PRINTER'S NO. 903
No. 818 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY CAWLEY, MELIO, SCRIMENTI, BUXTON, GEORGE,
BELFANTI, PETRARCA, ARGALL, LYNCH, JAROLIN, MILLER, STERN,
SANTONI, FARGO, TRAVAGLIO, FAIRCHILD, HUTCHINSON, PESCI,
M. N. WRIGHT, LAUGHLIN, McGEEHAN, STURLA, FARMER, BROWN,
OLASZ, MICOZZIE, HERMAN, TRELLO, DONATUCCI, ARMSTRONG, STISH,
L. I. COHEN, LEVDANSKY, D. R. WRIGHT, WAUGH, ZUG, CLARK,
CORRIGAN, BUNT, BAKER, HERSHEY, FICHTER, DRUCE, LEDERER,
HENNESSEY, MANDERINO, KELLER, SAYLOR, FLICK, ROBERTS, DeLUCA,
YOUNGBLOOD, DEMPSEY, SEMMEL, McCALL, RUBLEY, BROWNE, SURRA,
COWELL, MIHALICH, LUCYK, CIVERA, VAN HORNE, BATTISTO,
O'BRIEN, ROONEY, STABACK, HESS, COY, ROHRER, E. Z. TAYLOR,
B. SMITH, BELARDI, SCHULER, RUDY, FAJT, CAPPABIANCA,
TANGRETTI, RAYMOND, SERAFINI, COLAFELLA AND JOSEPHS,
FEBRUARY 14, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 1995
AN ACT
1 Providing for Volunteer and Municipal Firefighters' and Police
2 Officers' Memorial Day as a legal holiday.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Legal holiday.
6 Be it enacted that August 7, known as Volunteer and Municipal
7 Firefighters' and Police Officers' Memorial Day, shall be
8 observed by all firefighters and police officers as a legal
9 holiday.
10 Section 2. Personal day in lieu of scheduled observance.
11 Any volunteer, municipal firefighter and police officer who
12 is scheduled and obligated to work on August 7 shall be entitled
1 to one personal holiday which shall be scheduled at the
2 discretion of his or her supervisor.
3 Section 3. Effective date.
4 This act shall take effect immediately.
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