PRINTER'S NO. 734
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
646
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, YAW
AND YUDICHAK, APRIL 20, 2017
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 20, 2017
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 fee, further
providing for recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and
resource recovery facilities and for Recycling Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 701(d) and 706(d) of the act of July 28,
1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, are repealed:
Section 701. Recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and
resource recovery facilities.
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[(d) Sunset for fee.--No fee shall be imposed under this
section on and after January 1, 2020.]
Section 706. Recycling Fund.
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[(d) Transfer.--On the first day of the 27th year after the
fee imposed by section 701 becomes effective, all moneys in the
Recycling Fund that are not obligated shall be transferred to
the Solid Waste Abatement Fund and expended in the same manner
as other moneys in the Solid Waste Abatement Fund. On the first
day of the 30th year after the fee imposed by section 701
becomes effective, all moneys in the Recycling Fund that are not
expended shall be transferred to the Solid Waste Abatement Fund
and expended in the same manner as other moneys in the Solid
Waste Abatement Fund.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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