PRINTER'S NO. 4132
No. 2695 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY HELM, BUXTON, ADOLPH, BASTIAN, BLACKWELL, BOBACK,
CAPPELLI, CLYMER, ELLIS, GEORGE, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HERSHEY,
HESS, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, MANN,
MARSHALL, MARSICO, MENSCH, NICKOL, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT,
QUINN, REICHLEY, ROCK, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STABACK, STERN,
SWANGER, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, JULY 1, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
JULY 1, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
2 act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
3 Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
4 of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
5 Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
6 as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
7 role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
8 Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
9 of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
10 Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
11 Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts,"
12 providing for certified lifeguards in State parks with public
13 beaches.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. The act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), known
17 as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is amended by
18 adding a section to read:
19 Section 323. Certified lifeguards in State parks with public
20 beaches.
21 (a) Duty to employ.--The department shall employ a
1 sufficient number of certified lifeguards to provide water
2 safety and lifesaving services to patrons in each State park
3 that has a public beach during such times as the public beach is
4 open to patrons.
5 (b) Funding.--The Secretary of the Budget shall transfer
6 from the General Fund to a restricted account, which is hereby
7 established in the State Treasury, for the payment of the
8 salaries of certified lifeguards employed under the provisions
9 of this section the amount of $1,000,000 annually.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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