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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MUSTO, VANCE, KITCHEN, WAUGH, PILEGGI, TOMLINSON, BROWNE, ERICKSON, EARLL, SCARNATI, RAFFERTY, BAKER, ORIE, ROBBINS, D. WHITE AND BRUBAKER, JANUARY 29, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 29, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), entitled |
2 | "An act providing for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites; |
3 | providing further powers and duties of the Department of |
4 | Environmental Resources and the Environmental Quality Board; |
5 | providing for response and investigations for liability and |
6 | cost recovery; establishing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund; |
7 | providing for certain fees and for enforcement, remedies and |
8 | penalties; and repealing certain provisions relating to the |
9 | rate of the capital stock franchise tax," further providing |
10 | for the fund and for civil penalties. |
11 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
12 | hereby enacts as follows: |
13 | Section 1. Section 901(c) of the act of October 18, 1988 |
14 | (P.L.756, No.108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, is |
15 | amended by adding a paragraph to read: |
16 | Section 901. Fund. |
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18 | (c) Funds.--Money from the following sources shall be |
19 | deposited in the fund: |
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21 | (10) Civil penalties assessed under section 1104. |
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1 | Section 2. Section 1104 of the act is amended by adding a |
2 | subsection to read: |
3 | Section 1104. Civil penalties. |
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5 | (f) Deposit into fund.--Civil penalties assessed under this |
6 | section shall be deposited in the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund |
7 | established in section 602.3 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, |
8 | No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971. |
9 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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