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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MUSTO, STOUT, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, WARD, FOLMER, ORIE, ARGALL, ERICKSON, LEACH, GORDNER, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, VANCE, YAW, BAKER, D. WHITE AND VOGEL, APRIL 5, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 5, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act to preserve and improve the purity of the |
3 | waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public |
4 | health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial |
5 | consumption, and recreation; empowering and directing the |
6 | creation of indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue |
7 | bonds by political subdivisions to provide works to abate |
8 | pollution; providing protection of water supply and water |
9 | quality; providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the |
10 | enforcement thereof; providing additional remedies for |
11 | abating pollution of waters; imposing certain penalties; |
12 | repealing certain acts; regulating discharges of sewage and |
13 | industrial wastes; regulating the operation of mines and |
14 | regulating the impact of mining upon water quality, supply |
15 | and quantity; placing responsibilities upon landowners and |
16 | land occupiers and to maintain primary jurisdiction over |
17 | surface coal mining in Pennsylvania," further providing for |
18 | the Clean Water Fund. |
19 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
20 | hereby enacts as follows: |
21 | Section 1. Section 8(a) of the act of June 22, 1937 |
22 | (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, amended |
23 | October 10, 1980 (P.L.894, No.157), is amended and the section |
24 | is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
25 | Section 8. Clean Water Fund.--(a) All fines collected under |
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1 | the penal provisions of this act, all civil penalties collected |
2 | under section 605 of this act, all permit fees except those |
3 | imposed pursuant to sections 202, 203 and 207 and all bond |
4 | forfeitures and costs recovered under section 315 shall be paid |
5 | into the Treasury of the Commonwealth in a special fund known as |
6 | "The Clean Water [Fund," which shall be administered by the |
7 | department for use in the elimination of pollution.] Fund." The |
8 | department may use money in the fund for any of the following |
9 | purposes: |
10 | (1) The elimination or reduction of pollution. |
11 | (2) The prevention or mitigation of risks posed by the West |
12 | Nile Virus. |
13 | (3) For black fly suppression. |
14 | (4) For planning, enforcement and other grants authorized |
15 | under section 6 of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, |
16 | No.537), known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act." |
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18 | (c) No later than March 31 of each year, the department |
19 | shall submit an annual report to the chairman and minority |
20 | chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the |
21 | chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee |
22 | of the House of Representatives listing and providing a brief |
23 | description of all expenditures from the Clean Water Fund for |
24 | the preceding calendar year. The report shall also be posted and |
25 | maintained on the department's publicly accessible Internet |
26 | website. |
27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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