PRINTER'S NO. 1391
No. 1179 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY GREENWOOD, BATTISTO, BOWSER, SWEET, COHEN, BUNT,
DISTLER, NOYE, D. W. SNYDER, ITKIN, BELARDI, HALUSKA AND
TRELLO, MAY 13, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MAY 13, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for the lease of
21 State park land for hydroelectric facilities.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 1906-A of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
26 amended by adding a clause to read:
27 Section 1906-A. Parks.--The Department of Environmental
1 Resources shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
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3 (4.1) To lease for a period not to exceed fifty years, on
4 such terms as may be considered reasonable, to any person,
5 corporation, association or organization of this Commonwealth a
6 portion of any State park, whether owned or leased by the
7 Commonwealth, for use by, or for the construction, operation and
8 maintenance of, a hydroelectric facility: Provided, That no
9 lease shall be entered into which would pose a significant
10 danger to the natural resources of the area or which would
11 significantly reduce the recreational use of the park. All
12 charges, royalties, lease payments and other revenues collected
13 under this subsection shall be paid into the State Treasury and
14 shall be deposited in a restricted revenue account. Funds in the
15 account shall be used solely for the benefit of the State park
16 involved, and the deposited funds are hereby appropriated for
17 this purpose.
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19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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