PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 349 PRINTER'S NO. 1210
No. 333 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY BORTNER, SCHWARTZ, STAPLETON AND O'PAKE,
FEBRUARY 1, 1993
SENATOR O'PAKE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, AS AMENDED,
MAY 5, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 29, 1945 (P.L.1134, No.405), entitled
2 "An act to create a commission to act jointly with
3 commissions appointed for like purpose by the States of West
4 Virginia and Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
5 District of Columbia, which, together with three members to
6 be appointed by the President of the United States, shall
7 constitute the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River
8 Basin, with power to cooperate in the abatement of the
9 existing pollution, and in the control of future pollution of
10 the waters of the drainage basin of the Potomac River within
11 the States of Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealth of
12 Virginia and the District of Columbia; to authorize the
13 Governor of the State to execute on behalf of this State a
14 compact with representatives of other states for the purpose
15 of forming the above-mentioned commission; and creating a
16 Potomac Valley Conservancy District; providing for the
17 appointment of the Pennsylvania members of said commission
18 for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and their terms of
19 office; and providing an appropriation," further providing
20 for the members of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac
21 River Basin for the Commonwealth.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Sections 1 first paragraph and 1.1 of the act of
25 May 29, 1945 (P.L.1134, No.405), entitled "An act to create a
26 commission to act jointly with commissions appointed for like
1 purpose by the States of West Virginia and Maryland, the
2 Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, which,
3 together with three members to be appointed by the President of
4 the United States, shall constitute the Interstate Commission on
5 the Potomac River Basin, with power to cooperate in the
6 abatement of the existing pollution, and in the control of
7 future pollution of the waters of the drainage basin of the
8 Potomac River within the States of Maryland and West Virginia,
9 the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia; to
10 authorize the Governor of the State to execute on behalf of this
11 State a compact with representatives of other states for the
12 purpose of forming the above-mentioned commission; and creating
13 a Potomac Valley Conservancy District; providing for the
14 appointment of the Pennsylvania members of said commission for
15 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and their terms of office; and
16 providing an appropriation," amended or added April 28, 1961
17 (P.L.113, No.51), are amended to read:
18 Section 1. There is hereby created a commission consisting
19 of three members, to act jointly with commissions appointed for
20 like purposes by the States of West Virginia and Maryland, the
21 Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and an
22 additional three members to be appointed by the President of the
23 United States and which, together with the other commissions
24 appointed as hereinbefore mentioned, shall constitute and be
25 known as the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
26 The said commission for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall
27 consist of three members [to]. Two members shall be named by the
28 Governor[, one of whom]. One appointed member shall be [from the
29 membership of the Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate
30 Cooperation, and one of whom shall be a representative of the
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1 Sanitary Water Board, and one of whom] a member of the public
2 knowledgeable in matters involving water pollution and the other
3 member shall be a member of the General Assembly of the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The third member shall be the
5 Secretary of Environmental Resources or his designee. The
6 appointed members [shall be appointed immediately after this act
7 become effective and] shall serve for terms of two years or
8 until their successors are appointed. The Secretary of
9 Environmental Resources OR HIS DESIGNEE shall serve for a like <--
10 term THE SAME PERIOD AS HIS TENURE AS SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL <--
11 RESOURCES. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be
12 paid their actual expenses incurred in and incident to the
13 performance of their duties as hereinafter set forth. The
14 Commonwealth shall contribute to the Interstate Commission on
15 the Potomac River Basin its pro rata share of the expenses of
16 said commission which shall be such sums as may be appropriated
17 for the purpose, but not less than the sum of one thousand two
18 hundred dollars ($1,200) per year for the biennium beginning
19 June first, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
20 * * *
21 Section 1.1. The Governor of the Commonwealth of
22 Pennsylvania shall appoint an alternate member for each of the
23 [three] two appointed members of the commission for the
24 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania created by section 1 of the act of
25 May 29, 1945 (P.L.1134). Each such alternate shall be appointed
26 from [the same body from which the member was appointed] among
27 the members of the General Assembly or the public, as the case
28 may be. THE SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES SHALL ALSO <--
29 APPOINT AN ALTERNATE. Each such alternate shall have the power
30 to act in the absence of the person for whom he is an alternate.
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1 The term of each alternate shall run concurrently with the term
2 of the member for whom he is an alternate.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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