PRINTER'S NO. 2781

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 456 Session of 2005

        INTRODUCED BY R. MILLER, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BALDWIN, BARRAR,
           BELFANTI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN,
           CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, DERMODY, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN,
           GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOOD, GOODMAN, HARRIS,
           HASAY, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES,
           MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGILL, MILLARD, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE,
           PAYNE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, RUBLEY,
           SATHER, SHANER, SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN,
           R. STEVENSON, SURRA, TIGUE, VITALI, WALKO, WILT AND PETRARCA,
           OCTOBER 17, 2005

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 17, 2005

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
     2     study and report on the use of rubberized asphalt in the
     3     other 49 states and to indicate the number of waste tires
     4     consumed in the highways and the new markets created for
     5     recycled rubber.

     6     WHEREAS, The Commonwealth should promote the recycling of
     7  rubber and the recovery of renewable resources for the
     8  betterment of the environment and for that of its citizens; and
     9     WHEREAS, The recycling of waste rubber and the creation of a
    10  new market for waste tires and the renewable resource industry
    11  provides important environmental and economic advantages; and
    12     WHEREAS, The Commonwealth should promote markets for recycled
    13  tire rubber and encourage the recycling of waste tire rubber and
    14  the renewable resource industry to increase productivity;
    15  therefore be it

     1     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
     2  State Government Commission to undertake a study on the use of
     3  rubberized asphalt in the other 49 states and to indicate in the
     4  study the cost of its use, the number of tires removed from the
     5  waste stream and the new market impact analysis; and be it
     6  further
     7     RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission report
     8  its findings to the General Assembly and the Governor's office
     9  within one year of the adoption of this resolution.














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