PRINTER'S NO. 3257
No. 2345 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, HERSHEY, KREBS, CREIGHTON, WATSON, R. STEVENSON AND RUBLEY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 6, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 Environmental Stewardship Fund and for extension of fees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 6104(b)(1) and 6112(b) of Title 27 of
7 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 6104. Fund.
9 * * *
10 (b) Sources.--
11 (1) Money appropriated by the General Assembly, interest
12 earned by the fund, penalties, money received from the
13 Federal Government or other sources and money received from
14 the [fee] fees established under section 6112(b) (relating to
15 extension of fees) shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys
16 appropriated by the General Assembly to the fund shall be
17 transferred on a quarterly basis in increments of at least
18 20%.
1 * * * 2 § 6112. Extension of fees. 3 * * * 4 (b) [Fee] Fees established.-- 5 (1) Each operator of a municipal waste landfill shall 6 pay, in the same manner prescribed in section 701 of the 7 Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, 8 an amount equal to 25¢ per ton of weighted waste or 25¢ per 9 three cubic yards of volume-measured waste for all solid 10 waste received at the landfill. These fees shall be paid to 11 the State Treasury and deposited into the fund. 12 (2) Each operator of a municipal waste landfill and 13 resource recovery facility shall pay, in addition to the fee 14 prescribed in section 701 of the Municipal Waste Planning, 15 Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, a disposal fee of $5 per 16 ton for all solid waste processed at the municipal waste 17 landfill and resource recovery facility. The fee established 18 under this paragraph shall be paid to the State Treasurer and 19 deposited into the fund. 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A31L27DMS/20020H2345B3257 - 2 -