PRINTER'S NO. 1238
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1173
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KHAN, FLICK, CERRATO, HANBIDGE, PROBST, RABB,
HOHENSTEIN, MADDEN, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, BOROWSKI, HADDOCK,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, PARKER, HILL-EVANS, FIEDLER, NEILSON,
MALAGARI, FLEMING, BELLMON, SCHWEYER, WARREN AND HOWARD,
MAY 18, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, MAY 18, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts," in
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, further
providing for community recreation and heritage conservation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 306 of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89,
No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 306. Community recreation and heritage conservation.
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(a.1) Grant priority.--In considering applications for
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grants under this act, the department shall give priority to
projects that correct accessibility deficiencies for individuals
with a disability, including accessible playground equipment,
such as ramped, ground-level play features, accessible swings,
wheelchair accessible tables, adjustable equipment, universally
accessible swings, transfer platforms, sensory play equipment,
and adaptations for blind and visually impaired individuals. The
department shall prioritize projects that create a recreation
area universally designed to meet the needs of all individuals
and where all equipment, and the recreation area itself, is
accessible for individuals with a disability over projects that
would create a recreation area where only some equipment, or
only the recreation area itself, is accessible for individuals
with a disability.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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