PRINTER'S NO. 2310
No. 1795 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, BUNT, SHANER, TRAVAGLIO, HERSHEY, GEORGE,
READSHAW, WOJNAROSKI, LEDERER, CALTAGIRONE, YOUNGBLOOD,
HERMAN, BELFANTI, YUDICHAK, HARHAI, WALKO, McCALL,
HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN, LUCYK, COSTA, PISTELLA, CREIGHTON,
DeWEESE, SOLOBAY, GEIST, PETRARCA, ROBERTS, STEELMAN AND
J. WILLIAMS, JUNE 19, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 19, 2001
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Conservation and
2 Natural Resources for allocation to the Bureau of Topographic
3 and Geologic Survey to conduct coal-related research.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The sum of $1,000,000, or as much thereof as may
7 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
8 Conservation and Natural Resources for the fiscal year July 1,
9 2001, to June 30, 2002, for allocation to the Bureau of
10 Topographic and Geologic Survey to purchase and operate data
11 processing equipment and appropriate geologic software and
12 graphic devices to generate derivative maps and analyze
13 Pennsylvania coals and other mineral-related data, and to
14 acquire facilities and equipment to conduct laboratory research
15 to characterize the geochemical nature of Pennsylvania coals.
16 The Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey shall cooperate
1 with the Pennsylvania Mining and Mineral Resources Research
2 Institute to the maximum extent possible in the purchase and use
3 of facilities and equipment for the conduct of State coal-
4 related research and analyses in order to avoid the duplication
5 of effort and expense.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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