THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

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

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 29, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), entitled

"An act providing for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites;

providing further powers and duties of the Department of

Environmental Resources and the Environmental Quality Board;

providing for response and investigations for liability and

cost recovery; establishing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund;

providing for certain fees and for enforcement, remedies and

penalties; and repealing certain provisions relating to the

rate of the capital stock franchise tax," further providing

for the fund and for civil penalties.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 901(c) of the act of October 18, 1988

(P.L.756, No.108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, is

amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 901.  Fund.

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(c)  Funds.--Money from the following sources shall be

deposited in the fund:

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(10)  Civil penalties assessed under section 1104.

Section 2.  Section 1104 of the act is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

Section 1104.  Civil penalties.

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(f)  Deposit into fund.--Civil penalties assessed under this

section shall be deposited in the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund

established in section 602.3 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6,

No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.