Several environmental bills were introduced this week in addition to legislation on deep mine safety resulting from the Quecreek Mine accident in 2002.

Deep Mine Safety: Senate Bill 949 (Kasuni-D-Somerset) amending the Bituminous Coal Mine Act to provide improved coal mine safety as a result of the Quecreek Mine accident.

Hybrid Tax Exemption: House Bill 2124 (Payne-R-Dauphin) exempting hybrid vehicles from sales tax.

Hybrid Vehicle Purchases: House Bill 2128 (Payne-R-Dauphin) requiring the Commonwealth to purchase hybrid vehicles so that in five years 50 percent of purchases will be hybrids.

10/28/2005