PRINTER'S NO. 2433
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1656
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, SAINATO, BARBIN, BOBACK, D. COSTA,
DRISCOLL, EVERETT, FARRY, GILLEN, HARHAI, A. HARRIS, HELM,
JAMES, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MURT, O'NEILL, PAYNE, ROZZI AND
ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, OCTOBER 21, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, as follows:
In 911 emergency communication services, further
providing for telecommunications management.
In general provisions, further providing for definitions
and for purposes of part.
In Commonwealth services:
further providing for general authority of Governor,
for temporary housing, for debris and wreckage removal,
for community disaster loans, for individual and family
assistance and for grants for hazard mitigation;
providing for use and appropriation of unused
Commonwealth funds;
further providing for laws suspended during emergency
assignments;
providing for deployment protections and for penalty
for false application;
further providing for organization, for powers and
duties, for utilization of existing services and
facilities, for radiological emergency response
preparedness, planning and recovery program and for
definitions; and
establishing the Statewide Public Safety
Communications and Interoperability Advisory Committee.
In local organizations and services:
further providing for general authority of political
subdivisions, for local coordinator of emergency
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27