PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1585
PRINTER'S NO. 1598
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1142
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, TEPLITZ, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY AND HUTCHINSON,
MARCH 7, 2016
SENATOR WHITE, BANKING AND INSURANCE, AS AMENDED, MARCH 14, 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) 703(A) 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,] TWO MEMBERS, THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER,
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL APPOINT ONE
MEMBER, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE SHALL APPOINT ONE
MEMBER AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES SHALL APPOINT ONE MEMBER. THE APPOINTMENTS
SHALL INCLUDE 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.
(2) [ONE] THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT ONE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT MEMBER WHO SHALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE IN
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBER SHALL
BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
(3) [ONE] THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT ONE PUBLIC MEMBER
WHO SHALL NOT BE AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF STORAGE TANKS NOR
AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY PERSON REGULATED UNDER THIS
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ACT. THE PUBLIC MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE
YEARS.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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