COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL

THE SPEAKER (MATTHEW J. RYAN) PRESIDING

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13,1996

SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF 1995-96 NO. 3

PRAYER I

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House convened at 11 a.m., e.s.t.

REV. JAMES J. FERGUSON, Chaplain of the House of Representatives and pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, offered the following prayer:

HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCEDANDREFERRED

Eternal God, our Heavenly Father, we thank You for this glorious day in our Commonwealth. We ask Your blessing upon this House as it meets to conduct its business.

We lift up to You in prayer the children, the families, of a linle town called Dunblane in Scotland and the atrocities that they suffered.

We think of education as well this day, our Father, and pray Your guidance in our deliberations, that Your spirit will lead us into being vessels of blessing for this Commonwealth and its people. We ask it in Your name, Thou who art the kingdom, the power, and the glow forever. Amen.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by members and U. visitors.)

JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED I The SPEAKER. Without objection, the approval of the Journal

of the special session for Tuesday, March 12, 1996, will be postponed until printed. The Chair hears no objection.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE I The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman,

Mr. Barley, who requests leave of absence for the gentleman from Lackawama, Mr. SERAFINI, and the gentleman from Chester County, Mr. PITTS, for today's session.

Without objection, leaves will be granted. The Chair hears no objection.

The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Itkin, who requests leave for the gentleman, Mr. MIHALICH, from Westmoreland.

Without objection, leave will be granted. The Chair hears no objection.

No. 21 By Representatives GEORGE, OLASZ, DeWEESE, HALUSKA, GORDNER, BELARDI, CURRY, TRELLO, DALEY, COWELL, JOSEPHS, SATHER, BATTISTO, LUCYK, REBER, PESCI, BAKER, READSHAW, SHANER, MELIO, PHILLIPS, STERN, MARKOSEK, TIGUE, PISTELLA, TANGRETTI, STEELMAN and YOUNGBLOOD

An Act amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.851, No.166), known as the Flood Plain Management Act, adding definitions; and further providing for grants and reimbursements to municipalities and counties.

Ref& to Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCEb AND ENERGY, March 13,1996.

No. 22 By Representatives BAKER, TANGRETTI, REBER, O'BRIEN, GEORGE, FICHTER, CLARK, RUBLEY, McCALL, STEIL, DiGIROLAMO, PESCI, FAIRCHILD, CHADWICK, MAJOR, COLAFELLA, SHANER, DEMPSEY. BARD, GRUPPO, HERSHEY, TIGUE, CAPPABIANCA, BELARDI, COLAIZZO, DENT, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, GORDNER, STISH, GEIST, LUCYK, E. Z. TAYLOR, SATHER, DALEY, SAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, BOSCOLA, FARGO, DeWEESE, BATTISTO, STABACK, EGOLF, TRELLO, SERAFINI, HANNA, B. SMITH, HESS, HASTE, ADOLPH, L. I. COHEN, SCHRODER an' McGILL

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safely) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, creating the State Disaster Assistance Loan Program; providing for powers and duties of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; establishing the State Disaster Assistance Loan Fund: providing for funding for the State Disaster Assistance Loan Program; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Cornminee on VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 13,1996.

No. 23 By Representatives MICHLOVIC, WALKO, BAKER, ITKIN, TRELLO, GIGLIOTTI, LAUGHLM, COWELL, CAPPABIANCA, CAWLEY, READSHAW, DALEY, LUCYK, MUNDY, OLASZ, TIGUE, M. N. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, BATTISTO, LEVDANSKY, JOSEPHS, MELIO, KAISER, MARKOSEK, DeLUCA, SHANER, RUBLEY, CURRY, STABACK, KUKOVICH, PISTELLA and STEELMAN

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An Act permitting counties to form storm water management districts for the purpose of regulating stom water within designated watershed -

boundaria;~imposing duties and conferring powers on county storm water districts. on municioalities and on oerrons eneaeed in the develooment of - - ~ ~

land; and providingfor organization, for function, for enforcement and for financing.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, March 13,1996.

