PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1085 PRINTER'S NO. 1172
No. 913 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, FONTANA, PICCOLA, GORDNER, ROBBINS,
REGOLA, RHOADES, MADIGAN, WAUGH, BAKER, ERICKSON, WONDERLING
AND BROWNE, JUNE 1, 2007
SENATOR M. WHITE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS
AMENDED, JUNE 13, 2007
AN ACT
1 Providing for environmental funds reporting and disclosure.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title.
5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental
6 Funds Reporting and Disclosure Act.
7 Section 2. Department responsibilities.
8 The Department of Environmental Protection shall do all of
9 the following:
10 (1) No later than July 30, 2007, and each year
11 thereafter, compile and update a comprehensive report of all
12 special funds and restricted revenue accounts administered by
13 the Department of Environmental Protection, containing at a
14 minimum:
15 (i) the total receipts and expenditures of each
16 fund, including all fees, fines, penalties and natural
1 resource damage awards or settlements;
2 (ii) an itemized list of each receipt and
3 disbursement of the fund in excess of $10,000; and
4 (iii) the number and nature of violations of
5 environmental statutes.
6 (2) A copy of the report required under paragraph (1)
7 shall be submitted to the chairmen and minority chairmen of
8 the Appropriations Committee and the Environmental Resources
9 and Energy Committee of the Senate and the chairmen and
10 minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and the
11 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of
12 Representatives.
13 (3) A copy of the report required under paragraph (1)
14 shall be posted and maintained on the Department of
15 Environmental Protection's publicly accessible Internet
16 website.
17 Section 3. Transfers to General HAZARDOUS SITES CLEANUP Fund. <--
18 If the amount of all fines and penalties received by a
19 special fund or restricted revenue account administered by the
20 Department of Environmental Protection in a fiscal year
21 increases more than 5% from the amount received in the previous
22 fiscal year, the Secretary of the Budget shall transfer the
23 amount of the increase in revenue which is in excess of 5% from
24 the special fund or restricted revenue account to the Hazardous
25 Sites Cleanup Fund established in section 602.3 of the act of
26 March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of
27 1971.
28 Section 4. Applicability.
29 This act shall apply to any special fund or restricted
30 revenue account administered by the Department of Environmental
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1 Protection, including, but not limited to, the Clean Air Fund,
2 the Clean Water Fund, the Solid Waste Abatement Fund, the Safe
3 Drinking Water Fund and the Waste Transportation Safety Account.
4 Section 5. Effective date.
5 This act shall take effect immediately.
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