PRINTER'S NO. 3943
No. 2907 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, JULY 2, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, JULY 2, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 20, 1953 (P.L.1217, No.339), entitled
2 "An act providing for payments by the Commonwealth to
3 municipalities which have expended money to acquire and
4 construct sewage treatment plants in accordance with the
5 Clean Streams Program and the act, approved the twenty-second
6 day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet
7 Laws 1987), and making an appropriation," further providing
8 for applications for payments by the Commonwealth.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of August 20, 1953
12 (P.L.1217, No.339), entitled "An act providing for payments by
13 the Commonwealth to municipalities which have expended money to
14 acquire and construct sewage treatment plants in accordance with
15 the Clean Streams Program and the act, approved the twenty-
16 second day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven
17 (Pamphlet Laws 1987), and making an appropriation," amended
18 April 3, 1992 (P.L.51, No.16), is amended to read:
19 Section 1. (a) Commencing on the first day of July, one
20 thousand nine hundred fifty-four, and annually thereafter, until
1 the end of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one
2 thousand nine hundred sixty-five, the Commonwealth shall pay
3 toward the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing
4 and other expenses relating to sewage treatment plants, an
5 amount not to exceed two per centum (2%) and commencing on the
6 first day of July, one thousand nine hundred sixty-five and
7 annually thereafter, the Commonwealth shall pay an amount equal
8 to two per centum (2%) of the costs for the acquisition and
9 construction of such sewage treatment plants by municipalities,
10 municipality authorities and school districts to control stream
11 pollution, expended by such municipalities, municipality
12 authorities and school districts from the effective date of the
13 act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand nine
14 hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 1987), up to and including
15 the thirty-first day of December of the year preceding the year
16 in which such payment is made, and as ascertained by the
17 Secretary of Environmental Resources and approved by the
18 Governor, as hereinafter provided.
19 (b) Commencing on the first day of January, one thousand
20 nine hundred ninety-two, payments authorized under this section
21 shall be put in escrow in an interest-bearing account
22 established by the Department of Environmental Resources if the
23 recipient is a municipality, municipal authority or school
24 district which has violated the discharge requirements
25 established under the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394),
26 known as "The Clean Streams Law," or Federal law for thirty (30)
27 or more days in the calendar year immediately preceding the
28 authorization of payment or for fifteen (15) or more days
29 subsequent to an initial violation of thirty (30) or more days.
30 The payments shall remain in the escrow account and collect
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1 interest until the discharge violation has been corrected,
2 remains corrected for at least six (6) months and the Department
3 of Environmental Resources determines that the cause of the
4 violation has been eliminated. When the Department of
5 Environmental Resources so determines, it shall release the
6 escrow fund with interest to the municipality, municipal
7 authority or school district to which the payments were
8 authorized.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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