PRINTER'S NO. 1600
No. 1295 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BAKER, BELFANTI, CONKLIN AND DENLINGER,
MAY 18, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MAY 18, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An
2 act providing for the establishment, operation and
3 administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and
4 Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty
5 transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund;
6 authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval
7 of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of,
8 improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational
9 facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and
10 public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on
11 the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of
12 Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the
13 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State
14 System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission
15 and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a
16 transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General
17 Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for
18 allocation from the Keystone Recreation, Park and
19 Conservation Fund.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 12 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359,
23 No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation
24 Fund Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
25 Section 12. Allocation from fund.
26 * * *
1 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), for
2 fiscal year 2006-2007 only, the entire amount of the transfer to
3 the fund under section 1106-C(d) of the act of March 4, 1971
4 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, shall be
5 allocated to the State System of Higher Education.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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