Pennsylvania Act 2002-165 — CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES ACT - AMEND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR STATE FORESTS

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CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES ACT - AMEND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR
                              STATE FORESTS
                 Act of Dec. 9, 2002, P.L. 1363, No. 165              Cl. 27
                             Session of 2002
                               No. 2002-165

     HB 1696

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
        act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
        Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
        of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
        Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
        as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
        role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
        Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
        of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
        Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
        Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts,"
        further providing for transfer of funds for purposes of State
        forests.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 319(c) of the act of June 28, 1995
     (P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources
     Act, is amended to read:
      Section 319.  Transfer of funds.
        * * *
        (c)  State forests.--
            (1)  A minimum of 10% of the previous fiscal year's
        receipts of the Forestry Stumpage Sales Restricted Receipts
        Account shall be transferred to a separate Forest
        Regeneration Restricted Revenue Account and is hereby
        appropriated to the department, in addition to the funds
        necessary for the operation, maintenance and administration
        of the State forest system, to expend on forest regeneration
        activities, including, but not limited to, erecting deer
        fences, planting trees and treating forests with herbicides.
        Any balance in the Forest Regeneration Restricted Revenue
        Account in excess of 5% of the previous year's receipts at
        the end of the fiscal year shall be returned to the Forestry
        Stumpage Sales Restricted Receipts Account.
            (2)  Not more than 5% of the previous fiscal year's
        receipts of the Forestry Stumpage Sales Restricted Receipts
        Account shall be used by the department for the purposes of
        providing contracts for forestry research.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 9th day of December, A. D. 2002.

     MARK S. SCHWEIKER