THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF AND WASHINGTON, JANUARY 12, 2011

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 12, 2011  

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

the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, further

providing for parks.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 303(a) of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.

89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act,

is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 303.  Parks.

(a)  Powers and duties enumerated.--The department shall have

the following powers and duties with respect to parks:

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(12)  To designate or construct and maintain, at any

State park of 1,000 acres or more, a bicycle and jogging path

at least one mile in length.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.