THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, DEASY, D. COSTA, DERMODY, FRANKEL, GEORGE, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KOTIK, MATZIE, MURPHY, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, M. SMITH, WAGNER AND WHITE, JANUARY 24, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 24, 2011  

AN ACT

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

as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class

and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and

changing the laws relating thereto," further providing for

markers on graves, memorial certificates and headstones.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2113(h) of the act of July 28, 1953

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

amended to read:

Section 2113.  Markers on Graves; Memorial Certificates;

Headstones.--* * *

(h)  Each headstone shall contain his or her name and the

rank and organization to which he or she belonged or in which he

or she served, in letters raised or cut in at least three-

sixteenths of an inch deep. The headstone shall be of either

marble or granite and shall be placed or set in a concrete base

at least three feet deep, or if a headstone has been provided

for such grave by the United States Government, the county

commissioners shall provide the concrete base therefor, or if

lettering only on an existing memorial is desired by the family,

the county commissioners shall provide such lettering. Amounts

charged for the concrete base shall not exceed the sum of two

hundred fifty dollars ($250).

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.