[Adopted 8-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2578]
A.
The following association is hereby recognized as
actively engaged in providing fire protection and/or emergency services
in the Township of Whitehall.
|
Whitehall Township Volunteer Firemen's Relief
Association
|
B.
The above named association has been formed for the
benefit of its members and their families in case of death, sickness,
temporary or permanent disability or accident suffered in the line
of duty.
C.
The above named Association of the Township of Whitehall
is designated the proper association to receive such funds as are
due and payable to the Township Treasurer by the Treasurer of the
State of Pennsylvania from the tax on premiums from foreign fire insurance
companies.
The Board of Commissioners shall annually certify
to the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, the name of the active
association and the percentage of service it contributes to the protection
of the Township. Such certification shall be on forms prescribed by
the Auditor General.
There is annually appropriated from the Township
Treasury all such sums of money that may hereafter be paid into the
Township Treasury by the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania on
account of taxes paid on premiums of foreign fire insurance companies
in pursuant of 1984 Act of December 18, No. 205, § 701 et
seq. as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by
the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. Such monies received by the
Township Treasurer from the State Treasurer shall be distributed to
the duly recognized association(s) within in 60 days of receipt. The
funds shall be distributed on the basis of the percentage of service
established in the certification to the Auditor General and with other
provisions of the Act.
