LEGISLATIVE EISENHOWER CENTENNIAL COMMISSION LAW — 1988 Pa. Act 165 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3376, 3878 PRINTER'S NO. 3940
INTRODUCED BY COLE, BROUJOS, MOWERY, LUCYK, ROBBINS, BOOK, BURD
AND DOMBROWSKI, MAY 24, 1988
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER 29, 1988
AN ACT
1 Establishing the Legislative Eisenhower Centennial Commission;
2 and providing for its funding.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative
7 Eisenhower Centennial Commission Law.
8 Section 2. Legislative findings.
9 The General Assembly finds the following:
10 (1) October 14, 1990, will mark the 100th anniversary of
11 the birth of President Dwight David Eisenhower. To
12 commemorate the occasion, the Eisenhower Society DWIGHT D. <--
13 EISENHOWER SOCIETY, ORGANIZED IN 1969 AS A NONPROFIT
14 CORPORATION UNDER SECTION 301(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
15 CODE OF 1986 (PUBLIC LAW 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 301(C)(3)),
16 WHICH, WITH THE EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP, INCORPORATED,
17 OF PHILADELPHIA, ORGANIZED IN 1951, AS A NONPROFIT
1 CORPORATION UNDER SECTION 301(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
2 CODE OF 1986, IS ONE OF TWO PERPETUAL LIVING MEMORIALS TO
3 DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER IN THIS COMMONWEALTH, and the
4 National Park Service will conduct a series of special events
5 at GETTYSBURG COLLEGE AND the Eisenhower National Historic <--
6 Site in Gettysburg, AND ELSEWHERE IN Pennsylvania. <--
7 (2) As an officer in the United States Army, President
8 Eisenhower first came to Gettysburg in the spring of 1918. At
9 Camp Colt, he was instrumental in founding a separate armored
10 unit known as the Tank Corps for which he won the
11 Distinguished Service Medal.
12 (3) Following his service as Supreme Commander of Allied
13 Forces in Europe during World War II and its aftermath,
14 President Eisenhower purchased a farm near the battlefield at
15 Gettysburg as a country retreat in 1950 1951. The farm was <--
16 the first home that he THE GENERAL and his wife, Mamie DOWD <--
17 EISENHOWER, ever owned and was the only truly permanent home
18 the Eisenhowers were to have.
19 (4) The Eisenhower Farm also was the site of important
20 official visits by many heads of state, including Soviet
21 Premier Nikita Khruschev, British Prime Minister Sir Winston
22 Churchill and French President Charles de Gaulle.
23 (5) IN 1961, UPON LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE, THE <--
24 EISENHOWERS CHOSE THIS COMMONWEALTH AS THEIR STATE RESIDENCE,
25 AND LIVED AT THE GETTYSBURG FARM UNTIL THE GENERAL'S DEATH IN
26 1969 AND UNTIL MAMIE EISENHOWER'S DEATH IN 1979.
27 (5) (6) Because the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg played <--
28 such an important role both in the personal and public life
29 of President Eisenhower and in the history of the United
30 States, it is wholly appropriate for the General Assembly to
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1 encourage the active participation of the Commonwealth in the
2 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of our 34th
3 president.
4 Section 3. Definitions.
5 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
6 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
7 context clearly indicates otherwise:
8 "Commission." The Legislative Eisenhower Centennial
9 Commission.
10 "National Park Service." The National Park Service of the
11 Department of the Interior of the Federal Government.
12 Section 4. Commission created.
13 The General Assembly hereby creates the Legislative
14 Eisenhower Centennial Commission to encourage and, PLAN, DEVELOP <--
15 AND COORDINATE OBSERVANCES AND ACTIVITIES, AND TO enhance the
16 participation of the Commonwealth in the observance of the 100th
17 anniversary of the birth of President Dwight David Eisenhower.
18 Section 5. Membership.
19 The commission shall be comprised of four members of the <--
20 General Assembly and four members of the public. One legislative
21 and one public member shall be appointed by each of the
22 following: the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
23 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President
24 pro tempore of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
25 EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOUR FROM THE HOUSE OF <--
26 REPRESENTATIVES AND FOUR FROM THE SENATE; FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
27 PUBLIC; THE COFOUNDER OF THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SOCIETY, THE
28 PRESIDENT OF GETTYSBURG COLLEGE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
29 GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK ON BEHALF OF THE EISENHOWER
30 NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE; AND THE PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF
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1 REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE WHOSE DISTRICTS ENCOMPASS
2 GETTYSBURG. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
3 MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL EACH
4 APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE
5 PUBLIC MEMBER. THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE AND THE MINORITY LEADER
6 OF THE SENATE SHALL EACH APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND
7 ONE PUBLIC MEMBER. The commission shall elect a chairman from
8 among its members.
9 Section 6. Powers and duties.
10 The commission shall:
11 (1) Cooperate with the Eisenhower Society, DWIGHT D. <--
12 EISENHOWER SOCIETY, GETTYSBURG COLLEGE AND the National Park
13 Service and any other public or private groups ENTITIES <--
14 planning for the observance of the Eisenhower Centennial in
15 this Commonwealth, AS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE <--
16 COMMISSION, UPON APPLICATION THERETO.
17 (2) Be empowered to enter into contracts and execute all
18 instruments necessary or convenient for carrying out its
19 operations.
20 (3) Authorize expenditures NOT EXCEEDING $500,000 from <--
21 any funds appropriated or provided to support the activities
22 of the Eisenhower Centennial in this Commonwealth, WITH <--
23 $100,000 THEREOF INCLUDING FUNDING BEING AUTHORIZED TOWARD <--
24 THE CASTING OF A BRONZE STATUE OF THE GENERAL FOR EMPLACEMENT
25 IN LINCOLN SQUARE OF GETTYSBURG.
26 (4) Submit a report to the General Assembly of the
27 activities of the commission.
28 Section 7. Contributions.
29 In addition to any funds appropriated by the General Assembly
30 to support the activities of the commission, all moneys received
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1 from other sources as contributions to these activities shall be
2 paid into the General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
3 The commission shall also be authorized to accept services and
4 in-kind contributions for its activities.
5 Section 8. Sunset.
6 (a) Final report.--The commission shall complete its
7 business and submit its final report to the General Assembly by
8 November 30, 1990.
9 (b) Expiration.--This act shall expire and the commission
10 shall terminate November 30, 1990.
11 Section 9. Effective date.
12 This act shall take effect immediately.
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