Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 751-33. Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1981--State Firemen's Training School--Transfer

Section 1. The Pennsylvania State Firemen's Training School and the powers and duties of the Department of Education and the Public Service Institute Board pertaining thereto, as set forth in the Act of May 26, 1949 (P.L. 1844, No. 547), entitled “An act establishing the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Training School in or adjacent to the borough of Lewistown; providing for its operation and maintenance by the Department of Public Instruction; authorizing the acquisition of a site either by gift or purchase by the Commonwealth or by The General State Authority, or the use of land now owned by the Commonwealth; providing for the erection or construction and the furnishing and equipping of the buildings and structures by The General State Authority, and the leasing thereof by the Commonwealth; and conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Public Instruction and the Public Service Institute Board,”  1 heretofore transferred to the Bureau of Vocational Education in the Department of Education pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1973,  2 are hereby transferred from the Bureau of Vocational Education in the Department of Education to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

Section 2. There are hereby transferred to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, to be used, employed and expended in connection with the functions, powers and duties transferred by section 1 of this Reorganization Plan, personnel, contract obligations, if any, records, files, property, supplies and equipment now being used or held in connection with such functions, powers and duties, and the unexpended balance of appropriations, allocations, Federal grants and other funds available or to be made available for use in connection with such functions, powers and duties.

Section 3. The following acts and parts of acts are suspended insofar as they conflict with this Reorganization Plan:

Sections 202 and 1313, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175), known as “The Administrative Code of 1929.”  3

The second paragraph of section 1804, act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14), known as the “Public School Code of 1949,”  4 relating to the election by the State Board for Vocational Education of principals, instructors and lecturers for the Public Service Institute.

The act of May 26, 1949 (P.L. 1844, No. 547), entitled “An act establishing the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Training School in or adjacent to the borough of Lewistown; providing for its operation and maintenance by the Department of Public Instruction; authorizing the acquisition of a site either by gift or purchase by the Commonwealth or by The General State Authority, or the use of land now owned by the Commonwealth; providing for the erection or construction and the furnishing and equipping of the buildings and structures by The General State Authority, and the leasing thereof by the Commonwealth; and conferring powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Public Instruction and the Public Service Institute Board.”