PRINTER'S NO. 968
No. 71 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, WAGNER, HELFRICK, COSTA, EARLL, WENGER,
STOUT, MADIGAN, O'PAKE, BODACK, FUMO, MELLOW, TOMLINSON,
GERLACH AND MUSTO, APRIL 28, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 28, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania
2 Turnpike Commission to support the "Keep your butt in the
3 car" campaign.
4 WHEREAS, The "Keep your butt in the car" campaign is designed
5 to help keep this Commonwealth beautiful by encouraging smokers
6 not to dispose of their cigarette butts onto our streets and
7 highways; and
8 WHEREAS, The campaign would have a greater impact on the
9 condition of our streets and highways if it were endorsed and
10 actively supported by the Department of Transportation and the
11 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the Department of
13 Transportation and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to
14 become active supporters of the "Keep your butt in the car"
15 campaign and cooperate with the campaign's sponsors in
16 encouraging smokers to dispose of their cigarette butts in a
17 safe, sanitary and environmentally sound manner to better
18 protect and keep beautiful Pennsylvania's streets and highways.
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