PRINTER'S NO. 893
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
798
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, MURT, HILL-EVANS, BURGOS, NEILSON,
DAWKINS, SAINATO, McCLINTON AND SCHWEYER, MARCH 13, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 13, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further
providing for Fire Safety Advisory Committee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7386(a) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 7386. Fire Safety Advisory Committee.
(a) Creation.--
(1) There is created the Fire Safety Advisory Committee
to assist the commissioner. The committee shall consist of
[nine] the following members[, as follows]:
(i) The director of the agency, ex officio.
(ii) The commissioner, who shall serve as chairman.
(iii) Four paid firefighters as follows:
(A) Two paid firefighters to be appointed by the
Governor, one from a city of the first class and one
from a city of the second class.
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(B) Two paid firefighters to be appointed by the
Governor from a list of at least six nominees
submitted by the Pennsylvania Professional
Firefighters Association.
(iv) One member of the public to be appointed by the
Governor.
(v) [Four] Six volunteer firefighters, [one each]
two each to be appointed by the President pro tempore of
the Senate[, the Minority Leader of the Senate,] and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and one each to
be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(2) Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure
of their appointing authority. The committee shall advise the
commissioner on matters pertaining to the operation of the
Pennsylvania State Fire Academy and any other matters as the
commissioner may request.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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