COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1983

-- SESSION OF 1983 167TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 20

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The following roll call was recorded: The House convened at I p.m., e.s.t. PRESENT-199 Afnerbach Evans Lint an Rieger THE SPEAKER (K. LEROY IRVIS) Alderette Fargo Livengood Robbins IN THE CHAIR Angstadt Fattah Lloyd Rudy Armsrrong Fee Lucyk Ryan PRAYER Fischer McCall Rybak Baldwin Flick McHale Salaom Barber Foster, W. W. Mclntyre Salvatore REV. DR. DAVID R. HOOVER, chaplain of the House Battisto Foster. Jr.. A. McMonagle Saurman of Representatives, from McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, Belardi Freeman McVerry Scheetr offered the following prayer: Belfanti Freind Mackowiki Schuler Beloff Fryer Madigan Semmel Most gracious Lord, we reverently pause at the beginning Blaum Gallagher Maiale Serafini of this week's session with the knowledge and assurance that Book Gallen Manderina Seventy Bawser Gamble Manmiller Showers Thou art by our side. We look to Thee with the confidence Boyes Cannon Markosek Sirianni and consolation that Thou wilt see us through any difficult or Brandt Geiit Mar mian Smith, 6. trying time. We pray that Thou wilt continue to inspire and Broujas George Mayernit Smith. L. E. Bunt Gladeck Merry Snyder, D; W. direct our paths in Thy way. Burd Godshall Michlovic Snyder, G. M. We beseech Thee, 0 Lord, to look with favor upon us and Burns Greenwood Micozrie challenge us to bring forth in daily life and conversation that Caltagirone Grieco Miller airs Cappabianca Gruitra Miscevich Sreighner which will enable us to show forth Thy honor and Thy glory. Carn Gruppo Moehlmann Stewart This we ask with the fullest revelation of Thy spirit shown in Cawley Hagarty Morris Stuban the deeds we bring to maturity. Amen. Cerrar Haluika Mowery Sweet Cimini Harper Mrkonic Swift Civeia Hasay Murphy Taylor, E. Z. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Clark Hayes Nahill Taylor, F. E. Clymer Herman NOye Telek (The Pledge of Allegiance was enunciated by members.) Cohen Hershey O'Brien Tigue Colafella Hoeffel O'Donnell Trello Cole Honaman Olasz Truman JOURNAL APPROVAL POSTPONED Cordisco Hutchinson Oliver Van Harne Cornell llkin Perzel Vroon Coslett Jackson Peterson Wachob The SPEAKER. Without objection, approval of the Cawell Jarolin Petrarca Wambach Journal for Wednesday, March 16, 1983, will be postponed COY Johnson Perrone Wargo until the Journal is printed. The Chair hears no objection. Deluca Kasunic Phillips Wass DeVerter Kennedy Piccola Westan DeWeese Klingaman Pievsky Williams JOURNAL APPROVED Daley Kosinski Pistella Wilson Davies Ka8'alyshyn Pitts Wagan The SPEAKER. The Journal of Monday, March 14, 1983, Dawida Kukovich Pot1 Wozniak Deal Lashinger Pratt Wright. D. R. being in print, will stand approved unless the Chair hears an Dietr Laughlin Preston Wright, J. L. objection. The Chair hears no objection. The Journal stands Dininni Lehr Punt Wright, R. C. Dombrowski Lercovitz Rappaport Zwikl approved. Donatucci Letterman Reber Dorr Levi Reinard Irvir. MASTER ROLL CALL RECORDED Duff? Levin Richardson Speaker Durham The SPEAKER. The Chair is about to take the master roll call and urges all members within the hearing of its voice to report promptly to the floor of the House. All those present NOT VOTING-3 will now place their names on the master roll. Members will proceed to vote. Stevens Wiggins 212 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

EXCUSED-0 CLARK, O'DONNELL, D. R. WRIGHT, LEAVES ADDED-3 WILSON, LETTERMAN, SWEET, J. L. WRIGHT, LEHR, PETRARCA, Spencer Stevens Wiggins WIGGINS, HALUSKA, MICHLOVIC, RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, STEIGHNER, LEAVES OF ABSENCE GRANTED DAWIDA, TRELLO, MORRIS, DALEY, ALDERETTE, OLASZ, JAROLIN, The SPEAKER. The Chair now turns to leaves of absence. PRESTON, BELFANTI, GAMBLE, The Chair recognizes the majority whip for leaves of SALOOM, CORDISCO, GANNON and absence. Are there any leaves for the majority side? LUCYK Mr. O'DONNELL. Mr. Speaker, 1 request leave for the An 'Act providing for emergency mortgage assistance for gentleman from Philadelphia, Mr. WIGGINS, for today. homeowners. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND COM- Without objection, the leave of absence will be granted. MERCE, March 21,1983. The Chair hears none. By Representatives COWELL, The Chair recognizes- the minority whim Does the minority I MARKOSEK, IRVlS and ITKIN whip have leaves of absence? An Act amending the "Second Class County Code," approved Mr. HAYES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. July 28, 1953 (P. L. 723, No. 230), providing for the continued I request leave for the gentleman from Luzerne, Mr. existence of residential finance authorities; and making a repeal. STEVENS, for today, and the gentleman from Tioga, Mr. I Referred to Committee on URBAN AFFAIRS, March 21, SPENCER, for the week. ,no, The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Without objection, leaves will be granted. The Chair hears No. 502 By Representatives TRELLO, McVERRY, no objection. PISTELLA, MICHLOVIC, MARKOSEK and MAYERNIK HOUSE BILLS An Act amending the "Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans INTRODUCED AND REFERRED Law," approved April 13, 1972 (P. L. 184, No. 62), regulating time of petitions. No. 499 By Representatives IRVIS, KUKOVICH, Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EVANS, GEORGE, AFFLERBACH, March 21, 1953. LINTON, WAMBACH, CARN, WOZNIAK, McHALE, FREEMAN, No. 503 By Representatives COWELL, IRVIS, CALTAGIRONE, COLE, GALLAGHER, MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK and ITKIN PISTELLA, PRATT, OLIVER, HARPER, An Act relating to the protection of the abused, neglected, CLARK, O'DONNELL, D. R. WRIGHT, exploited or abandoned elderly; establishing a uniform Statewide WILSON, LETTERMAN, SWEET, reporting and in\e,t~pati\.es)stem for $u\peaed abuse. neglect. e~pl~~itationor abandonment of the elderly; and pro8iding pro. J. L. WRIGHT, LEHR, PETRARCA, tective services. WIGGINS, HALUSKA, MICHLOVIC, RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, STEIGHNER, Referred to Committee on HEALTH AND WELFARE, PAWIDA, TRELLO, MORRIS, DALEY, March 21, 1983. ALDERETTE, OLASZ, JAROLIN, No. 504 By Representatives PISTELLA, McVERRY, PRESTON, BELFANTI, GAMBLE, TRELLO, MICHLOVIC, SEVENTY, CORDISCO, SALOOM, GANNON and COWELL, MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK and LUCYK ITKIN An Act amending the "Tax Reform Code of 1971," approved An Act amending the "Second Class County Code," approved March 4, 1971 (P. L. 6, No. 2), temporarily increasing the rate of July 28, 1953 (P. L. 723, No. 230), changing the date for filing the realty transfer tax; and establishing the State Homeowners' financial reports with the Department of Community Affairs. Emergency Mortgage Assistance Fund. Referred to Committee on URBAN AFFAIRS, March 21, Referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND COM- 1983. MERCE, March 21, 1983. No. 505 By Representatives PRESTON, TRELLO, No. 500 By Representatives IRVIS, KUKOVICH, IRVIS, GAMBLE, MRKONIC, McVERRY, EVANS, GEORGE, AFFLERBACH, PISTELLA, DAWIDA, MICHLOVIC, LINTON, WAMBACH, CARN, MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK, MURPHY, WOZNIAK, McHALE, FREEMAN, COWELL and ITKIN CALTAGIRONE, COLE, GALLAGHER, PISTELLA, PRATT, OLIVER, HARPER, I 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 213

An Act amending the "Second Class County Port Authority No. 510 By Representatives PERZEL and WESTON Act," approved April 6, I956 (1955 P. L. 1414, No. 4651, prohib- iting smoking, eating and drinking in certain public conveyances An Act amending the '*Tax Reform Code of 1971," approved owned or operated by a port authority created under the act; and March 4, 1971 (P. L. 6, NO. 2), excluding certain senior citizen providing a penalty. organizations from taxes on sales. ~~f~~~~dto committee on URBAN AFFAIRS, ~~~~h 21, Referred tocommitteeon FINANCE, March 21, 1983. 1983. No. 511 By Representatives DeWEESE, MRKONIC, No. 506 By Representatives DAWIDA, COWELL, CIMINI, GLADECK, BALDWIN and PISTELLA, McVERRY, IRVIS, BOOK PRESTON, TRELLO, MICHLOVIC, An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsyl- MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK and ITKIN vania Consolidated Statutes, providing a pension for paralyzed veterans. An Act amending the "Mental Health Procedures Act," approved July 9, 1976 (P. L. 817, No. 143), further providing for Referred to Committee on MILITARY AND VETERANS payment of costs for treatment. AFFAIRS, March 21, 1983. Referred to Committee on HEALTH AND WELFARE, No. 512 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, March 21, 1983. BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, No. 507 By Representatives McVERRY, PISTELLA, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, PRESTON, TRELLO, MARKOSEK, MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, COWELL, IRVlS and ITKIN WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, An Act amending the "Tax Reform Code of 1971," approved J. L. WRIGHT, MARMION, WASS, March 4, 1971 (P. L. 6, No. 2), further providing for the commis- sions payable to the rezorder of deeds for the collection of the MACKOWSKI, CARN, BATTISTO, State tax on realty transfers. HERMAN, JAROLIN, MOWERY, KENNEDY and LASHINGER Referred to Committee on FINANCE, March 21, 1983. An Act creating the Pennsylvania Development Authority; No. 508 By Representatives GAMBLE, 'OWELL conferring powers and imposing duties upon the authority; and and MRKONIC providing for development assistance. An Act amending the "Second Class County Code," approved ~~f~~~~dto Committee on BUSINESS AND COM. July 28, 1953 (P. L. 723, No. 230), further providing for the defi- MERCE, ~~~~h 21, 1983, nition of "Early Retirement"; further providing for eligibility for retirement allowances: and further providing for survivorship No. 513 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, option benefits. BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, Referred to Committee on URBAN AFFAIRS, March 21, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, IOU7 MANMILLER, SPITZ. PERZEL. BUNT.

WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, ' No. 509 By Representatives JACKSON, MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, LETTERMAN, MOEHLMANN, MACKOWSKI, J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BRANDT, DIETZ, SCHULER, SCHEETZ, BATTISTO, HERMAN, JAROLIN, DORR, FARGO, ROBBINS, TELEK, HONAMAN, MOWERY, LASHINGER, KENNEDY and SWIFT, GALLEN, DAVIES, ' MARMION A. C. FOSTER, JR., NOYE, W. W. FOSTER, KENNEDY, An Act amending the "Banking Code of 1965," approved PETRARCA, HAYES, RYAN, November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356). increasing the limit on commercial loans. MANMILLER. MOWERY. CIMINI. CESSAR, STAIRS, DeWEESE, B. SMITH, Referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND COM- MERRY, TIGUE, BOWSER, WARGO, MERCE, March 21, 1983. COY, BURNS, BUNT, ARTY, MORRIS, No. 514 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, CIVERA, BOYES, PHILLIPS, NAHILL, BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, HALUSKA, SHOWERS, REBER, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, LASHINGER and PlTTS MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Department of General WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, Services to reimburse volunteer fire and volunteer ambulance MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, rescue companies who respond to fires or other emergencies on MACKOWSKI, MARMION, State-owned property; %id making an appropriation. J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, HERMAN, JAROLIN, DORR, MOWERY, March 21, 1983. LASHINGER and KENNEDY 214 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

An Act amending the "Banking Code of 1965," approved WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), increasing the limit on MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, indebtedness on commercial loans. MACKOWSKI, MARMION, Referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND COM- J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, MERCE, March 21, 1983. HERMAN, JAROLIN, DORR, MOWERY and LASHINGER No. 515 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, An Act amending the "Pennsylvania Industrial Development NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, Authority Act," approved May 17, 1956 (1955 P. L. 1609, No. MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, 537), increasing loan limits; and requiring prompt action on loan applications. WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, Referred to Committee on BUSINESS AND COM- MACKOWSKI, MARMION, MERCE, March 21,1983. J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, No. 519 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, HERMAN, JAROLIN, MOWERY and BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, LASHINGER NOYE. CLYMER. DeVERTER. BOOK. An Act providing for a uniform product liability law. MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, March 21, 1983. MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, No. 516 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, MACKOWSKI, MARMION, BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, HERMAN, JAROLIN, DORR, MOWERY,

MANMILLER. SPITZ. PERZEL, BUNT. LASHINGER-~~ and~~~~~~- KENNEDY -- - WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR, An Act amending "The Administrative Code of 1929," MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, approved April 9, 1929 (P. L. 177, No. 175), providing for the MACKOWSKI, MARMION, aooointment of certain unemoloved.. .oersons to fill vacant State J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, job positions. HERMAN, JAROLIN, MOWERY and Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, LASHINGER March 21, 1983. An Act amending "The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensa- No. 521 By ~epresen'tativesHASAY, TIGUE, tion Act," approved June 2, 1915 (P. L. 736, No. 33% further providing for the amounts of compensation payable in certain CAWLEY, BLAUM, GODSHALL, WASS, cases, for a connective period for death and occupational disease DeLUCA, HERSHEY and DAVIES claims, for the amounts of compensation payable in certain cases An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judi- and for the effective date of certain claim petitions; and making ciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated an editorial change. Statutes. addine-. orovisions relatine- to tamoerine. " with food. Referred to Committee on LABOR RELATIONS, drugs or medicine. March 21, 1983. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, March 21, 1983. No. 517 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, No. 522 By Representatives OLASZ, LETTERMAN, BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, NOYE, PETRARCA, CESSAR, HASAY, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, CLARK, STUBAN, PHILLIPS, GRIECO, MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, G. M. SNYDER, MISCEVICH, WILSON, PHILLIPS, E. 2. TAYLOR, CALTAGIRONE, McMONAGLE, MERRY, B. SMITH, FARGO, WASS, MRKONIC, FEE, WOZNIAK, KASUNIC, MACKOWSKI, MARMION, DeWEESE, W. W. FOSTER, WASS, J. L. WRIGHT, CARN, BATTISTO, TRELLO, REINARD, GRUITZA, HERMAN, JAROLIN, MOWERY and ALDERETTE, A. C. FOSTER, JR., LASHINGER DeLUCA, GAMBLE, DALEY, An Act amending the "Unemployment Compensation Law," VAN HORNE, SEVENTY, LUCYK, approved December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P. L. 2897, No. SALOOM, GEORGE, COLAFELLA, I), further providing for benefits. CAWLEY, COSLETT, HAYES, Referred to Committee on LABOR RELATIONS, MACKOWSKI, DIETZ, TELEK, March 21. 1983. BELFANTI, McCALL, LIVENGOOD, GRUPPO, GEIST, SERAFINI, BELARDI No. 518 By Representatives PUNT, NAHILL, and CAPPABIANCA BURD, COSLETT, HASAY, CESSAR, NOYE, CLYMER, DeVERTER, BOOK, An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Penn- MANMILLER, SPITZ, PERZEL, BUNT, sylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for municipal regulation of firearms and ammunition. 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 215 Referred tocommitteeon JUDICIARY, March 21, 1983. I Will the House agree to the bill on second consideration? SENATE BlLL FOR CONCURRENCE BlLL RECOMMITTED

