PENNSYLVANIA, November 17 - PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 592

PRINTER'S NO. 686

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

550

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY ROBINSON, ARGALL, MARTIN, FONTANA, MENSCH,

MASTRIANO, PITTMAN, COSTA, YUDICHAK AND VOGEL, APRIL 14, 2021

SENATOR STEFANO, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AS

AMENDED, APRIL 28, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled

"An act relating to counties of the second class and second

class A; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

laws relating thereto," in special powers and duties of the

county, further providing for flags to decorate graves.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2122 of the act of July 28, 1953

(P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, is

amended to read:

Section 2122. Flags to Decorate Graves.--[(a) It shall be

the duty of the county commissioners to provide flags on each

Memorial Day with which to decorate the graves of all deceased

service persons and the graves of all other deceased persons who

served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard,

Merchant Marine during World War II or any organization

officially connected therewith and whose separation from such

service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, buried

within the county. The flags to be used for said purposes shall

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