PRINTER'S NO. 3970
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2618
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, HANBIDGE, GALLOWAY, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD,
DELLOSO, YOUNGBLOOD, ROZZI, DeLUCA, SCHWEYER, SCHLOSSBERG,
SANCHEZ AND CIRESI, JUNE 23, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 23, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in local organizations and services,
further providing for general authority of political
subdivisions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7501(d) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended April 20, 2020 (P.L.82, No.15),
is amended to read:
ยง 7501. General authority of political subdivisions.
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(d) Temporary suspension of formal requirements.--Each
political subdivision included in a declaration of disaster
emergency declared by either the Governor or the governing body
of the political subdivision affected by the disaster emergency
is authorized to exercise the powers vested under this section
in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation
without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities
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prescribed by law [(excepting mandatory constitutional
requirements)], including those related to the location and
conduct of hearings and meetings, excepting mandatory
constitutional requirements. A political subdivision may
accordingly exercise executive, legislative and judicial powers,
including those pertaining to the performance of public work,
entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the
employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the
purchase of supplies and materials, the levying of taxes and the
appropriation and expenditure of public funds. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the governing body of a political
subdivision shall not be required to have a quorum physically
present at any one location in order to conduct business if a
quorum is otherwise established by the participating members
through an authorized telecommunication device.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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