The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, presented the The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader. following bill for concurrence: Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, I move that HB 160, PN 414, be recommitted to the Appropriations Committee for a SB 299, PN 503 fiscal note. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY, March 21,1983. On the question, Wi!l the House agree to the motion? HOUSE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED AND REFERRED The following roll call was recorded:

No. 50 (Concurrent) By Representatives KLINGAMAN, Afflerbach Evans Lloyd Richardson Alderette Fargo Lucyk Rieger J. L. WRIGHT, HASAY, LEHR, Angstadt Fee McCall Robbins COWELL, COY, MARMION, HAYES, Armstrong Fischer McHale Rudy MANMILLER, LEVI, McCALL, Baldwin Flick Mclntyre Ryan Barber Foster, W. W. McManagle Rybak SERAFINI, MAIALE, ALDERETTE, Battisto Foster. Jr., A. McVerry Saloam FATTAH, PETERSON, SIRIANNI, Belardi Freeman Mackowski Salvatore COSLETT, LASHINGER, MORRIS, Belaff Fryer Madigan Saurman Blaum Gallagher Maiale Scheetz CIVERA, MAYERNIK, PISTELLA, Book Gallen Manderino Schuler VROON, G. M. SNYDER, SAURMAN, Bowier Gamble Manmiller Semmel GREENWOOD, MILLER, MICOZZIE, Boyes Gannon Markosek Serafini Brandt Geist Marmian Seventy DORR, GEIST, ARTY, HERMAN, Braujos George Mayernik Sirianni

BELFANTI, MARKOSEK, STEWART, Bunt Godshall Merry Smith. -8 OLIVER, BARBER, HONAMAN, CIMINI, Burd Greenwood Michlovic Smith, L. E. Burns Gricca Micozrie Snyder, D. W. GRUPPO, POTT, HERSHEY, HALUSKA, Caltagirone Gruitza Miller Snyder. G. M. STUBAN and KUKOVlCH Cappabianca Gruppo Mircevich Stairs Carn Hagarty Maehlmann Steighner Urging the Governor to proclaim April 1983 as "Child Abuse Cawley Haluska Morris Stewart Prevention Month." Ceshar Harper Mowery Stuban Cimini Hasay Mrkonic Sweet Referred to Committeeon RULES, March 21, 1983. Civera Hayes Murphy Swift Clark Herman Nahill Taylor, E. Z. Clymer Hershey Noye Taylor, F. E. WELCOME Calafella Hacffel O'Brien Tigue Cole Honaman O'Dannell Trello The SPEAKER. The Chair is pleased to welcome to the hall Cordisco Hutchinson Olasr Truman of the House Richard and Carol Sciorillo, who are here as the Cornell ltkin Oliver Van Horne Coilett Jackson Perrel Vroon guests of Representative McMonagle. Cowcll Jaralin Peterson Wachob COY Johnson Petrarca Wambach CALENDAR Deluca Kasunic Petrane Wargo DeVerter Kennedy Phillips Wasa BILL AGREED TO De Weese Klingaman Piccola Weston Daley Kasinski Pievsky Williams ON SECOND CONSIDERATION Davier Kawalyshyn Pistella Wogan Dawida Kukavich Pitts Wozniak The following bill, having been called up, was considered Deal Lashinger Patt Wright, D. R. for the second time and agreed to, and ordered transcribed for Dictr Laughlin Pratt Wrighl, J. L. Dininni Leacovirr Preston Zwikl third consideration: Dombrowski Letterman Punt HB 219, PN 244. Donatucci Levi Rappaport Irvis. Dorr Linton Reber Speaker * * * Duffy Livengood Reinard NAYS-0 The House proceeded to second consideration of HB 160, PN 414, entitled: NOT VOTING-I5 An Act amending the "Senior Citizens Rebate and Assistance Arty Fattah I.erin Telek Act," approved March 11, 1971 (P. L. 104, No. 3). further pro- Belfanti Freind McClatchy Wilson viding for the allowable percentage of real property tax rebate or Cohen Gladeck Showers Wright. R. C. rent rebate. Durham Lehr Spitz On the question, 216 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

EXCUSED-3 ( The SPEAKER. That is correct. Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, assuming that an Spencer Stevens Wiggins amendment is offered in committee which passes, the The question was determined in the affirmative, and the printer,s number when the bill is returned from committee motion was agreed to. and placed on the calendar again today ready for action will be PN 557. 1 would suggest that anyone who has amendments BILLS AGREED TO ON drawn, immediately have them drawn to PN 557 in anticipa- SECOND CONSIDERATION CONTINUED tion of the committee's action. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the minority leader. The following bills, having been called up, were considered Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, I am not so sure that someof our for the second time and agreed to, and ordered transcribed for members appreciate the remarks of the majority leader. I third consideration: , know there are a number of our members who have indicated HB 89, PN 98; SB 4, PN 4; HB 190, PN 213; HB 162, PN that they have amendments to the emissions control bill. 185; and SB 59, PN 171. The effect of the majority leader's remarks-and I know a couple of you were not paying attention, because I was watch- BILLS ON THIRD CONSIDERATION ing-is that if this amendment goes in in Appropriations, and he has every reason to believe that it will and I suppose that it The House proceeded to third consideration of SB 1, PN will, you are going to have to have your amendments 507, entitled: redrafted. I am hoping that Reference Bureau is listening to An Act amending theact of April 9, 1929 (P. L. 177, No. 179, these remarks and the remarks of the gentleman, Mr. Mand- entitled "The Administrative Code of 1929," further providing erino, and anything they are working on now will be redrafted for expenditures for the motor vehicle emission inspection to PN 557. But our members and, of course, any of the program; and providing for a tax credit. Democratic members who have amendments should attend to On the question, this immediately, because while earlier we were speculating as Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? to whether or not this bill would be run, the majority leader, Mr. Manderino, indicates that he fully expects that'when the BILL RECOMMITTED bill returns from the Appropriations Committee to the floor, amendments will be offered and this bill will be voted on final The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader. passage today. So if you have amendments, attend to that Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, I move that SB I, PN immediately. 507, be returned to the Committee on Appropriations. I thank the Speaker for his courtesy in allowing me the priv- On the question, ilege of the floor. Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. I thank the gentleman Motion was agreed to I QUESTION OF INFORMATION PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from from Northampton, Mr. Gruppo, rise? Allegheny, Mr. Cessar, who is going to place a parliamentary Mr. GRUPPO. Mr. Speaker, just to ask a question regard- inquiry, the answer to which will be of importance to the ing the comments of the minority leader. have several amendments myself to the bill, SB 1, under members later on this afternoon. I The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Cessar. the previous printer's number. I do not know how quickly I Mr. CESSAR. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. can get them redrafted. I just want to know if I am going to be given the courtesy to allow me enough time to have these

SB 1 has been recommitted to the Appropriations Commit- . ~ tee. It is my understanding that it will come out with a new reprinted. orinter's number, We now have in our at least a The SPEAKER. The Chair believes that both the minority dozen amendments which are submitted to the prior printer's and the majority leader recognize the logistics involved in this number, which is PN 507. My question to you, Mr. Speaker, change and will be patient with the members, but I would is, how will we handle this whenever the bill does come out suggest that you follow Mr. Ryan's considered advice and from committee? reorder your amendments immediately to PN 557. The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman, Mr. Manderino, wish Mr. GRUPPO. Thank you. to reply to the question? The Chair recognizes the majority leader. I APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, did the question have to The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from do with amendments once the bill comes back out of commit- Philadelphia, Mr. Pievsky. tee? Mr. PIEVSKY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call an Appro- priations Committee meeting at the rear of the House immedi- ately. 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-

The SPEAKER. What is the majority leader's wish on the rest of the calendar? You have it marked for a vote on HB 20. Afflerbach Durham Levin Richardson Shall we delay that vote? Alderette Evans Linton Rieeer Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, the Appropriations Angstadt Fargo Livengood ~oibins Armstrong Fattah Llavd Rudy Committee can meet. We do not have to go out of session. We Arty Fee ~uhk Ryan will probably receive a report from them rather quickly. Baldwin Fischer McCall Rybak The SPEAKER. The Appropriations chairman has asked Barber Flick McHale Saloom Battirta Foster, W. W. Mclntyre Salvatore for an immediate meeting at the rear of the hall of the House. Belardi Faster. Jr., A. McMonagle Saurrnan The House will stand at ease. Betfanti Freeman McVerrv Scheetz Beloff Freind Mackowski Schuler Blaum Fryer Madigan Semmel WELCOMES Book Gallagher Maiale Serafini Bowser Gallen Manderino Seventy The SPEAKER. The House will be in order. Boyes Gamble Manmiller Showers The Chair at this time is delighted to welcome to the hall of Brandt Cannon Markosek Sirianni Broujos Geist Marmion Smith. B the House two honor students from Johnstown High School Bunt George Mayernik smith; L. E. who are guest pages today. They are the guests of Representa- Burd Gladeck Merry Snyder, D. W. tive Wozniak. They are Miss Jenny Beidle and Miss Sue Burns Cadshall Michlovic Snyder, G. M. Caltagirone Greenwood Micazzie Spitz Gjurich. Cappabianca Grieco Miller Stairs Honor students are always going to be welcome here as long Carn Cruitza Miscevich Steighner as the Chair is held by this Speaker. Cawley Gruppo Moehlmann Stewart Ceisar Hagarty Morris Stuban The Chair is also delighted to welcome to the hall of the Cimini...... Haluska Mowery Sweet House as guests of the Pennsylvania Black Caucus, Ms. Civera Harper Mrkonic Swift Darlene H. Miller and Ms. Wanda H. Pritchett. Clark Hasay Murphy Taylor, E. Z. Clyme~ Hayes Nahill Taylor, F. E. Cahen Herman Noye Tigue Hershey O'Brien Trella

Cole- ~~~ Haeffel O'Donnell Truman Cardisco Hanaman Olaar Van Horne SB 1, PN 557 (Amended) Carnell Hutchinsan Oliver Vr00n By Rep. PIEVSKY Coslett ltkin Perrel Wachob Cawell Jackson Peterson Wambach L. An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P. 177, No. 179, COY Jarolin Petrarca War go entitled "The Administrative Code of 1929," further providing Deluca Johnson Petrone was for ex~enditures for the motor vehicle emission inspection DeVerter Kasunic Phillios Weston program; atid ecmbl~sninga re~rnh~lrwnenlprograol lor .erram Dr\r'cc\c Kznned) PIXJI., W#ll~a~n\ coctc deemed to hc ohliyauon\ ot'tl~eC'omnidn~tc~lth I)llc) Kllnqsman P~zsil) M'llwn Davies Koiinski Pistella Wogan APPROPRIATIONS. Dawida Kowalyshyn Pitts Wozniak Deal Kukovich Patt Wright, D. R. The SPEAKER. The Chair points out to the members that Dietz Lashinger Pratt Wright, J. L. SB 1 has been rereported, will appear on a supplemental cal- Dininni Laughlin Preston Wright, R. C. endar, and will be available for your amendments. Those of Dombrowski Lehr Punt Zwikl Donatucci Lescavitz Rappaport you who have amendments should have ordered them Dorr Letterman Reber Irvis, redrafted by this time. Duffy Levi Reinard Speaker NAYS-0 BILLS ON THIRD NOT VOTING-2 CONSIDERATION CONTINUED

The House proceeded to third consideration of HB 20, PN 26, entitled: Spencer Stevens Wiggins An Act designating a dam in Allentown, Lehigh County, as the The majority required by the Constitution having voted in Samuel W. Frank Memorial Dam. the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirma- On the question, tive. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for Bill was agreed to. concurrence. The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three dif- ferent days and agreed to and is now on final passage. EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING The question is, shall the bill pass finally? The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas Bucks, Mr. Gallagher, for the purpose of making an and nays will now be taken. announcement. 218 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

