PRINTER'S NO. 3067
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2149
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, PASHINSKI, RAPP, DIAMOND, FEE, GABLER,
HERSHEY, IRVIN, JAMES, JOZWIAK, LAWRENCE, MILLARD, MOUL,
OBERLANDER, OWLETT, PICKETT, SANKEY, SAYLOR, WENTLING AND
ZIMMERMAN, DECEMBER 18, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
DECEMBER 18, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 21, 1988 (P.L.1036, No.116),
entitled "An act establishing the Hardwoods Development
Council; conferring powers and duties upon the council; and
making an appropriation," further providing for Hardwoods
Development Council.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of October 21, 1988
(P.L.1036, No.116), known as the Hardwoods Development Council
Act, is amended to read:
Section 4. Council.
(a) Composition.--The Hardwoods Development Council is
established within the department. The council shall include[,
but not be limited to,] the following [25] 27 members:
(1) Six members:
(i) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(ii) The Secretary of Community and Economic
Development.
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(iii) The Secretary of Conservation and Natural
Resources.
(iv) The State Forester.
(v) The Secretary of Transportation.
(vi) The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Rural Development Council.
(2) Four legislative members:
(i) Two senators, one appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate and one appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.
(ii) Two representatives, one appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and one appointed
by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(3) [Fifteen] Seventeen public members appointed by the
Governor:
(i) One representative of an agricultural college
from a State-related university.
(ii) One representative of the Forest Service of the
Federal Department of Agriculture.
(iii) One representative of furniture manufacturers.
(iv) One representative of veneer manufacturers.
(v) [Two representatives] One representative of
secondary processors.
(vi) [Two] Three representatives of nonprofit
corporations which have the purpose to promote and
enhance the hardwood industry in this Commonwealth[.], of
which one nonprofit corporation shall include the
Allegheny National Forest.
(vii) One representative of the Pennsylvania Chamber
of Business and Industry.
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(viii) One representative of the Pennsylvania
Forestry Association.
(ix) One representative of the Pennsylvania
[Hardwood Lumber Manufacturing] Forest Products
Association.
(x) One representative of pulp and paper
manufacturers.
(xi) One representative of the saw mill operators.
(xii) One representative of maple producers.
(xiii) One representative of the Pennsylvania State
Association of Township Supervisors.
(xiv) One logger.
(xv) One forester.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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