PRINTER'S NO. 467
No. 447 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, DeWEESE, M. COHEN, READSHAW, SOLOBAY, MARKOSEK, TIGUE, HALUSKA, SHANER, ROBINSON, HENNESSEY, MELIO, PRESTON, ROBERTS, ARGALL, LAUGHLIN, SURRA, HARHAI, COLAFELLA, RAMOS, PETRARCA, VAN HORNE, BELFANTI, STEELMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, McCALL AND HORSEY, FEBRUARY 9, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 9, 1999
AN ACT 1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Conservation and 2 Natural Resources for allocation to the Bureau of Topographic 3 and Geologic Survey to conduct coal-related research. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. The sum of $1,000,000, or as much thereof as may 7 be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of 8 Conservation and Natural Resources for the fiscal year July 1, 9 1999, to June 30, 2000, for allocation to the Bureau of 10 Topographic and Geologic Survey to purchase and operate data 11 processing equipment and appropriate geologic software and 12 graphic devices to generate derivative maps and analyze 13 Pennsylvania coals and other mineral-related data, and to 14 acquire facilities and equipment to conduct laboratory research 15 to characterize the geochemical nature of Pennsylvania coals. 16 The Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey shall cooperate 17 with the Pennsylvania Mining and Mineral Resources Research
1 Institute to the maximum extent possible in the purchase and use 2 of facilities and equipment for the conduct of State coal- 3 related research and analyses in order to avoid the duplication 4 of effort and expense. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999. A19L84VDL/19990H0447B0467 - 2 -