PRINTER'S NO. 161
No. 375 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, GORDNER, KASUNIC, LAVALLE, MUSTO, PUNT,
ORIE, WASHINGTON, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, O'PAKE, FONTANA,
ERICKSON, LOGAN, GREENLEAF, C. WILLIAMS, BROWNE, BAKER AND
RHOADES, MARCH 5, 2007
REFERRED TO FINANCE, MARCH 5, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 11, 1968 (P.L.149, No.84), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to volunteer firefighters' relief
3 associations, clarifying their purposes and objectives,
4 establishing criteria and standards for the conduct of their
5 affairs, providing for their formation, recognition,
6 continuing operation, and for their dissolution in
7 appropriate circumstances and the distribution of their
8 funds," further providing for structure of volunteer
9 firefighters' relief associations.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 5(e) of the act of June 11, 1968
13 (P.L.149, No.84), known as the Volunteer Firefighters' Relief
14 Association Act, amended December 22, 1993 (P.L.547, No.78), is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 5. Structure.--* * *
17 (e) Any volunteer firefighters' relief association organized
18 or conducted in accordance with the requirements of this section
19 shall be regarded as a charitable corporation for all purposes
20 including the right to establish exemption from the operation of
1 certain taxes. Once established, the exemption shall be
2 permanent.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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