Pennsylvania Act 1995-62 — EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES CODE (35 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES CODE (35 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Nov. 13, 1995, P.L. 609, No. 62              Cl. 35
                             Session of 1995
                               No. 1995-62

     HB 1086

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, further providing for organization of
        Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 7312(a) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 7312.  Organization.
        This agency shall consist of and be organized substantially
     as follows:
        (a)  Council.--Primary responsibility for overall policy and
     direction of a Statewide civil defense and disaster program and
     response capability of the type hereinafter prescribed shall be
     vested in a body legally known as the Pennsylvania Emergency
     Management Council, which shall be composed of: the Governor,
     Lieutenant Governor, Adjutant General, Secretary of Health,
     Attorney General, General Counsel, Secretary of Community
     Affairs, Secretary of Environmental [Resources] Protection,
     Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary
     of Public Welfare, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State
     Police, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, State Fire
     Commissioner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President
     pro tempore of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate and
     Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. The Speaker of
     the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the
     Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate and Minority Leader of the
     House of Representatives may authorize a member of their
     respective Houses of the General Assembly to serve in their
     stead. The Governor may authorize up to two representatives of
     business and industry, up to two representatives of labor, up to
     two public members at large and one representative respectively
     of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners,
     the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners,
     the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, the
     Pennsylvania League of Cities and the Pennsylvania State
     Association of Boroughs to be nonvoting members of the council.
     The Governor may designate a member to serve as chairman. Five
     members shall constitute a quorum.
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        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 13th day of November, A. D. 1995.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE