With only one day before the election, there are no committee meetings scheduled in Harrisburg and no scheduled session days before the November 7 election.

On the Governor’s Desk

Here are the bills pending on the Governor’s desk…

Regulatory Impacts: House Bill 236 (Pickett-R-Bradford) requiring the review of regulations for their impact on small business by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission was vetoed by Gov. Rendell this week.

Recycling Fee: House Bill 1902 (Rubley-R-Chester) extending the $2/ton Recycling Fee sunset date through 2012 is on the Governor’s desk.

Bills Introduced

Diesel Idling: House Bill 3079 (Gabig-R-Cumberland) establishing restrictions on idling diesel trucks. (text not yet available online)

NOTE: Links to Senate and House bills in past editions of the PA Environment Digest might not work because the webmasters of the General Assembly’s website changed the URLs. You can find bills by going to the Pennsylvania General Assembly website and putting in the bill number in the box at the top of the page.

11/3/2006