PRINTER'S NO. 2809
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2004
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, GROVE, RYAN, BARRAR, KAUFFMAN, JAMES,
KEEFER, MOUL, BERNSTINE AND GLEIM, OCTOBER 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
OCTOBER 29, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An
act providing for the establishment, operation and
administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and
Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty
transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund;
authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval
of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of,
improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational
facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and
public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on
the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of
Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State
System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission
and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a
transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General
Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for
definitions, for Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation
Fund, for duties, responsibilities and limitations on
agencies, for allocation from fund and for waivers; and
making related repeals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "agency," "educational
facility" and "historical preservation organization" in section
3 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), known as the
Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Act, are amended
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