Bill Text: PA HB1683 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Further providing for the definitions of "department" and "secretary"; transferring the administration of the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps from the Department of Labor and Industry to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and making an appropriation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 35-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-30 - Laid on the table [HB1683 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1683-Amended.html

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CORRECTIVE REPRINTSENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2128, 2185, 2242 PRINTER'S NO. 2261
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1683 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CULVER, W. KELLER, MILLER, BAKER, BOYD, R. BROWN, CARROLL, CAUSER, COX, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, GROVE, HACKETT, HAHN, HEFFLEY, HESS, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, MAHER, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MASSER, MILLARD, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PEIFER, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROAE, ROSS, SACCONE, SCAVELLO, STERN, TAYLOR, TOEPEL, VULAKOVICH, GEIST AND MURT, JUNE 17, 2011
SENATOR GORDNER, LABOR AND INDUSTRY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, JUNE 29, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L.561, No.112), entitled "An
act establishing the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps; and
making an appropriation," further providing for the
definitions of "department" and "secretary"; and transferring <--
the administration of the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps
from the Department of Labor and Industry to the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources; and making an <--
appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "department" and "secretary"
in section 2 of the act of July 2, 1984 (P.L.561, No.112), known
as the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps Act, amended June 25,
1997 (P.L.339, No.38), are amended to read:
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:
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"Department." The Department of [Labor and Industry]
Conservation and Natural Resources.
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"Secretary." The Secretary of [Labor and Industry]
Conservation and Natural Resources.
* * *
Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended July 2, 1993
(P.L.350, No.49), is amended to read:
Section 3. Pennsylvania Conservation Corps created.
There is hereby created within the Department of [Labor and
Industry] Conservation and Natural Resources the Pennsylvania
Conservation Corps.
Section 3. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 12.2. Transfers.
There are transferred from the Department of Labor and
Industry to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
all of the following:
(1) The property, supplies, equipment and records being
used in the administration of this act.
(2) The personnel employed in the administration of this
act.
(3) The unexpended balances of appropriations,
allocations and other funds available under this act.
(4) The rights and obligations of contracts entered into
under this act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. <--
Section 4. The sum of $4,000,000 is hereby appropriated from <--
the Oil and Gas Lease Fund established under the act of December
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15, 1955 (P.L.865, No.256), entitled "An act requiring rents and
royalties from oil and gas leases of Commonwealth land to be
placed in a special fund to be used for conservation,
recreation, dams, and flood control; authorizing the Secretary
of Forests and Waters to determine the need for and location of
such projects and to acquire the necessary land," to the
Department of Labor and Industry for the purpose of funding the
Pennsylvania Conservation Corps for the fiscal period beginning
July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.
Section 5. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) Section 4 of this act shall take effect July 1,
2011.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1,
2012.
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