PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 80 PRINTER'S NO. 1945
No. 86 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY STEIL, BELFANTI, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, DALEY,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERMAN, KILLION, McGILL, MELIO, O'NEILL,
THOMAS, WATSON, WRIGHT AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 25, 2005
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND
ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 10, 2005
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of Conservation and Natural
2 Resources, the Department of Transportation and the <--
3 Department of Environmental Protection on behalf of the
4 Commonwealth to agree to hold and save the United States Army
5 Corps of Engineers free from certain damages arising from
6 certain construction projects.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Hold harmless.
10 The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the <--
11 Department of Transportation and the Department of Environmental
12 Protection, acting for and in the name of the Commonwealth, is
13 authorized to agree to hold and save the United States Army
14 Corps of Engineers free from all damages arising from
15 construction, operation and maintenance of projects along the
16 Delaware Canal State Park, and projects in the Boroughs of <--
17 Stockertown and Tatamy and the Township of Palmer located in
18 Northampton County, involving cooperative agreements between the
19 Commonwealth and the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
1 except for any damages due to the fault or negligence of the
2 United States Army Corps of Engineers.
3 Section 2. Effective date.
4 This act shall take effect immediately.
A7L32JS/20050H0086B1945 - 2 -