PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2624

PRINTER'S NO.  3268

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1934

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, BOYD, EVERETT, GABLER, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, MASSER, METCALFE, MILLARD, MOUL, O'NEILL, PERRY, RAPP, ROAE, SACCONE, STERN, YOUNGBLOOD, DAVIDSON, KORTZ AND CALTAGIRONE, OCTOBER 24, 2011

  

  

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 26, 2012   

  

  

  

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 recycling and waste reduction, 

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further providing for municipal implementation of recycling

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programs.

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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 1501 of the act of July 28, 1988

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(P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,

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Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a

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subsection to read:

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Section 1501.  Municipal implementation of recycling programs.

 


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(b.1)  Determination of population.--For purposes of

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determining population of a municipality other than a county

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under subsections (a) and (b), the number of people residing in

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a Federal or State facility that conducts a facility-wide

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recycling program administered by the Federal or State

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government and that is situated in the municipality shall be

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excluded. This subsection shall not apply to any municipality

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which, prior to the 2010 census, administered a mandatory

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recycling program under this section.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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