Mr. GALLAGHER. Mr. Speaker, there will he a meeting Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the House of of the Education Committee tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.- Representatives for its concurrence. tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.-in the conference room in the On the question, back of the House, at 10 a.m. Thank you. Will the House concur in the resolution of the Senate? The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Resolution was concurred in. Ordered, That the clerk inform the Senate accordingly. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS BILLS REMOVED FROM TABLE The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from I Allegheny, Mr. Itkin, for the purpose of announcing a The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the majority leader. caucus. Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, I move that HB 6, HB 7, Mr. ITKIN. Mr. Speaker, there will be a Democraticcaucus HB 24, HB 99, and HB 179 be removed from the tabled calen- at the beginning of the recess. dar and placed on the active calendar. REPUBLICAN CAUCUS On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Motion was agreed to. Perry, Mr. Noye, for the purpose of announcing a caucus. Mr. NOYE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. CALENDAR RESUMED The Republicans will caucus immediately. The calendar is BILLS ON THIRD CONSIDERATION brief, so we should be able to finish it in short order. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The House proceeded to third consideration of HB 51, PN 60, entitled: ANNOUNCEMENT BY MAJORITY LEADER An Act amending the act of December 22, 1981 (P. L. 516, No. 143). entitled "An act providing for adoption of capital projects The SPEAKER. Does the majority leader wish to be recog- to be financed from current revenues of the General Fund and nized before we disperse? making appropriations," deleting the authorization of funds for Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, only to ask the members the demolition of the Dix and Reighard Buildings at Torrance who have amendments to SB 1 to have them redrafted by State Hospital. sending them to the Reference Bureau immediately, not to On the question, wait until 3:15 to send them to the Reference Bureau for Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? redrafting. Mr. PIEVSKY offered the following amendment No. A0137: RECESS Amend Sec. I (Sec. I), page 2, line 11, by inserting brackets before and after "$1,229,000" and inserting The SPEAKER. This House will stand in recess for the pur- $1,054,WO poses of caucusing. We shall return t.o the floor at 3:15. The On the question, House stands in recess until 3: 15. Will the House agree to the amendment? AFTER RECESS The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Philadelphia, Mr. Pievsky. The time of recess having expired, the House was called to Mr. PIEVSKY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. order. What 1 have here is a technical amendment to HB 51. It reduces the authorized demolition projects by $175,000. SENATE MESSAGE On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the amendment? ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION FOR CONCURRENCE The following roll call was recorded: The clerk of the Senate, being introduced, presented the YEAS-190 following extract from the Journal of the Senate, which was Aiflerbach Evans Linton Rieger read as follows: Alderette Fargo Livengood Robbins Armstrung Fattah Lloyd Rudy In the Senate, March 21, 1983 Art" Fee Lurvk Rvan RESOLVED, (the House of Representatives concurring), That ~albwin Fischer ~ccall ~ibak when the Senate adjourns this week it reconvene on Tuesday, Barber Flick McHale Saloom Battisto Faster, W. W. Mclntyre Salvatore April 5, 1983 unless sooner recalled by the President Pro Belardi Foster. Jr., A. McMonagle Saurman Tempore, and when the House of Representatives adjourns this Belianti Freeman McVerry Scheetz week it reconvene on Tuesday, April 5, 1983 unless sooner Beloff Freind Mackowski Schuler recalled by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Blaum Fryer Madigan Semmel Book Gallagher Maiale Seventy Bowser Gallen Manderina Showers LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 219

Boyes Gamble Manmiller Sirianni The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Brandt Geist Markosek Smith, B. Indiana, Mr. Wass. Broujos George Marmian Smith. L. E. Mr. WASS. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Bunt Gladeck Mayernik Snyder. D. W. Burd Godshall Merry Snyder, G. M. Mr. Speaker, I was encouraging a hold to HB 51, but after Burns Greenwood Michlovic Spitz talking to Representative Petrarca I have withdrawn that Caltagirone Grieco Micozzie Stairs hold. Thank you very much. Cappabianca Gruitza Miller Steighner Carn Gruppo Miscevich Stewart The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Cawley Hagarty Moehlmann Stuban Cessar Harper Morris Sweet On the question recurring, Cimini Hasay Mowery Swift Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Civera Hayes Mrkonic Taylor, E. Z. amended? Clark Herman Murphy Taylor, F. E. Clymer Hershey Nahill Telek Bill as amended was agreed to. Colafella Hoeffel Noye Tigue The SPEAKER. This bill has been considered on three dif- Cole Honaman O'Brien Trello Cordisco Hutchinson O'Dannell Truman ferent days and agreed to and is now on final passage. Cornell ltkin Olasz Van Horne The question is, shall the bill pass finally? Cosletl Jackson Oliver Vraan Cowell Jarolin Perzel Wachob Agreeable to the provisions of the Constitution, the yeas COY Johnson Peterson Wambach and nays will now be taken. Deluca Kasunic Petrarca Wargo DeVerter Kennedy Petrone Wass YEAS-198 Daley Klingaman Phillips Williams Davies Kosinski Piccala Wilson Afflerbach Durham Lint on Rieger Aldereue Evans Livengood Robbins Dawida Kowalyshyn Pievsky Wogan Angstadt Fargo Lloyd Rudy Deal Kukovich Pist ella Wozniak Armstrang Fattah Lucyk Ryan Dietr Lashinger Pitts Wright. D. R. Fee McCall Rybak Dininni Laughlin Pott Wright, J. L. Any Fischer Dombrowski Lehr Pratt Wright. R. C. Baldwin McClatchy Saloom Barber Flick McHale Salvatore Donatucci Lescovitz Preston Zwikl Battisto Foster, W. W. Mclntyre Saurman Dorr Letterman Rappaport Belardi Foster, Jr., A. McMonagle Scheetz Duffy Levi Reinard Irvis, Belfanti Freeman McVerry Schuler Durham Levin Richardson Speaker Beloff Freind Mackowski Semmel NAYS-0 Blaum Frver Madiran Serafini Book Gallagher ~aiaie Seventy NOT VOTING-I0 Bowser Gallen Manderino Showers Bayes Gamble Manmiller Sirianni Gannon Punt Serafini Angstadt Brandt Cannon Markosek Smith, B. Cohen Haluska Reber Weston Braujos Geist Marmion Smith. L. E. McClatchy DeWeese Bunt George Mayernik Snyder, D. W. EXCUSED-3 Burd Gladeck Merrv Snvder. G. M. Burns Godshall ~ichiovif ~pitr Spencer Stevens Wigginr Caltagirone Greenwood Micazzie Stairs The question was determined in the affirmative, and the Cappabianca Crieca Miller Steighner Carn Gruitza Miscevich Stewan amendment was agreed to. Cawley Gruppo Moehlmann Stuban Cessar Hagarty Morris Sweet Cimini Harper Mowery Swift MEMBER'S PRESENCE RECORDED Civera Hasay Mrkonic Taylor, E. Z. Clark Hayes Murphy Taylor, F. E. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Clymer Herman Nahill Telek Montgomery, Mr. McClatchy, for purposes of adding his Cohen Hershey ...,. Tigue Colafella Hoeffel O'Brien Trello name to the master roll. Cole Honaman O'Donnell Truman Mr. McCLATCHY. That is correct. Cordisco Hutchinson Olasz Van Horne The SPEAKER. The gentleman's name will be added to the Cornell ltkin Oliver Vroon Corlett Jackson Perzel Wachob master roll. Cowell Jarolin Peterson Wambach COY Johnson Petrarca Wargo ANNOUNCEMENT BY SPEAKER Deluca Kasunic Petrone Wass DeVerter Kennedy Phillips Weston DeWeese Klingaman Piccola Williams The SPEAKER. The Chair would advise the members on Daley Kosinski Pievsky Wilson the floor who are smoking that that is contrary to the rules of Davies Kowalyshyn Pistella Wogan the House. Dawida Kukovich Pilts Wozniak Deal Lashinger POtt Wright, D. R. Dietr Laughlin Pratt Wright, J. L. CONSIDERATION OF HB 51 CONTINUED Dininni Lehr Preston Wright, R. C. Dombrowski Lescovitz Rappaport Zwikl Donatucci Letterman Reber On the question, Dorr Levi Reinard Irvis, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Duffy Levin Richardson Speaker amended? 220 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

would be most beneficial if the members had the amendment NOT VOTING-2 on their desks prior to the beginning of the discussion. 1 think this is a very critical piece of legislation. Currently the only Haluska Punt amendments that 1 and a number of members have are four EXCUSED-3 amendments by Representative Laughlin. We do not see the Spencer Stevens Wiggins one from Representative Trello yet at this point, and whoever else is yet to come I would like to see at least before we get into The majority required by the Constitution having voted in the business of this legislation. the affirmative, the question was determined in the affirma- The SPEAKER. The Chair agrees with the gentleman; the tive. point is well taken. The Chair would assume that that amend- Ordered, That the clerk present the same to the Senate for ment had been circulated. concurrence. The Chair recornizes- the minoritv leader. Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time in your WELCOMES scheduling of events, if you please, there will be a motion The SPEAKER. The Chair is delighted to welcome to the made to revert to the printer's number that was on the bill hall of the House as guests of Representative Ted Stuban when it came from the Senate, and if the Chair would recog- from Columbia and Montour Counties, these members of the nize me at the time it deems appropriate, I would appreciate Pennsylvania Farmers: Dean Robbins, William Bissinger, It. Paul Thomas, Paul Schatz, Harold Shultz, David Bird, and I The SPEAKER The Chair thanks the gentleman. Orville Shultz. We welcome them to the hall of the House. I DECISION OF CHAIR WITHDRAWN The Chair is also pleased to welcome to the hall of the The SPEAKER. The Chair rescinds its decision that the House as guests of Representative Paul Wass of Indiana, Don question is, will the House agree to the bill and will the House Allison, Sam Elkin, Bob Fabin, and Dean Fitzgerald. agree to adopt the Trello amendment. In the Chair's opinion, if such a motion is to be made by the minority leader, it is SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR A better that it be made before any amendments are taken up. BILL ON THIRD CONSIDERATION The Chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, those members who The House proceeded to third consideration of SB 1, PN have had amendments drawn to the printer's number that we 557, entitled: suggested will have improperly drawn amendments should An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P. L. 177, No. 175), you allow Mr. Ryan to make his motion, should he succeed. entitled "The Administrative Code of 1929," further providing The SPEAKER. Is it the wish of the majority leader that for exoenditures for the motor vehicle emission insoection the amendments be offered first? program; and c%tablirh~nea rc~n~burrcl~~zntprogram lor 2crlain Mr. MANDERINO. Yes, Mr. Speaker. co\t, dccmcd lo bc ohlipx~on\oi rhr C'ommonmcallh. The SPEAKER. The Chair will -grant the wish. On the question, On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration? Mr. TRELLO offered the following amendment No. Mr. TRELLO offered the following amendment No. A0255: A0255: Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 20131, page 4, by inserting between lines lhand 17 Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013). page 4, by inserting between lines 16and 17

On the question, On the question, Will the House agree to the amendment? Will the House agree to the amendment? The SPEAKER. This promises to be a long afternoon, and The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from if the House insists, it will become longer. The Chair would Allegheny, Mr. Trello. suggest that conversations be at a minimum that vie may more Mr. TRELLO. Mr. Speaker, my amendment offers two rapidly address the business before us. other pieces of equipment that will be allowed to be used in For what purpose does the gentleman from Mifflin. Mr. the emissions control test. Presently they have the Hamilton DeVerter, rise? equipment, which runs about $10,000, which in my opinion Mr. DeVERTER. Mr. Speaker, I could not agree with you far exceeds the cost that a small garage owner can afford to more that it is going to be a long afternoon, and I think it

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Dininni Lehr Punt Wright, R. C. The following roll call was recorded: Dambrowski Lescovitz Rappaport Zwikl Donalucci Letterman Reber YEAS-165 Dorr Levi Reinard Irvis, Duffy Linton Richardson Speaker Afflerbach Duffy Livengood Rudy Alderette Durham Lloyd Ryan NAYS-3 Angstadt Evans Lucyk Rybak Artv Farea McCall Salaom Beloff Levin Mrkonic ~aldwin ~attah McHale Salvatore NOT VOTING-3 Barber Fee Mclntyre Saurman Battista Fischer McMonagle Semmel Cannon Haluska Spitz Belardi Flick McVerry Serafini EXCUSED-3 Belfanti Freeman Maiale Seventy Beloff Freind Manderino Showers Spencer Stevens Wiggins Blaum Fryer Manmiller Smith. B. Bowser Gallagher Markasek Snyder. D. W. The question was determined in the affirmative, and the Boyes Gamble Mayernik Stairs amendment was agreed to. Broujos George Merry Sfeighner Bunt Gladeck Michlovic Stewart On the question, Burd Godshall Micozzie Stuban Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Burns Greenwood Miscevich Sweet Caltagirone Grieco Morris Swift amended? Cappabianca Cruitza Mrkonic Taylor, E. Z. Mr. LAUGHLIN offered the following amendment No. Carn Gruppa Murphy Taylor, F. E. A0240: Cawley Hagarty Nahill Telek Cessar Harper O'Brien Tigue Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 3, lines 22 through 26, by Cimini Hasay O'Donnell Trello striking out all of lines 22 through 25 and "w'in line 26 and Civera Hayes Olasz Truman Clark Herman Oliver Van Horne in~erfino.. . - - . .. . . A ~erttfiiareuf udt\,cr sh311 he granted tor a Cohen Hershey Perzel Vroan (11) Colafella Haeffel Peterson Wachab motor \ehi:le uhich has been ~ertifir.Jto haie tn:urreJLt Cole Hutchinson Petrarca Warnbach ehce

