THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, PILEGGI, SCARNATI, YUDICHAK, FOLMER, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, GORDNER, ORIE, YAW, BROWNE, D. WHITE, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, ROBBINS, WOZNIAK AND EARLL, JANUARY 27, 2011

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 27, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An

act providing for the establishment, operation and

administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and

Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty

transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund;

authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval

of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of,

improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational

facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and

public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on

the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of

Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State

System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission

and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a

transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General

Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for

annual reports; and making editorial changes.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 9 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359,

No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation

Fund Act, is amended to read:

Section 9.  Annual reports.

[Beginning on January 31, 1995, and annually] No later than

July 1, 2012, and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of

[Environmental Resources, the Department of Community Affairs,] 

Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Education,

the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission[,] and the

State System of Higher Education[, the Pennsylvania Fish and

Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission] shall each 

submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report

of projects and services provided by [funding from this act.] 

moneys from the fund. For grants awarded from the fund, the

annual report shall, at a minimum, include the following: the

name of the applicant, location and description of the project,

total project costs, the amount requested, any matching funds

provided by the applicant, grant contract expiration date and

the amount granted. Each agency shall publish and maintain the

annual report on the agency's publicly accessible Internet

website. At the discretion of the agency, the annual report

required under this section may be submitted to the Governor and

the General Assembly by electronic mail.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.