PRINTER'S NO. 1466
No. 1219 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY R. MILLER, HERSHEY, SAYLOR AND YOUNGBLOOD,
APRIL 24, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
APRIL 24, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
2 "An act providing for planning for the processing and
3 disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
4 plans for municipal waste management systems within their
5 boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
6 for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
7 collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
8 municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
9 recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
10 procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
11 to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
12 Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
13 Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
14 providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
15 fund; and making repeals," providing for notice to
16 municipality of unpaid disposal fee by haulers.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. The act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known
20 as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
21 Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
22 Section 707. Notice to municipality of unpaid disposal fee by
23 haulers.
24 If any hauler disposes solid waste at a municipal waste
1 landfill or resource recovery facility and fails to pay the
2 amount of the disposal fee to the operator of the facility for a
3 period of three consecutive months, the operator may notify the
4 municipality in which the hauler operates of such failure.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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