PRINTER'S NO. 1223
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1052
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, DEAN, RAVENSTAHL, O'BRIEN, MATZIE,
NEILSON, JAMES, MURT, BOBACK, LONGIETTI, SAMUELSON, FRANKEL,
DRISCOLL, MILLARD, WARD, MULLERY, DONATUCCI, GOODMAN, IRVIN,
WARREN, MADDEN, FREEMAN, DEASY, KORTZ, ROZZI, GILLEN AND
CONKLIN, APRIL 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
APRIL 3, 2017
AN ACT
Establishing the Adopt-a-River Program; providing for powers and
duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources; and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Adopt-a-River
Act.
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Widespread flooding and damage caused by severe
winter storms greatly damage the riverbeds and streambeds of
this Commonwealth. Flooding of urban and industrial areas
often results in the pollution of rivers and the accumulation
of extraordinary amounts of trash and debris in the
streambeds, on the stream banks and in floodplain areas.
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