PRINTER'S NO. 1276
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
991
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, ACOSTA, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN,
D. COSTA AND DAVIDSON, APRIL 20, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
APRIL 20, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in disposal fee, further providing for
disposal fee for municipal waste landfills, for deposit of
disposal fee and for allocation for Environmental Stewardship
Fund and establishing the Intellectual Disabilities and
Autism Waiting List Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 6301(a), 6302 and 6305 of Title 27 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 6301. Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills.
(a) Imposition.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b), each operator of a municipal waste landfill shall pay, in
the same manner prescribed in Chapter 7 of the act of July 28,
1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, a disposal fee of [$4] $7 per
ton for all solid waste disposed of at the municipal waste
landfill. The fee established in this section shall apply to
process residue and nonprocessible waste from a resource
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