Liberty Index 2011 General Acts 1 to 75

8/6/2019 Liberty Index 2011 General Acts 1 to 75

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Act 3 May 13 SB 916 Pennsylvania Election Code - VotingStandards Development Board House Fiscal Note These votingstandards will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and willprovide direction to election officials as to which votes are valid

and which votes are invalid. For paper ballots or optical scanvoting systems, for example, a vote is valid or invalid based onthe type of mark made by the voter.

For Liberty Tier 1: A yea will add 1 point to legislators orgovernors grade and a nay vote will subtract 1 point from thegrade.

The Last Full Measure of Devotion:

Act 4 May 27 SB 199 CMSgt. Richard L. EtchbergerMemorial Highway - designation

No Impact on Liberty This bill does not have any directimpact on individual liberty; it is a reminder of those whogave the last full measure of devotion so that we haveAmerican Freedom.

Chief Master Sgt. Etchberger was award Medal of Honorposthumously by President Barack Obama on September 21st

2010 for heroism in Laos

Medal of Honor Award September 21, 2010 President BarackObama

Another blog with links about Lima Site 85
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Pentagons Official Blog Lima Site 85 and a secretmission

Hometown Reading Eagle Reports May 31,2011

The Last Full Measure of Devotion

Act 5 Jun 15 HB 218 names Korean War VeteransMemorial Highway

No Impact on Liberty This bill does not have any directimpact on individual liberty; it is a reminder of those who

gave the last full measure of devotion so that we haveAmerican Freedom.
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This naming is a reminder of the importance and significance ofPresident Harry Truman to confront Chinese Communistaggression into South Korea.

Five years after a war-weary America celebrated the end of WorldWar II, costing the deaths of 100s of 1000s of young Americansand billions and billions in American wealth, Americas soldierswere asked to a again fight and die toprevent Soviet and ChineseCommunists from installing a Stalinist-Maoist tyranny in SouthKorea. North Korea had been communist since WWII.

Over 36,000 Americans died and 92,000 wounded from 1950 to1953 in America's successful effort to keep South Korea from

becoming communist.

A satellite photo of North and South Korea dramatizes thesignificance of lives lost to the freedom and prosperity of millionsand millions of South Koreans, now one of Americas mostimportant allies. The US has had tens of thousands of soldiersstationed in South Korea since 1953 at a cost of billions andbillions defending it from the threat of Chinese Communistaggression.

It is appropriate to remember those who gave the last fullmeasure of devotion to defend America and defend its core value,Freedom of the Individual..


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With the exception of North Korean capital, Pyongyang, there areno night lights in North Korea where the Stalinist tyranny starvesand, literally, enslaves its own people. South Koreans prosper andlive in freedom thanks to the US soldiers who died defendingfreedom. For more, read here.

???Act 6 Jun 17 SB 1030 Unemployment CompensationLaw - omnibus amendments Fiscal Note Savings $99 millionin three years see page 4 of 4

For Liberty Tier 2: A yea vote will add 25 points tolegislators or governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 25

points from the grade.

Nate Benefield Commonwealth Foundation: HB 916, Rep. Perry'sbill which was defeated on the House floor on secondconsideration in May, contained an estimated $632 million insavings, enough to pay back the $3.8 billion the state owes to thefederal government by 2018.
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Rep. Scott Perrys bill HB 916 on second consideration was voteddown to appease SE Penna. Republicans. It will take 27 years topay off current balance; however, even with this billUnemployment Compensation Fund is going deeper in debt.

For further analysis see Commonwealth FoundationUnemployment Compensation Reform on Tap noteanticipated savings had been calculated to be $140,000, 000

Act 6 is a major overhaul of the Unemployment Compensationregimes not only saving taxpayers and businesses 10s of millionsof dollars but giving incentives to unemployed to return to workwhile recognizing the need for a safety net.

This bill passed in both House and Senate without anynay votes so I will grade it all credit meaning that eventhose who were excused will receive credit.

Act 7 Jun 23 SB 1006 Controlled Substance, Drug, Deviceand Cosmetic Act - Schedule I controlled substances HouseFiscal Note Senate Fiscal Note

Bath Salts is a controlled substance. This seems a reasonableexpansion or modification of underlying bill to protect citizensfrom known and obvious dangers.

