PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2136

PRINTER'S NO.  2182

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1691

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BRADFORD, HARPER AND PERRY, JUNE 17, 2011

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 2011   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled

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"An act providing for planning for the processing and

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disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit

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plans for municipal waste management systems within their

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boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities

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for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and

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collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host

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municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement

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recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to

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procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers

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to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental

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Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the

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Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;

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providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a

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fund; and making repeals," in general provisions, defining

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"yard waste," and in grants, further providing for general

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limitations.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 103 of the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556,

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No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and

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Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a definition to read:

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Section 103.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

 


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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Yard waste."  The term includes, but is not limited to, leaf

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waste.

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Section 2.  Section 905(c) of the act, amended December 9,

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2002 (P.L.1404, No.175), is amended to read:

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Section 905.  General limitations.

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(c)  Other limitations on grants.--The department may not

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award any grant under this chapter to any county or municipality

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that has failed to comply with the conditions set forth in

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previously awarded grants under this chapter, the requirements

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of this chapter and any regulations promulgated pursuant

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thereto, provided that the department shall not prohibit the

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award of any grant to a county or municipality that has adopted

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an ordinance allowing the limited burning periodically for any

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reason permitted by the ordinance of yard waste, leaf waste, or

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both.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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