PRINTER'S NO. 220
No. 219 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY LEVI, J. L. WRIGHT AND D. R. WRIGHT,
JANUARY 26, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MINES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT,
JANUARY 26, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, No.418), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act providing for the conservation and
3 improvement of land affected in connection with surface
4 mining; regulating such mining; and providing penalties,"
5 requiring a sublessee to be bonded.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 4, act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198,
9 No.418), known as the "Surface Mining Conservation and
10 Reclamation Act," is amended by adding a subsection to read:
11 Section 4. Mining Permit; Reclamation Plan; Bond.--* * *
12 (k) In addition to any other requirements of this act, the
13 lessee of an operator or any other person engaged in surface
14 mining under the permit of the operator shall post bond for
15 environmental and highway protection in the same amount as the
16 operator.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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