PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 705 PRINTER'S NO. 2414
No. 637 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, S. H. SMITH, KASUNIC, DALEY, WOZNIAK,
STAIRS, HALUSKA, ARGALL, LUCYK, BLACK, MARKOSEK, DeWEESE,
ITKIN, COLAIZZO, COWELL, WASS, LAUGHLIN, TELEK, TRICH,
KONDRICH, STISH, BELARDI, BURD, KAISER, PETRARCA, McCALL,
BILLOW, CESSAR, CARLSON, J. L. WRIGHT, GEIST, CAWLEY, FARGO,
PHILLIPS, DISTLER, JAROLIN, TANGRETTI, HESS, McVERRY AND
HERMAN, MARCH 6, 1989
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled <--
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for
21 special powers relating to State-owned vehicles.
22 ENCOURAGING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS; PROVIDING FOR <--
23 ACQUISITION OF STATE-OWNED VEHICLES WHICH OPERATE ON
24 ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS; PROVIDING FOR POWERS AND DUTIES OF
25 THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES AND THE PENNSYLVANIA
26 ENERGY OFFICE; AND ESTABLISHING A STATE GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE
27 ON ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
28 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 2407.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 <--
3 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
4 added December 14, 1982 (P.L.1213, No.280), is amended to read:
5 Section 2407.1. Special Power Relating to State Vehicles.--
6 (a) The Department of General Services, in cooperation with the
7 Pennsylvania Energy Office, shall, on an ongoing basis, monitor
8 the research and development efforts to produce synthetic motor
9 vehicle fuel derived in whole or in part from coal and shall
10 determine the feasibility of converting State-owned vehicles to
11 operate on such synthetic fuel.
12 (b) In making [its] the determination of the feasibility of
13 using a synthetic motor vehicle fuel derived in whole or in part
14 from coal, the department [is] and the Pennsylvania Energy
15 Office are authorized to utilize such synthetic fuel in a
16 limited number of State-owned vehicles on an experimental basis
17 and to make necessary mechanical changes in those vehicles to
18 facilitate the experimentation.
19 (c) If, as a result of the monitoring and experimentation
20 conducted in accordance with subsections (a) and (b), the
21 department [determines] and the Pennsylvania Energy Office
22 determine that there is a sufficient, assured supply of such
23 synthetic fuel which can be used in one or more State-owned
24 vehicles at a reasonable cost and without creating any
25 significant threat to the environment, the department and the
26 Pennsylvania Energy Office shall submit to the General Assembly
27 a plan for such conversion. Such plan shall be accompanied by a
28 summary report setting forth the basis for the [department's]
29 determination that such conversion is feasible.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <--
2 THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE ALTERNATIVE
3 MOTOR FUELS ACT.
4 SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
5 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
6 (1) THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LONG-TERM ENERGY SECURITY IS
