CORRECTIVE REPRINT

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HELM, STERN, BOBACK, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DEASY, FABRIZIO, GEORGE, GIBBONS, HARKINS, HESS, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, KOTIK, MAJOR, MANN, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MYERS, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAVENSTAHL, SCAVELLO AND SWANGER, MARCH 31, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MARCH 31, 2011   

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An

act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural

Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department

of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community

Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources

as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the

role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of

Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities

of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of

Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the

Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts,"

providing for certified lifeguards in State parks with public

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beaches.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), known

as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is amended by

adding a section to read:

Section 323.  Certified lifeguards in State parks with public

beaches.

The department shall employ a sufficient number of certified

lifeguards to provide water safety and lifesaving services to

patrons in each State park that has a public beach during such

times as the public beach is open to patrons.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.