PRINTER'S NO. 3037
No. 2227 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BALDWIN, BARD, CAPPELLI,
CRAHALLA, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GEORGE,
GERGELY, GINGRICH, GOOD, HALUSKA, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, JOSEPHS, LEACH, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY, R. MILLER,
NAILOR, O'NEILL, REICHLEY, ROSS, SATHER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY,
STERN, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, WATSON,
YOUNGBLOOD AND TANGRETTI, DECEMBER 8, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
DECEMBER 8, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 3, 1998 (P.L.946, No.125), entitled
2 "An act providing for the removal of waste illegally
3 deposited on State forest and State park lands or abutting
4 lands, for the closure of disposal sites, for the prevention
5 of unauthorized waste disposal on State forest and State park
6 lands or abutting lands and for grant programs; and
7 establishing the Forest Lands Beautification Restricted
8 Account," further providing for funding for the Forest Lands
9 Beautification Restricted Account.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of December 3, 1998
13 (P.L.946, No.125), known as the Forest Lands Beautification Act,
14 is amended to read:
15 Section 6. Funds.
16 There is hereby established in the General Fund a restricted
17 account to be known as the Forest Lands Beautification
18 Restricted Account. For a period of [five] ten years from the
1 effective date of this act, [this] the restricted account may
2 receive up to [$1,500,000] $500,000 annually, upon approval of
3 the Governor, from the [Recycling Fund created by section 706 of
4 the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the
5 Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act]
6 Solid Waste Abatement Fund established under the act of July 7,
7 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act.
8 Moneys in the restricted account are hereby appropriated to the
9 department to carry out the purposes of this act.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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