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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Did You Know? New Pennsylvania Laws Taking Effect in 2013

Laws impact fines for underage drinking, reporting child abuse, animal euthanasia, simplifying voting rules for servicemen and women, and more.

New Pennsylvania laws that took effect in the beginning of the new year include: SB 941—The maximum fine for someone under the age of 18 caught drinking increased from $300 to $500 for the first offense, and the penalty is $1,000 on the second offense. SB 1586—The voting rules for people living overseas (servicemen and women, and others) and voting in Pennsylvania were simplified. SB 637—Contractors on public-works projects must verify that their employees are legal residents. SB 1137—Some school employees must be trained on recognizing child abuse, on the legal reporting obligations, and what relationship are appropriate with children.  Three hours of training every five years is now mandatory. HB 2630—Aspects of the animal euthanasia law…

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

New E-cycling Law To Make 2013 Greener

Households, businesses will no longer able to dispose of TVs, computer equipment through Waste Management.

If the holidays brought you new electronics or you’ve been keeping an old console TV in the garage in hopes an electronics recycling event would appear, there’s good news on the calendar for you and the environment. Pennsylvania’s new Covered Device Recycling Act takes effect today and requires the recycling of all TVs and computer equipment being discarded by households, businesses and institutions. The law also provides free recycling for these devices being disposed of by households and businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Larger businesses are required to pay for electronics recycling. “For the last several weeks we have informed our customers that our collection crews will not pick up TVs and computer equipment beginning Jan. 1, …

Roger

2:13 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Thanks for the info Mike. I am wondering why this information was not in the article. Apparently the township program and the new law are decoupled.   more ›

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