[29 Pa.B. 5284] Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency September 17, 1999
Whereas, on September 16, 1999, I declared a State of Disaster Emergency in Pennsylvania due to the heavy rains, high winds, and flash flooding caused by Tropical Storm Floyd in many parts of the Commonwealth; and
Whereas, investigations by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and other county and local emergency management officials have determined that the heavy rains, flashfloods, and high winds of Tropical Storm Floyd caused extensive damage to roads, streets and bridges, private homes, businesses, and widespread utility outages and other adverse impacts upon the general population throughout southeastern Pennsylvania; and
Whereas, the emergency situation caused by Tropical Storm Floyd is of such magnitude and severity as to render essential the Commonwealth's supplementation of county and municipal efforts and resources and the activation of all applicable state, county, and municipal emergency response plans; and
Now Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 7301(c) of the Emergency Management Services Code (35 Pa.C.S. § 7101 et seq.), I, Tom Ridge, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby amend my Proclamation of September 16, 1999, as follows:
1. The Counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York are now declared to be in a state of disaster emergency.
2. I hereby transfer up to $1,000,000 in unused appropriated funds to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The aforementioned funds shall be used for disaster-related expenses incurred by various state agencies and departments. These funds shall be credited to a special account established by the Office of the Budget.
3. This Proclamation amendment shall take effect immediately from the date of this amendment.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Governor, at the City of Harrisburg, this seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and of the Commonwealth, the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
Governor[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1708. Filed for public inspection October 8, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
