PRINTER'S NO. 218
No. 227 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, HECKLER, AFFLERBACH, KASUNIC, SCHWARTZ
AND WOZNIAK, JANUARY 27, 1997
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 27, 1997
AN ACT
1 Requiring containers for collecting glass and aluminum in public
2 areas and places; and imposing a penalty.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Recycling
7 Container Availability Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Public area." A place open to the public, including, but
13 not limited to, a park, zoo, recreation area and shopping mall
14 or complex.
15 "Public building." A structure open to the public,
16 including, but not limited to, State and municipal buildings,
17 hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, department stores, banks,
1 hospitals and public stadia.
2 Section 3. Containers for glass and aluminum.
3 In all public areas and public buildings where a receptacle
4 for trash is maintained for users of the public area or public
5 building, the owner or operator of the public area or public
6 building shall maintain in close proximity to the trash
7 receptacle a container for collecting glass and a container for
8 collecting aluminum.
9 Section 4. Penalty.
10 An owner or operator of a public area or public building who
11 fails to comply with section 3 commits a summary offense and
12 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
13 Section 5. Implementation.
14 The provisions of this act shall be implemented within one
15 year of the effective date of this act.
16 Section 6. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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