PRINTER'S NO. 1078
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
798
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, BLAKE, EICHELBERGER, RESCHENTHALER,
SABATINA, BAKER, YUDICHAK, BREWSTER, WHITE AND FOLMER,
JULY 7, 2017
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JULY 7, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Military Community
Enhancement Commission, further providing for establishment
and membership.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 402(b)(6) of Title 12 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 402. Establishment and membership.
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(b) Membership.--The commission shall be comprised of not
more than 17 members as follows:
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(6) Up to 12 members appointed by the Governor as
follows:
(i) One member shall have experience at the senior
level of the military, such as an active duty retired
one-star, two-star, three-star or four-star military
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officer, [and] shall be familiar with the operations
represented by the installations and organizations
stationed in this Commonwealth and shall be a resident of
this Commonwealth. The member shall serve as chairperson
in the absence of the chairperson elected by a majority
of the members.
(ii) At least ten members shall be representatives
of the military installations or organizations stationed
in this Commonwealth and shall have knowledge of the
mission and operations of the installation or
organization that they represent.
(iii) One member shall be an expert in the field of
economic development and shall be knowledgeable in the
missions and operations of the military in their
respective regions of this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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