§ 2315. Statewide initiatives
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 58 Pa.C.S.A. Oil and GasEffective: February 14, 2012
Effective: February 14, 2012
58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2315
§ 2315. Statewide initiatives
(a.1) Deposit and distribution.--Following distribution under section 2314(c), (c.1) and (c.2) (relating to distribution of fee) from fees collected for 2011 and each year thereafter, 40% of the remaining revenue in the fund shall be deposited into the Marcellus Legacy Fund and appropriated to the commission and distributed within three months after the date the fee is due as follows:
(iii) Complying with the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L. 1535, No. 537),1 known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act.
(3) Twenty-five percent to the Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account in the Motor License Fund to counties to be distributed to fund the cost of the replacement or repair of locally owned at-risk deteriorated bridges. Funds shall be distributed to counties proportionately based on the population of the county as follows:
(4) Twenty-five percent for water and sewer projects. Fifty percent of the amount distributed under this paragraph shall be transmitted to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority to be used in accordance with the act of March 1, 1988 (P.L. 82, No. 16),2 known as the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority Act. Fifty percent of the amount distributed under this paragraph shall be distributed to the H2O PA program to be used by the Commonwealth Financing Authority in accordance with section 301 of the act of July 9, 2008 (P.L. 908, No. 63),3 known as the H2O PA Act. The prohibition on grants for projects located in a city or county of the first or second class under section 301 of the H2O PA Act shall not apply to funds distributed to the H2O PA Program under this paragraph.
(5) Fifteen percent for the planning, acquisition, development, rehabilitation and repair of greenways, recreational trails, open space, natural areas, community conservation and beautification projects, community and heritage parks and water resource management. Funds may be used to acquire lands for recreational or conservation purposes and land damaged or prone to drainage by storms or flooding. Funds shall be distributed to counties proportionately based on the population of the county as follows:
(i) From fees collected in 2011, 2012 and 2013, to the Department of Community and Economic Development for projects to provide for the planning, development, remodeling, remediation and construction of projects relating to oil, natural gas or other chemical substances. Projects under this subparagraph may include blending facilities to liquefy or refine natural gas or to convert natural gas to ethane, propane or other substances; facilities to refine oil; or facilities to refine or process oil, heating oil, jet fuel or any other chemical substance. Following 2014, funds not utilized by the Department of Community and Economic Development under this subparagraph shall be deposited in the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund.
Credits
2012, Feb. 14, P.L. 87, No. 13, § 1, imd. effective.
58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2315, PA ST 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2315
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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