| PRINTER'S NO. 1000 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 857 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY DAVIS, MACKENZIE, COHEN, O'BRIEN, SAMUELSON, LONGIETTI, SWANGER, D. COSTA, FLYNN, MUNDY, FARINA, MATZIE, BROWNLEE, KINSEY, MILLARD, YOUNGBLOOD, FRANKEL, KORTZ, MOLCHANY, FLECK, WATSON, EVERETT, DEASY, MURT AND PARKER, MARCH 11, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, providing for recycling containers.
3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:
5Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7§ 8124. Recycling containers.
8(a) Availability.--If a trash receptacle is maintained for
9users of a public rest area under the jurisdiction of the
10commission, the commission shall maintain in close proximity to
11the trash receptacle a container for collecting glass, a
12container for collecting aluminum and a container for collecting
13plastic. The commission shall establish, with the local county
14recycling coordinator, a method of transporting the collected
15recyclable material to their respective markets in conjunction
16with local existing recycling programs.
1(b) Proceeds.--The commission shall retain all proceeds
2received from the recycling of items under subsection (a).
3Section 2. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall
4implement 74 Pa.C.S. § 8124 within one year of the effective
5date of this section.
6Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.