PRINTER'S NO. 2865
No. 2098 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY BOWLEY, MANDERINO, IRVIS, PIEVSKY, ITKIN,
DOMBROWSKI, D. R. WRIGHT, SEVENTY, PETRONE, GRUITZA, LLOYD,
CAWLEY, VEON, COWELL, STABACK, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, TRELLO,
PETRARCA, VAN HORNE, COLE, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GRUPPO, STEWART,
CAPPABIANCA, KASUNIC, TELEK, MRKONIC, WAMBACH, GEORGE,
LINTON, LUCYK, LESCOVITZ, McCALL, DUFFY, MICHLOVIC, WOZNIAK,
MORRIS, BATTISTO, COLAFELLA, PRESTON, STEIGHNER, GALLAGHER,
DAWIDA, HERMAN, COY AND LETTERMAN, FEBRUARY 5, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 5, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L.561, No.112), entitled "An
2 act establishing the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps; and
3 making an appropriation," further providing for referrals,
4 for the wages of crewleaders and for guidelines and
5 regulations; making an appropriation; and making a repeal.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 6, 8(e), 11 and 12 of the act of July 2,
9 1984 (P.L.561, No.112), known as the Pennsylvania Conservation
10 Corps Act, are amended to read:
11 Section 6. Eligibility for program.
12 (a) Criteria.--Persons participating in the corps program
13 shall be young men and women who are:
14 (1) Between the ages of 18 and 21.
15 (2) Economically disadvantaged.
16 (3) Domiciled in the Commonwealth for at least six
1 months prior to participating in the program.
2 (4) Registered with the Office of Employment Security
3 for employment.
4 (5) Physically and mentally capable of performing labor
5 intensive work.
6 (6) Not attending high school or postsecondary
7 institution full time and who provide assurance that they did
8 not leave school for the purpose of participating in the
9 program. Full-time high school and postsecondary students may
10 participate in this program during authorized school
11 vacations.
12 (b) Referrals.--Eligibility for corpsmembers shall be
13 determined by the Office of Employment Security which shall
14 refer eligible participants to the department. For referral
15 purposes, the Office of Employment Security shall develop
16 standards for classifying applicants into various levels of
17 eligibility, based on the degree to which an applicant is
18 economically disadvantaged, in accordance with applicant local
19 labor supply. The Office of Employment Security shall refer
20 applicants by order of classification, giving first priority to
21 applicants whose eligibility is based on financial status as
22 required by joint or separate employment programs of the Federal
23 and State governments. If the number of corps jobs is
24 insufficient to employ all eligible individuals who apply for
25 participation in the program, the Office of Employment Security
26 may provide the names of these eligible individuals to private
27 sector employers or to job training programs requesting
28 referrals, so long as the individuals referred agree to the
29 referral being provided.
30 Section 8. Supervisors.
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2 (e) Hourly wage.--Crewleaders shall receive an hourly wage
3 that does not exceed the hourly wage of corpsmembers by more
4 than [$2.00] $4.00.
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6 Section 11. Guidelines and regulations.
7 (a) [One-year] Temporary exemption from review.--In order to
8 facilitate the speedy implementation of this program, the
9 department shall have the power and authority to promulgate,
10 adopt and use guidelines which shall be published in the
11 Pennsylvania Bulletin. The guidelines shall not be subject to
12 review pursuant to section 205 of the act of July 31, 1968
13 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents
14 Law, sections 204(b) and 301(10) of the act of October 15, 1980
15 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, or
16 the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the
17 Regulatory Review Act, and, except as provided in subsection
18 (c), shall be effective [for a period not to exceed one year
19 from the effective date of this act] until July 2, 1987.
20 (b) Expiration of exemption.--Except as provided in
21 subsection (c), after [the expiration of the one-year period]
22 July 2, 1987, all guidelines shall expire and shall be replaced
23 by regulations which shall have been promulgated, adopted and
24 published as provided by law.
25 (c) Exception.--The General Assembly may provide for an
26 extension of the guidelines adopted pursuant to subsection (a)[,
27 if the Leadership Committee established pursuant to sections 3
28 and 4 of the act of December 22, 1981 (P.L.508, No.142), known
29 as the Sunset Act, extends the guidelines adopted pursuant to
30 subsection (a)].
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1 Section 12. Appropriation.
2 [For State fiscal year 1984-1985, the sum of $7,500,000 is
3 hereby appropriated to the Department of Environmental Resources
4 from the Pennsylvania Economic Revitalization Fund.] The sum of
5 $4,720,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of
6 Environmental Resources from the Pennsylvania Economic
7 Revitalization Fund for the fiscal period July 1, 1986, to June
8 30, 1988. All funds from this appropriation shall be expended by
9 the Department of Environmental Resources by June 30, 1988. No
10 more than 25% of the funds available annually for this program
11 may be expended on work experience projects which are submitted
12 by local agencies and approved by the secretary. No more than 3%
13 of the funds available for this program may be expended on
14 program administration.
15 Section 2. Section 13 of the act is repealed.
16 Section 3. (a) Section 1 of this act, insofar as it relates
17 to sections 8(e) and 12 of the act, shall take effect July 1,
18 1986.
19 (b) The remainder of this act shall take effect immediately.
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