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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2624 | PRINTER'S NO. 3268 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, BOYD, EVERETT, GABLER, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, MASSER, METCALFE, MILLARD, MOUL, O'NEILL, PERRY, RAPP, ROAE, SACCONE, STERN, YOUNGBLOOD, DAVIDSON, KORTZ AND CALTAGIRONE, OCTOBER 24, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 26, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," in recycling and waste reduction, |
16 | further providing for municipal implementation of recycling |
17 | programs. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. Section 1501 of the act of July 28, 1988 |
21 | (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, |
22 | Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a |
23 | subsection to read: |
24 | Section 1501. Municipal implementation of recycling programs. |
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2 | (b.1) Determination of population.--For purposes of |
3 | determining population of a municipality other than a county |
4 | under subsections (a) and (b), the number of people residing in |
5 | a Federal or State facility that conducts a facility-wide |
6 | recycling program administered by the Federal or State |
7 | government and that is situated in the municipality shall be |
8 | excluded. This subsection shall not apply to any municipality | <-- |
9 | which, prior to the 2010 census, administered a mandatory |
10 | recycling program under this section. |
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12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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