PRINTER'S NO. 1864
No. 1331 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, SALOOM, DUFFY, MRKONIC, OLASZ, SEVENTY, J. L. WRIGHT, BURNS AND CLYMER, JULY 5, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MINES AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT, JULY 5, 1983
AN ACT 1 Providing for a study by the Department of Environmental 2 Resources of the feasibility of establishing a Pennsylvania 3 Youth Conservation Corps. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Study by department. 7 The Department of Environmental Resources is hereby directed 8 to conduct a study of the costs, benefits and general 9 feasibility of a conservation camp program, to be known as the 10 Pennsylvania Youth Conservation Corps. The purpose of this 11 program would be to restore those areas of the Commonwealth and 12 its natural resources degraded by coal mining operations, 13 erosion and pollution, similar to the program of the former 14 Federal Civilian Conservation Corps. 15 Section 2. Report to General Assembly. 16 The department shall make its report to the Governor and to 17 the General Assembly within one year of the date of final
1 enactment. 2 Section 3. Effective date. 3 This act shall take effect immediately. F22L27DGS/19830H1331B1864 - 2 -