PRINTER'S NO. 1587
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1088
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, GORDNER, REGAN, MARTIN, BROOKS, BAKER,
MENSCH, YAW, K. WARD, J. WARD, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, KEARNEY,
YUDICHAK, COSTA AND TARTAGLIONE, MARCH 11, 2020
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
MARCH 11, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, establishing and providing for the
powers and duties of the Governor's Office of Homeland
Security; in 911 emergency communication services, further
providing for termination of chapter; 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, establishing the Disaster Emergency Fund, further
providing for laws suspended during emergency assignments,
providing for penalty for false application and further
providing for organization, for powers and duties of
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, for utilization of
existing services and facilities and for radiological
emergency response preparedness, planning and recovery
program; in volunteer firefighters, further providing for
funds; in local organizations and services, further providing
for general authority of political subdivisions, for local
coordinator of emergency management, for powers and duties of
political subdivisions, for coordination, assistance and
mutual aid, for appropriations by political subdivisions, for
law applicable to local organizations, for agreements among
political subdivisions, for payments involving one political
subdivision and for payments involving two or more political
subdivisions and providing for regional all-hazards
preparedness and emergency management; in Emergency
Management Assistance Compact, further providing for
budgetary considerations and providing for protections; and,
in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for duties
concerning disaster prevention, for acceptance of services,
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