PRINTER'S NO. 942
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
796
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAVIS, O'BRIEN, SAMUELSON, THOMAS, SCHWEYER,
COHEN, MILLARD, FRANKEL, MATZIE, PASHINSKI, V. BROWN,
O'NEILL, DEASY, MURT, BISHOP, KORTZ, WATSON, McCARTER,
C. PARKER, SIMS, KIM, D. COSTA, TOOHIL, READSHAW, McNEILL,
KINSEY, D. PARKER AND FREEMAN, MARCH 17, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 17, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for recycling containers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 8124. Recycling containers.
(a) Availability.--If a trash receptacle is maintained for
users of a public rest area under the jurisdiction of the
commission, the commission shall maintain in close proximity to
the trash receptacle a container for collecting glass, a
container for collecting aluminum and a container for collecting
plastic. The commission shall establish, with the local county
recycling coordinator, a method of transporting the collected
recyclable materials to their respective markets in conjunction
with local existing recycling programs.
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(b) Proceeds.--The commission shall retain all proceeds
received from the recycling of items under subsection (a).
Section 2. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall
implement 74 Pa.C.S. § 8124 within 365 days of the effective
date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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