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Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Senator Mike Brubaker, Chairman
16 East Wing - Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036
(717) 787-4420
(717) 783-3156 (fax)
SenateAgRuralAffairs@pasen.gov
Kristin J.
Crawford, Executive Director
Tuesday,
June 9, 2009
12:00 p.m.
Room 8 E-A East Wing
Agenda
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- House Bill 39 (Caltagirone), amending
the animal cruelty provisions of the Crimes Code (Title 18) by prohibiting
dog owners from performing certain surgical procedures on their dogs and by
granting authority to dog wardens to enforce certain provisions of the
animal cruelty statute in counties lacking a court appointed humane society
police officer (HSPO).
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Summary of House Bill 39
- A01199 standardizing violations for ear
cropping; clarifying possession of a dog as it pertains to prima facie
evidence of a violation; permitting a veterinarian to perform tail
docking on a dog at certain ages; clarifying record keeping
requirements, and; removing the provision giving State dog wardens the
authority to enforce the Cruelty to Animals section of the Crimes Code.
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Summary of A01199
- Senate Bill 298
(Yaw), amending Act 319 of
1974, Clean & Green, to permit the extraction of natural gas without
triggering a breach of preferential assessment.
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Summary of Senate Bill 298
- A01600 adding definitions, permitting the
production of alternative energy generated from a Tier I energy source
on land enrolled in Clean and Green; providing for exemptions from
roll-back taxes and clarifications on when and how roll-back can be
charged, and; providing for commercial energy systems.
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Summary of A01600
- A01419 -
permitting small noncoal surface mining on land covered by preferential
assessment as provided for by the "Noncoal Surface Mining Conversation
and Reclamation Act"; imposing roll-back taxes and adjustment of fair
market value of those portions of land utilized for small noncoal
surface mining and; providing that roll-back taxes on those portions of
land shall not invalidate preferential assessment of the remainder of
eligible land.
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Summary of A01419
- Senate Bill 607
(Wozniak), amending the
Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act adding the regional campuses of the
University of Pittsburgh to the list of colleges and universities whose
faculty members are eligible to receive grants through the Center for Rural
Pennsylvania, raising the maximum grant amount from $50,000 to $60,000, and
technical clarifications.
- Senate Bill 698 (Waugh), creating the Pennsylvania Farms to Fuels Initiatives Act.
- Senate
Resolution 132 - (Brubaker), declaring August 2009 as 'Produce Month' in
Pennsylvania.
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