PRINTER'S NO. 4093
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2667
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY GROVE AND QUINN, JULY 8, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JULY 8, 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.--
(1) 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
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