PRINTER'S NO.  1383

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1163

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, ALLOWAY AND FONTANA, JUNE 20, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 20, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Authorizing the Department of Conservation and Natural

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Resources, Department of Transportation, Department of

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Environmental Protection and Cambria County Transit

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Authority, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to agree to hold

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and save the United States Army Corps of Engineers free from

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certain damages arising from certain construction projects.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Hold harmless.

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The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,

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Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental

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Protection and the Cambria County Transit Authority, acting for

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and in the name of the Commonwealth, are authorized to agree to

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hold and save the United States Army Corps of Engineers free

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from all damages arising from construction, operation and

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maintenance of a collapsible dam in the Conemaugh River in

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Cambria County and other related projects, involving cooperative

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agreements between the Commonwealth and the United States Army

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Corps of Engineers, except for any damages due to the fault or

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negligence of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

 


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Section 2.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect immediately.

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