???For Liberty Tier 1: A yea will add 1 point to legislators orgovernors grade and a nay vote will subtract 1 point from thegrade.

Should this be Tier 0?

This bill passed in both House and Senate without anynay votes so I will grade it all credit meaning that eventhose who were excused will receive credit.
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Act 8 Jun 24 HB 442 Real and Personal Property (68Pa.C.S.) makes private transfer fee obligations illegal. HouseFiscal Note

Only Dan Truitt, a thoughtful, legislator voted no in the House.

Because Dan Truitt is highly principled person, I will grade thisAll Credit so that the nay vote will not reduce his grade.

Act 9 Jun 24 SB 274 Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)- unlawful acts concerning licenses, authority to issue permits,permit fees and falconry permits

House Fiscal Note Senate Fiscal Note

Act 10 Jun 28 HB 40 Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - use offorce in self-protection and protection of other persons, grading oftheft offenses, licenses to carry firearms and civil immunity foruse of force House Fiscal Note

Castle DoctrineThis legislation is commonly referred to as the Castle Doctrine.

It expands and further defines an individuals right to use deadlyforce inside the individuals dwelling, residence, or occupiedvehicle and outside an individuals dwelling, residence, oroccupied vehicle. In short, this legislation eliminates anindividuals duty to retreat before using deadly force if the personis in a place the person has a right to be and believes an attackerwill use deadly force to kill, seriously injure, kidnap, or rapethemselves or another.

??? Act 11 Jun 28 HB 148 Liquor Code - omnibusamendmentsSenate Fiscal Note $825,000 New Revenue
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Happy Hour flexibility is one aspect of this bill.

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Four Bills Authorizing Electronic Auctions

Act 12 Jun 28 HB 373 Borough Code

Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty This is an administrative billaffecting operation of local municipality.

House Fiscal Note This legislation would amend the BoroughCode to allow electronic auctions for the sale of borough personalproperty

Act 13 Jun 28 HB 374 Incorporated towns - power to conveyreal property House Fiscal Notice This legislation would amendAct 34 of 1953 relating to contracts of incorporated towns to allowelectronic auctions for the sale of the towns personal property

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Act 14 Jun 28 SB 358 First Class Township Code - sales oftownship personal property House Fiscal Note This legislationwould amend the First Class Township Code to allow electronicauctions for the sale of township personal property.


Act 15 Jun 28 SB 360 Third Class City Code - sales of citypersonal property House Fiscal Note This legislation would amend

the Third Class City Code to allow electronic auctions for the saleof city personal property.


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Act 16 Jun 28 SB 450 Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) -terms of members of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat CommissionHouse Fiscal Note SB 450 will amend Title 30 Section 301

(relating to organization of the commission) to allow Fish and BoatCommissioners to serve on the Board for an unlimited amount oftime after their eight year term ends, until a successor has beenappointed and qualified. Currently, Fish and Boat Commissionersmay only serve for a period of up to six months after their normaleight year term ends, or until a successor has been appointed and

qualified, whichever comes first.

Act 17 Jun 28 SB 1131 Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) -comparative negligence
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The Fair Share Act

For Liberty Tier 2: A yea vote will add 25 points tolegislators or governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 25points from the grade.

The Fair Share Act eliminates joint and several liability forany defendant found to be less than 60 percent liable for causingan injury. Some 40 other states have made this common-sensechange that will keep lawyers from forcing a defendant to pay100 percent of monetary damages, even if they only were foundto be 1 percent at fault.

David Taylor of Pennsylvania Manufacturers Associationcomments:

Under the Fair Share Act, defendants less than 60 percentresponsible for a harm would be required to pay damages equalto their percentage of responsibilitybut not more. Anydefendant with a 60 percent or greater share of responsibilitycould be forced to pay up to 100 percent of damages, as couldany defendant who (1) committed an intentional act, (2) dumpedhazardous waste, or (3) violated the Liquor Code. Today, adefendant found even minimally responsible in any kind of civilcase can be on the hook for 100 percent of damages.

