Bill Text: PA SB708 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing, in provisions relating to the Governor and disaster emergencies, for general authority of Governor.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [SB708 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB708-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 709
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 708 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, FONTANA, SCARNATI, BROWNE, ROBBINS, WAUGH, ALLOWAY, BREWSTER, FOLMER, MENSCH, ORIE, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, STACK, VOGEL, WARD, D. WHITE AND YAW, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing, in provisions
relating to the Governor and disaster emergencies, for
general authority of Governor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7301(f)(8) of Title 35 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 7301. General authority of Governor.
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(f) Additional powers.--In addition to any other powers
conferred upon the Governor by law, the Governor may:
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(8) Suspend or limit the sale, dispensing or
transportation of alcoholic beverages, [firearms,] explosives
and combustibles.
(g) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to authorize the seizure, taking or confiscation of
lawfully possessed firearms or ammunition.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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