7 ESSENTIAL TO A STRONG ECONOMY AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE
8 COMMONWEALTH'S CITIZENS.
9 (2) THE DISPLACEMENT OF ENERGY DERIVED FROM IMPORTED OIL
10 WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS WILL HELP ACHIEVE ENERGY SECURITY AND
11 IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.
12 (3) METHANOL, ETHANOL AND NATURAL GAS ARE PROVEN
13 TRANSPORTATION FUELS THAT CAN HAVE LOWER EMISSIONS OF
14 UNDESIRABLE POLLUTANTS THAN GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL;
15 HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO IDENTIFY ACTIONS TO
16 BE TAKEN TO FORESTALL EFFECTS OF ALL FUELS ON GLOBAL CLIMATE.
17 (4) BY ENACTING THE ACT OF DECEMBER 14, 1982 (P.L.1213,
18 NO.280), ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929
19 (P.L.177, NO.175), ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AND
20 REORGANIZING THE CONDUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
21 WORK OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT THEREOF
22 AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND
23 OFFICERS THEREOF, INCLUDING THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF STATE
24 NORMAL SCHOOLS, OR TEACHERS COLLEGES; ABOLISHING, CREATING,
25 REORGANIZING OR AUTHORIZING THE REORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN
26 ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS; DEFINING
27 THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER EXECUTIVE AND
28 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, AND OF THE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
29 DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND OFFICERS; FIXING THE
30 SALARIES OF THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND CERTAIN
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1 OTHER EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS; PROVIDING FOR
2 THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, AND OF
3 ALL DEPUTIES AND OTHER ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYES IN CERTAIN
4 DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS; AND PRESCRIBING THE
5 MANNER IN WHICH THE NUMBER AND COMPENSATION OF THE DEPUTIES
6 AND ALL OTHER ASSISTANTS AND EMPLOYES OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS,
7 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED,' REQUIRING MONEYS
8 RECEIVED BY CRIMINALS AS A RESULT OF THE COMMISSION OF A
9 CRIME TO BE PAID TO THE CRIME VICTIM'S COMPENSATION BOARD,
10 PERMITTING CERTAIN RESEARCH ON STATE VEHICLES, AND RELATING
11 TO EMERGENCY PETROLEUM PRODUCT SHORTAGES AND ENERGY
12 DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION," AND THE ACT OF
13 MARCH 29, 1984 (P.L.154, NO.29), ENTITLED "AN ACT PERMITTING
14 ALL STATE-OWNED VEHICLES TO BE CONVERTED TO OPERATE ON
15 NATURAL GAS; AND REQUIRING INDICATIONS OF DUAL SYSTEMS," THE
16 GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS RECOGNIZED THE DESIRABILITY OF USING
17 ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS. HOWEVER, THESE GOALS MUST BE
18 MONITORED AND COORDINATED THROUGH AN ONGOING PROGRAM TO
19 ENCOURAGE THE USE OF VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN GOVERNMENT,
20 COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE VEHICLES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
21 ACCEPTABLE MANNER.
22 (5) THROUGH ADOPTION OF THE ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS ACT
23 OF 1988, (PUBLIC LAW 100-494, 102 STAT. 2441), CONGRESS HAS
24 INDICATED SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND WIDESPREAD USE OF
25 METHANOL, ETHANOL AND NATURAL GAS AS TRANSPORTATION FUELS AND
26 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METHANOL, ETHANOL AND NATURAL GAS
27 POWERED MOTOR VEHICLES.
28 (6) TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH,
29 SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS AND TO PROTECT THE
30 ENVIRONMENT, THE COMMONWEALTH WOULD ENCOURAGE THE USE OF
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1 ALTERNATIVE FUELS WHICH WILL REDUCE EMISSIONS AND DEPENDENCE
2 ON ENERGY DERIVED FROM IMPORTED OIL.
3 SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.
4 THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN USED IN THIS ACT SHALL
5 HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION UNLESS THE
6 CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:
7 "ACQUIRE." TO LEASE A VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF 60 CONTINUOUS
8 DAYS OR LONGER OR TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE.
9 "ALCOHOL." A MIXTURE CONTAINING 85% OR MORE BY VOLUME
10 METHANOL, ETHANOL OR OTHER ALCOHOLS IN ANY COMBINATION.
11 "ALCOHOL POWERED VEHICLE." A VEHICLE DESIGNED TO OPERATE
12 EXCLUSIVELY ON ALCOHOL.
13 "DEPARTMENT." THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES OF THE
14 COMMONWEALTH.
15 "DUAL FUEL VEHICLE." A VEHICLE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING
16 ON ALCOHOL AND ON GASOLINE OR DIESEL FUEL.
17 "NATURAL GAS DUAL FUEL VEHICLE." A VEHICLE WHICH IS CAPABLE
18 OF OPERATING ON NATURAL GAS AND ON GASOLINE OR DIESEL FUEL.
19 "NATURAL GAS POWERED VEHICLE." A VEHICLE DESIGNED TO OPERATE
20 EXCLUSIVELY ON NATURAL GAS.
21 "TASK FORCE." THE STATE GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE ON ALTERNATIVE
22 MOTOR FUELS.
23 SECTION 4. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
24 SERVICES.
25 (A) COMMONWEALTH VEHICLES.--THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
26 SERVICE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE,
27 SHALL ENSURE THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER PRACTICABLE OF PASSENGER
28 AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS ACQUIRED ANNUALLY FOR USE BY
29 THE COMMONWEALTH ARE ALCOHOL POWERED VEHICLES, ALCOHOL DUAL FUEL
30 VEHICLES, NATURAL GAS POWERED VEHICLES OR NATURAL GAS DUAL
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1 ENERGY VEHICLES.