No. 24 By Representatives MICHLOVIC, READSHAW, SATHER, ITKIN, CAWLEY, BELARDI, MARKOSEK, MUNDY, CAPPABIANCA, KAISER, NICKOL, JOSEPHS, BATTISTO, SHANER, OLASZ, WALKO, DALEY, COLAFELLA, TRELLO, LAUGHLIN, STABACK, TIGUE, CLARK, KUKOVICH, PISTELLA, SAINATO, E. 2. TAYLOR and YOUNGBLOOD

An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for certiticate of title.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION, March 13, 1996.

HOUSE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

No. 2 By Representatives GEORGE, OLASZ, HALUSKA, BELARDI, PESCI, GORDNER, READSHAW, BAKER, COY, FARGO, BATTISTO, SATHER, McCALL, KENNEY, HERSHEY, COLAFELLA, SCRIMENTI, S. H. SMITH, ARGALL, ROONEY, GODSHALL, McGEEHAN and PETTIT

A Resolution requesting the Department of Corrections in conjunction with other Commonwealth agencies to conduct a study and issue a report on the use of prison inmate labor to alleviate high restoration costs associated with disaster relief.

Referred to Committee on RULES, March 13, 1996.

ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS OF SPONSORS

The SPEAKER. The Chair acknowledges receipt of additions and deletions for sponsorships ofbills, which the clerk will file.

(Copy of list is on file with the Journal clerk.)

MASTER ROLL CALL

URNAL -HOUSE

BebkoJones Flick Belardi Gamble Belfanti Gannan Birmelin Geist Bishop George Blaum Gigliorri Boscola Gladeck Boyes Godshall Brawn Gordner Bmwne Gruitra Bunt Gruppo Butkovitz Habay Buxton Haluska Caltagimne Hanna Cappabianca Harhart Carn Hasay Caronc Haste Cawley Hennessey Chadwick Herman Civera Hershey Clark Hess Clymer Horsey Cohen, L. I. Hutchinson Cohen, M. ltkin Colafella Jadlowiec Colaiuo Ialnes Conti Jamlin Cornell Josephs Corpora Kaiser Carrigan Kel le~ Cowell K e n n e ~

Mmico Masland Mayernik McCall McGeehan McGill Melia M e n ~ Michlovic Miwzie Miller Mundy Myers Nailar Nickol Nyce O'Brien Olasz Oliver Perzel Pesci Petrarca Petmne Pettit Phillips Pistella Platts Preston Ramos Raymond Readrhaw Rek r

Coy cuny Daley DeLuca Demprey Dent Dermody DeWeese DiGirolamo Donatucci Drucc Durham

Farmer

King Reinard Kirkland Rieger Krebs Robens Kukovich Robinson LaGrotta Roebuck Laughlin Rohrer Lawless Rooney Lederer Rubley Leh Rudy Lescovitz Sainato Levdansky Santoni

NOT VOTING4

Mihalich Pins

RECESS

MARCH 13 Sheehan Smith, B. Smith, S. H. Snyder, D. W. Staback Stain Steelman Steil Stern Stetler Stirh Strittmatter Sturla Surra Tangretti Taylor. E. %. Taylor. J. a Thomas Tirue . Travaglio Trella Trich Tl'ue Tulli Vance I

Van Horne Veon Vitali Walko Washington Waugh Willia~nn Wogan Wozniak Wright D. R. Wright, M. N Yewcic Youngblood Zimmerman Zug

Ryan, Soeakrr

The SPEAKER. The Chair is about to take the master roll call TheSPEAKER. Does the majoriry leader, Mr. Perzel, have any

in special session. Members will begin to vote. funher business in special session at this time? Does the Democratic floor leader have any further business in

The following roll call was recorded:

PRESENT-199

special session at this time? Hearing none, the Chair declares the special session in recess

to the call of the Chair.

