PRIOR PASSAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, December 1 - NONE

PRINTER'S NO. 1250

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

959

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, STEFANO, J. WARD, MENSCH,

AUMENT, ARGALL, SCAVELLO, BARTOLOTTA, DiSANTO, HUTCHINSON,

PITTMAN, MASTRIANO AND GEBHARD, DECEMBER 1, 2021

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 1, 2021

A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania, in the executive, further providing for

disaster emergency declaration and management.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby resolves as follows:

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of

Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:

(1) That section 20 of Article IV be amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 20. Disaster emergency declaration and management.

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(e) Upon expiration of a disaster emergency declaration

under subsection (a), emergency authority granted under the

expired disaster emergency declaration to a secretary or acting

secretary of a department of the Commonwealth or to an agency

under the Governor's jurisdiction shall also expire.

Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General

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