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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, BOBACK, BAKER, D. COSTA, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GRELL, GROVE, HACKETT, M. K. KELLER, MAHER, MILLARD, MILLER, MYERS, PEIFER, SCAVELLO, WATSON AND GINGRICH, MARCH 12, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 12, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Establishing the Watershed Disaster Reconstruction Account; |
2 | providing for transfer from the Surface Mining Conservation |
3 | and Reclamation Fund; and making appropriations. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Watershed |
8 | Disaster Reconstruction Act of 2012. |
9 | Section 2. Definitions. |
10 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
11 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
12 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
13 | "Account." The Watershed Disaster Reconstruction Account |
14 | established in section 3. |
15 | Section 3. Account. |
16 | There is hereby established within the General Fund an |
17 | account to be known as the Watershed Disaster Reconstruction |
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1 | Account. |
2 | Section 4. Transfer. |
3 | The sum of $4,400,000 is hereby transferred from the Surface |
4 | Mining Conservation and Reclamation Fund to the Watershed |
5 | Disaster Reconstruction Account. |
6 | Section 5. Appropriations. |
7 | (a) Clean streams.--The sum of $3,400,000 is hereby |
8 | appropriated from the account for allocation by the Governor for |
9 | payment of the Commonwealth's share necessary to secure Federal |
10 | funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural |
11 | Resources Conservation Service for stream restoration. |
12 | (b) United States Army Corps of Engineers.--The sum of |
13 | $1,000,000 is hereby appropriated from the account for |
14 | allocation by the Governor for payment of the Commonwealth's |
15 | share necessary to secure Federal funding from the United States |
16 | Army Corps of Engineers to assist with small stream threats to |
17 | life and property. |
18 | Section 6. Termination. |
19 | This act shall terminate September 30, 2012, and any money |
20 | remaining in the account shall be transferred to the Surface |
21 | Mining Conservation and Reclamation Fund. |
22 | Section 7. Effective date. |
23 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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