Amend~..~~.~~~ Sec.~ I (Sec. 2013). naee 4. . line 2, bv inserting after I correct that a 10-year time is appropriate..~ ~ They have cared for "warranty." their vehicle. I do not think they should be charged an exces- An waiver shall be granted vehicles sive fee for meeting that particular guideline if it is impossible whose model year when subtracted from the calen- dar year equals or exceeds ten (10). for them to meet, and I think they should have the waiver and the exclusion. On the question, Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, rather than test the rule of the Will the House agree to the amendment? Speaker as far as using a question form, I would rather make The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from a statement to his reference. Beaver, Mr. Laughlin. The SPEAKER. The gentleman may make a statement on Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, many of the people within theamendment. this State are presently driving vehicles that are older in years Mr. DAVIES. I do not think that is what I was saying at all because of the fact that we have had a recession for the past 2 or agreeing with at all. What 1 was saying is, if we take the years and people have been unable to go out and buy a new arbitrary figure of 10 years, 1 think what we are doing is in vehicle. For this reason I am offering this amendment to put a many ways skipping those people in the period of after 10 grant in for a waiver which will be granted to those model years who have addressed the same issue. They have come years that when they subtract it from the calendar year, it into compliance, they have done the same thing, and yet they exceeds 10 years, the figure 10, which means this: This year we would not be given any such arbitrary waiver. Also the fact are talking about 1983; a 1974vehicle would be the year, or I0 that we would be condoning standards for the emission of years back. For each succeeding year you would then add 1 particulates of ozone and carbon monoxide from those which year to the waiver exclusion at the bottom level. would continue the pollution and continue to bring those air The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. corridors that are not in compliance now out of standard in On the question, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from keeping with the court order. I think we would be remiss and Berks, Mr. Davies. we would also not live up to any letter of the law that now Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, would the maker of the exists under the Federal act nor under Judge Bechtle's utter- amendment stand for interrogation? ance, or rather, excuse the failure to use legal terminology, his The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Laughlin, indicates he direction. So therefore, I would have to oppose the amend- will stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. Davies, is in ment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. order and may proceed. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Mr. DAVIES. I appreciate the concerns, Mr. Speaker, that Does the gentleman from Beaver, Mr. Laughlin, wish to the gentleman has expressed. The problem I have with it in the speak again on the amendment? time or the limited amount of time that I have had to research Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, I am very sorry, but with the bill and so forth and so on- the noise that is on the floor, 1 was unable to hear Mr. Davies' Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry, but I cannot remarks, so I will just ask for an affirmative vote, Mr. hear the gentleman. Speaker. The SPEAKER. Would the gentleman, Mr. Davies, repeat The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. his question? On the question recurring, Mr. DAVIES. Yes. Will the House agree to the amendment? Mr. Speaker, I appreciate where the gentleman is coming from and his concerns about the age of those cars. The matter The following roll call was recorded: of the fact is thaj what disturbs me is the fact that the age of YEAS-153 the law itself and those standards that would be established go Afnerbach Fattah Livengood Ryan back quite a few years, and when we start dealing in an arbi- *lderette Fee ~loyd Saloom trary figure of 10 years as composed of some standards that Angstadt Fischer Lucyk Salvatore have been set by this law that go back a number of years, I Flick McCall Saurman t:xer Foster, W. W. McHale Semmel think we begin to try to get into some fine points that no ~~~~i~~~ Foster, Jr.. A. Mclntyre Serafini matter what you are going to be concerned with as far as the Belardi Freeman ~c~ona~leSeventy Fryer Maiale Showers matter of pollution, that is not the essence of pollution pollu- Gallagher Manderino Snyder, D. W. tion, and how can you differentiate by the matter of years B,,,,, Gamhle Manmill~r Stairs - ~ - ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~.... when some people have maintained those cars and placed Bunt Geargc Markosek Steighner those cars under proper care? Why would we take that magic Burd Gladeck Mayernik Stewart Burns Godshall Michlavic Stuban or arbitrary figure of 10 years? Caltagirone Greenwood Micorzie Sweet Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman certainly 1 Cappabianca Grieco Miscevich Swift defends my amendment well when he says that many of these Carn Cruitra Morris Tavlor. E. Z. Cessar Gruppo Mrkonic ~ablor;F. E. people have maintained their cars well, because as you know Cimini Hagarty Murphy Telek and I know, the way Detroit is turning out our models today, Civera Haluska Nahill Trello we are lucky if they last 5 years. Ten years is certainly an Clark Harper O'Brien Truman Cohen Hasay Olasr Van Horne example of a long-term vehicle, and I believe the gentleman is Colafella Haycs Oliver Vroan Cole Herman Perzel Wachob Cordisca Hernhey Peterson Wambach 224 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

Coslett Hoeflel Petrarca Wargo The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Cowell Hutchinson Petrone Wass COY lrkin Phillips Weiton On the question recurring, Deluca Jarolin Pievsky Williams Will the House agree to the amendment? DeWeese Johnson Pistella Wilson Daley Kasunic Pitrr Wogan The following roll call was recorded: Dawida Klingaman Pott Wozniak Deal Kosinski Pratt Wright, D. R. YEAS-171 Dietz Kukovich Preston Wright. J. L. Dombrowski Lashinger Punt Wright. R. C. Alderette Fee Lloyd Robbins Donatucci Laughlin Rappaport Zwikl Arty Fircher Lucyk Rudy Duffy Lescovitz Reinard Baldwin Flick McCall Ryan Durham Letterman Richardson Irvis. Barber Foster. W. W. McClatchy Rybak Evans Levi Rieger Speaker Batristo Faster, Jr., A. McHale Saloom Fargo Linton Rudy Belardi Freeman Mclnryre Salvatore Beloif Freind McMonagle Semmel NAYS-44 Blaum Fryer McVerry Serafini Book Gallagher Maiale Seventy Armstrong Davier Levin O'Donnell Bowser Gamble Manderino Showers Baldwin Dininni McClatchy Piccola Broujos George Manmiller Smith. B. Belfanti Dorr McVerry Robbins Bunt Gladeck Markosek Smith. L. E. Book Freind Mackowski Rybak Burd Godshall Marmian Snyder, D. W. Boyes Gallen Madigan Schgtz Burns Greenwood Mayernik Stairs Brandt Geist Marmion Schuler Caltagirone Grieco Michlovic Sreighner Broujos Honaman Merry Sirianni Cappabianca Gruirza Micorrie Stewart Cawley Jackson Miller Smith, B. Carn Gruppo Miller Sruban Clyrner Kennedy Maehlmann Smith, L. E. Cawley Hagarty Misccvich Sweet Cornell Kowalyshyn Mowery Snyder. G. M. Cessar Haluska Morris Swift DeVerter Lehr Naye Tigue Cimini Harper Mrkonic Taylor, E. 2. NOT VOTING-3 Civera Hasay Murphy Taylor, F. E. Clark Hayes Nahill Telek Cannon Reber Spitr Clymer Herman Noye Tigue EXCUSED-3 Colafella Hershey O'Brien Trella Cole Hoeffel O'Donnell Truman Spencer Stevens Wiggins Cordisco Honaman Olasz Van Harne Cornell Hutchinson Oliver Vroon The question was determined in the affirmative, and the co,l,tt lrkin Perrel Wachob amendment was agreed to. Cowell Jackson Peterson Warnbach COY Jarolin Petrarca Wargo On the question recurring, Deluca Johnson Perrane Wass Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as DeVerter Karunic Phillips Weston DeWeese Klingaman Pievsky Williams amended? Daley Kosinski Pistella Wilson Mr. LAUGHLlN offered the following amendment No. oawida Kowalyshyn Pitri Wogan A024 1: Deal Kukouich Pott Wozniak Dietr Larhinger Pratt Wright. D. R. Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 4, line 6, by striking our "six- Dombrowski Laughlin Preston Wright. J. L. dollars ($6)" and inserting Donatucci Lehr Punt Wright, R. C. three dollars fifty cents ($3.50) Duffy Lescovitr Reber Zwikl Durham Letterman Reinard On the question, Evans Levi Richardson Irvis, Will the House agree to the amendment? Fargo Livengood Rieger Speaker Fatrah

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from NAYS-25~ ~ Beaver, Mr. Laughlin. Afflerbach Dorr Mackowski Rappaport Mr. LAUCHLIN. Mr. Speaker, this amendment, A0241, is Angstad, Gallen Madiean Saurman offered to reduce the price of the inspection cost from $6 to ~rmstrong Geist Merr; Scheetz $3.50. An amendment that I will offer later will certainly Moehlmann Schuler ~~~~~, KennedyLevin Mowery Sirianni clarify why I am offering to reduce this price for the people ~,,i,, Linron Piccola Snyder, G. M. who will be forced to undergo these inspections throughout Dininni the State. That reason, Mr. Speaker, is that my amendment NOT VOTING-4 that is being drafted in the Reference Bureau at the present I Belfant~ Cohen Gannan Spctr time, which is the fourth amendment that I have to offer, will EXCUSED-3 take care of the State Department of Transportation purchas- ing the equipment and leasing it to the authorized inspection Spencer Stevens Wiggins stations across the State. I believe that with the additional $1 The question was determined in the affirmative, and the charge for each inspection at that level, the $3.50 charge is amendment was agreed to. certainly adequate to take care of the costs. In New Jersey, Mr. Speaker, the price is $2.50. So we are allowing an addi- tional dollar for escalation in this amendment, and I offer it and ask for an affirmative vote. 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 225

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Diesel engines, as you know, run on a fuel oil that is refined from crude oil. Most of the crude that it is refined from is a The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman Pennsylvania oil that is very high in a wax-type solution. It from Philadelphia, Mr. Rappaport, rise? has not, as a California oil has, a gas-type residue in it. This in Mr. RAPPAPORT. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. turn allows the fuel not only to be used as an energy use in an The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman State the point of Par- automobile engine or truck engine, but it also allows it to cool liamentary inquiry. and lubricate the systems as well, and it burns a lot cleaner. Mr. RAPPAPORT. It is my recollection, Mr. Speaker, that I want to explain a little bit about a gas engine and a diesel it is against the rules of this House for a television camera to engine. First, a gas engine creates carbon monoxide. If you be focused upon the voting board during the course of voting. would put one gas engine in this room, we would all die from Is that accurate on my part, sir? one gas engine. You could fill this room with diesel engines, The SPEAKER. The Chair is not aware of that rule. Would and all you would get is a little b~tof tears and you would get the gentleman point out the number of the rule or place of the nauseated from the smoke, but it would not kill you because a rule of the House? diesel engine does not make carbon monoxide; it makes Mr. RAPPAPORT. Mr. Speaker, 1 believe it is in the Prece- carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide will not hurt you. dents of the House. I seem to remember a Speaker so ruling at A gas composition is made up of one molecule of carbon one time because it interfered with the taking of the vote. and one molecule of oxygen. Of course, nitrogen is involved Thank you, Mr. Speaker. . in the air as a combustible material, but the nitrogen does not The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman for the do anything; it comes out of the exhaust pipe as an inert gas. inquiry. The carbon monoxide is formed when combustion is not com- The gentleman who is taking the pictures is allowed only UP pleted hecause of the absence of sufficient air. the side aisles and in the well of the House for a period of 10 TO make a gasoline engine work, you must have a specific minutes. The Chair has not restricted where he would direct volume of air and a specific amount of fuel to go in, and the his camera, but the Chair will take under advisement the automobile uses a carburetion system. Until recently, many objection of the gentleman, Mr. Rappaport. manufacturers had not been able to have complete combus- tion in an engine until they just recently used injection in a CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED gasoline engine, whereby a diesel engine does not use any external ignition systems on it such as a spark plug like in an On the question recurring, automobile. The heat the engine uses from compression raises Will the House agree to the hill on third consideration as the temperature to over lZOO degrees Fahrenheit inside that amended? engine. The fuel is injected by a timing method and you Mr. FREEMAN the following amendments No. control it with your foot on the accelerator. As you control A027 1 : this, there is always an abundant supply of oxygen inside this Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013), page 2, line 23, by str~kingout engine, which allows for complete burning of this fuel, which "such"- eliminates the carbon monoxide. Amend See. I (Set. 2013), page 2, line 24, by inserting after carbon monoxide is also detrimental to the combustion "vehicles"- including vehicles which operate through the use of process. It deters the combustion process, whereby a diesel diesel fuel, engine not making any carbon monoxide does not deter in the -. combustion process. It burns virtually everything that is put onthe question, into it. You do get smoke and you do get some carbon residue Will the House agree to the amendments? that does come out of the exhaust pipe, and people who do see The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from the smoke feel that this smoke is a pollutant. But what we are Northampton, Mr. Freeman. after here today in the bill is carbon monoxide, and there is no Mr. FREEMAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. way that a diesel engine has any carbon monoxide. However, Mr. Speaker, 1 offer this amendment because a number of diesel engines are currently scheduled to be included in this in constituents in my district raised the concern that diesel 1985, so we really do not have a problem with the diesel vehicles would be excluded under this testing. 1 have since engine being put into this bill here today. learned from various members that this diesel part of the bill There are many companies and even the Environmental may not be applicable. Nevertheless, 1 offer it for the consid- Protection Agency is trying to eliminate the amount of partic- eration of the membership. ulates that come out of the exhaust pipe of a diesel engine, The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. which amount to six-tenths of a percent. They want to reduce The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. it to three-tenths of a percent. All the traps that have ever Miscevich. been made, they have some type of a box with a series of Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to oppose screens in them, something like a catalytic converter or a Mr. Freeman's amendment on the grounds that he has no sub- muffler, that would catch all these carbon particles coming stantial evidence as to what diesel engines do. out, but they can only run for 50 to 100 miles before they plug up, and they are not really efficient. In the meantime they are 226 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

