Bill Text: PA SB117 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Further providing for annual reports; and making editorial changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-04-29 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB117 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB117-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 89 PRINTER'S NO. 189
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 117 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MUSTO, STOUT, GORDNER, VANCE, RAFFERTY, FOLMER, PILEGGI, BAKER, ROBBINS, BROWNE, EARLL, ORIE, WAUGH, ERICKSON, SCARNATI, D. WHITE AND WONDERLING, JANUARY 29, 2009
SENATOR M. WHITE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An
act providing for the establishment, operation and
administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and
Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty
transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund;
authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval
of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of,
improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational
facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and
public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on
the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of
Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State
System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission
and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a
transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General
Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for
annual reports; and making editorial changes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359,
No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation
Fund Act, is amended to read:
Section 9. Annual reports.
[Beginning on January 31, 1995, and annually] No later than
July 1, 2009, and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of
[Environmental Resources, the Department of Community Affairs,]
Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Education,
the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission[,] and the
State System of Higher Education[, the Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission] shall each
submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report
of projects and services provided by [funding from this act.]
moneys from the fund. For grants awarded from the fund, the
annual report shall, at a minimum, include the following: the
name of the applicant, location and description of the project,
total project costs, the amount requested, any matching funds
provided by the applicant, anticipated project completion GRANT <--
CONTRACT EXPIRATION date and the amount granted. Each department
and agency shall publish and maintain the annual report on the
department's or agency's publicly accessible Internet website.
At the discretion of the department and agency, the annual
report required under this section may be submitted to the
Governor and the General Assembly by electronic mail.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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