PRINTER'S NO. 1085
No. 913 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, FONTANA, PICCOLA, GORDNER, ROBBINS, REGOLA, RHOADES, MADIGAN, WAUGH, BAKER, ERICKSON, WONDERLING AND BROWNE, JUNE 1, 2007
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 1, 2007
AN ACT 1 Providing for environmental funds reporting and disclosure. 2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 3 hereby enacts as follows: 4 Section 1. Short title. 5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental 6 Funds Reporting and Disclosure Act. 7 Section 2. Department responsibilities. 8 The Department of Environmental Protection shall do all of 9 the following: 10 (1) No later than July 30, 2007, and each year 11 thereafter, compile and update a comprehensive report of all 12 special funds and restricted revenue accounts administered by 13 the Department of Environmental Protection, containing at a 14 minimum: 15 (i) the total receipts and expenditures of each 16 fund, including all fees, fines, penalties and natural 17 resource damage awards or settlements;
1 (ii) an itemized list of each receipt and 2 disbursement of the fund in excess of $10,000; and 3 (iii) the number and nature of violations of 4 environmental statutes. 5 (2) A copy of the report required under paragraph (1) 6 shall be submitted to the chairmen and minority chairmen of 7 the Appropriations Committee and the Environmental Resources 8 and Energy Committee of the Senate and the chairmen and 9 minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and the 10 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of 11 Representatives. 12 (3) A copy of the report required under paragraph (1) 13 shall be posted and maintained on the Department of 14 Environmental Protection's publicly accessible Internet 15 website. 16 Section 3. Transfers to General Fund. 17 If the amount of all fines and penalties received by a 18 special fund or restricted revenue account administered by the 19 Department of Environmental Protection in a fiscal year 20 increases more than 5% from the amount received in the previous 21 fiscal year, the Secretary of the Budget shall transfer the 22 amount of the increase in revenue which is in excess of 5% from 23 the special fund or restricted revenue account to the Hazardous 24 Sites Cleanup Fund established in section 602.3 of the act of 25 March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 26 1971. 27 Section 4. Applicability. 28 This act shall apply to any special fund or restricted 29 revenue account administered by the Department of Environmental 30 Protection, including, but not limited to, the Clean Air Fund, 20070S0913B1085 - 2 -
1 the Clean Water Fund, the Solid Waste Abatement Fund, the Safe 2 Drinking Water Fund and the Waste Transportation Safety Account. 3 Section 5. Effective date. 4 This act shall take effect immediately. E25L27RLE/20070S0913B1085 - 3 -