THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY EVANKOVICH, REESE, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, D. COSTA, COX, CUTLER, DAY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DUNBAR, ELLIS, EMRICK, EVERETT, FARRY, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HACKETT, HAHN, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HELM, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, MALONEY, MARSHALL, MASSER, METCALFE, METZGAR, MILLER, MULLERY, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PERRY, PETRARCA, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, SACCONE, CULVER, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TOBASH, TOOHIL, TRUITT AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 28, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 28, 2011  

AN ACT

Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to submit

annual reports relating to certain restricted accounts in the

State Treasury.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Department of

Environmental Protection Restricted Account Reporting Act.

Section 2.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Department."  The Department of Environmental Protection of

the Commonwealth.

"Restricted accounts."  The following funds within the State

Treasury:

(1)  The Clean Water Fund established under the act of

June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams

Law.

(2)  The Solid Waste Abatement Fund established under the

act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid

Waste Management Act.

(3)  The Clean Air Fund established under the act of

January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air

Pollution Control Act.

Section 3.  Duty to submit annual report.

No later than July 1, 2012, and every July 1 thereafter, the

department shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly

an annual report of the revenues received and projects funded

resulting from fines, civil penalties and other fees deposited

into the restricted accounts.

Section 4.  Contents of annual report.

(a)  General rule.--The annual report required by section 3

shall include the following information for each restricted

account:

(1)  The amount of fines, civil penalties and fees

deposited into the restricted account.

(2)  A listing of all grants, loans and other expenses

paid from the restricted account, including the name of each

grant recipient, location and description of the project

financed by the grant, the amount of funds from all sources

allocated to the project and the expiration date of the

project.

(b)  Publication.--The department shall publish and maintain

the annual report on the department's publicly accessible

Internet website.

(c)  Electronic submission.--At the discretion of the

department, the annual report required under section 3 may be

submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by electronic

mail.

Section 5.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.