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                               SUBCHAPTER B
                 PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

     Sec.
     7311.  Creation.
     7312.  Organization.
     7313.  Powers and duties.
     7314.  Utilization of existing services and facilities.
     7315.  Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner (Repealed).
     7316.  Pennsylvania State Fire Academy (Repealed).
     7317.  Pennsylvania Volunteer Loan Assistance Program (Repealed).
     7318.  Fire Safety Advisory Committee (Repealed).
     7319.  Appropriations (Repealed).
     7320.  Radiological emergency response preparedness, planning
            and recovery program.

        Termination of Agency.  The Pennsylvania Emergency Management
     Agency is subject to periodic review under the act of December
     22, 1981 (P.L.508, No.142), known as the Sunset Act, and will
     terminate on the date specified in that act unless reestablished
     or continued by the General Assembly. The Pennsylvania Emergency
     Management Agency was reestablished by the act of July 13, 1988
     (P.L.501, No.87), until December 31, 1997.
     § 7311.  Creation.
        To assure prompt, proper and effective discharge of basic
     Commonwealth responsibilities relating to civil defense and
     disaster preparedness, operations and recovery, there is hereby
     formally created the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

        State Council of Civil Defense.  See section 2 of Act 323 of
     1978 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
     relating to the transfer to the Pennsylvania Emergency
     Management Agency of personnel, appropriations, equipment, etc.,
     of the State Council of Civil Defense.

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