PRINTER'S NO. 4809
No. 3038 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY BELFANTI, GOODMAN, COHEN, CAWLEY, CALTAGIRONE,
GRUCELA, KOTIK, TANGRETTI AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 17, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 17, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, imposing a penalty for failure of
3 local officials of a municipality to notify municipality
4 residents of impending or occurring disasters and emergencies
5 affecting the local municipality.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 7503.1. Penalty for failure to warn residents.
11 (a) Imposition.--A violation by a political subdivision of
12 section 7503(9) (relating to powers and duties of political
13 subdivisions) that results in losses to a resident of the
14 political subdivision shall be punishable by a fine in the
15 amount of the damages incurred. The fine shall be awarded to the
16 aggrieved party.
17 (b) Procedure.--The district attorney shall enforce the
18 fine.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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