That deep-pocket rule gives the lawsuit industry a powerfulweapon to shake down employers, hospitals, local governments,and other large institutions, knowing that they will pay theransom of a settlement rather than risk a ruinous damage awardat trial. The avenue of attack allowed by "joint-and-several"liability is a major competitive disadvantage for Pennsylvania's
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economy because we are one of the last statesand the onlypopulous, industrial stateto retain this unfair practice. Incontrast, the Fair Share Act is comparable to existing law acrossthe river in New Jersey.

Act 18 Jun 30 HB 15 Pennsylvania WebAccountability and Transparency (PennWATCH) Act

For Liberty Tier 3 All Members Unanimous Vote

The Vote was unanimous in both House and Senate and will begraded All Members because all legislators and the Governorwill get equal credit.

PennWATCH Pennsylvania Web AccountabilityTransparency and Contract Hub allows anyone to track howthe government is spending tax dollars using a searchable onlinedatabase. This is a major step forward in bringing transparency toState Government and allowing The Forgotten Taxpayer to followthe money.

The Pennsylvania Web Accountability, Transparency and ContractHub, or PennWATCH, as it is known, was one of the first measures

Republicans pushed out of the House this spring after reclaimingmajority control from Democrats. It became law with Gov. TomCorbett's signature on June 30.

The Web site, which the Governor's Office of Administration willhost, will launch by Dec. 31, 2012. The new Web site will includespending information; contractor data; state tax collections and
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federal revenue received; and the name, position and salary ofevery state employee.

The vote was unanimous and, yet, under Democratic HouseLeadership, an identical bill (HB 1460 of 2009 also introduced byRep. Jim Christiana) was never brought to the floor for a vote. Asimilar bill had been passed in Republican controlled Senate in2009.

There is a clear difference between Democrats and the newRepublican Majority (to be distinguished from the PerzelRepublican Majority).

Regular Session 2011-2012 House Bill 15 Act 18 of 2011.

For some background on HB 1460 of 2009 identical to HB 15 of2011, see State Spending Transparency Nathan BenefieldCommonwealth Foundation 19 June 2009) and SpendingTransparency & Accountability (CommonwealthFoundation 3 December 2009)

Act 19 Jun 30 HB 385 Honor and Remember Flag Act

This legislation adopts the Honor and Remember Flag, created byHonor and Remember, Inc., as the Commonwealths emblem of
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service and sacrifice of the brave men and women of the U.S.Armed Forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.

The bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to

arrange and permanently place the Honor and Remember Flag onthe grounds of the State Capitol at Soldiers Grove

??? Act 20 Jun 30 HB 440 Workers' CompensationAct

This legislation would amend the Workers' Compensation Act of1915 to add a new section which would authorize insurers tovoluntarily provide workers compensation coverage to sole

proprietors, partners in partnerships, and members of LLCs. Thecoverage will have to be equivalent to normal workerscompensation coverage. House Fiscal Note Senate FiscalNote

??? Act 21 Jun 30 HB 463 State Lottery Law -determination of eligibility for pharmaceutical assistance for theelderly
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??? Act 22 Jun 30 HB 960 Public Welfare Code - omnibusamendments

Senate Fiscal Note $5,000,000 in savings to taxpayers

House Fiscal Note :FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation is the vehicle forimplementation authority to achieve the anticipated state savingsincluded in the General Fund budget for the Department of PublicWelfare and the Department of Corrections.

Specifically, the following state savings are included in theFY2011-12 budget for DPW: $109million for the adjustment to thehospital assessment; $4.8million for the payment change for

hospital readmissions; $10million for hospital low cost outlierspayments; $16million for restructuring child care copayments;$53.7million for new limits on dental and pharmacy benefits;$10million for imposition of copayments or premiums on familieswith loophole children or a total of $193.5million.

The Department of Corrections budget assumes $4.5million insavings due to the provision requiring hospitals to charge no morethan medical assistance rates for inpatient care provided to

state/county prisoners.

Act 23 Jun 30 HB 986 State Lottery Law
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House Fiscal Note: This legislation provides for the continuationof the Pennsylvania Lotterys statutorily mandated minimumprofit percentage of 27%. Specifically, this legislation amends theLottery Law to provide relief from the 30% minimum profitpercentage for another 4 years to June 30, 2015.