2 (B) TYPES OF VEHICLES.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, TO THE EXTENT
3 PRACTICABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION, ENSURE THAT THE
4 NUMBER OF ALCOHOL DUAL FUEL VEHICLES ACQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION
5 IS AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE NUMBER OF ALCOHOL POWERED VEHICLES,
6 AND THAT THE NUMBER OF NATURAL GAS DUAL FUEL VEHICLES ACQUIRED
7 UNDER THIS SECTION IS AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE NUMBER OF NATURAL
8 GAS POWERED VEHICLES ACQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION. WHEN ACQUIRING
9 ALCOHOL POWERED VEHICLES AND ALCOHOL DUAL FUEL VEHICLES, THE
10 DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT
11 THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES POWERED BY METHANOL DERIVED IN WHOLE OR
12 IN PART FROM COAL IS AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES
13 POWERED BY OTHER METHANOL PRODUCTS, ETHANOL OR OTHER ALCOHOLS.
14 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BOTH VEHICLES CAPABLE OF
15 OPERATING ON ALCOHOL AND VEHICLES CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON
16 NATURAL GAS SHALL BE ACQUIRED, AND SUCH VEHICLES SHALL BE
17 SUPPLIED BY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS.
18 (C) STUDY OF VEHICLES.--THE DEPARTMENT, IN COOPERATION WITH
19 THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
20 TRANSPORTATION, SHALL CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE VEHICLES ACQUIRED
21 UNDER SUBSECTION (A) WHICH, AT A MINIMUM, SHALL INCLUDE THE
22 FOLLOWING:
23 (1) A COMPARISON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLES,
24 INCLUDING PERFORMANCE IN COLD WEATHER AND AT HIGH ALTITUDE TO
25 THE PERFORMANCE IN COLD WEATHER AND AT HIGH ALTITUDE OF OTHER
26 GASOLINE-FUELED PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.
27 (2) A COMPARISON OF THE FUEL ECONOMY, SAFETY AND
28 EMISSIONS OF THE VEHICLES TO THE FUEL ECONOMY, SAFETY AND
29 EMISSIONS OF OTHER GASOLINE-FUELED PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND
30 LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.
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1 (3) A COMPARISON OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
2 OF SUCH VEHICLES TO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS OF
3 OTHER GASOLINE-FUELED PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT DUTY
4 TRUCKS.
5 (4) AN ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL COSTS AND BENEFITS RELATING
6 TO VEHICLES OPERATING ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS AS COMPARED TO THE
7 COSTS AND BENEFITS RELATING TO OTHER GASOLINE-FUELED
8 PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES AND LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS.
9 (5) THE STATUS OF CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
10 TO CONTROL EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM USE OF CERTAIN
11 ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
12 (6) THE ADVISABILITY, FEASIBILITY AND TIMING OF THE
13 DISPOSAL OF VEHICLES ACQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A).
14 (D) REPORT OF RESULTS OF STUDY.--THE DEPARTMENT, IN
15 COOPERATION WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE AND THE
16 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SHALL REPORT UPON THE RESULTS OF
17 THE STUDY CONDUCTED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) TO THE CONSERVATION,
18 STATE GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF
19 REPRESENTATIVES AND TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
20 STATE GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
21 WITHIN FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT. THE
22 REPORT SHALL INCLUDE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE
23 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE COMMONWEALTH'S ACQUISITION OF VEHICLES
24 WHICH OPERATE ON ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
25 (E) REQUESTS FOR VEHICLES.--UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HEAD OF
26 ANY AGENCY OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, TO THE
27 MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, ENSURE THAT THE AGENCY IS PROVIDED
28 WITH VEHICLES ACQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A), PROVIDED THAT THE
29 AGENCY AGREES TO COOPERATE WITH STUDIES UNDERTAKEN PURSUANT TO
30 THIS SECTION.
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1 SECTION 5. DUTIES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE.
