PRINTER'S NO. 3606
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2428
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, RYAN, MILLARD, WARNER, BOROWICZ,
B. MILLER, LEWIS, STRUZZI AND KEEFER, APRIL 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 24, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further
providing for general authority of Governor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7301(c) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 7301. General authority of Governor.
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(c) Declaration of disaster emergency.--A disaster emergency
shall be declared by executive order or proclamation of the
Governor upon finding that a disaster has occurred or that the
occurrence or the threat of a disaster is imminent. The state of
disaster emergency shall continue until the Governor finds that
the threat or danger has passed or the disaster has been dealt
with to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist and
terminates the state of disaster emergency by executive order or
proclamation, but no state of disaster emergency may continue
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for longer than [90] 45 days unless renewed by [the Governor]
concurrent resolution by the General Assembly. The General
Assembly by concurrent resolution may terminate a state of
disaster emergency at any time. Thereupon, the Governor shall
issue an executive order or proclamation ending the state of
disaster emergency. All executive orders or proclamations issued
under this subsection shall indicate the nature of the disaster,
the area or areas threatened and the conditions which have
brought the disaster about or which make possible termination of
the state of disaster emergency. An executive order or
proclamation shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated
to bring its contents to the attention of the general public
and, unless the circumstances attendant upon the disaster
prevent or impede, shall be promptly filed with the Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Agency and the Legislative Reference Bureau
for publication under Part II of Title 45 (relating to
publication and effectiveness of Commonwealth documents).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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