PRINTER'S NO. 61
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
85
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BREWSTER, COSTA AND HUGHES,
JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts," in
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, further
providing for parks.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 303(a) of the act of June 28, 1995
(P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources
Act, is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 303. Parks.
(a) Powers and duties enumerated.--The department shall have
the following powers and duties with respect to parks:
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(12) To designate or construct and maintain, at any
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State park of 1,000 acres or more, a bicycle and jogging path
at least one mile in length.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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