PRINTER'S NO. 4045
No. 597 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, PLATTS, R. MILLER, STETLER AND McNAUGHTON,
OCTOBER 4, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 4, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Promoting the acceptance and use of the new one dollar coin.
2 WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States with the approval
3 of the President enacted Public Law 105-124 on December 1, 1997,
4 section 4 of which is the United States $1 Coin Act of 1997; and
5 WHEREAS, The United States $1 Coin Act of 1997 calls for the
6 minting and circulation of a new, golden-colored one dollar
7 coin; and
8 WHEREAS, Pursuant to the United States $1 Coin Act of 1997,
9 the United States Mint has issued 1 billion golden dollar coins,
10 800 million of which have been minted at the United States Mint
11 facility in Philadelphia; and
12 WHEREAS, The United States Mint facility in Philadelphia is
13 the largest coin minting facility in the world and is located in
14 this Commonwealth; and
15 WHEREAS, Use of the new golden dollar coins will facilitate
16 retail transactions, including vending machine transactions, bus
17 and rail system transactions and toll booth transactions; and
1 WHEREAS, The Federal Government and its taxpayers will save
2 millions of dollars by substituting dollar coins for dollar
3 bills because dollar coins will last an average of 30 years and
4 dollar bills last an average of 18 months; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call upon State
6 and local government agencies in this Commonwealth which deal in
7 retail transactions with the public to encourage the use of the
8 dollar coins by promoting acceptance of dollar coins in payment
9 for goods and services and by offering dollar coins in change to
10 customers, and, by way of signs or decals, inform the public
11 that such coins are accepted and available; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call upon the
13 banks in this Commonwealth to make dollar coins available to
14 their customers, and, by way of signs or decals, inform their
15 customers that such coins are available; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call upon retail
17 businesses in this Commonwealth to promote acceptance of dollar
18 coins in payment for goods and services and to offer dollar
19 coins in change to their customers, and, by way of signs or
20 decals, inform their customers that such coins are accepted and
21 available; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives call upon mass
23 transit systems, vending machine companies, coin-operated
24 laundries and other coin-operated and automated retailers in
25 this Commonwealth to retune their equipment to accept and
26 dispense dollar coins, and, by way of signs or decals, inform
27 their customers that such coins are accepted; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the
29 Governor's Office, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the
30 Department of Revenue, the Division of the Pennsylvania State
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1 Lottery, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the State System
2 of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the
3 Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers, the Pennsylvania
4 Retailers Association, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and
5 Industry, the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, the
6 Pennsylvania Automatic Merchandising Council, the Pennsylvania
7 League of Cities and Municipalities, the Pennsylvania Public
8 Transportation Association, the County Commissioners Association
9 of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
10 and the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.
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