PRINTER'S NO. 534
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
450
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY YAW, ARGALL, VOGEL, PITTMAN, MENSCH, GORDNER,
BAKER AND STEFANO, APRIL 9, 2021
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, APRIL 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), entitled "An
act providing for the revitalization of rural Pennsylvania;
establishing the Center for Rural Pennsylvania; providing for
rural education partnerships and adult literacy programs;
allocating funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce
for a Regional Center for Continuing Education of Health
Science Practitioners in western Pennsylvania; making
appropriations; and making a repeal," in Center for Rural
Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302(a) of the act of June 30, 1987
(P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization
Act, is amended to read:
Section 302. Board of directors.
(a) Members.--The Center for Rural Pennsylvania shall be
governed by a board of directors which shall consist of 11
members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint two members from the House of Representatives, one from
the majority party and one from the minority party. The
President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members
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from the Senate, one from the majority party and one from the
minority party. Two members shall be representatives of
universities in the State System of Higher Education. One member
shall be from The Pennsylvania State University. One member
shall be from the University of Pittsburgh. One member shall be
[the Director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development] from the Pennsylvania State University Extension.
The Governor shall appoint two members from among the
memberships of the following Statewide organizations:
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, Pennsylvania Grange
Association and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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