PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 211 PRINTER'S NO. 1573
No. 211 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, SALVATORE, WILT, PETERSON, LOEPER AND
AFFLERBACH, JANUARY 23, 1989
SENATOR FISHER, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 3, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for
21 powers and duties of the Department of Environmental
22 Resources.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 1904-A of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
27 amended by adding a clause to read:
1 Section 1904-A. Waters.--The Department of Environmental
2 Resources shall have the power and its duty shall be:
3 * * *
4 (10) To inventory, in cooperation with the Environmental <--
5 Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate and the Fish and
6 Game Committee of the House of Representatives, all rivers and
7 streams in the Commonwealth for boating, canoeing, rafting and
8 other recreational activities to include water levels and
9 related water conditions and to publish such inventory and make
10 it available to the general public.
11 (10) TO INVENTORY ALL RIVERS, STREAMS AND LAKES IN THIS <--
12 COMMONWEALTH TO IDENTIFY CURRENT BOATING, CANOEING, RAFTING AND
13 OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WATER LEVELS AND
14 RELATED WATER CONDITIONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE
15 INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN PUBLISHED FORM. THE
16 INVENTORY SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, RECREATIONAL
17 ACTIVITIES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, FISH COMMISSION, GAME
18 COMMISSION, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF
19 ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE, FEDERAL
20 ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
21 AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES. THE FIRST INVENTORY SHALL
22 BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1, 1991, AND SHALL BE UPDATED EVERY TWO
23 YEARS.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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