------really not doing any damage to anybody, so 1 would ask Mr. DAVIES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. everybody on this floor not to vote for that at this particular The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. time. Thank you. The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Freeman. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Mr. FREEMAN. Mr. Speaker, if I may, in closing, I would On the question of the Freeman amendment, the Chair rec- like to say that the reason I offered this amendment is the fact ognizes the gentleman from Berks, Mr. Davies. that without diesel engines we are in essence establishing a dis- Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, would the maker of the criminatory system, which in the fact that we are only dealing amendment stand for a few questions of interrogation? with a certain section of the Commonwealth to begin with is The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Freeman, indicates he discriminatory. I feel by adding diesel engines we would be will stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. Davies, is in cutting back in some measure the discriminatory nature of the order and may proceed. bill, and we would be addressing a serious problem of pollu- Mr. DAVIES. Under the provisions of the Federal Clean tion, to which diesel engines do contribute. I therefore urge Air Act now, are the diesels included in the legislation as of my colleagues to join me in this amendment. Thank you. right now? The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Mr. FREEMAN. It is my understanding, Mr. Speaker, that On the question of the adoption of the amendment, the the diesel engine is not included in the inspection. Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. Mis- Mr. DAVIES. All right. Now, Mr. Speaker, if we put it in, cevich. do we run the risk of going back into the courts again and Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, again 1 urge you to vote having the courts then decide that we are out of sync with this "no" on this amendment, because we are not being discrimi- piece of legislation and face the same problems as to the very natory. A diesel does not make carbon monoxide; it makes reason why we are here today discussing something that has carbon dioxide. I urge a "no" vote. come about by a court order and court decisions and an out- The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. of-court settlement? Are we not opening ourselves to that The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Montgomery, same potential problem, Mr. Speaker? Mr. McClatchy, on the question. Mr. FREEMAN. Mr. Speaker. I would not in any way Mr. McCLATCHY. Mr. Speaker, would Representative attempt to second-guess the courts, but let me add that we are Freeman answer a couple of questions? adding here; we are not detracting from the court's order. The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Freeman, indicates he Therefore, we are going beyond the bounds of what the court will stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. McClatchy, intended and are not in conflict with what the court intended is in order and may proceed. in that respect. Mr. McCLATCHY. 1 have some estimates as to the number Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, is that going to satisfy some- of cars that will have to be inspected under the original act, body with a diesel who does not look at it the way you do and and that, of course, brings into play the fiscal note as to what interprets it as the former speaker explained the reasons for will have to be reimbursed to these car owners under this the diesel not being under the current order? present bill. Do you have any idea of how many diesel-fuel Mr. FREEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry; 1 could not quite trucks, buses, and cars will be added? hear that. Mr. FREEMAN. I cannot say at this time; no. The SPEAKER. Mr. Davies, would you restate the ques- Mr. McCLATCHY. So you have no idea what the added tion please, sir? cost would be to this piece of legislation? Mr. DAVIES. Yes. Essentially, Mr. Speaker-and I will try Mr. FREEMAN. No; I cannot say at this time. to rephrase it-in taking and expanding on the current law, as Mr. McCLATCHY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. you want to do and include this, is it not possible then that The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. some diesel owner in one of the three corridors that are On the question recurring, affected-let us say in the Easton area-would take exception Will the House agree to the amendments? to your putting this in and go make another court challenge of this and again tie us up or have the law then declared uncon- The following roll call was recorded: stitutional or whatever the court decision may be and again YEAS-52 get into litigation and go through this same thing, have to Alnerbach Duffy Kukovich Saloom come back here and go back to what the Federal law has Alderelre Evans Lucyk Stewart stated, that it will be under 85 and so forth and so on, and he Baitisin Fattah McHale Sweet would take exception based on the reasoning given by the Broujas Freeman McMonagle Tigue Caltagirone Freind Manderino Truman former speaker, who addressed why diesels are not currently Carn Fryer Michlovic Van Horne under it, and I think he would be doing so rightfully, as I Cawley Gallagher Micazrie Wachob understand the former speaker's technical explanation of the Civera Gruppo Murphy Wambach Cahen Hagarty Nahill War go diesel engine. DeWeese Jarolin O'Dannell Williams Mr. FREEMAN. Again, Mr. Speaker, I do not intend to Deal Klingarnan Pistella Worniak speak for the courts. It appears to my mind though that Dombrowski Kosinski Richardson Wright, R. C. Donatucci Kowalyshyn Rybak Zwikl should the diesel clause be struck down, the existing law would probably not be affected. I 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 227 NAYS-141 I REMARKS ON VOTE Angstadt Fargo Lloyd Reinard The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Armstrong fee McCall Rieger Arty Fischer McClatchy Robbins Montgomery, Mr. Gladeck. For what reason does the gentle- Baldwin Flick Mclntyre Rudy man rise? Barber Foster, W. W. McVerry Ryan Mr. GLADECK. Mr. Speaker, on amendment 271 to SB 1, Belardi Faster, Jr.. A. Mackowski Salvatore Belfanti Gamble Madigan Saurman 1 inadvertently voted "no," and 1 would wish to be recorded Beloff Geist Maiale Scheetz in the affirmative. Thank you. Blaum George Manmiller Schuler The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be spread Bowser Gladeck Markasek Semmel Boyes Godshall Marmion Serafini upon the record. Brandt Greenwood Mayernik Seventy Bunt Crieco Merry Showers Burd Gruilza Miller Sirianni CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Burns Haluska Miscevich Smith, B. Cappabianca Harper Moehlmann Smith, L. E. On the question recurring, Cessar Hasay Morris Snyder, D. W. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Cimini Hayes Mower? Snyder, G. M. Clark Herman Mrkonic Stairs amended? Clymer Hershey Noye Sreighner Mr. SALOOM offered the following amendments No. Colafella Hoeffel O'Brien Stuban A0283: Cole Honaman Olasz Swifl Cordisco Hutchinson Oliver Taylor, E. 2. Amend Bill, page 8, by inserting between lines 21 and 22 Cornell Jackson Perzel Taylor, F. E. Section 3. The provisions of this act are declared to be non- Cosletr Johnson Peterson Telek severable. If any provision of thisact or theapplication thereof to Cowell Kasunic Petrarca Trello any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remaining provi- COY Kennedy Petrone Vroan sions or applications of this act shall be void. Deluca Lashinger Phillips Wass DeVerter Laughlin Piccola Wesron Amend Sec. 3, page 8, line 22, by striking out "3" and insert- Daley Lehr Pievsky Wogan ing

Dauies- ~~ ... I.escnvitz Pilts Wriehr. D. R. 4 Dawida Letterman Pot1 Wright; I. L. On the question, Dietz Levi Preston Dininni Levin Punt Irvis, Will the House agree to the amendments? Dorr Linton Rappaport Speaker Durham Livengood Reber The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from NOT VOTING-7 Westmoreland, Mr. Saloom. Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, the amendment that I am Gannon Pratt Wilson Book 1 Gallen ltkin Spitr offering to SB just protects the people of the House who EXCUSED-3 think that they are right in passing this piece of legislation and their amendments. All it states is that the bill will have anon- Spencer Stevens Wiggins severability clause, where if one portion of the bill is declared The question was determined in the negative, and the unconstitutional, then the complete bill becomes void, and 1 amendments were not agreed to. would ask for an affirmative vote on this amendment. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. WELCOMES On the amendment, the Chair recognizes the minority leader. The SPEAKER. The Chair at this time is delighted to Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, 1 strenuously oppose this partic- welcome to the hall of the House the son of a friend of the ular amendment of the gentleman, Mr. Saloom. Theeffect of Chair's, the former district attorney of Allegheny County. this amendment would be if the slightest defect existed in this His son, Laurin Hickton, is here as the guest of the gentle- very controversial hill, the effect of this amendment would be man, Mr. Trello. to make the whole bill invalid. Now, this is something that we The Chair is also delighted to welcome to the hall of the rarely, rarely do. Yet Mr. Saloom, probably in his quest to kill House a delegation from the Bedford County Farmers Associ- the bill, would insert this amendment. ation. They are here as the guests of Representative Dietz. I would guess any number of us are pretty fed up with the And the Chair is pleased to welcome to the hall of the entire emissions control problem that has existed in this Com- House Michael Drank of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who is monwealth over the past few years. I know many of us-call it here as the guest of Kevin Blaum. State's rights, if you will-are somewhat disturbed with the Federal Government, through its court and through the use of FILMING PERMISSION GRANTED the carrot-and-stick method, forcing us into a position that we are in today, where we are voting for a program that most of The SPEAKER. The Chair at this time is giving permission us would just as soon not see in existence in this state. ~h~ to Jim Murtha, WTAE-TV. Pittsburgh, for 10 minutes' vid- fact remains, however, and 1 am surprised at the people from eotape on the floor of the House and to Bill Martin, KDKA high unemployment areas trying to kill the bill or making it so and KYW-TV, for 10 minutes on the floor of the House. distasteful that it cannot pass. We have here today a bill that 228 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21, if it passes and if it becomes law is going to provide $500 The Chair recognizes, on the question, the gentleman from million and some 44,000 jobs to the people of Pennsylvania. Allegheny, Mr. Olasz. Each person here, 1 daresay, has, at one time or another in the Mr. OLASZ. Mr. Speaker, I must respond to the minority course of their most recent campaign, campaigned on the idea leader's comment about how anyone from Allegheny County and on the philosophy and on the commitment that they are could possibly object to a bill that would provide thousands going to do everything they possibly can do to bring jobs to of jobs when his Republican Governor since 1978 has continu- Pennsylvania. We have all heard from the labor unions; we ally vetoed the widening of approximately 17 miles of turn- have all heard from the Secretary of Transportation, directly pike in the Philadelphia area and in the Scranton area. He has or indirectly, stating that without this bill 44,000 jobs will not done this twice in approximately the last 10 days. We are also be available in Pennsylvania, and this amendment, together talking about 8,000 direct construction jobs, $75 million of with other amendments that have been offered and will be bond money, not tax dollars, which would certainly get the offered, could affect those jobs. I see no need for the nonsev- economy rolling in that area. So I think it is a little ludicrous erable amendment, and I would strongly urge a "no" vote on to criticize us for obstructing highway construction by failure it. to implement this bill. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman yield? The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Westmoreland, Mr. Saloom. For what purpose does the gentleman rise? POINT OF ORDER Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, 1 would like to respond to- The SPEAKER. The gentleman will be given an opportu- The SPEAKER. For what Purpose does the gentleman nity. from Berks, Mr. Davies, rise? Mr. SALOOM. Okay. Thank you. Mr. DAVIES. A point of order, Mr. Speaker. I thought we were addressing ourselves to the matter of the REMARKS ON VOTE emissions control and that amendment. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the point of order as The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from well taken, and the Chair was about to interrupt the gentle- Allegheny, Mr. Book. man, Mr. Olasz, when he finally got diverted back to.the main Mr. BOOK. Mr. Speaker, I received a phone call while the argument. TheChair thanks thegentleman. vote was being taken on the amendment on the diesel ques- Mr. DAVIES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. tion. I would like to have the record show "no" on amend- TheSPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Olasz, may continue. ment A271 to SB I. Mr. OLASZ. Well, it still deals with jobs and the failure to The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be placed pass theemissions bill, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. upon the record. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Clark. Mr. CLARK. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from I want to urge an affirmative vote on Mr. Saloom's amend- Allegheny, Mr. Murphy. ment. What we are talking about here is a compromise, some- Mr. MURPHY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. thing we have worked out here that could be negated by a Mr. Speaker, 1 rise in support of this amendment. This judge, not just because of the tax credit but because of the amendment is critical, I believe, to the efforts to initiate an waiver fee. If the judge were to decide that the waiver fee we emissions inspection program in the State. have imposed is unconstitutional and say that people have to We have before us legislation that many of us will support spend enormous sums of money, it is important that they be only if it is entirely applied to the regions affected, particu- bound by the same arrangement that we make here. The same larly the cost reimbursement portion of this legislation. That, compromise here should hold in law, and if any part of it is we believe, is a reasonable compromise to initiate this legisla- stricken, the whole thing should be stricken, and we will work tion. If for some reason at a later date that portion of the bill out a new one. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. would be taken out because of a court challenge, 1 believe the The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. com~romisewould be void, and we should not then imple- The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. ment an inspection program in the State. This has happened Cowell. previously in the legislature with legislation we have passed Mr. COWELL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. that has been implemented and later Specific portions of it Mr. Speaker, the package before us now, SB 1 with the have been challenged, and we have had to come back and amendments that we have adopted this afternoon in the relegislate the whole effort. It is critical that this does not Appropriations Committee and on the floor of the House, is a happen in this legislation, and for that reason 1 urge Your package of ideas, and there are several critical elements. One, support of this amendment that provides for the nonsever- of course, is the inspection program itself, but equally as ability of all portions of this legislation. Thank you. important are some of those regulatory restrictions that we The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. have just added in the form of the Laughlin amendments and 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 229

other amendments that were considered this afternoon and rable to the work expended by them. This would pull the will still be considered probably; and thirdly, the element of whole bill down. There may he areas in the bill that because of how we are going to pay the bill, the method of paying for a number of amendments we insert in the bill are in conflict, those inspections and any ultimate repairs that are required. It and some court may find that one of these areas is in conflict is a package that if any single element is taken out of it, it will with another area and strike one of them down, and the whole not be in keeping with the spirit of this legislature, if this legis- bill fails, and when it fails, $500 million fails; 44,000 jobs fail. lature ultimately chooses to pass SB 1 with these several ele- Now, should a court strike a provision that is dear to the ments. heart of the legislature, there is nothing to prevent us from It is critical that we add the nonseverability amendment that coming back in and changing that provision or reinserting it in is being proposed by Representative Saloom. To not add that a way that would pass the court's muster, but to jeopardize amendment will leave open the possibility, perhaps even the $500 million like this on a broad-based nonseverability clause probability, that some judge somewhere in this State will I think is running a great risk. I think the gentleman, maybe if come in and ultimately say, we are going to take only one-half he had a nonseverability clause tied in to that portion dealing of or two-thirds of or three-quarters of that package that the with reimbursement, a narrow nonseverability clause, that legislature so carefully put together over a long period of might make some sense, but a general nonseverability clause, time. We must not allow that to happen. If there is some I think you are rolling dice. I think you are rolling dice with a problem in a constitutional sense with any of these elements, lot of odds going against you, a lot at risk for the possibility we should reserve to ourselves the right to bring the package of a court coming up with some small section and saying it back here and fine-tune it ourselves rather than allow a judge was improperly drafted and cannot be enforced and accord- at some other level to do it. I urge that we adopt this amend- ingly is stricken from the law. I still would urge a "no" vote ment. on this particular amendment. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The Chair recognizes, for the second time, the gentleman, The Chair recognizes, for the second time, the gentleman, Mr. Saloom. Mr. Clark. The Chair wishes to announce also at this point in time so Mr. CLARK. I will be finished now, Mr. Speaker. I only there can be no doubt about this, the Chair does not intend to need twice. have people speak more than twice on the same issue, and the 1 just want to remind everybody and the minority leader Chair will not he fooled by someone's friend rising to ask a that every amendment we put in here is part of this compro- question of the person so he may speak three or four times. mise and part of the package. If any of that is taken out, then The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Saloom, for the it should come back to us and let us decide. The way we put it second time on the issue. simply in politics, a deal is a deal. If any of the conditions are Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, I do have another amend- cut out, forget it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ment, and I hope it does not limit me to speaking on another TheSPEAKER. The Chair thanks thegentleman. amendment also. On the question recurring, The SPEAKER. It does not, Mr. Saloom. Will the House agree to the amendments? Mr. SALOOM. Okay. Mr. Speaker, in no way am I offering this amendment to try The following roll call was recorded: to kill this bill. I am offering it to protect the integrity of this YEAS-88 House and also of the Senate. 1 am tired of the judges and the Afflerbach Fischer McCall Punt courts deleting areas of legislation that this House has passed Alderette Freeman McHale Richardson and sent on to the Governor and that has become law. Barber Freind Mclntyre Rieger 1 wish to thank all those who again have spoken in support Battisto Fryer McMonagle Saloom Belaff Gallagher Manderino Seventy of this amendment and ask for an affirmative vote. Thank Caltagirone Gamble Markosek Stairs you. Carn George Mayernik Steighner TheSPEAKER. The Chair thanks thegentleman. Clark Gruitra Michlovic Stewan Calafella Gruppo Miller Sweet On the amendment, the Chair recognizes the minority Cole Harper Miscevich Swift leader. Cordisco Hutchinson Mrkonic Taylor, F. E. Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, the sense of what I heard initially Cawell ltkin Murphy Trella COY Jarolin O'Donnell Truman was the concern that the severability or nonseverability clause Deluca Kasunic Olasz Van Horne be in the bill in order to assure that if the reimbursement by DeWeese Klingarnan Oliver Wachob the Commonwealth for the moneys paid was held unconstitu- Daley Kosinski Petrarca Wargo Dawida Kukovieh Petrone Williams tional for some reason, the bill would fail. That is not what Deal Laughlin Pievsky Wright. D. R. this amendment does. This amendment-and some of you Dombrowski Lescovitr Pistella Zwikl who spoke recognize that-says that if anything is changed in Duffy Letterman Pitts Evans Levin Pratt Irvis, the bill by a court, the whole bill fails. For instance, maybe a Fargo Linton Preston Speaker court would say we do not have the right to regulate the $6 Fattah Livengood fee; a garage should be permitted to impose a charge compa- LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

