Bill Text: PA SB887 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Further providing for powers and duties of counties.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-27 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB887 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB887-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1057

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

887

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY COSTA, MUSTO, GORDNER, McILHINNEY, HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE, VANCE, LEACH, FONTANA, FARNESE, STOUT AND BOSCOLA, MAY 27, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 27, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled

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"An act providing for planning for the processing and

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disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit

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plans for municipal waste management systems within their

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boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities

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for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and

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collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host

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municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement

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recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to

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procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers

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to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental

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Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the

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Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;

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providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a

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fund; and making repeals," further providing for powers and

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duties of counties.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 303 of the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556,

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No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and

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Waste Reduction Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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Section 303.  Powers and duties of counties.

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(g)  Fees.--A county may impose a recycling and waste

 


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management fee on municipal solid waste generated within its

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borders and disposed of at resource recovery facilities or

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municipal waste landfills designated in the county's municipal

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waste management plan as provided for in Chapter 5.

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(1)  The fee:

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(i)  Shall not initially exceed $4 per ton.

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(ii)  Limit imposed in subparagraph (i) may be

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increased every five years to account for inflation by

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taking the average of the five prior years' increases, if

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any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

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(CPI-U) categorized further as Philadelphia All Items as

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officially reported by the Department of Labor, Bureau of

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Labor Statistics.

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(iii)  Shall be collected by the operator and paid to

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the county or its agent on a quarterly basis or as

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otherwise negotiated on a form approved by the county.

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(2)  The operator that is charged a fee pursuant to this

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subsection may pass through and obtain the fee from the

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generator of such waste as a surcharge on any fee schedule

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established pursuant to law, ordinance, resolution or

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contract for solid waste collection, transfer, transport and

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delivery.

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(3)  (i)  If an operator fails to make a timely payment

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of a fee imposed by a county, the county may require

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interest and any additional penalty as authorized under

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section 703. The county or its designee shall collect

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interest or additional penalties under the requirements

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of section 703.

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(ii)  The interest or additional penalties imposed

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shall not be recoverable by an operator as described in

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paragraph (2).

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(4)  Funds generated by this fee shall be deposited in a

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dedicated account or fund to be used exclusively for

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recycling and waste management activities, services, staff or

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plan implementation. These activities may include:

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(i)  Recycling and composting collection, processing,

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research or program planning.

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(ii)  Related alternative energy, waste and recycling

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activities.

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(iii)  Collections for special materials.

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(iv)  Household hazardous waste or Universal Waste

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programs.

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(v)  Illegal dump and litter remediation and

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prevention activities.

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(vi)  Public education and promotion associated with

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and enforcement of waste and recycling programs.

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(vii)  Staff and overhead costs associated with

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administration and implementation of these programs.

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(5)  The county solid waste authority or county solid

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waste advisory committee, as described in section 503(a), or

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its designee shall review a spending plan for these funds,

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make suggestions and propose any changes it believes

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appropriate.

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(6)  A county or its agents may enter into agreements

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with municipalities, councils of governments or other

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appropriate agencies to provide these services.

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(7)  These provisions shall not preclude a county or its

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designated agent from negotiating other fees to support

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programs described in paragraph (4).

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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