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PRINTER'S NO. 396
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
359
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, D. COSTA, KORTZ, SAINATO, KINSEY, COHEN,
MILLARD, KOTIK, MATZIE, BROWNLEE, SCHWEYER, DONATUCCI,
MULLERY, HARKINS, CALTAGIRONE, HARHAI, DeLUCA, DEASY, THOMAS,
MAHONEY, GILLEN AND MURT, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a
result of the performance of their duties," further providing
for certification of death.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of June 24, 1976
(P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency and Law
Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, amended October 9,
2009 (P.L.588, No.51), is amended to read:
Section 1. (a) In the event a law enforcement officer,
ambulance service or rescue squad member, firefighter, certified
hazardous material response team member or National Guard member
dies as a result of the performance of his duties, such
political subdivision, Commonwealth agency or, in the case of
National Guard members, the Adjutant General, or, in the case of
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a member of a Commonwealth law enforcement agency, the
authorized survivor or the agency head, within [90 days] three
years from the date of death, shall submit certification of such
death to the Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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