NAYS-Ill 1 Mr. SALOOM. That would be all right with me, Mr. Speaker. Angstadt Donatucci Levi Ryan Armstrong Dorr Lloyd Rybak The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes, on the question, the Any Durham Lucyk Salvatore minority leader. Baldwin Fee McClatchy Saurman Mr. RYAN. If nothing else, 1 guess this substantiates the Belardi Flick McVerry Scheetz Belfanti Foster. W. W. Mackowski Schuler remarks 1 made earlier when I so recklessly accused the gentle- Blaum Foster, Jr., A. Madigan Semmel man, Mr. Saloom, of trying to scuttle this particular bill. Book Gallen Maiale Serafini The newest to the oldest member present on the floor Bowser Gannon Manmiller Showers Boyes Geist Marmian Sirianni today, and even some of those who are back in the telephone Brandt Gladeck Merry Smith, B. booths who will shortly be in to vote, would recognize this for Broujos Godshall Micozzie Smith, L. E. what it is. It is an effort, of course, to kill the bill at any cost. Bunt Greenwood Mwhlmann Snyder, D. W. Burd Grieco Morris Snyder. G. M. And there are some of our guys who are going to be joining Burns Hagarty Mowery Stuban you, Mr. Speaker, with amendments that are equally offen- Cappabianca Haluska Nahill Taylor, E. 2. sive to the stated purpose of the legislation that we have Cawley Hasay Noye Telek Cessar Hayes O'Brien Tigue before us today. 1 would ask for a vote of "no confidence" on Cimini Herman Perrel Vroon this particular amendment. Civera Hershry Peterson Wambach The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Clymer Hoeffel Phillips Wass Cohen Honaman Piccola Westan The Chair recognizes the majority leader, on the question. Cornell Jackson Poll Wilson Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, to the contrary of the Coslen lohnson Rappapon Wogan DeVerter Kennedy Reber Wozniak statement of the minority leader, 1 think that Mr. Saloom's Davies Kowalyshyn Reinard Wright, J. L. amendment puts an element of fairness into a piece of legisla- Dietr Lashinger Robbins Wright, R. C. tion that almost every one of the members of this House of Dininni Lehr Rudy Representatives at one time or another indicated how badly it NOT VOTING-I needed fairness. I can remember almost unanimous resolu- Spitz tions passed in this House telling the Governor not to imple- EXCUSED-3 ment an emissions control program because it was so unfair. It seems to me, Mr. Speaker, if we are going to put into Spencer Stevens Wiggins effect an emissions control program and the objective of that The question was determined in the negative, and the program is that the ambient air in Pennsylvania meet the amendments were not agreed to. Federal standards, that the more vehicles we inspect, the On the question recurring, better chance we have of meeting those standards, and Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as perhaps the less often those of us must suffer inspections and amended? expense, the less often we might have to suffer the inspections Mr. SALOOM offered the following amendments No. and expense. What is good for the goose is good for the A0277: gander. The people in the 14 counties of Pennsylvania who have to Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 2, line 23, by striking out "a"and inserting suffer the inspections and pay the costs thereof get nothing

from this program that the people~ in the rural areas of this -*hall ~. - Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013), page 2, line 24, by inserting after State get. They get clean air. They get a program that the "for"- Federal Government has dictated is good for us, that the all ambient air quality in Pennsylvania will be thus and so. Amend SG. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 2, lines 24 through 27, by Striking out "areas where periodic" in line 24, all of lines 25 You know, it seems, Mr. Speaker, that the same people through 27 and inserting who are talking about severability, the same people who are the Commonwealth. worried that we will not have a program if we strike down a On the question, program that does not spread the costs, it is those same people Will the House azree- to the amendments? somehow who now seem to be worried about having to have inspections all over the Commonwealth. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, I do not expect, I do not expect at all, that this Westmoreland, Mr. Saloom. House this afternoon is going to show the necessary fairness Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, this one should be a little less to have your amendment adopted, but I think that it will dem- controversial. All it does is protect the whole Commonwealth, onstrate that there is an unfairness in what is before us today. and instead of picking out certain counties to implement this And those of you whose constituents do not have to suffer the legislation, it just takes in the whole Commonwealth and inspections nor the costs of those inspections ought to think guarantees everybody clean air. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. twice about what you are shoving down the throats of those of The SPEAKER. The Chair would like to know whether or us in the counties where our constituents will have to suffer not the gentleman thinks that his amendment is so popular the inspections and the costs of those to give you clean air. that we ought not to put it to a vote, simply an acclamation. 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 231

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the minority leader. you who are in those 14 counties. You rascals will pay for it Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, 1 have no reluctance in standing yourselves. We will help you breathe it, but you will pay for it here arguing against the gentleman, Mr. Manderino, who yourselves. obviously has as a stated purpose the infliction of this terrible, The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. dreaded inspection program on the entire Commonwealth. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. I am from one of the affected counties. I am not here trying Trello. to put through this program for the stated purpose of clean Mr. TRELLO. Mr. Speaker, you know, this reminds me of air. I am here because, A, I object to what the Federal court a time when 1 was at borough council whzn a group of ladies did. I object to the Federal Government sticking its nose into came up to every cpuncil meeting and insisted we have low- business that should properly be ours, where we could decide cost housing in our community to help the poor. After three whether these 10, 12, 15 counties or all of the counties should or four meetings we agreed that we should have some low-rent have this. housing in our district. After surveying the borough of Unfortunately, we did not have that opportunity. We were Coraopolis, the only property we could find for this low-rent told by the Federal Government, after a consent decree had housing happened to be in the same area that these particular been signed by a prior Governor that locked us into this ladies lived in. So when we finally decided to do that and put program, we were told we get no money throughout this Com- the housing right next to where they lived, they all came to the monwealth. So even the people who are not from the affected council meeting and opposed it. In other words, they were for areas, who use the roads, the interstates that go through civil rights; they were for the poor, but do not put them next Philadelphia, through Allegheny County, through West- door to me. moreland and the like, who get the advantages of this money, Now, what you are saying here today, if you are sincere, we we are asking them in cooperation with some of us from the are for clean air; we are for emissions control, but do not put affected areas to try and do what is right for Pennsylvania, it in my county; put it in your county. If you are really sincere and that is bring the Federal dollars in, bring the jobs into about this program and how we benefit by it from the Federal Pennsylvania at the least possible cost to Pennsylvanians gen- Government and everything else, then you will go along with erally-and 1 will have more to say at the proper time on us. If you are going to vote for emissions control, then let us that-and let us get on with the program. vote for it for everybody. Let us not be like that group of We have exhausted the judicial remedies. We have ladies who are for every program but do not put them around exhausted the executive remedies through Washington when me. Let us show where your vote is today and how you stand Drew Lewis, then Secretary of Transportation, could not save for everybody in the State of Pennsylvania. us or stop this holdup of our $400 million or $500 million, and The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. now it is time for us to bite the bullet. The Chair recognizes, on the question, the gentleman from The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks thegentleman. Montgomery, Mr. McClatchy. The Chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. McCLATCHY. Mr. Speaker, 1 would like to turn away Mr. MANDERINO. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Ryan assumes that from the fairness for a minute and just talk about the dollar what I do this afternoon I do to bring this terrible scourge of figures. emissions control to all of the people of Pennsylvania. Mr. Right now under the present bill with the 14 counties, we Speaker, as I indicated to Mr. Saloom, I do not expect this have roughly 3.1 million cars. If we go to the whole State, we House will be that fair. I do not think that this House will be will have over 7 million cars. Now, the cost so far in this bill, fair enough to clean up the air of Pennsylvania by having if it passes and is enacted into law and we reimburse people everyone contribute to the clean air in Pennsylvania. for that inspection program, amounts to, in my calculations, It stands t~ reason, Mr. Speaker, that if the people in 14 about $34 million right now. If we double that, and it will be counties can suffer inspections to their vehicles, inspection to more than doubling it, we are talking over $60 million, $60 the emissions of their vehicles so that we can all enjoy clean million to $70 million, and 1 would suggest that all of us con- air in Pennsylvania, then if everybody suffered that same sider where this money is coming from. If we are going to sub- inspection program wemay not have to inspect those automo- tract it from the $500 million that is going to be freed up in biles so often. We might get away with inspection every 2 new highway funds, we will certainly not be able to do some years, every 18 months, you see, but that would be being fair; of those things we would like to do. We are certainly not that would be making everyone share in the cost of clean air. going to be able to have the jobs we would like to have. If we And that is what it ought to be. I am not for having 54 coun- take $55 million out of the General Fund, as has been sug- ties and the people in all the counties share in the cost of that gested by the Democratic Appropriations Committee as a pos- clean air by inspecting their vehicles, but if all that is gained is sibility, not paying the State Police in the General Fund but clean air, it ought to be the policy of this Commonwealth, as rather paying them out of the Motor License Fund, again you the bill presently states, that everyone should share in that will still have that same problem. cost. Mr. Speaker, 1 think we should very seriously think about Mr. Ryan has indicated to the contrary that he intends to the cost of the $60 million or $70 million. I frankly do not offer a motion to revert to a prior printer's number, which know where we are going to get the $32 million or the $34 will again only make the responsibility of clean air of those of million, but certainly when you are talking about $60 million 232 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21, or $70 million, we are just compounding the problem. Those the air quality between my yard and the next neighbor's yard people in the rural areas who already have clean air will now as far as the emissions from their automobile. Mine has to be be sort of transposing their money - going to an inspection inspected and theirs does not have to be inspected. program, plunking down their up-to-$50 costs, and then Also, in Lehigh County the monitoring equipment is along getting it back from the State again - and costing us, as a Route 22, which is basically an interstate highway and a General Assembly trying to balance a budget that is already, highway that is the main thoroughfare for transportation as we know, $350 million out of whack, further financial vehicles in and out of the area, most of which do not live in problems. I would suggest a "no" vote on the amendment. the urban area. Again, these people are the ones contributing The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. to the air pollution in our area and are exempted from the current proposal. WELCOMES I would support Representative Saloom's amendment to make it statewide. I think it is fair. I think it is the only way The SPEAKER. The Chair at this time is delighted to that we will be ible to address clean air quality in Pennsyl- welcome to the hall of the House as guests of Representative vania. Thank you. Baldwin, a delegation from Schuylkill County of the Penns~l- The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. vania Farmers Association. They are in the gallery. The Chair is equally pleased to welcome to the hall of the WELCOMES House as guests of Representative Carmel Sirianni and Repre- sentative Roger Madigan, farmers from Sullivan, The SPEAKER. The Chair also welcomes to the hall of the Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Bedford Counties. They are House as the guests of the Berks County delegation, farmers here in the gallery. from the Berks County Farmers Association. The Chair welcomes to the hall of the House the Pennsyl- We are pleased to welcome to the hall of the House a group vania Farmers Association, members of which association are of farmers from Chester County, the Chester County Farmers here from Centre and Mifflin Counties, as the guests of Rep- Association. They are the guests of the Chester delegation. resentative Ruth Rudy. A further group of farmers from the Franklin County CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Farmers Association are here as the guests of Representative Coy and Representative Punt. They are in the gallery. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. Clark, on the amendment. CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Mr. CLARK. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1 would like to support this second amendment of Mr. The SPEAKER. The question recurs, will the House agree Saloom's and urge everyone to support it. to the Saloom amendment? This is not only a question of enforceability, as Mr. Snyder On that question, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from just mentioned, but also a question of fairness down deep. We Lehigh, Mr. Snyder. find that if you live in one county you have to have your car Mr. D. W. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I have introduced a inspected, but if you live in another county you do not. It is a similar but somewhat different amendment to do perhaps the very simple matter to register your car in one of those counties same thing as Representative Saloom's. that you do not, and there is not anything that the State can I concur with the amendment for several reasons. First of do to stop you from doing that. all, Mr. Speaker, is the problem of enforcement. In areas of So what we are doing is missing the intent of the inspection other States where such a program was implemented, it was and rendering the program that we are implementing useless. found that it was very difficult to enforce this program. For Why should we pass something that is useless? Let us pass it instance, in Cincinnati, Ohio, when this program was imple- on a uniform basis. mented, in the first year 80 percent of the people within the To give you an example, every vehicle that the State oper- area went for the inspection. By the second year, less than 20 ates in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia is registered in percent of the people were having their cars inspected because Harrisburg. By registering those vehicles in Harrisburg on they soon found out that the police have no way of knowing that PA plate, even the State's vehicles are exempt from the where you live. Because here in Pennsylvania we have our inspection, but the people who register their car at home have annual safety inspection, the police know that if you have to have it done. It is a ridiculous program unless we imple- Pennsylvania State license plates, you should have a Pennsyl- ment it on a statewide basis, and I think this is the way we vania safety inspection sticker on your windshield. On the ought to go. highways there is no way of knowing what county or what city The emphasis here has been on speed and that we do a fast you reside in in Pennsylvania. Therefore, it becomes very dif- job of implementing it. I suggest that if we do not do some- ficult to enforce the auto emission program. thing about the fairness either through the tax reimbursement Also, under the proposal by EPA to go by ZIP codes, it will and through the Saloom amendment, we will not have a fast be very possible that one person may have to have his car job, but in effect, we will have a half-fast job. Thank you, inspected and his neighbor would not have to have his car Mr. Speaker. inspected. Yet you are trylng to tell us there is a difference in 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 233

