PRINTER'S NO. 54
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
79
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ,
D. WILLIAMS, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, WEBSTER AND O'MARA,
JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 11, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in local organizations and services,
further providing for general authority of political
subdivisions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7501(d) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended April 20, 2020 (P.L.82, No.15),
is amended to read:
ยง 7501. General authority of political subdivisions.
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(d) Temporary suspension of formal requirements.--Each
political subdivision included in a declaration of disaster
emergency declared by either the Governor or the governing body
of the political subdivision affected by the disaster emergency
is authorized to exercise the powers vested under this section
in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation
without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities
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