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PRINTER'S NO. 1585
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1142
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, TEPLITZ, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY AND HUTCHINSON,
MARCH 7, 2016
REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, MARCH 7, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32), entitled, as
amended, "An act providing for the regulation of storage
tanks and tank facilities; imposing additional powers and
duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the
Environmental Quality Board; and making an appropriation,"
further providing for Underground Storage Tank
Indemnification Board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 703(a)(1) of the act of July 6, 1989
(P.L.169, No.32), known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention
Act, amended January 30, 1998 (P.L.46, No.13), is amended to
read:
Section 703. Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board.
(a) Establishment of board, appointment and terms.--There is
hereby created the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification
Board which shall consist of ten members. The Insurance
Commissioner and the Secretary of the Department of
Environmental Protection shall be ex officio members. Eight
members shall be appointed by the Governor, as follows:
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(1) Six members who shall be persons with particular
expertise in the management of underground storage tanks.
Three of these members shall be appointed for terms of four
years and three shall be appointed for a term of three years.
The Governor shall appoint the members, one each from a list
of nominees provided by each of the following:
(i) The Associated Petroleum Industries of
Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association.
(iii) The Service Station Dealers and Automotive
Repair Association of Pennsylvania and Delaware and the
Petroleum Retailers and Auto Repair Association, Inc.
(iv) [The Middle Atlantic Truck Stop Operators] The
Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association.
(v) The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania State
Grange and Pennsylvania Farmers Union.
(vi) The Tank Installers of Pennsylvania.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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