Pennsylvania Act 2011-61 — KEYSTONE RECREATION, PARK AND CONSERVATION FUND ACT - ANNUAL REPORTS

Act text

Session of 2011

No. 2011-61

SB 302

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), entitled "An act providing for the establishment, operation and administration of the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund; designating a portion of the State Realty transfer tax revenues as a funding source for the fund; authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval of the electorate, to provide funding for the acquisition of, improvements to and the rehabilitation of parks, recreational facilities, educational facilities, historic sites, zoos and public libraries; imposing additional powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the State System of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; requiring a transfer from the Realty Transfer Tax Account in the General Fund; and making an appropriation," further providing for annual reports; and making editorial changes.

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

Section 1. Section 9 of the act of July 2, 1993 (P.L.359, No.50), known as the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Act, is amended to read:

Section 9. Annual reports.

[Beginning on January 31, 1995, and annually] No later than July 1, 20 12 , and each July 1 thereafter, the Department of [Environmental Resources, the Department of Community Affairs,] Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission[,] and the State System of Higher Education[, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission] shall each submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual report of projects and services provided by [funding from this act.] moneys from the fund. For grants awarded from the fund, the annual report shall, at a minimum, include the following: the name of the applicant, location and description of the project, total project costs, the amount requested, any matching funds provided by the applicant, grant contract expiration date and the amount granted. Each agency shall publish and maintain the annual report on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website. At the discretion of the agency, the annual report required under this section may be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by electronic mail.

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

APPROVED--The 7th day of July, A.D. 2011.

TOM CORBETT