PRINTER'S NO. 4102
No. 2996 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY VEON, DeWEESE, KREBS, LaGROTTA, TIGUE, GERLACH,
MIHALICH, HALUSKA, FLEAGLE, D. W. SNYDER, STEIGHNER, ARNOLD,
ARGALL, GEIST, MUNDY, McHALE, VAN HORNE, JOSEPHS, FREEMAN,
COLAIZZO, FEE, KOSINSKI, LAUGHLIN, LINTON, GIGLIOTTI, MELIO,
STEELMAN, PISTELLA, KASUNIC, STURLA AND SERAFINI,
NOVEMBER 16, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, NOVEMBER 16, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An
2 act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste
3 storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment,
4 and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for
5 municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of
7 the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste;
8 requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid
9 waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal
10 facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous
11 waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities;
12 granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
13 Environmental Quality Board and the Department of
14 Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations,
15 standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing
16 duties upon county health departments; providing remedies;
17 prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," imposing a
18 surcharge on fines and penalties; and providing for the
19 disposition of the proceeds from the surcharge.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known
23 as the Solid Waste Management Act, is amended by adding a
24 section to read:
1 Section 612.1. Surcharge on fines and penalties.
2 There is hereby imposed a 10% surcharge on all fines and
3 penalties imposed under this act. Proceeds from the surcharge
4 shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this act, be paid
5 into the State Treasury for deposit into the Abandoned
6 Industrial Sites Environmental Assessment Fund.
7 Section 2. This act shall apply to fines and penalties
8 imposed on and after the effective date of this act.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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