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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 16, 2013 01:28 PM |
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| From: | Representative Tina M. Davis |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Legislation Regarding Recycling at Turpike Rest Areas. Prior HB 2682 |
| MEMORANDUM TO: All House Members FROM: Representative Tina Davis DATE: January 15, 2013 SUBJECT: Legislation Regarding Recycling at Turnpike Rest Areas ________________________________________________________________________ In the near future, I will be re-introducing legislation that would require the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to make recycling containers for aluminum, glass, and plastic available to the public at all Turnpike rest areas. More than 510,000 motorists travel on the Turnpike each day, many of whom stop at rest areas during their trips, in part, to discard trash and recyclables in an environmental manner. However, while the Turnpike Commission recently began placing recycling containers at rest areas, it is not required to do so under current law. As such, the legislation that I will be re-introducing would ensure that recycling containers are available to the public at all Turnpike rest areas. In addition, the legislation would authorize the Turnpike Commission to retain all proceeds received from recycled items, which would provide a small, but much-needed revenue boost to the Commission during these tough economic times. Previous cosponsors: BRADFORD, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, CURRY, DALEY, DAVIDSON, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, DUNBAR, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GILLEN, JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MILLARD, MILNE, MUNDY, MURPHY, NEILSON, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PRESTON, READSHAW, SABATINA, SAMUELSON, SANTARSIERO, K. SMITH, STABACK, VITALI, WATSON, WHITE, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD AND MANN |
Introduced as HB857