The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman for the 1 reluctantly rise in support of Mr. Saloom's amendment. I accuracy of his enunciation. think it is a wise one, because I believe it has got to be all or The Chair recognizes, on the question, the gentleman from nothing regarding this piece of legislation, although I will no Berks, Mr. Fryer. way vote for the bill to impose on the people in our counties Mr. FRYER. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the emissions this ridiculous and tragic burden of auto emissions testing. testing program, and 1 am opposed to it for every section of You know, Mr. Speaker, you and 1 are from the county of this Commonwealth. The constituents who have contacted me Allegheny that after the Second World War initiated a clean are opposed to it, even though Berks County is not in the first air program that was unparalleled in the history of America. wave of the testing. As I was saying, we are from a great county that initiated the 1 was most impressed and deeply touched by the comments first air cleanup in the United States of America after the made in regards to the fairness of this amendment, this pro- Second World War, which was responsible for transforming a posed amendment. We always in the rural areas have consid- dirty, bleak, dreary city into a marvelous city today. ered ourselves many times forgotten in the State process, but We are not opposed to clean air in Pennsylvania, or in now once again, once again hope glimmers; the candle has not Pittsburgh particularly. What we are opposed to is the Federal died down; we are promised the better things of life. Anyone Government of the United States holding a gun to our heads who buys that is heading for the next medicine show. and saying unless you do this, we are not going to give you It is just absolutely amazing to me. It is not really sharing back the moneys that you have already paid to us in taxes. the good things. 1 would prefer to call it the amendment of Nor is it fair that only certain counties must participate. There misery loves company, and we are going to shun it, which is is a lot of wisdom in saying, we do not want this program; we something we do in the rural areas. We are going to say, no, are not going to burden the consumer now with an added cost but thanks. And if this bill passes, which I hope it does not, to for an added test by possibly incompetent people. those of you who embark on that first wave, we wish you well So think about it very seriously. This particular amendment and we hope the program collapses under its own weight. We may make the legislation more palatable, but I do not see how hope that the Federal administration, which during the course anybody in good conscience can vote for this bill now or ever. of the last election promised to take government off the backs Thank you, Mr. Speaker. of little people, gets through with the EPA and moves into The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. this area. Then truly we people in the rural areas will feel grat- On the question, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from ified by the turn of events. Allegheny, Mr. Olasz. You know, it is a question, too. We are concerned. If you Mr. OLASZ. Mr. Speaker, last year I sat here and listened put the entire State into this program, assuming that it passes, to many of my colleagues offer amendments to build bridges we are concerned in the rural areas about overtaxing the facili- over everything up to and including the last raindrop. There ties of testing. I know you would not want to do that. But I was no mention of fairness at that particular time on what one say to those of you who are not in that first wave, we do have county was getting as opposed to the other county, and here compassion. I for one will vote "no." But if you buy that we are today talking about what administrations have done to amendment, if you buy that amendment, particularly under us, and I wonder if my colleagues from the rural counties the sense of fairness, then you have participated in the biggest would be willing to share in that chocolate-covered Easter egg medicine show in town. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. that the great bunny in Washington loaded on us in the way of The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. megatrucks. We are the babies in Allegheny County who are The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. going to have to construct bridges and roadways to handle the Markosek. megatrucks, and what is our fair share of this tax dollar, Mr. Mr. MARKOSEK. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the greatest Speaker? Thank you. objection to this bill that I have heard from those in my dis- The SPEAKER. On the question, the Chair recognizes the trict has been that it is a discriminatory bill. It is one that dis- gentleman from Northampton, Mr. Gruppo. criminates part of the State against the other. I think those Mr. GRUPPO. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to medicine who want to see this bill passed could say to themselves that shows, 1 think it is we in the affected areas who are being sold the surest way of having this passed is to support Mr. the snake oil. It is a question of fairness. It is the people from Saloom's amendment. It would take away the discriminatory all over the Commonwealth who are contributing to the pollu- factor and it would allow certain members who currently tion in the areas that are being required to undergo the testing. cannot vote for the bill to vote for the bill. Therefore, by sup- It is not just those people who live within the areas but those porting Mr. Saloom's amendment, 1 think those who are cur- who travel, shop, and work in the area. If the people in this rently in favor of the bill would have a better chance of seeing room are truly concerned about the jobs and the Federal it passed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. dollars, then 1 believe it is important for them to also ask their The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. constituents to bear some of the burden and pay the tax that The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. the constituents in my area and the other affected areas Petrone. throughout the State are being asked to pay. 1 ask that we Mr. PETRONE. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. support the Saloom amendment A277. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 234 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. include in the bill all of the Commonwealth, or "the Com- The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Butler, Mr. Burd. monwealth" rather, which implements the court order; that is Mr. BURD. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. all. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the gentleman, Mr. Saloom, Mr. BURD. Yes, and that is where I am having trouble with would submit to interrogation? it, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Saloom, indicates he Mr. Speaker, 1 would like to makea statement, if I may. will stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. Burd, is in The SPEAKER. Has the gentleman completed his inter- order and may proceed. rogation? Mr. BURD. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. BURD. Yes, 1 have, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am having just a little problem fitting in and The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. then understanding the language that you are changing in the The gentleman is in order and may proceed. bill. On page 2, where you change the word from "may" to Mr. BURD. Mr. Speaker, in response to a previous speaker "shall," then you go on to say "establish and administer such on this particular amendment, the statement was made that a system for all motor vehicles registered in the Common- policing would be a problem for those who are not included in wealth." And then you strike out the following lines. Can you the program, and I very quickly went to my wallet and pulled tell me, Mr. Speaker, by saying that, where you are not out my owner's card, and lo and behold, my ZIP code is right including or have you exonerated commercial vehicles and there on my owner's card, which indicates to me that policing smaller trucks and, of course, buses and trucks? probably is not a problem and therefore is not a true state- Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, 1 am taking the bill as is, as it ment as far as being able to police this particular emissions is printed, PN 557, and in line 24, beginning with line 24, control if in fact we do vote it into law today. So 1 just wanted where it says "areas where periodic," striking that out, plus to point that out to the membership that theargument of poli- all of line 25, all of line 26, and all of line 27-this is on page cing really is not a valid argument. 2-and inserting after "motor vehicles registered in" on page Plus the fact I heard arguments earlier that all you would 24, adding "the Commonwealth." have to do would be to move to another county, and you Mr. BURD. You added "for all motor vehicles registered in could register your car and then be eligible not to have your the Commonwealth." That suggests to me that you are going automobile subjected to the emissions standard control. I to subject to this inspection program commercial trucks, would like to point out that anybody who is thinking of doing buses, trucks, and thelike. that would probably have to perjure himself if they did not set Mr. SALOOM. Just vehicles as defined in that court order. up residence in that particular area, and I certainly would not Mr. BURD. Mr. Speaker, 1 am having a little trouble be going out and suggesting to any of my constituency to do hearing the gentleman. that for the simple reason in most cases your constituents The SPEAKER. Would the gentleman, Mr. Burd, repeat back home probably go to the same garage to get their car his question? inspected each time an inspection would fall due, and it would Mr. BURD. I said, Mr. Speaker, 1 am having a little trouble be beholden upon that garage owner and neighbors and what hearing the gentleman. Thank you. have you to see to it that that person did not register his auto- The SPEAKER. Mr. Saloom, would you repeat your mobile outside his county. So I certainly would not want to go answer? around suggesting those ideas to my constituency, Mr. Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, the vehicles in the Common- Speaker, and therefore, I certainly am not going to stand here wealth that would be affected would be those vehicles that the and support this particular amendment. Thank you, Mr. bill provides for implementing the court order, but I am not Speaker. changing, you know, the substance of the court order other The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks thegentleman. than adding "the Commonwealth" and taking out the areas. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Montgomery, Mr. BURD. Yes; but would the gentleman show me where Mr. Saurman. that language is in this bill, please? Mr. SAURMAN. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. SALOOM. Could you show me, Mr. Speaker, where Mr. Speaker, 1 am confused by the debate on this amend- the language is that limits it to the passenger vehicles and ment, particularly by the rhetoric of fairness. This House, and deletes the trucks and also the other motor carriers? in fact the General Assembly, has repeatedly voted down any Mr. BURD. Well, it was assumed by me that they would be effort to implement this auto emission program. Those who eliminated, but as you know, this bill has been changed quite would now have us believe that the reason for implementing a bit, and as 1 leafed through it, I tried to see what this Ian- this project at this time is to give fair, clean air to everyone guage, by the suggestive of the word "all," would not throughout the Commonwealth, 1 think, belies what their include, and I do not see it in this particular bill, Mr. Speaker. action in the past has shown. There is one reason for passing Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, the bill itself is very difficult this or acting on this project at this time, and that is to get the to understand unless you have a copy of the court order in jobs that are necessary for this Commonwealth, because we front of you, and 1 do not have a copy of the court order, nor have been found guilty of violating a Federal law. Nothing was a copy ever available to myself. 1 am taking the bill as is that we can do will change that except to abide by the Federal and, what I can understand of it, trying to amend it and regulations, and therefore, to spread that punishment throughout the Commonwealth is unfair rather than fair. LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE

If we were plea bargaining for a client, we would look for the sentence which is least punitive. We now are trying to Angsradt Fee Levi Robbins abide by regulations with which we disagree. Why should we Armstrong Fischer Linlon Rudy then spread that punishment any wider than is necessary to Baldwin Flick Lloyd Ryan Battisto Foster, W. W. Lucyk Salvatore just abide by that, to comply with what we have to do, get it Belardi Foster, Jr., A. McCall Saurman done, and get the jobs into the State? We cannot implement Belfanri Fryer McClalchy Scheetz that by spreading the punishment. I would urge you to vote Blaurn Gallen McVerry Schuler Book Geist Mackowski Serafini against this amendment. Thank you. Bowser George Madigan Showers The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Boves Gladeck Maiale Sirianni The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. ~randt Cadshall Manmiller Smith, B. Broujos . Greenwood Marrnion Smith, L. E. Miscevich. Bunt Grieco Merry Snyder. G. M. Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, just a little bit of clari- Burd Gruitra Miller Stairs fication here. The previous speaker, Mr. Burd, was somewhat Burns Hagarty Moehlmann Steighner Caltagirone Haluska Morris Stewan concerned about his having an emission control inspection Cappabianca Hasay Mowery Stuban and his neiehbor- not having. it, but for their information, the Cawlev Haves Nahill Swift EPA regulations specify that through this ZIP code we have cirnini ~e;rnan Naye Taylor, E. Z. Clymer Hershey O'Brien Taylor, F. E. about 10 counties that have been put into the ZIP code cate- Cole Hoeffel Perzel Telek gory, and the regulation says that they could expand the ZIP Cornell Honaman Peterson Vroon code area at any given time, which means that we are going to Coslett Jackson Phillips Wachob COY Johnson Piccola Wambach get it all over the State anyway, so we should support Mr. DeVerter Kasunic Pievsky Warga Saloom's amendment here today and let the States do what Davies Kennedv Pitti Wass they want to do and not let the Federal Government tell us Dietz Klingaman Pott Weston Dininni Lashinger Pratt Wilson what to do. Dombrowski Laughlin Punt Wogan The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Donatucci Lehr Reber Wozniak The Chair recognizes, for the second time on the amend- Dorr Letterman Reinard Wright, D. R ment, the gentleman, Mr. Saloom. Durham Mr. SALOOM. Mr. Speaker, just briefly. I did not realize NOT VOTING-3 that this amendment was going to be so controversial; Fargo Mclntyre Spitz however, if the complete Commonwealth is included in the EXCUSED-3 legislation, I believe that we will have a difficult time enforc- Spencer Stevens Wiggins ing the law, and I therefore ask for an affirmative vote. It would be the same as out in the western States where they The question was determined in the negative, and the have the 55-mile-an-hour speed limit and they do not enforce amendments were not agreed to. it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. ANNOUNCEMENT BY SPEAKER

On the question recurring, The SPEAKER. For the information of the members, the Will the House agree to the amendments? leaders and the Chair have agreed that we will continue the The following roll call was recorded: debate until 6 o'clock. If we have not finished at that time, we will adjourn until tomorrow and pick up the amendment debate or whatever is left of the bill tomorrow. Afflerbach Evans McMonagle Rieger Alderette Fattah Manderino Rybak Arty Freeman Markosek Saloom I CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED ~arber Freind Mavernik Semmcl 1 Beloff Gallagher ~ichlavic Seventy On the question recurring, Carn Gamble Micorzie Snyder, D. W Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Cessar Cannon Miscevich Sweet Civera Gruppo Mrkonic Tigue amended? Clark Harper Murphy Trella Mr. PETRONE offered the following amendments No. Cohen Hutchinsan O'Donnell Truman A0273: Colafella ltkin Olasz Van Harne Cordisco Jarolin Oliver Williams I Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013), page 2, Line 32, by inserting after Cowell Kosinski Petrarca Wright, I. L. "station" Deluca Kowalyshyn Petrone Wright, R. C. DeWeese Kukavich Pixella Zwikl operated by the department Daley Lescovitr Preston Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013). page 4, line 6, by striking out "six- Dawida Levin Rappaport Irvis, dollars ($6)." and inserting Deal Livengood Richardson Speaker five dollars ($5). The inspection shall be conducted Duffs McHale by the department. Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013). page 4, line 7. by striking out "inspecting station" and inserting - department LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

