SENATE AMENDED

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO.  1015 PRINTER'S NO.  4173

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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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HOUSE BILL

      No. 907

           Session of
               1997

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Introduced by Herman, Van Home, Flick, Leh, Fargo, Waugh,
Hershey, Baker, Saylor, Armstrong, Hennessey, Roberts,
E.Z. Taylor, Bunt, Fichter, Sather, Jarolin, Trello, Shaner,
Pesci, Youngblood, Schroder, Steelman, Bard, Colafella,
Gruppo and Benninghoff, March 13, 1997.
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AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER.23, 1998
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AN ACT

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Repealing the act of May 16, 1951 (P.L. 300, No. 60), entitled, as
amended, "An act authorizing certain counties to establish
fire training schools for the paid and volunteer firemen of
municipalities with the county."

Making Repeals of Acts or Parts of Acts Relating to Counties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
          Section 1 The act of May 16, 1951 (P.L. 300, No.60),
entitled, as amended, "An act authorizing certain counties to
establish fire training schools for the paid and volunteer
firemen of municipalities within the county," is repealed.
          Section 2. The following sections of the Act of Aug. 9.
1955 (P.L. 323, No.130), known as the County Code, are repealed:      
          Sections 3011,3012, 3021, 3022, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034,
3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3041,3042, 3043, 3044. 3051,
3052,3053,3054,3055, 3056 and 3057.
          Section 3 This act shall take effect immediately.



Media Notes Published not part of bill:

               Amendment A4316 to House Bill 907, Printer's Number 1015, would repeal most of the provisions of Article 30 of the County Code, Act 130 of 1955, as it relates to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Renaissance Initiative Act, enacted by the General As sembly through the passage of Act 18 of 1997. The amendment, introduced on behalf of the Local Government Commission, is offered for two reasons.

               (1) to save substantial printing costs when the County Code Supplements are reprinted and subsequently distributed by the Local Government Commission to counties of the third through eighth class after the end of the 1997-1998 Legislative Session, and

               (2) to repeal provisions of Article 30 that are not effective since the referendum required by Act 18 was defeated by the voters in all of the counties which were to have participated in the regional renaissance initiative.

               The Local Government Commission is further concerned that failure to exercise the majority of the provisions of Act 18 from the County Code will wreak confusion for counties as to the construction of Article 30, particularly by those counties which were not to have beer subject to the regional renaissance initiative.

               Several sections of Article 30 will remain in effect that would have an impact on the additional hotel room rental tax that, among other things, is to be a source of funding for the expansion of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

               This amendment was unanimously adopted by the legislature.
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