PRINTER'S NO. 1287
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1129
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, APRIL 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2019
AN ACT
Making appropriations from the General Fund to the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred
and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2020.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Appropriation
Act of 2019 – Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
PART III
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2019-2020
Section 301. Appropriations from General Fund.
The following amounts, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the
purposes specified in this part for the fiscal year beginning
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July 1, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and
remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30,
2020:
Federal State
For general government
operations of the Department of
Conservation and Natural
Resources.
State appropriation....... 22,063,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for general
government operations:
(1) "Topographic and Geologic
Survey Grants."
Federal appropriation..... 400,000
(2) "United States Endowment
- Healthy Watershed."
Federal appropriation..... 200,000
(3) (Reserved).
(4) "Land and Water
Conservation Fund." In addition
to these funds, any contingency
funds made available to the
Commonwealth under the Federal
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act are hereby appropriated.
Federal appropriation..... 9,000,000
(5) (Reserved).
(6) "Highlands Conservation
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Program."
Federal appropriation..... 6,500,000
(7) "Cooperative Endangered
Species."
Federal appropriation..... 28,000
For State parks operations.
State appropriation....... 56,185,000
For State forests operations
and forest pest management.
State appropriation....... 29,184,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for State
forests:
(1) "Forest Fire Protection
and Control."
Federal appropriation..... 2,000,000
(2) "Forestry Incentives and
Agricultural Conservation."
Federal appropriation..... 75,000
(3) "Forest Management and
Processing."
Federal appropriation..... 3,800,000
(4) "Aid to Volunteer Fire
Companies."
Federal appropriation..... 850,000
(4.1) (Reserved).
(5) "Wetland Protection
Fund."
Federal appropriation..... 300,000
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(6) "Forest Insect and
Disease Control."
Federal appropriation..... 4,000,000
(7) "Natural Resource
Conservation Service."
Federal appropriation..... 150,000
(8) "National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation."
Federal appropriation..... 1,000,000
For heritage and other parks.
State appropriation....... 3,025,000
For parks and forests
infrastructure projects.
State appropriation....... 2,500,000
For payment of annual fixed
charges in lieu of taxes to
counties and townships on land
acquired for water conservation
and flood control.
State appropriation....... 65,000
For payment of annual fixed
charges in lieu of taxes to
political subdivisions for school
districts on lands acquired by
the Commonwealth for Project 70.
State appropriation....... 88,000
For payment of annual fixed
charges in lieu of taxes to
counties, school districts and
townships on forest lands.
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State appropriation....... 7,758,000
For payment of annual fixed
charges in lieu of taxes to
counties, school districts and
local municipalities on State
park lands.
State appropriation....... 425,000
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 501. (Reserved).
Section 502. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2019, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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