Adolph Egolf Lloyd Sather Allen Evans Lucyk

AFTER RECESS Saylor

Argall Fairchild Lynch Schroder The time of recess having expired, the House was called to Armstrong rajt Maitland Schuler Baker Fargo Majw Scrimenti

order. Bard Feese Man, Semmel Barley

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HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED

No. 1 By Representatives STISH, DeWEESE, STERN, LLOYD, BARLEY, FEESE, ROBINSON, DEMPSEY, TRAVAGLIO, McGILL, SHANER, BAKER, PESCI, ARMSTRONG, GIGLIOTTI, TRUE, HALUSKA, SCHRODER, VEON, FAIRCHILD, TRELLO, MASLAND, GEORGE, ZUG, STETLER, MAJOR, FLICK, MELIO, MARSICO, MARKOSEK, FARGO, TIGUE, STRITTMA'ITER, CLARK, ITKIN, STAIRS, COLAFELLA, SEMMEL, DERMODY, HESS, SURRA, LUCYK, PHILLIPS, MUNDY, GEIST, WALKO, CHADWICK, BELFANTI, ALLEN, DeLUCA, HERSHEY, GORDNER, E. Z. TAYLOR, M. COHEN, O'BRIEN, MYERS, BROWNE, COY, NYCE, DALEY, BROWN, CAWLEY, SATHER, CAPPABIANCA, BUNT, VAN HORNE, MERRY, SCHULER, CLYMER, STEIL, WAUGH, WOGAN, RUBLEY, RYAN and STEELMAN

S'WTMA'ITER, MELIO, CLARK, MARKOSEK, MASLAND, 1 LaGROTTA, STAIRS, SAINATO, SEMMEL, ITKIN, HESS, DERMODY, PHILLIPS, TIGUE, GEIST, CAWLEY,

I CHADWICK, MUNDY, ALLEN, COLAFELLA, CNERA, 1 SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, LEVDANSKY, STISH, BOSCOLA, O'BRIEN, WALKO, McGILL, JOSEPHS, NYCE, BELFANTI, BUNT, DeLUCA, MERRY, READSHAW, SCHULER, MAYERNIK, REBER, YEWCIC, ZUG, M. COHEN, WOGAN, COY, DALEY, CAPPABIANCA, BROWN, McCALL and VAN HORNE

An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, defining "person"; changing references to certain Federal laws; and further providing for individual and family assistance, for the agency, for fees and for powers and duties.

Refemd to Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, March 13,1996.

I A Supplement to the act of July 6, 1995 (P.L. , No.38). entitled "An No. 5 By Representatives BUXTON, COLAFELLA,

act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1995-1996." MICOZZIE, BARLEY, DeWEESE, STERN, LLOYD, FEESE,

itemizing public highway projects to be constructed by the Department o f ROBINSON, DEMPSEY, TRAVAGLIO, BAKER, SHANER, Transportation from current revenue in the Motor License Fund and L. I. COHEN, PESC1, ARMSTRONG, CURRY, TRUE, statine the ectimated useful life o f the woiects. GIGLIOTTI, HERMAN, HALUSKA, HASTE, VEON, MAJOR.

I Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, March 13, 1996.

No. 2 By Representatives LLOYD, BARLEY, DeWEESE, STERN, LUCYK, FEESE, CAWLEY, DEMPSEY, TIGUE, BAKER, ITKIN, SATHER, STEELMAN, ARMSTRONG, ROBINSON, L. I. COHEN, TRAVAGLIO, TRUE, SHANER, S. H. SMITH, PESCI, HASTE. GIGLIOmI, MAJOR HALUSKA, FLICK, CURRY, FARGO, VEON, STRITTMATTER, TRELLO, MASLAND, STETLER, STAIRS, COLAIZZO, SEMMEL, MELIO, HESS, MARKOSEK, PHILLIPS, COLAFELLA, GEIST, DERMODY, CHADWICK, WALKO, ALLEN, BELFANTI, CIVERA, BOSCOLA, STISH, DeLUCA, O'BRIEN, READSHAW, McGILL, MAYERNIK, BROWNE. GORDNER, NYCE, YEWCIC, RAYMOND, M. COHEN, BROWN, BUNT. MYERS, WOGAN, COY, SCHULER, DALEY, REBER, CAPPABIANCA, WAUGH, VAN HORNE, RUBLEY, McCALL and DENT

A Supplement to the act o f July 6, 1995 (P.L. , No.38). entitled, "An act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1995-1996." itemizing public improvement projects for flood protection to be constructed by the Department o f General Services, together with their estimated . financial costs; authorizing the use o f disaster assistance bond funding for financing the projects to be constructed by the Department o f General Services; stating the estimated useful life o f the projects; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. March 13. 1

