PRINTER'S NO. 1373
No. 1069 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, ERICKSON, PUNT, EARLL, BAKER, BROWNE,
ORIE, EICHELBERGER, RHOADES, CORMAN, WOZNIAK, KITCHEN,
MADIGAN, RAFFERTY, TOMLINSON, SCARNATI, D. WHITE, WAUGH AND
ROBBINS, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An
2 act providing for the establishment, operation and
3 administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and
4 Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty
5 transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund;
6 authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval
7 of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of,
8 improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational
9 facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and
10 public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on
11 the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of
12 Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the
13 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State
14 System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission
15 and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a
16 transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General
17 Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for
18 annual reports; and making editorial changes.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 9 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359,
22 No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation
23 Fund Act, is amended to read:
24 Section 9. Annual reports.
1 [Beginning on January 31, 1995, and annually] No later than
2 July 1, 2008, and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of
3 [Environmental Resources, the Department of Community Affairs,]
4 Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Education,
5 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission[,] and the
6 State System of Higher Education[, the Pennsylvania Fish and
7 Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission] shall each
8 submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report
9 of projects and services provided by [funding from this act.]
10 moneys from the fund. For grants awarded from the fund, the
11 annual report shall, at a minimum, include the following: the
12 name of the applicant, location and description of the project,
13 total project costs, the amount requested, any matching funds
14 provided by the applicant, anticipated project completion date
15 and the amount granted. Each department and agency shall publish
16 and maintain the annual report on the department's or agency's
17 publicly accessible Internet website. At the discretion of the
18 department and agency, the annual report required under this
19 section may be submitted to the Governor and the General
20 Assembly by electronic mail.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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