PRINTER'S NO. 3020
No. 2405 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, GEORGE, COLAIZZO, COY, HENNESSEY, DeLUCA,
TANGRETTI, YANDRISEVITS, LAUGHLIN, GIGLIOTTI, BEBKO-JONES,
TOMLINSON, M. N. WRIGHT, STEIL AND CONTI, DECEMBER 15, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, DECEMBER 15, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
2 "An act providing for planning for the processing and
3 disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
4 plans for municipal waste management systems within their
5 boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
6 for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
7 collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
8 municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
9 recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
10 procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
11 to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
12 Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
13 Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
14 providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
15 fund; and making repeals," further providing for host
16 municipality benefit fee.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 1301(b) of the act of July 28, 1988
20 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
21 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended to read:
22 Section 1301. Host municipality benefit fee.
23 * * *
24 (b) Amount.--The fee is [$1] $5 per ton of weighed solid
1 waste or $1 per three cubic yards of volume-measured solid waste
2 for all solid waste received at a landfill or facility. Any
3 amounts paid by an operator to a host municipality pursuant to a
4 preexisting agreement shall serve as a credit against the fee
5 amount imposed by this section. Fees collected under this
6 subsection shall be distributed as follows:
7 (1) The host municipality shall retain $2 per ton.
8 (2) The host municipality shall evenly divide and remit
9 the appropriate proportion of the remaining $3 to each
10 adjoining municipality.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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