PRINTER'S NO. 1858
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1458
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, PICKETT, MILLARD, D. COSTA AND WHEELAND,
MAY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 25, 2017
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 fees and charges.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 314 of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89,
No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is
amended to read:
Section 314. Fees and charges.
(a) General rule.--Whenever the department imposes fees or
charges for activities, admissions, uses or privileges,
including charges for concessions, at or relating to State
parks, such charges or fees shall be used solely for the
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acquisition, maintenance, operation or administration of the
State park system and are hereby appropriated for such purposes.
(b) Parking and admission.--The department [shall not] may
adopt or impose [any] charges or fees for parking or general
admission to [State parks unless the charges were imposed prior
to January 1, 1995. The department may continue to impose and
modify parking charges and fees applicable to specific services
or units within the State park system which were imposed prior
to January 1, 1995,] a specific State park in such amounts as
are necessary to provide for the maintenance, operation or
administration of that State park and may impose charges or fees
for admission to and for use of specific services and facilities
in State parks.
(c) Powers of department.--The department shall continue to
exercise the powers previously vested in the Environmental
Quality Board regarding the imposition of fees and charges for
State parks and State forests.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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