H0290B2087A02841 BIL:CMD 07/08/17 #90 A02841
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 290
Sponsor: SENATOR YUDICHAK
Printer's No. 2087
Amend Bill, page 1, line 16, by inserting after "703(A)"
and (f)
Amend Bill, page 1, line 20; page 2, lines 1 through 30; page
3, lines 1 through 10; by striking out all of said lines on said
pages and inserting
Section 703. Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board.
(a) Establishment of board, appointment and terms.--There is
hereby created the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification
Board which shall consist of [ten] 14 members. The Insurance
Commissioner and the Secretary of [the Department of]
Environmental Protection shall be ex officio members. Two
members shall be appointed from the Senate, one member by the
President pro tempore of the Senate and one member by the
Minority Leader of the Senate. Two members shall be appointed
from the House of Representatives, one member by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and one member by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives. Eight members shall be
appointed by the Governor, as follows:
(1) Six members who shall be persons with particular
expertise in the management of underground storage tanks.
Three of these members shall be appointed for terms of four
years and three shall be appointed for a term of three years.
The Governor shall appoint the members, one each from a list
of nominees provided by each of the following:
(i) The Associated Petroleum Industries of
Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association.
(iii) The Service Station Dealers and Automotive
Repair Association of Pennsylvania and Delaware and the
Petroleum Retailers and Auto Repair Association, Inc.
(iv) [The Middle Atlantic Truck Stop Operators.] A
Statewide organization representing fuel retailers and
food merchants.
(v) The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania State
Grange and Pennsylvania Farmers Union.
(vi) The Tank Installers of Pennsylvania.
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(2) One local government member who shall have knowledge
and expertise in underground storage tanks. The local
government member shall be appointed for a term of two years.
(3) One public member who shall not be an owner or
operator of storage tanks nor affiliated in any way with any
person regulated under this act. The public member shall be
appointed for a term of three years.
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(f) Meetings; quorum.--The board shall meet at least
quarterly. Additional meetings may be held upon reasonable
notice at times and locations selected by the board. The board
shall meet at the call of the chairman or upon written request
of three members of the board. [Six] Eight members shall
constitute a quorum and a quorum may act for the board in all
matters.
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See A02841 in
the context
of HB0290