CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1441, 1699 PRINTER'S NO. 1817
No. 1229 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, FRYER, NOYE, BELFANTI, COY, ALDERETTE,
SHOWERS, WOZNIAK, COLE, GALLAGHER, MISCEVICH, AFFLERBACH,
LEVI, RUDY, JAROLIN, KASUNIC, GODSHALL, KENNEDY, BUNT,
CESSAR, McHALE, PETRARCA, LIVENGOOD AND MOWERY, JUNE 20, 1983
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 19, 1983
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 exempting municipalities from the bond requirement relating
6 to the operation of gravel pits.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198,
10 No.418), known as the Surface Mining Conservation and
11 Reclamation Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
12 Section 4. Mining Permit; Reclamation Plan; Bond.--* * *
13 (d.1) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, a
14 municipality which owns or operates a gravel pit, OPERATES OR <--
15 LEASES AS LESSOR OR LESSEE A GRAVEL PIT FOR DIRECT USE BY THE
16 MUNICIPALITY shall not be required to post a bond with the
17 department.
18 * * *
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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