Act 53 of 2008 amended the Fiscal Code and granted temporaryrelief from the mandated minimum 30% rate of return providedfor in the Lottery Law. This change in the profit percentageallowed the Pennsylvania Lottery the ability to adjust the mix ofinstant and on-line ticket sales in order to meet consumerdemand and maximize profits which fund programs benefitingolder Pennsylvanians. This temporary relief provided for in theFiscal Code was granted for 3 years and is currently set to expireon June 30, 2011.

The act would take effect July 1, 2011, or immediately, whicheveris later.

FISCAL IMPACT: Enactment of this legislation will result in anestimated additional $86.3 million in available monies within theLottery Fund to provide funding for programs that benefit olderPennsylvanians. According to information provided by theDepartment of Revenue, the estimated net operating revenuewith the 27% minimum profit percentage is $939.2 million, whichis $86.3 million higher that the estimated net operating revenueof $852.9 million without relief from the 30% minimum profitpercentage.

??? Act 24 Jun 30 HB 1352 Public School Code of 1949 -omnibus amendments About 40 sections of the Public SchoolCode are affected.
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The Department of Education has identified $20,000 innonrecurring information technology costs related to creating the

electronic link used to allow college students to opt-out of thePennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS).

The administrative responsibilities of the Office of Safe SchoolAdvocate in the School District of the First Class within thePennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency areestimated to cost approximately $400,000 annually, which iscontained in the 2011 General Appropriations Act.

The provisions providing the distribution of funding forCommunity Colleges, Library Funding, Basic Education Funding,Intermediate Unit Funding, Special Education Funding, SocialSecurity Reimbursements and Pennsylvania Accountability Grantsimplement the funding contained in the General AppropriationsAct and have no fiscal impact beyond the appropriationscontained therein.Other responsibilities delegated to the Department of Education

Section 1201. Certificates Qualifying Persons to Teach -Creates a new avenue for mid-career professionals to join theteaching ranks through the use of residency teachingcertificates.Section 1203 Kinds of State Certificates creates a newcertificate for teaching known as the residency teaching
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certificate which is designed to attract mid-career professionals toteaching. The residency teaching programs will create astreamlined process for professionals with expertise in key fields,such as science and mathematics, to earn a teaching certificate

and bring their knowledge into the classroom.Section 2502.50 - Basic education subsidyThe budgetincludes $5,354,629,000 State funds for the 2011-2012 basiceducation Funding appropriation. The fiscal year 2011-12 lineitem includes a student focused supplement that includes thefollowing components: a base amount, number of Englishlanguage learners, concentration of free and reduced lunchstudents and changes to a school districts adjusted average dailymembership.Supplements are totaled and a funding amount is determined

based upon a school districts aid ratio and taxing effort. Variousother supplements are included in the appropriation such as thefunds added to ensure each school district receives at least whatthey received in fiscal year 2008-09 in State funds.

The bill also requires that $25 million of the basic education fundsappropriated to the school districts of the first class be used topay costs related to alternative education programs operated bythe district or under contract between the district and a privatealternative education institution.

Act 25 Jun 30 SB 330 Taxpayer Relief Act - publicreferendum requirements and installment payment of schoolreal property taxes

For Liberty Tier 3: A yea vote will add 50 points tolegislators or governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 50points from the grade.
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Ten exceptions laid out in the original law, Act 1 of 2005, alloweddistricts to ask the state Department of Education -- instead ofvoters -- to raise taxes above its index. Legislators removed sevenof the 10 exceptions to the voter referendum requirement,

leaving pension obligations, special education costs and existingor voter-approved debt as categories under which districts couldapply.

House Fiscal NoteSenate Fiscal Note

Act 26 Jun 30 SB 907 Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments

Act 27 Jun 30 SB 1007 Public Authorities and Quasi-PublicCorporations (64 Pa.C.S.) - First Industries Program

Act 28 Jun 30 SB 1096 Insurance Company Law of 1921 -omnibus amendments

Act 29 Jun 30 SB 1097 Insurance companies not registered inthis Commonwealth, tax on contracts with unauthorizedcompanies and deductions

Act 30 Jul 7 HB 38Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - surchargesand Commonwealth portion of

Act 31 Jul 7 HB 66 Police Chief Thomas J. Malone MemorialBridge - designation

Act 32 Jul 7 HB 67 Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - greyhoundracing and simulcasting

