2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 74 - Volunteer Firefighters
Section 7419 - Dissolution

     § 7419.  Dissolution.
        (a)  Withdrawal.--If the voters elect to replace a volunteer
     fire company with a full-paid fire department or company and the
     volunteer company which has been replaced ceases to render fire
     service to any community, the volunteer company shall withdraw
     from the volunteer firefighters' relief association which had
     extended protection to its membership.
        (b)  Continuation.--Notwithstanding withdrawal of a company
     under subsection (a), the volunteer firefighters' relief
     association shall continue granting financial assistance to its
     remaining members and their families in death, sickness and
     distress suffered through the unfortunate elements of life.
        (c)  New members prohibited.--A volunteer firefighters'
     relief association continuing under subsection (b) shall not
     receive any new members.
        (d)  Application.--When the membership of a relief
     association functioning under subsection (b) diminishes to five
     members, the association shall apply to the local common pleas
     court for dissolution.
        (e)  Determination.--Upon receipt of an application under
     subsection (d), the court shall direct that:
            (1)  all bills, including the costs of dissolution, be
        paid; and
            (2)  the balance of funds in the treasury of the
        volunteer firefighters' relief association subject to
        dissolution be paid to the pension fund of the paid fire
        department created as set forth in subsection (a).