BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 125TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION - POWER, DUTY — 1987 Pa. Act 76 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 107, 1199, 1468 PRINTER'S NO. 2288
INTRODUCED BY COLE, BURD, COY, FEE AND BROUJOS, FEBRUARY 2, 1987
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, OCTOBER 13, 1987
AN ACT
1 Creating a commission to ensure the coordination of efforts to
2 observe the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and
3 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. <--
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Commission created.
7 The General Assembly hereby creates the Battle of Gettysburg
8 125th Anniversary Commission to ensure the coordination of
9 efforts to observe the 125th Anniversary of the Battle of
10 Gettysburg and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
11 Section 2. Duties.
12 The duties of the commission will be:
13 (1) To facilitate cooperative efforts between State
14 agencies and those public and private organizations which are
15 planning activities commemorating this anniversary.
16 (2) To invite the cooperation of the Congress of the
17 United States and the legislatures of the other states.
18 (3) To authorize expenditures of Commonwealth funds
1 appropriated to support the activities of the 125th
2 Anniversary.
3 (4) To submit a report to the General Assembly of the
4 activities of the commission and make recommendations
5 concerning the commemoration of the 125th Anniversary.
6 Section 3. Members.
7 The commission shall be comprised of eleven citizens of this
8 Commonwealth, seven of whom shall be appointed by the Governor,
9 and one of whom shall be appointed by each of the following: the
10 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
11 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
12 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
13 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION. <--
14 THE SUM OF $210,000, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
15 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE COMMISSION CREATED IN SECTION 1 TO
16 CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT.
17 SECTION 5. REPEALS.
18 THE APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $210,000 IN SECTION 229 OF
19 THE ACT OF JULY 3, 1987 (P.L. , NO.9A), KNOWN AS THE GENERAL
20 APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1987, FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 125TH
21 ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IS HEREBY REPEALED.
22 Section 4 6. Expiration. <--
23 The commission shall complete its business and submit its
24 final report to the General Assembly by June 30, 1989. This act
25 and the commission shall expire June 30, 1989.
26 Section 5 7. Effective date. <--
27 This act shall take effect immediately.
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