Act 33 Jul 7 HB 78 Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) -operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlledsubstance and homicide by watercraft while operating underinfluence

Act 34 Jul 7 HB 143 Pennsylvania Farmland and ForestLand Assessment Act of 1974 - small noncoal surface mining
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Act 35 Jul 7 HB 144 Pennsylvania Farmland and ForestLand Assessment Act of 1974 - utilization of land or conveyanceof rights for exploration or extraction of gas, oil or coal bedmethane


Act 36 Jul 7 HB 145 Vietnam Veterans of America MemorialHighway


Act 37 Jul 7 HB 312 Mercer County Veterans Highway -designation

Act 38 Jul 7 HB 345 Military and Veterans Code (51

Pa.C.S.) - burial details for veterans

Act 39 Jul 7 HB 390 George A. Penglase MemorialParkway - designation
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Tier 0 No Impact on Liberty

House Bill 390: The bill designates the Route 202 Parkway onState Route 202, connecting State Route 63 in Montgomery

Township and State Route 611 in Doylestown Township as theGeorge A. Penglase Memorial Parkway. (Rep. Watson).

House Bill 589: The bill designates Route 1 in Bucks County frommile marker 66.8 to mile marker 80.2 as the DetectiveChristopher Jones Memorial Highway.

Penglase, who died in 2005 at age 71, founded the citizens group"Support the Bypass for Route 202" in 1969.

On Jan. 29, 2009, Jones, a 10-year veteran with the MiddletownPolice Department, was struck and killed while conducting atraffic stop on Route 1 near the I-95 interchange. He left behind awife and three children.

Act 40 Jul 7 HB 396 Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) andJudicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - drug delivery resulting in death andsentences for second and subsequent offenses

House Fiscal Note

There is a potential fiscal impact to the Commonwealth fromenactment of this legislation if convictions for drug deliveryresulting in death increase when the prosecution need only provethat a defendant acted intentionally, knowingly or recklessly,and not with malice. Reliable data do not exist to predict howmany defendants this may be.

At the state level, keeping an individual incarcerated for one yearcosts approximately $33,000, and supervision by the Board ofProbation and Parole cost approximately $3,000.
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Act 41 Jul 7 HB 399 Staff Sergeant David M. Veverka

Veterans Memorial Bridge - designationNo Impact on Liberty This bill does not have any directimpact on individual liberty; it is a reminder of those whogave the last full measure of devotion so that we haveAmerican Freedom.

25 years old of Jamestown, Penna. killed by IED Iraq 5 May 2006.Where were you?

Honor the Fallen website

Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom with personal comments

Hometown newspaper Sharon Herald May 28, 2006 Act 42 Jul 7HB 438 Battle of the Bulge Veterans Memorial Highway -designation amended to include US Route 22 in Whitehall

Township, Lehigh County

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???Act 43 Jul 7 HB 488 Project 70 Land Acquisition andBorrowing Act - multiple conveyances
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???Act 44 Jul 7 HB 562 Agricultural Area Security Law -purchase of agricultural conservation easements

Act 45 Jul 7 HB 589 Detective Christopher Jones MemorialHighway - designation


Act 46 Jul 7 HB 797 Workers' Compensation Act - cancer inthe occupation of firefighter

Against Liberty Tier 1: A nay will add 50 points to legislatorsor governors grade and a yea vote will subtract 50 points fromthe grade.

House Fiscal Note: This legislation:

Designates cancer as an occupational disease;

Provides that the cancer must be caused by exposure to a knowncarcinogen recognized as a Group 1 carcinogen by the

International Agency for Research on Cancer;

Stipulates that occupational disease claims under this act canonly be filed by firefighters:

1. Who have four or more years of continuous firefighting service.
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2. Can establish direct exposure to a Group 1 carcinogen.

3. Successfully passed a physical examination prior to asserting aclaim, or prior to engaging in firefighting duties, which revealedno evidence of cancer.

Provides that the presumption under the act may be rebuttedby substantial competent evidence that shows that thefirefighters cancer was not caused by the occupation offirefighting.

States that a claim made by a member of a volunteer firecompany must be based on evidence of direct exposure to aGroup 1 carcinogen as documented by a report filed to thePennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System.

