Bill Text: PA SB963 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for duties, responsibilities and limitations on agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-17 - Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS [SB963 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB963-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 963 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, SCARNATI, CORMAN, KITCHEN, D. WHITE, TOMLINSON, GORDNER, EARLL, BAKER, EICHELBERGER, BRUBAKER, MUSTO, PICCOLA, VOGEL, FOLMER, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, FARNESE, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, YAW, SMUCKER, WARD AND ORIE, JUNE 12, 2009
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 12, 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
duties, responsibilities and limitations on agencies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359,
No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation
Fund Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 8. Duties, responsibilities and limitations on
agencies.
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(h.1) Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.--The
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may utilize
realty transfer tax revenues for the operation and maintenance
of State parks.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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