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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 893, 1026 PRINTER'S NO. 1124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 6Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SMUCKER, SCARNATI, AUMENT, WHITE, FOLMER,
CORMAN,WARD, M!ARRI!LE AND MENSCH, MAY 12, 201"
SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE#REPORTED AS AMENDED, $UNE
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1 DEMONSTRATES, IN A REPORT AND BASED ON CRITERIA
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