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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, CAUSER, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, MAJOR, METCALFE, MILLER, MURT, OBERLANDER, PEIFER, PYLE, RAPP, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 15, 1955 (P.L.865, No.256), |
2 | entitled "An act requiring rents and royalties from oil and |
3 | gas leases of Commonwealth land to be placed in a special |
4 | fund to be used for conservation, recreation, dams, and flood |
5 | control; authorizing the Secretary of Forests and Waters to |
6 | determine the need for and location of such projects and to |
7 | acquire the necessary land," further providing for the Oil |
8 | and Gas Lease Fund; providing for reallocation of moneys in |
9 | fund; and making editorial changes. |
10 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
11 | hereby enacts as follows: |
12 | Section 1. The title and sections 1, 2 and 3 of the act of |
13 | December 15, 1955 (P.L.865, No.256), entitled "An act requiring |
14 | rents and royalties from oil and gas leases of Commonwealth land |
15 | to be placed in a special fund to be used for conservation, |
16 | recreation, dams, and flood control; authorizing the Secretary |
17 | of Forests and Waters to determine the need for and location of |
18 | such projects and to acquire the necessary land," are amended to |
19 | read: |
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1 | AN ACT |
2 | Requiring rents and royalties from oil and gas leases of |
3 | Commonwealth land to be placed in a special fund to be used |
4 | for conservation, recreation, dams, and flood control; |
5 | authorizing the Secretary of [Forests and Waters] |
6 | Conservation and Natural Resources to determine the need for |
7 | and location of such projects and to acquire the necessary |
8 | land. |
9 | [Section 1.] |
10 | Section 1. Oil and Gas Lease Fund. |
11 | (a) Establishment.--All rents and royalties from oil and gas |
12 | leases of any land owned by the Commonwealth, except rents and |
13 | royalties received from game and fish lands and from lands owned |
14 | by independent agencies, shall be placed in a special fund to be |
15 | known as the "Oil and Gas Lease Fund" which fund shall be |
16 | exclusively used for conservation, recreation, dams, or flood |
17 | control [or to match], for matching any Federal grants which may |
18 | be made for any of the aforementioned purposes or for the |
19 | purposes authorized under section 4. |
20 | (b) Funds for independent agencies.--All rents and royalties |
21 | from oil and gas leases of any land owned by an independent |
22 | agency shall be placed in a special fund which shall be |
23 | exclusively used for any purpose authorized by law for such |
24 | independent agency and the moneys of such fund are hereby |
25 | appropriated to such independent agency for such purpose. |
26 | [Section 2.] |
27 | Section 2. Duties of Secretary of Conservation and Natural |
28 | Resources. |
29 | It shall be within the discretion of the Secretary of |
30 | [Forests and Waters] Conservation and Natural Resources to |
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1 | determine the need for and the location of any project |
2 | authorized by this act. The Secretary of [Forests and Waters] |
3 | Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the power to |
4 | acquire in the name of the Commonwealth by purchase, |
5 | condemnation or otherwise such lands as may be needed. |
6 | [Section 3. All] |
7 | Section 3. Use of fund. |
8 | Except as otherwise provided under section 4, the moneys from |
9 | time to time paid into the "Oil and Gas Lease Fund" are |
10 | specifically appropriated to the Department of [Forests and |
11 | Waters] Conservation and Natural Resources to carry out the |
12 | purposes of this act. |
13 | Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read: |
14 | Section 4. Reallocation of moneys in fund. |
15 | The Governor shall determine whether moneys paid into the |
16 | "Oil and Gas Lease Fund" are from lands used or occupied by an |
17 | agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor, other than the |
18 | Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and such |
19 | moneys shall be used by such agency to carry out the purposes of |
20 | any law that provides for the powers and duties of or any |
21 | program administered by such agency and such moneys are hereby |
22 | appropriated to such agency. |
23 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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