PRINTER'S NO. 110
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
146
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, DRISCOLL, SAYLOR, EVERETT AND GABLER,
JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 29, 1945 (P.L.1134, No.405), entitled
"An act to create a commission to act jointly with
commissions appointed for like purpose by the States of West
Virginia and Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
District of Columbia, which, together with three members to
be appointed by the President of the United States, shall
constitute the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River
Basin, with power to cooperate in the abatement of the
existing pollution, and in the control of future pollution of
the waters of the drainage basin of the Potomac River within
the States of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the District of Columbia; to authorize the
Governor of the State to execute on behalf of this State a
compact with representatives of other states for the purpose
of forming the above-mentioned commission; and creating a
Potomac Valley Conservancy District; providing for the
appointment of the Pennsylvania members of said commission
for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and their terms of
office; and providing an appropriation," further providing
for membership of commission and for appointments.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1 first paragraph and 1.1 of the act of
May 29, 1945 (P.L.1134, No.405), entitled "An act to create a
commission to act jointly with commissions appointed for like
purpose by the States of West Virginia and Maryland, the
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Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, which,
together with three members to be appointed by the President of
the United States, shall constitute the Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin, with power to cooperate in the
abatement of the existing pollution, and in the control of
future pollution of the waters of the drainage basin of the
Potomac River within the States of Maryland and West Virginia,
the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; to
authorize the Governor of the State to execute on behalf of this
State a compact with representatives of other states for the
purpose of forming the above-mentioned commission; and creating
a Potomac Valley Conservancy District; providing for the
appointment of the Pennsylvania members of said commission for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and their terms of office; and
providing an appropriation," are amended to read:
Section 1. There is hereby created a commission consisting
of three members, to act jointly with commissions appointed for
like purposes by the States of West Virginia and Maryland, the
Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and an
additional three members to be appointed by the President of the
United States and which, together with the other commissions
appointed as hereinbefore mentioned, shall constitute and be
known as the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
The said commission for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall
consist of three members. The Governor shall appoint two
members, one of whom shall be a member of the public
knowledgeable in matters involving water pollution and the other
shall be a member of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or his designee. The third member shall be the
Secretary of Environmental [Resources] Protection or his
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designee. The appointed members shall serve for terms of two
years or until their successors are appointed. The Secretary of
Environmental [Resources] Protection or his designee shall serve
for the same period as his tenure as Secretary of Environmental
[Resources] Protection. They shall serve without compensation,
but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in and incident
to the performance of their duties as hereinafter set forth. The
Commonwealth shall contribute to the Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin its pro rata share of the expenses of
said commission which shall be such sums as may be appropriated
for the purpose, but not less than the sum of one thousand two
hundred dollars ($1,200) per year for the biennium beginning
June first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
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Section 1.1. The Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania shall appoint an alternate member for each of the
two appointed members of the commission for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania created by section 1 of the act of May 29, 1945
(P.L.1134). Each such alternate shall be appointed from among
the members of the General Assembly, or a designee, or the
public, as the case may be. The Secretary of Environmental
[Resources] Protection shall also appoint an alternate. Each
such alternate shall have the power to act in the absence of the
person for whom he is an alternate. The term of each alternate
shall run concurrently with the term of the member for whom he
is an alternate.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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