This bill ( then HB 1231) was vetoed by former GovernorEd Rendell because it was too expensive. This is anunfunded mandate falling on the local taxpayers and firecompanies. However, this legislation threatens public safety byraising the specter of cuts to essential services, or of forcing localgovernments to raise property taxes at the same time thatPennsylvania families are struggling economically.

Unlike most occupational injuries or diseases, HB 1231 wouldestablish a presumption that any cancer diagnosis would be aresult of firefighting activities and the benefit provider, in thiscase local government, would bear the almost impossible burdento prove otherwise. The current printer number of HB 1231 wouldonly permit employers to rebut the presumption of occupationallycaused cancer by attempting to essentially prove a negative byrequiring "proof of conduct or activities outside of firefightingduties that posed a substantial risk of causing the cancer." This

legislation also drastically differs from every other state cancer-presumption law, both because of this flawed rebuttable standardand because it would create the presumption for virtually everyform of cancer when medical science simply does not know whatcauses most cancers.
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While the total cost of this legislation is unknown which is aproblem in itself experts predict that it would be significant, andthe burden would be felt through tax hikes, cuts to local services,or both and, even worse, those cuts could be to firefighting

activities. Municipal workers' compensation insurance trustspredict drastic rate increases and question their ability to evenunderwrite coverage of occupational cancer claims under thisflawed bill. If municipalities lose this coverage, it could create acatastrophic financial situation.

No fiscal impact to the Commonwealth will result from theprovisions in the bill. However, local government entities, trusts,municipalities, and those volunteer fire companies which are self-insured, may experience additional costs due to increased

payments for benefits and the resultant potential increases in theentities workers compensation premiums.

Act 47 Jul 7 HB 870 Land and water areas available to publicfor recreational purposes; further defining "recreational purposes"
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Act 48 Jul 7 HB 917 Sgt. 1st Class Daniel LightnerMemorial Bridge - designation


Daniel L. Lightner, Jr. Birth: Nov. 20, 1976Altoona Blair County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Oct. 27, 2005,Iraq

Act 49 Jul 7 HB 1173Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.)For Liberty Tier 2: A yea vote will add 25 points tolegislators or governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 25points from the grade.

Allows for advertising on the exterior of metropolitantransportation authorities passenger rail cars as a means togenerate additional revenue for the authoritiesAccording to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority, this legislation would generate between $400,000 and$800,000 annually.

Act 50 Jul 7 HB 1219 Donald H. ClarkMemorial Bridge -designation

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Act 51 Jul 7 HB 1255 Wildlife Conservation Officer David L.Grove Memorial Bridge - designation


Grove, formerly of Fairfield, Adams County, had served as awildlife conservation officer for about 10 years in Franklin andAdams counties before he was killed in the line of duty inNovember.

Today my heart goes out to members of the Grove family,

several of whom are with us here today, said Moul. OfficerGrove was a dedicated young conservation officer whose tragicand senseless death has touched the lives of many in Adams andFranklin counties, and throughout the Commonwealth. Thenaming of this bridge in his honor will serve as a lasting tribute tohis life and his selfless service to our citizens.

Act 52 Jul 7 HB 1336 Home Improvement Consumer

Protection Act - procedures for registration as contractor andprohibited acts

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Act 53 Jul 7 HB 1448 Incorporated towns - office and powersand duties of town


Act 54 Jul 7 HB 1449 Borough Code - office and powers andduties of borough manager

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Act 55 Jul 7 HB 1549 County Code - counties divided intonine classes, how offices of Prothonotary, clerks of court, clerk oforphan's court, register of wills and recorder of deeds to be held


Act 56 Jul 7 SB 101 Public Officers (65 Pa.C.S.) - penaltyfor violations of agency members Sunshine Act penalties

increased

For Liberty Tier 2: A yea vote will add 25 points to

legislators or governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 25points from the grade.

This legislation would amend Title 65, Chapter 7 (commonly known as theSunshine Act) to increase the maximum penalty that may be imposed on apublic official who participates in a meeting with the intent and purpose ofviolating the open meeting requirements and other provisions of the SunshineAct.