No. 4 By Representatives LUCYK. BARLEY, DeWEESE, STERN. LLOYD, FEESE, STEELMAN, DEMPSEY, ROBINSON, BAKER, TRAVAGLIO, L. I. COHEN, SHANER. ARMSTRONG, PESCI, TRUE, CURRY. HERMAN, GIGLIOTTI, MAJOR, HALUSKA, FAIRCHILD, TRELLO, FLICK, GEORGE, FARGO, STETLER '.--KOL, COLAIZZO.

COLAIZZO, NICKOL, MELIO, STRITTMATTER, CLARK, MARKOSEK, MASLAND, SAINATO, STAIRS, ITKIN, SEMMEL, DERMODY, HESS, TIGUE, PHILLIPS, CAWLEY, GEIST, MUNDY, CHADWICK, LUCYK, ALLEN, SURRA, CNERA, LEVDANSKY, STISH, BOSCOLA, O'BRIEN, WALKO, McGILL, JOSEPHS, BROWNE, BELFANTI, RAYMOND, DeLUCA, BROWN, READSHAW, BUNT, MAYERNIK, MERRY, M. COHEN, SCHULER, MYERS, REBER, COY, ZUG, DALEY. STEIL, CAPPABIANCA, RUBLEY, VAN HORNE, McCALL and DENT

An Act directing the Insurance Commissioner to establish and administer a flood insurance education and information program.

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, March 13,1996.

No. 6 By Representatives BROWN, DeWEESE, EGOLF, LLOYD, STERN, McCALL, BARLEY, STEELMAN, TRUE, ROBINSON, SATHER, TRAVAGLIO, McGILL, SHANER, BAKER, PESCI, FEESE, CURRY, DEMPSEY, GIGLIOTTI, ARMSTRONG, TRELLO, RUBLEY, GEORGE, SCHULER, COLAIZZO, L. I. COHEN, MELIO, HERMAN, MARKOSEK, FAIRCHILD, LaGROTTA, DENT, SAINATO, PITTS, ITKIN, HASTE, DERMODY, MASLAND, TIGUE, ZUG, BROWNE, M Y , MARSICO, COLAFELLA, FLICK, SURRA, FARGO, LUCYK, NICKOL, LEVDANSKY, STRITTMATTER, BOSCOLA, CLARK, WALKO, HARHART, BELFANTI, STAIRS, DeLUCA, SEMMEL, READSHAW, HESS, MAYERNIK, PHILLIPS, GORDNER, GEIST, YEWCIC, CHADWICK, M. COHEN, ALLEN, MYERS, CIVERA, HALUSKA, HERSHEY, COY, E. Z. TAYLOR, DALEY, STISH, CAWLEY, O'BRIEN, CAPPABIANCA, NYCE, VAN HORNE, BARD, BUNT, MERRY, REBER, MAJOR, HUTCHINSON, CLYMER, WAUGH, SHEEHAN and RYAN

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An Act making an appropriation of certain tax amnesty revenues to the Governor for payment of the Commonwealth's share to secure I individual assistance from the Federal Government.

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, March 13, 1996.

SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR A

RESOLUTION

Mr. PERZEL called up SR 1, PN 7, entitled:

D~LUCA; BAKER, COY; HASAY, TIGUE, S. H: SMITH; CAWLEY, WOGAN, WALKO, SHANER, PESCI, FARGO, GORDNER, BROWNE, DALEY, HERMAN, BATTISTO, GODSHALL, BOSCOLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, VAN HORNE, READSHAW, STABACK, JAROLIN, STEELMAN, MELIO, McCALL, COLAFELLA, GIGLIOITI, MARKOSEK, COWELL, SClUMENn MICHLOVIC, PETRONE, BELARDI, PISTELLA, CAPPABIANCA, LEVDANSKY, ITKIN, YOUNGBLOOD, MANDERINO, OLASZ, RUDY, KUKOVICH, LUCYK, THOMAS, RAMOS, LAUGHLIN, VEON and M. COHEN

No. 25 By Representatives TRELLO, B. SMITH, MUNDY, GRUPPO. TRAVAGLIO, SAYLOR. DeWEESE. DENT.

