SB 625 — An Act amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled "An act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of the flag of the United States from any public ground or building and from any ground or building of certain other institutions," further providing for display of flag.

SENATEPRINTER'S APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FISCAL NOTE BILL NO.

Senate702 BillTHE 625GENERAL PRINTERASSEMBLY NO.OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.

1288625 AMOUNT2017 FUNDINTRODUCED $7,471.00BY GeneralBROOKS, FundLANGERHOLC, FirstRAFFERTY, YearGREENLEAF, CostsWHITE, DATEBREWSTER, INTRODUCEDCOSTA, PRIMEKILLION, SPONSORTARTAGLIONE, AprilFOLMER, WARD, SCARNATI, McGARRIGLE, ARGALL, YAW, RESCHENTHALER, HUTCHINSON, REGAN AND AUMENT, APRIL 17, 2017 SenatorREFERRED BrooksTO DESCRIPTIONSTATE SenateGOVERNMENT, BillAPRIL 62517, amends2017 AN ACT Amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled "An act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of the flag of the United States from any public ground or building and from any ground or building of certain other institutions," furtherfurtherany providing for display of flag.

SectionThe 1General (c)Assembly isof amended to require the continuousCommonwealth display of thePennsylvania officialhereby POW/MIAenacts flag,as fromfollows: a flag pole, at all roadside rests and Welcome Centers in the Commonwealth.

CurrentSection law1. only requires the continuous display of the official POW/MIA flag in “Soldiers’ Grove” on the grounds of the State Capitol in Harrisburg.

AccordingSection 1(c) of the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled "An act granting to the PennsylvaniaGovernor Departmentof the Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of Transportationthe (PennDOT),flag of the agencyUnited maintainsStates 35from roadsideany restpublic areasground or building and 12from Welcomeany Centersground throughoutor thebuilding Commonwealth.of certain other institutions," is amended to read:

TheSection Pennsylvania1. Turnpike Commission (PTC) advises that they maintain 15 service plazas on the Turnpike, although these sites would not be affected by this legislation.

The* legislation* provides* that(c) ifIn theaddition roadsideto restany other powers or welcomeduties centerimposed hasby anthis existingsection, flagthe pole,Governor shall require the POW/MIADepartment flagof mayGeneral beServices flownto display continuously from sucha flag pole.pole in "Soldiers' Grove," as defined in the act of October 30, 1987 (P.L.375, No.75), entitled "An act providing for the designation of certain trees and land on the grounds of the State Capitol in Harrisburg as 'Soldiers' Grove' in honor of war veterans;

Additionally,imposing whenduties theupon POW/MIA flag is to be displayed with a flag flown at half mast, the POW/MIADepartment flagof mayGeneral beServices; removed.

and making an appropriation," and at all roadside rests and Welcome Centers within the meaning of the act of June 7, 1961 (P.L.257, No.151), entitled "An act providing for the construction, erection and maintenance of roadside rests adjacent to State highway routes;

providing for the acquisition of interests in land by gift, purchase or condemnation;

granting powers to and imposing duties upon the Department of Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation, the Governor and the Department of General Services;

authorizing rules and regulations and providing penalties for violations thereof, and making an appropriation," and the regulations promulgated under that act the official POW/MIA flag until all POW's and MIA's return or are accounted for.

* * * Section 2.

FISCAL20170SB0625PN0702 IMPACT:- 2 -

Currently, most flag poles maintained by the Commonwealth have two (2) flags being flown from such poles:

the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

In order to add a third flag to these existing poles, additional hardware would need to be installed as well, including a lanyard, beaded retainer ring and a counter weight.

The costs for a POW/MIA flag and the above mentioned hardware are as follows:

• POW/MIA Flag - $1,126 ($23.95 each) (Carrot-Top Industries, Inc.);

• Lanyard - $1,880 ($40 each);

• Beaded Retainer Ring - $2,350 ($50 each);

and 3/5/2018 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FISCAL NOTE • Counter Weight - $2,115 ($45 each).

Therefore, enactment of this legislation would result in the Commonwealth incurring a total cost of $7,471.

Given the small cost of this legislation, PennDOT will be able to absorb these costs within its existing appropriations.

Annual replacements of the POW/MIA flags due to inclement weather would result in an additional $1,126 costs.

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