This legislation would increase the fine of at least $100 but less than $1,000

plus the cost of prosecution for a first offense and would add a fine of at least$500 but less than $2,000 plus the cost of prosecution for a violation of theSunshine Act.This legislation would also prohibit an agency from making a payment toreimburse an official of the agency for any fine or cost resulting from a violationof the Sunshine Act.
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Act 57 Jul 7 SB 151 Air Pollution Control Act - dispositionof fees, fines and civil penalties


Act 58 Jul 7 SB 163 Brigadier General Richard J. TallmanMemorial Bridge designation


Killed in Action 7/9/72 VietnamChildren Carry on Family Military Tradition


??? Act 59 Jul 7 SB 260 Confidentiality of HIV-RelatedInformation Act - legislative intent, consent to HIV-related testsand counseling
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?? Act 60 Jul 7 SB 263 Regulatory Review Act - proposedregulations and procedures for review and criteria for review ofregulations

???? Act 61 Jul 7 SB 302 Keystone Recreation, Park andConservation Fund Act

This legislation amends the Keystone Recreation, Park andConservation Fund Act (Act 50 of 1993) to require the Departmentof Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of

Education, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,and the State System of Higher Education to each submit to theGovernor and the General Assembly an annual report ofprojects and services provided by moneys from the Fund. Theannual report shall include the following grant information: thename of the applicant, location and description of the project,total project costs, the amount requested, and any matchingfunds provided by the applicant, grant contract expiration date,and the amount granted.

Act 62 Jul 7 SB 326 Vital Statistics Law of 1953 - certificateof birth resulting in stillbirth A New Pennsylvania Law WillAllow Birth Certificates for Stillborn Babies Amy WordenInquirer Harrisburg Bureau Jul. 12, 2011

Philadelphia Liberal Democrat Babette Josephs obsessedwith ideology of abortion on demand had turned what seems tome to be a matter of common decency into an ideologicalstatement. Ultrasound confirms visually, scientifically, a humanchild has died. This is a tragedy for the parents. A child dies. Isthat a human worthy of recognition in the official record?
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The two faced, hypocritical phony PhiladelphiaDemocrat ties up bill in her committee for three years and thenvotes yea when Republicans bring it to floor vote.

The Good Guys:

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is the Republican chair of State GovernmentCommittee 2011-12. Rep. Seth Grove Secretary

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe Rep. Seth Grove

Sen. Jake Corman Prime Sponsor

Act 62 of 2011

House Votes 194 Yea 3 Nay and 6 Excused Even Rep. Josephsvoted for the bill after she had refused to vote it out of herState Government Committee for three years. Now, that vote ispublic, she does the decent thing. This demonstrates thedifference between a Republican Majority and a Democratic

Majority where this bill could not get a floor vote of allRepresentatives in the House.

Senate Vote Unanimous
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Act 63 Jul 7 SB 369Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.) -designation of West Branch Susquehanna River byway,Clearfield County, as scenic byway

Tier O No Impact on Liberty

???? Act 64 Jul 7 SB 387 Game and Wildlife Code (34Pa.C.S.)

The Game Commission believes that enactment of this legislationwould reduce Game Fund revenues by approximately $1,000 a

year. The $1 agent fee per license is paid to the vendor where thelicense is purchased. Given the fact that additional vendors will beselling the licenses, the small reduction in Game Fund revenuewould be a direct result of military personnel buying their huntinglicense from vendors other than the Game Commission.

Act 65 Jul 7 SB 419 Board of Vehicles Act Motorcycles

For Liberty Tier 1: A yea will add 1 point to legislators or

governors grade and a nay vote will subtract 1 point from thegrade.

This legislation would amend The Board of Vehicles Act (Act 84 of1983) by: Adding language in Section 19 (10) allowing licensed motorcycledealers to buy, sell, exchange, trade or otherwise deal inmotorcycles on Sundays. The bill also repeals the section inthe Crimes Code that prohibits sales of motor vehicles on Sundaysinsofar as it relates to motorcycles.

Adding language in Section 9 (e) to prohibit a manufacturerfrom taking back funds paid to a dealer for reimbursement ofwarranty services (charge back) when the dealer protests thecharge back to the State Board of Vehicles. Collection of the
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charge back is stayed until the Board has held a hearing on theprotest.

