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Volunteer program - 30 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 327

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     § 327.  Volunteer program.
        (a)  Volunteer program.--The commission shall have the power
     and authority to do all things necessary and expedient to
     maintain a volunteer program and to promulgate rules and
     regulations under this section.
        (b)  Services of individuals without compensation.--The
     executive director or his designee is authorized to recruit,
     train and accept, without regard to the civil service
     classification laws, rules or regulations, the services of
     individuals without compensation as volunteers for or in aid of
     interpretive functions, education and information programs,
     boating safety and water rescue programs, conservation measures,
     habitat improvement and other activities related to fish and
     fishing and boats and boating.
        (c)  Expenses.--The commission is authorized to pay
     reasonable and necessary expenses for volunteers, in accordance
     with Statewide guidelines, for transportation, uniforms, lodging
     and subsistence.
        (d)  Status of volunteers.--
            (1)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
        volunteer shall not be deemed to be a Commonwealth employee
        and shall not be subject to the provisions of law relating to
        Commonwealth employment, including those relating to hours of
        work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment compensation
        and Commonwealth employee benefits.
            (2)  Volunteers performing work under the terms of this
        section acting within the scope of their volunteer duties
        shall be authorized to operate Commonwealth vehicles and
        watercraft and shall be treated for the purposes of
        automotive and general liability as employees of the
        Commonwealth.
            (3)  For the purposes of the act of June 2, 1915
        (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act,
        volunteers under this section shall be deemed employees of
        the Commonwealth.
            (4)  No volunteer shall be assigned to any position that
        is covered by any labor agreement, presently filled or
        authorized in the commission.
            (5)  As to civil damages, the standard of care for acts
        or omissions by commission volunteers acting within the scope
        of their duties shall be as set forth in 42 Pa.C.S. § 8332.4
        (relating to volunteer-in-public-service negligence
        standard).
     (Jan. 29, 1998, P.L.31, No.7, eff. imd.)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 7 added section 327.

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