Bill Text: PA HB625 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for distribution of timber, wood products and gas and oil ground rentals and royalties.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 35-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [HB625 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB625-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 684
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 625 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, BAKER, RAPP, BEAR, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, KULA, MAJOR, METCALFE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, SIPTROTH, STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1798, No.591), entitled
"An act providing a fixed charge, payable by the
Commonwealth, on lands acquired by the State and the Federal
Government for forest reserves, or for the purpose of
preserving and perpetuating a portion of the original forests
of Pennsylvania, and preserving and maintaining the same as
public places and parks; and the distribution of the same for
county, school, township, and road purposes in the counties,
school districts, and townships where such forests are
located; and making an appropriation," providing for
distribution of timber, wood products and gas and oil ground
rentals and royalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1798, No.591),
referred to as the Forest Reserves Municipal Financial Relief
Law, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 3. Ten percent of all revenues received by a State
agency, except the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, through the sale of
timber and wood products, gas and oil ground rentals and
royalties and all other rentals from lands acquired by the
Commonwealth for the purposes enumerated in section 1, shall,
within thirty days of receipt of the revenue, be paid to the
treasurer of the county where the land from which the revenue is
generated is located. Within ninety days of receiving the
revenue, the county treasurer shall disburse forty percent of
the revenue to the school district and thirty percent of the
revenue to the municipality in which the revenue was generated.
The treasurer shall retain the remaining thirty percent for the
benefit of the county.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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