PRINTER'S NO. 2167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1533
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RADER, McGINNIS, B. MILLER, ZIMMERMAN, GROVE, FEE
AND JOZWIAK, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
"An act providing for planning for the processing and
disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
plans for municipal waste management systems within their
boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
fund; and making repeals," in recycling and waste reduction,
further providing for municipal implementation of recycling
programs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1501(a) of the act of July 28, 1988
(P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended to read:
Section 1501. Municipal implementation of recycling programs.
(a) Large population.--Within two years after the effective
date of this act, each municipality other than a county that has
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a population of 10,000 or more people, and which has a
population density of more than 500 people per square mile,
shall establish and implement a source-separation and collection
program for recyclable materials in accordance with this
section. Population shall be determined by the most recent
decennial census by the Bureau of the Census of the United
States Department of Commerce.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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