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Bills On Governor's Desk

The following bills were given final approval by the Senate and House and are now on the Governor's desk for action--

General Fund Budget: Senate Bill 1073 (Browne-R-Lehigh), the FY 2016-17 General Fund budget proposal totaling $31.52 billion became law without the Governor’s signature.  Click Here for a PA Environment Digest summary of what’s in the budget.

            Click Here for a spreadsheet from Senate Republicans showing differences between FY 2015-16 and FY 2016-17 Senate-passed budget.  Click Here for a Senate Fiscal Note and summary.   Click Here for a narrative summary by the House Democratic Appropriations Committee staff.

Tax Code: House Bill 1198 (Barrar-R-Delaware) amends the Tax Code to provide the largest piece of the revenue package needed to support the FY 2016-17 General Fund budget adopted in Senate Bill 1073 (Browne-R-Lehigh). Click Here for a Senate Republican summary of the Tax Code bill provisions.  Click Here for a PA Environment Digest summary of the bill.  Click Here for a Senate Republican summary of the Tax Code bill provisions.  Click Here for a House Democratic summary of the Tax Code provisions.  The bill was signed into law as Act 84.

Fiscal Code: House Bill 1605 (James-R-Butler) amends the Fiscal Code with provisions to implement the FY 2016-17 General Fund budget, establishes the DCNR Heritage Parks Program and increases in-lieu of tax payments for State Forests lands to local governments was given final approval by the Senate and House.  Click Here for a PA Environment Digest summary of the bill. A House Fiscal Code and summary is available.  A Senate Fiscal Note and summary is available.  The bill was signed into law as Act 85.


7/18/2016

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