PRINTER'S NO. 861
No. 757 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY PESCI, L. I. COHEN, READSHAW, GEORGE, HARHAI,
LAUGHLIN, WOJNAROSKI, SHANER, GIGLIOTTI, PETRARCA, CORRIGAN,
TRAVAGLIO, HALUSKA, SEYFERT, ROBERTS, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS,
STABACK, MAHER, YOUNGBLOOD, SAINATO, TRELLO, RUFFING,
PRESTON, GRUCELA, M. COHEN, HENNESSEY, PISTELLA AND HORSEY,
MARCH 10, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
2 act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
3 Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
4 of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
5 Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
6 as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
7 role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
8 Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
9 of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
10 Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
11 Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts,"
12 providing for the issuance of the Keystone Card.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 314 of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89,
16 No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is
17 amended to read:
18 Section 314. Fees and charges.
19 (a) General rule.--Whenever the department imposes fees or
20 charges for activities, admissions, uses or privileges,
1 including charges for concessions, at or relating to State
2 parks, such charges or fees shall be used solely for the
3 acquisition, maintenance, operation or administration of the
4 State park system and are hereby appropriated for such purposes.
5 The department shall not adopt or impose any charges or fees for
6 parking or general admission to State parks unless the charges
7 were imposed prior to January 1, 1995. The department may
8 continue to impose and modify parking charges and fees
9 applicable to specific services or units within the State park
10 system which were imposed prior to January 1, 1995, and may
11 impose charges or fees for admission to and for use of specific
12 services and facilities in State parks. The department shall
13 continue to exercise the powers previously vested in the
14 Environmental Quality Board regarding the imposition of fees and
15 charges for State parks and State forests.
16 (b) Keystone Card.--The department shall provide upon
17 request to a Commonwealth resident who is 60 years of age or
18 older, or who is 18 years of age or older and is totally and
19 permanently disabled, a Keystone Card which provides a 50%
20 discount on Sundays through Thursdays and a 25% discount on
21 Fridays and Saturdays on all fees or charges for activities,
22 admissions, uses or privileges at State parks.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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