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PRINTER'S NO. 3749
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2512
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, MERSKI, WEBSTER, HOHENSTEIN,
BURGOS, SANCHEZ, FREEMAN, CALTAGIRONE, DELLOSO, ROZZI,
O'MARA, BRIGGS, WILLIAMS, McCLINTON, GALLOWAY, BOYLE, SAPPEY,
WARREN, SCHWEYER, DeLUCA, SHUSTERMAN, FRANKEL, DEASY,
RAVENSTAHL, LEE, MADDEN, ROEBUCK, STURLA, COMITTA AND
KENYATTA, MAY 13, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MAY 13, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in small business first, further
providing for definitions and for fund and accounts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "small business" in section
2302 of Title 12 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended and the section is amended by adding a definition to
read:
§ 2302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
* * *
"COVID-19 disaster emergency." The emergency declared by
proclamation of the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50
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