Bill Text: PA HB611 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Further providing for appropriations for hospitals and for tourism promotion agencies.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT [HB611 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB611-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  667

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

611

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, CALTAGIRONE, DENLINGER, HESS, MURT, PICKETT, RAPP, SCAVELLO AND SIPTROTH, FEBRUARY 24, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as

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reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the

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second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and

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changing the law relating thereto," further providing for

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appropriations for hospitals and for tourism promotion

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agencies.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Sections 1526 and 1544 of the act of May 1, 1933

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(P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code,

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reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), are

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amended to read:

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Section 1526.  Hospitals.--The board of supervisors may

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appropriate [not exceeding one dollar ($1) for each township

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resident] moneys each year toward the erection, maintenance or

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support of any medical center or hospital building facilities.

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If the total cost of the purchase or erection exceeds one

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hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), approval by the appropriate

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health planning agency is required. [The number of residents is

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determined from the latest official census.]

 


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Section 1544.  Tourist Promotion Agencies.--The board of

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supervisors may appropriate moneys [not in excess of ten cents

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(10ยข) for each resident of the township, as determined by the

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latest official census,] to any tourist promotion agency, as

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defined in the act of April 28, 1961 (P.L.111, No.50), known as

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the "Tourist Promotion Law," to assist the agencies in carrying

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out tourist promotional activities.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.

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