Adding a new Section 12.1 to prohibit a manufacturer fromunreasonably altering a dealers area of responsibility and to

allow a dealer to protest such alteration to the Board. If a dealersarea of responsibility is altered, the manufacturer must allow 18months for the dealer to penetrate the market and become saleseffective prior to the manufacturer taking punitive action againstthe dealer for nonperformance

?? Act 66 Jul 7 SB 448 Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)

Under this legislation, a person under the age of 21 would beprotected from prosecution for the possession or consumption ofalcoholic beverages if law enforcement, including campus safetypolice, became aware of the possession or consumption solelybecause the individual was seeking medical assistance forsomeone else. The person seeking the assistance mustreasonably believe he or she is the first to do so, must use his orher real name with authorities, and must stay with the individualneeding medical assistance until help arrives and the persons

presence is no longer needed.

?? Act 67 Jul 7 SB 552 Workforce Development Act

The legislation would require that the Department of Labor andIndustry work with businesses, industry associations, career andtechnical associations, participating agencies, state and local

workforce investment boards, and economic developmententities, to identify industry clusters based on: statistics showing competitiveness;

importance to state or regional economic development;

other employers that supply materials or services to theindustry;

research studies; and
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other criteria deemed relevant by the Department.

In collaboration with these groups, as well as business and laborleaders, the Department must select targeted industry clusters

for workforce and economic development investments, based on: importance to the state and regional economy;

workforce development needs;

potential for economic growth;

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employment base; and

wages, benefits, and career opportunities

Act 68 Jul 7 SB 606Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.) - designationof Crawford Lakelands Byway as scenic byway


Act 69 Jul 7 SB 723 Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little LeagueBridge - designation



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Founder of Little League Baseball


Act 70 Jul 7 SB 728 Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr MemorialBridge designation

Medal of Honor Awarded WWII

State law requires bridges to be named after fallen veterans, soBender chose Cpl. Harry Raymond Harr, who was awarded theCongressional Medal of Honor as a 24-year-old soldier in WorldWar II.

Harr, who was from East Freedom, was killed in action when hesmothered a Japanese hand grenade with his body, saving four ofhis fellow soldiers. Harr's sacrifice bought them enough time to
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repair their machine guns and hold their position at the Battle ofMindanao Island in the Philippines.

?? Act 71 Jul 7 SB 745 Rail Freight Preservation andImprovement Act -amends Act 119 of 1984, the Rail Freight Preservation andImprovement Act to allow a railroad company that receives agrant under the Act to perform the work with its own company, orany of its wholly- owned subsidiaries, without putting the project

out for bid.

This legislation will have no adverse impact on Commonwealthfunds. The legislation would only widen the pool of potentialapplicants for Rail Freight Assistance Grants, which are contingentupon appropriations by the General Assembly.

?? Act 72 Jul 7 SB 791 Bluff Recession and Setback Act -inspections

This bill amends the Bluff Recession and Setback Act (Act 48 of1980) to expand the definition of bluff recession hazard area toexclude any area where the horizontal distance, measuredperpendicular to the shoreline, between the shoreline and thebluff toe is in excess of 250 feet so that such areas are notsubject to any Environmental Quality Board (EQB) regulations or

municipal bluff setback ordinance or regulations establishedunder the act. It further defines the terms bluff toe and shorelineto further clarifies issues related to bluff recession hazard area.

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Act 73 Jul 7 SB 828 First Class Township Code amends theFirst Class Township Code to further provide for the office oftownship manager and for powers and duties of a manager


This legislation would amend Section 1202 of the First ClassTownship Code to provide that the township manager shall serveat the pleasure of the board of commissioners, subject tocontractual rights that may arise as a condition of employment.

The board may enter into an employment agreement with themanager, which will terminate no later than two years after theeffective date of the agreement or the date of the organizationmeeting of the board following the next municipal election,whichever occurs first. The employment agreement may includeprovisions relating to severance compensation, but shall notguarantee employment through the term of the contract or conferupon the manager any legal remedy based on specificperformance.

Act 74 Jul 7 SB 829 Second Class Township amends theSecond Class Township Code to further provide for the office oftownship manager and for powers and duties of a manager.


Act 75 Jul 7 SB 830Third Class City legislation adds Section1201-A to the Third Class City Code which would allow a thirdclass city to appoint a city administrator or manager

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