PRINTER'S NO. 78
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
110
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, RAPP, PASHINSKI, ARMANINI, CIRESI, FEE,
HAMM, HERSHEY, JAMES, MILLARD, MOUL, OWLETT, PICKETT, RYAN,
SANKEY, SCHMITT, SMITH, WHEELAND, ZIMMERMAN AND OBERLANDER,
JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JANUARY 11, 2021
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) and (b) of the act of October 21,
1988 (P.L.1036, No.116), known as the Hardwoods Development
Council Act, are 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] 29 members:
(1) [Six] Seven 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.
(vii) The Secretary of Education.
(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] Eighteen 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 or cabinet
manufacturers.
(iv) One representative of veneer manufacturers.
(v) Two representatives 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 be the Allegheny
Hardwood Utilization Group .
(vii) One representative of the Pennsylvania Chamber
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of Business and Industry.
(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 private sector forester.
(b) Term of office.--
(1) Members under subsection (a)(1) shall serve as long
as they are in office.
(2) Legislative members under subsection (a)(2) shall
serve terms of two years.
(3) Public members under subsection (a)(3) shall serve
the following terms:
(i) Public members under subsection (a)(3)(vi)
through (ix), (xii) and (xiii) shall serve terms of two
years.
(ii) Public members under subsection (a)(3)(iii)
through (v), (x) [and], (xi), (xiv) and (xv) shall serve
terms of three years.
(iii) Public members under subsection (a)(3)(i) and
(ii) shall serve terms of four years.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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