALUSKA, SAYLOR, DeWEESE, STISH,
TIGUE, ITKIN, HESS, CORRIGAN, CLARK, DiGIROLAMO, STABACK,
DALEY, PETTIT, PISTELLA, BELFANTI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ROHRER,
MAY 2, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 2, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto,"
5 authorizing counties to make appropriations to municipal
6 corporations for disaster or emergency aid.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Article XIX of the act of August 9, 1955
10 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, is amended by
11 adding a subdivision to read:
12 ARTICLE XIX
13 SPECIAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTIES
14 * * *
15 (g.1) Disaster-Emergency Aid to Municipalities
16 Section 1948. Emergency Appropriation to Municipal
17 Corporations.--(a) The board of county commissioners of any
18 county may appropriate money from the county's operating reserve
1 fund, created and maintained in accordance with section 513 of
2 this act, for the purpose of assisting municipal corporations
3 within the county with any cleanup, maintenance, repair and
4 improvements undertaken as a result of damage incurred or a
5 dangerous condition caused by either a disaster emergency within
6 the county declared by the Governor or a local emergency
7 declared by the governing body of a municipal corporation within
8 the county.
9 (b) As used in this section:
10 "Disaster emergency" shall have the meaning ascribed to the
11 term in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7102 (relating to definitions).
12 "Local emergency" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term
13 in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7102 (relating to definitions).
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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