SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1384 PRINTER'S NO. 3179
No. 1133 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, CAUSER, CONKLIN, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD,
GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HENNESSEY, HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KILLION, KORTZ, MAHONEY,
McCALL, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, MOYER, MURT, PALLONE, PAYNE,
SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
J. WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD, FREEMAN AND CALTAGIRONE, APRIL 23, 2007
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, FEBRUARY 5, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581),
2 entitled "An act concerning boroughs, and revising, amending
3 and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," providing
4 for specific powers of boroughs relating to emergency
5 services.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1202 of the act of February 1, 1966 (1965
9 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, is amended by
10 adding a clause to read:
11 Section 1202. Specific Powers.--The powers of the borough
12 shall be vested in the corporate authorities. Among the specific
13 powers of the borough shall be the following, and in the
14 exercise of any of such powers involving the enactment of any
15 ordinance or the making of any regulation, restriction or
16 prohibition, the borough may provide for the enforcement thereof
17 and may prescribe penalties for the violation thereof or for the
1 failure to conform thereto:
2 * * *
3 (82) Emergency services. The borough shall be responsible <--
4 for ensuring that fire and emergency medical services are
5 provided within the borough, and shall determine and provide the
6 appropriate financial and administrative assistance necessary
7 for these services in order to protect the health, safety and
8 welfare of its citizenry. The borough shall require any
9 emergency services organization receiving borough funds to
10 provide to the borough an annual itemized listing of all
11 expenditures of these funds before the borough may consider
12 budgeting additional funding to the organization.
13 (82) EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE BOROUGH SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE <--
14 FOR ENSURING THAT FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE
15 PROVIDED WITHIN THE BOROUGH BY THE MEANS AND TO THE EXTENT
16 DETERMINED BY THE BOROUGH, INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL
17 AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR THESE SERVICES. THE BOROUGH
18 SHALL CONSULT WITH FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS
19 TO DISCUSS THE EMERGENCY SERVICES NEEDS OF THE BOROUGH. THE
20 BOROUGH SHALL REQUIRE ANY EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANIZATION
21 RECEIVING BOROUGH FUNDS TO PROVIDE TO THE BOROUGH AN ANNUAL
22 ITEMIZED LISTING OF ALL EXPENDITURES OF THESE FUNDS BEFORE THE
23 BOROUGH MAY CONSIDER BUDGETING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE
24 ORGANIZATION.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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