Section 9

Act 117 of 1965, § 9, under OPEN PIT OR STRIP MINES - ACQUISITION AND RECLAMATION.

Act 117 of 1965, § 9

Section 9. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Environmental Resources the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to be established as a separate fund for the purposes herein provided, which fund shall be called the "Coal Lands Improvement Fund," into which moneys received from sale of lands as set forth hereinbefore shall accumulate as a revolving fund. An amount not to exceed ten percent of this appropriation and an amount not to exceed ten percent of the moneys received from the sale of lands may be used for administrative purposes.

(9 amended Dec. 12, 1980, P.L.1171, No.215)

Compiler's Note: The Department of Environmental Resources,

referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 18 of

1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of

Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of

Environmental Protection.