PRINTER'S NO. 1427
No. 1253 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY GIGLIOTTI, PESCI, COLAIZZO, STISH, MELIO,
FAIRCHILD, JAROLIN, KAISER, COHEN, ACOSTA, BILLOW, J. TAYLOR,
OLASZ, NAHILL, MARKOSEK, STURLA, LAUGHLIN, HARPER, DeLUCA,
VROON, MERRY, BUNT, STUBAN, TANGRETTI AND JAMES,
APRIL 22, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), entitled,
2 as reenacted and amended, "An act to provide for the
3 permanent personal registration of electors in cities of the
4 second class, cities of the second class A, cities of the
5 third class, boroughs, towns, and townships as a condition of
6 their right to vote at elections and primaries, and their
7 enrollment as members of political parties as a further
8 condition of their right to vote at primaries; prescribing
9 certain procedure for the conduct of elections and primaries
10 and the challenge and proof of qualifications of electors;
11 requiring the county commissioners of the various counties to
12 act as a registration commission therefor; and prescribing
13 the powers and duties of citizens, parties, political bodies,
14 registration commissions, commissioners, registrars,
15 inspectors of registration and other appointees of
16 registration commissions, county election boards, election
17 officers, municipal officers, departments and bureaus, police
18 officers, courts, judges, prothonotaries, sheriffs, county
19 commissioners, peace officers, county treasurers, county
20 controllers, registrars of vital statistics, certain public
21 utility corporations, real estate brokers, rental agents, and
22 boards of school directors; and imposing penalties,"
23 providing for reports of death from funeral directors.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. Section 29 of the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487,
27 No.115), known as The Permanent Registration Act for Cities of
1 the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the
2 Third Class, Boroughs, Towns, and Townships, reenacted and
3 amended May 31, 1955 (P.L.62, No.32), is amended by adding a
4 subsection to read:
5 Section 29. Reports of Deaths from Department of Health;
6 Cancelling Registration; Correction if Person Is Falsely
7 Reported Deceased; Reports of Removals from Municipal Officers,
8 Departments and Bureaus, Certain Public Utility Corporations,
9 and Real Estate Brokers and Rental Agents; Notice.--
10 * * *
11 (a.1) A funeral director shall forward the name and address
12 of each decedent, or the death certificate of the decedent, if
13 available, to the commission. The commission shall cancel the
14 registration of each registered elector reported dead by a
15 funeral director.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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