PRINTER'S NO. 695

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 617 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY RENWICK, HEPFORD, M. P. MULLEN AND YAHNER,
           MARCH 3, 1975

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 4, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making appropriations to the Department of Environmental
     2     Resources for grants in aid to municipalities to control
     3     arthropod vectors of human disease (mosquitoes, ticks, flies,
     4     etc.).

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The sum of $500,000, or as much thereof as may be
     8  necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Department
     9  of Environmental Resources for the fiscal year July 1, 1974 to
    10  June 30, 1975 for the payment of grants in aid to municipalities
    11  for arthropod vector control programs.
    12     Section 2.  Arthropod vector control programs shall include,
    13  but not be limited to, the elimination of breeding sites,
    14  surveillance, administrative services, and community educational
    15  activities designed to promote participation and support of such
    16  programs by residents and property owners.
    17     Section 3.  The sum of $55,000, or as much thereof as may be
    18  necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Department
    19  of Environmental Resources to pay for the administration of this

     1  act.
     2     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.



















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