An Act directing the reassesment of certain real property; authorizing local taxing authorities the power to abate certain real estate taxes and to provide for a limited moratorium on the increase of certain real estate taxes; and authorizing Commonwealth reimbursement of certain lost real estate tax revenues.

A Concurrent Resolution directing a special joint committee to review State and local emergency response to the blizzard of 1996 and the flood of1996.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, March 13, 1996.

SENATE RESOLUTION FOR CONCURRENCE

The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, presented the following resolution for concurrence:

I On the auestion. Will the '~ouse concur in the resolution of the Senate?

The following roll call was recorded:

I YEAS 197

Referred to Committee on RULES, March 13,1996

RULES COMMITTEE MEETING I The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader, who

calls for an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee.

RESOLUTION REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

SRI,PN7 By Rep. PERZEL

A Concurrent Resolution directing a special joint committee to review State and local emergency response to the blizzard of 1996 and the flood "f IOOL ". ,,,".

RULES

Adolph Allen Argall Armstrong Bakcr Bard Barley Banisto Bebko-lanes Belardi Belfanti Birmelin Bishop Blaum Boscola Bayes Brown Browne Bunt Butkovitr Buxton Caltagirone Cappabianca Cam Carone Cawley Chadwick Civera Clark Clymer Cahen, L. I. Cahen, M. Colafella Colaiuo Conti Comell Corpora Corrigm Cowell COY Curry Daley DeLuca Dempse~ Dent Dermady DeWcese

Durham Egolf Evans Fairchild Fajt Fargo F- Fichter Fleagle Flick Gamble Gannon Geist Gmrgc Giglioni Gladeck Godshall Gordner Gruiua Gruppo Habay Haluska Hanna Harhart Hasay Haste Hennesse) Herman Hershey Hess Horsey Hutchinson ltkin Jadlowiec James Jarolin Josephs Kaiser Keller Kenney King Kirkland Kukovich LaGrotta Laughlin Lawless Lederer

Lloyd Lucyk Lynch Maitland Major Manderino Markosrk Marsico Masland Mayernik McCall McGeehan McGill Melio Meny Michlavic Miwuie Miller Mundy Myers Nailor Nick01 Nyce O'Brien Olasz Oliver Perzel Pesci Petrarca Petlone Penit Phillips Pistella Plans Preston Ramos Raymond Readshaw Reber Reinard Rieger Robens Robinson Roebuck Rohrer Rooney Rublev

Sather Saylor Schuler Scrimenti Semmel Shaner Sheehan Smith. B. Smith. S. H. Snyder. D. W Staback - ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Stairs Steelmm Steil Stern Stetler Stish Striumatler Sturla Surra Tangretti Taylor. E. 2. Taylor. .I. Thomas Tigue Travaglio Trello Trich True Tulli Vance Van Home Veon Vitali Walko Washington Waugh Williams Wogan Worniak Wright, D. R. Wright. M. N. Yewcic Youngblood Zimmerman Lug

DiGirolamo Leh Rudy Ryan, Danatucci Lercavitz Sainato Speaker Druee Levdansky Santoni

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Krebr Schroder

EXCUSED4

Farmer Mihalich Pins Serafini I The majority required having voted in the aftirmative, the

auestion was determined in the affirmative and the resolution was concurred in.

Ordered, That the clerk inform the Senate accordingly.

ADJOURNMENT I 'The SPEAKER. Do the Republican or Democratic floor leaden

have any hrther business in special session? Are there any announcements in special session?

Any committee meetings to be called or reports to be made in special session? Cot~ections to the record in special session?

Heming none, the Chair recognizes the lady from Northampton, 1 Mrs. Harhart.

Mrs. HARHART. Mr. Speaker, I move that this House do now adjourn Special Session No. 2 of 1995-96 until Monday, March 18, 1996, at I p.m., e.s.1.. unless sooner recalled by the Speaker.

On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to, and at 5:29 p.m., e.s.t., the House

adjourned.