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§ 281. Claims for persons injured or killed in fighting forest fires

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part I. Forests (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 7. Forest Fires (Refs & Annos)
Claims and Rewards
32 P.S. § 281
§ 281. Claims for persons injured or killed in fighting forest fires
The sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) is hereby specifically appropriated to the Department of Forests and Waters1 for the purposes of reimbursing parents or dependent relatives of persons killed or persons themselves seriously injured while in the service of the Commonwealth in fighting forest fires under orders from any forest fire warden or other agent of the Department of Forests and Waters, and who are unable to secure, or barred by operation of law from securing, compensation under the workmen's compensation laws.

Credits

1925, April 11, P.L. 232, § 1.

Footnotes

The powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Forests and Waters by this statute have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.302.
32 P.S. § 281, PA ST 32 P.S. § 281
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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