Section 26. Dams and Encroachments Fund.
All fines collected under the penal provisions of this act and all civil penalties collected under this act shall be paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth in a special fund known as the Dams and Encroachments Fund, which shall be administered by the department for use in protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth from the hazards to life, property, and the environment resulting from unsafe dams, water obstructions and encroachments. Disbursements from the fund shall be in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Environmental Quality Board.
(26 amended Oct. 23, 1979, P.L.204, No.70)
Compiler's Note: Section 502(c) of Act 18 of 1995, which created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the Environmental Quality Board shall have the powers and duties currently vested in it, except as vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by Act 18 of 1995, which powers and duties include those set forth in section 26.