PRINTER'S NO. 3785
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2533
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, MIHALEK, BERNSTINE, JOZWIAK, GAYDOS AND
MILLARD, MAY 19, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 19, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," providing for emergency COVID-19 provisions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding an
article to read:
ARTICLE I-A
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EMERGENCY COVID-19 PROVISIONS
Section 101-A. Extension of waiver provisions.
(a) General rule.--The Secretary of Community and Economic
Development shall issue a waiver to the Governor's 20200319 TWW
COVID-19 Business Closure Order for all indoor or outdoor sports
or recreational activities that can adhere to the social
distancing practices and other mitigation measures defined by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect
workers and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
(b) Applicability.--This section shall apply until the
proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and
any renewal of the state of disaster emergency, is terminated or
expires under 35 Pa.C.S. ยง 7301(c) (relating to general
authority of Governor).
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "indoor
or outdoor sports or recreational activities" shall include any
sports or recreational activity engaged in for competition,
education or pleasure, including individual and team sports,
physical fitness and exercise.
Section 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2020, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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