2 (A) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.--THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE,
3 IN COOPERATION WITH MANUFACTURERS OF HEAVY DUTY ENGINES, ANY
4 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AND
5 STATE AGENCIES, MAY ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL APPLICATION
6 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO STUDY THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND NATURAL
7 GAS IN HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS AND, IF APPROPRIATE, OTHER HEAVY DUTY
8 APPLICATIONS.
9 (B) TESTING PROGRAM.--THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE,
10 PURSUANT TO THE ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS ACT OF 1988 (PUBLIC LAW
11 100-494, 102 STAT. 2441), SHALL COOPERATE WITH APPROPRIATE
12 FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE TESTING IN
13 URBAN SETTINGS OF TRANSIT BUSES CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON ALCOHOL
14 AND BUSES CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON NATURAL GAS FOR EMISSIONS
15 LEVELS, DURABILITY, SAFETY AND FUEL ECONOMY, COMPARING THE
16 DIFFERENT TYPES WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH DIESEL POWERED TRANSIT
17 BUSES, AS SUCH BUSES WILL BE REQUIRED TO OPERATE UNDER FEDERAL
18 SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SUCH BUSES FOR
19 THE MODEL YEAR 1991. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, TESTING UNDER
20 THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY EQUALLY TO TRANSIT BUSES CAPABLE OF
21 OPERATING ON ALCOHOL AND BUSES CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON NATURAL
22 GAS. THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE SHALL ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL
23 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AS NECESSARY, TO SECURE FEDERAL AND STATE
24 FUNDS WHICH MAY BE AVAILABLE TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS
25 SUBSECTION.
26 SECTION 6. STATE GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE ON ALTERNATIVE MOTOR
27 FUELS.
28 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.--THERE IS ESTABLISHED A STATE GOVERNMENT
29 TASK FORCE ON ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS. THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE
30 COMPOSED OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
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1 PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE SECRETARY OF
2 GENERAL SERVICES, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE SECRETARY OF
3 TRANSPORTATION, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, OR
4 HIS DESIGNEE, THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE
5 SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE
6 SECRETARY OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE CHAIRMAN
7 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, OR HIS DESIGNEE,
8 AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OR THEIR DESIGNEES,
9 ONE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, ONE BY
10 THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, ONE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE
11 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ONE BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
13 (B) OPERATING PROCEDURES.--A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS SHALL
14 CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. MEETINGS OF THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE HELD AT
15 LEAST SEMIANNUALLY OR AT THE CALL OF THE CHAIRPERSON, OR AT THE
16 REQUEST OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE. A
17 CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS PRESENT AT
18 THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE WHICH SHALL BE CALLED BY THE
19 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
20 THIS ACT. A NEW CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY, AND
21 MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE SHALL SERVE TERMS CONCURRENT WITH
22 THEIR TERMS IN OFFICE.
23 (C) DUTIES.--THE TASK FORCE SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING DUTIES:
24 (1) TO COORDINATE EFFORTS OF STATE AGENCIES WITH FEDERAL
25 PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
26 (2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AMONG
27 INDIVIDUALS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND COLLEGES
28 AND UNIVERSITIES INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF
29 ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
30 (3) TO MONITOR AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE,
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1 PARTICIPATE IN THE EFFORTS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES TO DEVELOP A
2 LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF ALCOHOLS, NATURAL
3 GAS AND OTHER POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
4 (4) TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON RULES, REGULATIONS, POLICIES
5 AND REPORTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS
6 ACT OF 1988 (PUBLIC LAW 100-494, 102 STAT. 2441), OR ISSUED
7 PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF OTHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL
8 AGENCIES REGARDING ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS.
9 (5) TO APPOINT, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, ADVISORY GROUPS
10 CONSISTING OF PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL
11 INSTITUTIONS, STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,
12 ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE
13 KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS AND THEIR
14 POSSIBLE USES, THE PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION OF VEHICLES TO
15 USE ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS, OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
16 TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF
17 ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS. APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE MADE FROM
18 NAMES SUBMITTED TO THE CHAIRPERSON, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY A
19 MAJORITY OF MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE. ADVISORY GROUPS
20 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL MEET AT THE CALL
21 OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE TASK FORCE.
22 (6) TO SUBMIT AN INTERIM REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
23 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 1993, SETTING
24 FORTH ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE TASK FORCE PURSUANT TO THIS
25 SECTION, TOGETHER WITH APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE
26 ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS IN
27 THIS COMMONWEALTH.
28 (D) STAFF AND FACILITIES.--THE PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY OFFICE
29 SHALL PROVIDE STAFF ASSISTANCE AND MEETING FACILITIES FOR THE
30 TASK FORCE AS NEEDED.
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1 SECTION 7. REPEALS.
2 ALL ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS ARE REPEALED INSOFAR AS THEY ARE
3 INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT.
4 SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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