PRINTER'S NO. 1488
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1049
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, SCARNATI, BROWNE, MENSCH, ARGALL, WARD,
BARTOLOTTA, BLAKE, BREWSTER, COSTA, FONTANA, KILLION,
RAFFERTY, REGAN, RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, TOMLINSON,
VULAKOVICH, WAGNER, WHITE AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 16, 2018
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
"An act providing for planning for the processing and
disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
plans for municipal waste management systems within their
boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
fund; and making repeals," in recycling and waste reduction,
further providing for municipal implementation of recycling
programs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1501(c)(1) of the act of July 28, 1988
(P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a
subparagraph and the section is amended by adding a subsection
to read:
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