PRINTER'S NO. 1886
No. 1632 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY MICHLOVIC, LEVDANSKY, TRELLO, GIGLIOTTI AND
PETRONE, MAY 25, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MAY 25, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An
2 act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste
3 storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment,
4 and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for
5 municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of
7 the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste;
8 requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid
9 waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal
10 facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous
11 waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities;
12 granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
13 Environmental Quality Board and the Department of
14 Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations,
15 standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing
16 duties upon county health departments; providing remedies;
17 prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," imposing a
18 surcharge on fines and penalties; and providing for the
19 disposition of the proceeds from the surcharge.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known
23 as the Solid Waste Management Act, is amended by adding a
24 section to read:
25 Section 612.1. Surcharge on fines and penalties.
26 There is hereby imposed a 10% surcharge on all fines and
1 penalties imposed under this act. Proceeds from the surcharge
2 shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this act, be paid
3 into the State Treasury for deposit into the Abandoned
4 Industrial Sites Environmental Assessment Fund, established in
5 section 2501-B.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
6 known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
7 Section 2. This act shall apply to fines and penalties
8 imposed on or after the effective date of this act.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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