PRINTER'S NO. 103
No. 95 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DEMPSEY, STABACK, HENNESSEY, ALLEN, E. Z. TAYLOR,
COY, SCHULER, FARGO, HERMAN, B. SMITH AND MILLER,
JANUARY 28, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 28, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto,"
5 authorizing county appropriations for the observance of Flag
6 Day; and further providing for payments to historical
7 societies.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The heading and subsection (a) of section 1921 of
11 the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County
12 Code, amended October 4, 1978 (P.L.964, No.190), are amended to
13 read:
14 Section 1921. Appropriations to Veterans' Organizations for
15 Expenses of Memorial Day; Veterans' Day, Flag Day and
16 Independence Day.--(a) The board of commissioners may
17 appropriate, annually, to each camp of the United Spanish War
18 Veterans, and to each post of the American Legion, and to each
19 post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and to each post of the
20 Veterans of World War I of the U. S. A., Inc., and to each post
1 of the American War Veterans of World War II (AMVETS), and to
2 each post of the Society of the Twenty-eighth Division, AEF,
3 Incorporated, and to each post of the Italian American War
4 Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, and to each
5 detachment of the Marine Corps League, and to each Naval
6 Association, and to each post of the Grand Army of the Republic,
7 and to each post of the Disabled American Veterans of the World
8 War, and to each organization of American Gold Star Mothers, and
9 to each organization of ex-service persons incorporated under
10 the act of April twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred
11 seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws 73), and the supplements thereto, in
12 the county, any sum budgeted to aid in defraying the expenses of
13 Memorial Day, Veterans' Day, Flag Day and Independence Day.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. Section 1929 of the act, amended July 1, 1978
16 (P.L.695, No.120), is amended to read:
17 Section 1929. Payment to Historical Societies.--The board of
18 commissioners may pay, out of the county funds not otherwise
19 appropriated, a sum of money [not exceeding ten thousand dollars
20 ($10,000) annually] to [the] a county historical society or to
21 county historical societies, to assist in paying the running
22 expenses [thereof]. [If there is more than one such society in
23 the county, such payment may be made only to the oldest
24 society.] Where [any such] a society is comprised of residents
25 of more than one county, the commissioners of [said] the
26 respective counties may jointly pay [said] the sum in such
27 proportion as they shall agree.
28 No [such] appropriation shall be renewed until vouchers have
29 been filed with the commissioners showing that the appropriation
30 for any prior year has been expended for the purpose herein
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1 designated.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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