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SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 43
PRINTER'S NO. 2546
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
49
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SAINATO, BARRAR, COHEN, MILLARD, KOTIK, LONGIETTI,
D. COSTA, GABLER, MURT, TALLMAN, BROWNLEE, MATZIE, HARHAI,
DONATUCCI, MAHONEY, KORTZ, DEASY, WATSON, GIBBONS, READSHAW,
GILLEN, FARRY, DAVIS, MOUL AND V. BROWN, JANUARY 21, 2015
SENATOR VULAKOVICH, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for the payment of death
benefits to the surviving spouse or children or parents of
firefighters, ambulance service or rescue squad members, law
enforcement officers or National Guard members who die as a
result of the performance of their duties," providing for the
payment of death benefits to members of the Pennsylvania
Civil Air Patrol.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1(a), (a.1), (c) and (e) of the act of
June 24, 1976 (P.L.424, No.101), referred to as the Emergency
and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act, amended
October 9, 2009 (P.L.588, No.51) AND MAY 13, 2015 (P.L.1, NO.1),
are amended to read:
Section 1. (a) In the event a law enforcement officer,
ambulance service or rescue squad member, firefighter, certified
hazardous material response team member, member of the
Pennsylvania Civil Air Patrol or National Guard member dies as a
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