PRINTER'S NO. 240
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
277
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, ROZZI, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, KINSEY,
KHAN, HILL-EVANS, DELLOSO, KINKEAD AND D. WILLIAMS,
MARCH 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 10, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Titles 51 (Military Affairs) and 61 (Prisons and
Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
Department of Military Affairs, further providing for duties
of department; in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy
Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for
specific duties relating to Deputy Adjutant General for
Veterans' Affairs; and, in general administration relating to
correctional institutions, further providing for powers and
duties of department.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 702 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 702. Duties of department.
The department shall have the power and its duty shall be:
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(13) To contact veterans whose names appear on the list
transmitted to the department under 61 Pa.C.S. § 1105(a)(3)
(relating to powers and duties of department) and encourage
the veterans' voter registration.
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