On the question, (3) "Native Americans," which includes persons who are Will the House agree to the amendments? American Indians. Eskimos. Aluets or Native Hawaiians: and (4) "~sian-pacific ~mericans" which includes 'persons AMENDMENTS WITHDRAWN whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Samoa, Guam, the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific Allegheny, Mr. Petrone. and the Northern Marianas. Mr. PETRONE. I would like to withdraw my amendments, Amend Sec. 3, page 8, line 22, by striking out "3" and insert- Mr. Speaker. ing The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. 4 On the question, On the question recurring, Will the House agree to the amendments? Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as amended? The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Philadelphia, Mr. E'vans. The SPEAKER. Would the minority leader wish to be rec- Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, the amendment that 1 am offer- ognized in this order of business or after other amendments ing is for the purpose of helping small businesses. have been offered? In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the construction Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, if you recall, 1 advised you and/ dollars that are coming down from Washington, the small or the Parliamentarian that I was not going to move to revert businesses have a very difficult time in attempting to receive to a prior printer's number but rather had ordered amend- some of those dollars in terms of construction projects. What ments that would have the same effect. They are not down 1 am offering is an amendment to increase the waiver fee from from the Reference Bureau. $5,000 to $25,000 for the purpose of allowing those businesses The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. to compete. One of the obstacles is the issue of bonding, and I On the question recurring, am hoping that each and every one of you understand the Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as importance of it and will consider and support this amend- amended? ment. Mr. EVANS offered the following amendments No. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. A028 1 : On the question recurring, Amend Title, page I, line 22, by striking out "AND" Will the House agree to the amendments? Amend Title, page I, line 24, by removing the period after "COMMONWEALTH" and inserting The following roll call was recorded: ; and further providing for certain bonding require- YEAS-93 ments. Amend Bill, page 8, by inserting between lines 21 and 22 Afflerbach Danatucci Lescovitr Richardson Section 3. (a) No bond shall be required pursuant to the Angstadt Duffy Letterman Rieger act of December 20, 1967 (P.L.869, No.383, known as the Barber Evans Levin Rybak Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967, or any other law Battisto Fattah Linron Saloom for contracts in an amount of $25,000 or less between a minority Belfanti Fee Livengood Salvatore business enterprise and a contracting body. Belaff Fischer McHale Seventy As used in this section: Blaum Freeman McMonagle Steighner (b) Boyes Gallagher Manderino Stewart "Minority business enterprise" means a small business Brandt Gamble Markosek Taylor, F. E. concern (I) which is at least 51 % owned by one or more socially Caltagirone George Mayernik Trella and economically disadvantaged individuals, or, in the case of Cappabianca Greenwood Michlavic Truman any publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock of which is Carn Cruitza Miscevich Van Horne owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged Clark Cruppo Mrkonic Wachab individuals; and (2) whose management and daily business opera- Cohen Halurka Murphy Wambach tions are controlled bv one or more of the sociallv and economic- Colafella Harper O'Donnell Warga ally disadvantaged individuals who own it. Cole Hoefiel Oliver Williams "Small busmess concern" means a small business as defined Cordisco Hurchinson Pelrarca Warniak Cawell ltkin Petrone Wright, D. R. pursuant to section 3 of the Small Business Act and relevant regu- Deluca Jarolin Phillips Wright, R. C. lations oromuleated-. oursuant thereto. DeWeese Kasunic Pievsky Zwikl "~&iall~and economically disadvantaged individuals" Dalcy Korinski Pistella means those individuals who are citizens of the United States and Dawida Kowalyshyn Pratt Irvis. who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Ameri- Deal Kukovich Preston Speaker cans or Asian-Pacific Americans and any other minorities or indi- Dambrowski Laughlin Rappaport viduals found to be disadvantaged by the Small Business Admin- NAYS-103 istration pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that individuals in the follow- Alderette Flick McCall Rudy ing groups are socially and economically disadvantaged: Armstrong Foster. W. W. McClatchy Ryan (I) "Black Americans," which includes persons having Arty Foster. Jr., A. McVerry Saurman Baldwin Freind hlackowski Scheetz origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa; Belardi Fryer Madigan Schuler (2) "Hispanic Americans," which includes persons of Book Callen Manmiller Semmel Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or Bowser Cannon Mar mion Serafini other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race; Braujos Geist Merry Showers Bunt Gladeck Mico~zie Sirianni Burd Codshall Miller Smith, B. 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 237

Burns Grieco Moehlmann Smith, L. E. invested in this equipment by $1 per inspection vehicle based Cawley Hagarty Morris Snyder, D. W. on the number of inspections that are carried out within each Cessar Hasay Mowery Snyder, G. M. Cimini Hayes Nahill Stairs of those authorized stations. Civera Herman Noye Stuban Mr. Speaker, it also protects the interests of Pennsylvania Clymer Hershey O'Brien Swift manufacturers in that there is one specific company in this Cornell Honaman Olasz Taylor. E. Z. Coslett Jackson Perzel Telek State that manufactures and produces this type of equipment. COY Johnson Peterson Tigue Where the bid is equal in all other areas, the Pennsylvania DeVerter Kennedy Piccola Vroon firm shall receive that consideration. Davies Klingaman Pitls Wass Dielz Lashinger Pot1 Weston It also deals, Mr. Speaker, with the approving and the pur- Dininni Lehr Punt Wilson chasing of the equipment with regard to those who have Dorr Levi Reber Wogan already purchased such equipment that has been authorized Durham Lloyd Reinard Wright, J. L. Fargo Lucyk Robbins by the State. So this amendment covers the areas that will NOT VOTING-4 protect the interests of the people. It will also protect those who are giving the inspections and give the department ample Mclntyre Maiale Spitz Sweet opportunity to recoup their investment. I ask for an affirma- EXCUSED-3 tive vote, Mr. Speaker. Spencer Stevens Wiggins The SPEAKER. On the question, the Chair recognizes the gentleman from Butler, Mr. Burd. The question was determined in the negative, and the amendments were not agreed to. Mr. BURD. Thank you. I wonder if the gentleman, Mr. Laughlin, would agree to On the question recurring, interrogation? Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as The SPEAKER. The gentleman is in order and may amended? proceed. Mr. LAUGHLIN offered the following amendment No. M,, BURD, ~h~~kyou, M~,speaker, A0296: Mr. Speaker, I think you have a good idea here, but I have Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 4, by inserting between lines a question. 16 and 17 Mr. LAUGHLIN. Go right ahead, Mr. Speaker. (f) (1) Except as provided in clause (41, all testing equip- Mr. BURD. When you are talking about leasing the equip- ment used in inspections to test emissions or emission systems ment to conduct the emissions, it is my in shall be purchased by the Department of Transportation for lease to authorized inspection stations throughout the Com- talking with various garages, that the equipment they are monwealth. The purchase by the Department of Trans- buying-some of the ones who have bought equipment in portation shall include maintenance contracts for the upkeep anticipation of doing this-the emission test is just one of of the equipment. many tests that the equipment will do, and I was wondering, (') The lease exceed One ($I) per does the amendment that you are offering take into consider- ins ected vehicle, to be assessed b the De artment of Trans- shall he based on the ,,imberofPvehicles inspected ation that portion of the equipment or the whole piece of monthly in each authorized inspection station. The lease equipment or what does it do? charges fixed by the department shall he sufficient to cover Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, plain and simple, what it the cost of the purchased equipment but shall not be used to does is it covers all the areas of the testing of that equipment raise any additional revenue. and the purchase of that equipment. Whatever is utilized by 3) The De artment of Trans ortation shall acce t the hid df the lowestPres onsible bidde: kind, quality and :ate. the inspection station has already received preauthorization rial being equal. ThePdepartment shall have the right to reject from the Department of Transportation. so they would be any and all bids or select a single item from any bid. The exempt from any provision of the existing law. They have department shall give preference bidders lhat are business already complied, Mr. Speaker, and would not be affected. or manufacturing entities domiciled in the Commonwealth. Mr. BURD. Well, I am still not sure I understand what the (4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to authorized inspection stations which purchased or desires to speaker said, Mr. Speaker. The testing equipment, as I under- purchase testing equipment approved by the department. stand it, would analyze the exhaust from an automobile and say, yes, you do pass, or no, you do not pass, but in the event On the question, it does not pass, then that equipment will go further to start to Will the House agree to the amendment? analyze the engine through the spark plugs, the wiring, and The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from things of that nature. Now, is that whole machine going to be Beaver, Mr. Laughlin. involved in your leasing agreement with the State and the Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, as I had said earlier, this garage or just that portion that does the analyzing of the amendment No. A0296 deals with the ability of the depart- exhaust? ment to purchase the emission control equipment, which will Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, you will find that many of then be leased by the approved and authorized inspection sta- the machines that are being put on the market do in fact tions across the State in the affected areas. It also provides for control every facet of that emission test. It is a computerized the department to be able to recoup the money that they heve machine that prints out a tape at the end of that test and is 238 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21, signed so that the person walking away receives verification, Durham Lucyk Rieger Speaker not only in the form of their sticker but a printout of how well NAYS-66 theit car reacted to all the tests. Angrtadt Flick Lashinger Rappaport Mr. BURD. But does your lease include the whole machine ~~~~t~~~~ ~~~t~~,W. W. ~eh~ Reber or just that portion? Blaum Foster, Jr., A. Levi Robbins Mr. LAUGHLIN. Yes, Mr. Speaker, it includes the whole Lloyd Ryan ::i:s GallenFreind Mackowski Saurman machine. Brandt Cannon Madigan Schuler Mr. BURD. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Braujos Geist Manmiller Sirianni Bunt Giadeck Merry Smith, B. Cimini Godshall ~icmzie Smith, L. E. PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Civera Grieco Miller Snyder. G. M. Clymer Hagarty Nahill Swift The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Cornell Hasay Noye Taylor, E. 2. Cariett Hayes Peterson Vroon Lehigh, Mr. Snyder. DeVerter Herman Phillips Wass Mr. D. W. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I have a question of Davies Hershey Piccala wcston procedure. Dininni Hanaman Pitls Wright, J. L. Johnson Would a positive vote on the Laughlin amendment No. 296 NOT VOTING- preclude any further consideration of amendments dealing I with the State itself owning the equipment or the State itself Dietr Mclnlyre Spitz Telek operating the equipment through State-owned systems? EXCUSED-3 The SPEAKER. The Chair has not read the last Laughlin Spencer Stevens Wiggins amendment. The Chair would have to advise the gentleman and other members that the adoption of the Laughlin amend- The question was determined in the affirmative, and the ment would not automatically preclude any subsequent amendment was agreed to. amendment. If a subsequent amendment were offered which On the question recurring, in fact deleted part of the Laughlin amendment, then so be it. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as But the Chair cannot give you a general answer which will amended? cover all situations. Subsequent amendments may or may not Mr. MISCEVICH offered the following amendment No. affect the Laughlin amendment depending upon their A0298: wording and their placement in the bill. Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 4, by inserting between lines On the auestion recurring.- I 16and 17 Will the House agree to the amendment? The following roll call was recorded:

Afllerbach Evans McCall Rudy Alderette Fargo McClatchy Rybak Arty Fattah McHale Saloom On the question, Baldwin Fee McMonagle Salvatore Will the House agree to the amendment? Barber Fischer McVerry Scheetz Battisto Freeman Maiale Semmel The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Belardi Fryer Manderino Serafini Allegheny, Mr. Miscevich. Belfanti Gallagher Markosek Seventy Mr. MISCEVICH. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Beloff Gamble Marmian Showers Bowser George Mayernik Snyder, D. W. My amendment is somewhat similar to Mr. Laughlin's Burd Greenwood Michlovic Stairs amendment, except that I say that PennDOT should buy all Burns Gruitra Miscevich Sleighner the machines and distribute them to the proper inspection sta- Caltagirone Gruppa Moehlmann Stewart Cappabianca Haluska Morris Stuban tions at no cost. PennDOT will be responsible for the types Carn Harper Mowery Sweet and the machines that they buy. Thank you. Cawley Hoeffel Mrkonic Taylor, F. E. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Cessar Hutchinson Murphy Tigue Clark ltkin O'Brien Trello Cohen Jackson O'Donnell Truman PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY Colafella Jarolin Olasz Van Horne I Cole Kasunic Oliver Wachob Cordisco Kennedy Perzel Wambach The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Cowell Klinsaman Petrarca Wargo Montgomery, Mr. McClatchy. COY Kosinski Petrone Williams Mr. McCLATCHY. Mr. Speaker, point of inquiry. Deluca Kowalyshyn Pievaky Wilson DeWeese Kukovich Pistella Wogan Is this an amendment to the previous amendment? It con- Daley Laughlin POI1 Worniak flicts, certainly. Dawida Lescovitz Pratt Wright, D. R. Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, it was circulated under the Deal Letterman Preaon Wright, R. C. Dombrowski Levin Punt Zwikl wrong number previously. This is the new printer's number. Donalucci Linlon Rrinard Duffy Livengood Richardson Irvis, LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE

The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Deluca Kowalyshyn Petrone Wargo The gentleman, Mr. McClatchy, has asked a parliamentary DeWeeae Kukovich Pievsky Williams Daley Laughlin Pistella Wozniak inquiry which the members would be well advised to pay Dawida Lescovitz Pot1 Wright. D. R. attention to. Deal Letterman Prart The gentleman, Mr. McClatchy, has suggested that an Dombrowski Levin Preston Irvis, Duffy Linton Richardson Soeaker amendment offered by the gentleman, Mr. Miscevich, may in Evans Livengood Rieger fact amend a prior amendment offered on this floor and NAYS-104 accepted. That may well be true. If it be true, the Chair will sustain the right of the gentleman, Mr. Miscevich, to offer Angstadt Darr Lashinger Reber Armstrang Durham Lehr Reinard that amendment. It is the position of the Chair and it has been Arty . Farga Levi Robbins the position of the Chair that once an amendment is adopted Baldwin Flick Lloyd Rudy Belardi Foster. W. W. McCall Ryan by this House, it becomes part of the body of the bill, and just Belfanti Foster, Jr.. A. McClatchy Salvatore the same as if it had been reprinted, it is available for deletion Blaum Freind McVerry Saurman or addition. The Chair does not know whether or not Mr. Book Gallen Mackowski Scheetz Miscevich's amendment does that, but that is the position. Bowier Cannon Madigan Schuler Bayes Geist Manmiller Serafini parliamentarily, that the Chair has taken. Brandt George Marmion Showers Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, may 1 make a few com- Broujos Gladeck Merry Sirianni ments, please? Bunt Godshall Micazrie Smith. B. Burd Greenwood Miller Smith. L. E. The SPEAKER. The Chair will recognize the gentleman in Burns Grieco Moehlmann Snyder, G. M. just a moment. Cessar Hagarty Mawery Stuban The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. McClatchy. Cimini Haluska Nahill Swift Civera Hasay Naye Taylor, E. Z. Mr. McCLATCHY. Mr. Speaker, what you are saying then Clymer Hayes O'Brien Telek in the parliamentary process is we now will be following a dif- Cornell Herman Perzel Vroon ferent rule than we have been previously following. We will be Coslett Hershey Peterson Wass COY Hoeffel Phillips Westan able to now amend amendments. Is that correct? DeVerter Honaman Piccala Wilson The SPEAKER. The Chair agrees with the gentleman's Davies Jackson Pitts Wogan statement up until the fact that he said we will now be able to Dietz Johnson Punt Wright, J. L. Dininni Klingaman Rappaport Wright, R. C. amend amendments. Where the Chair differs with earlier NOT VOTING-7 rulings is that the Chair believes that once an amendment has been adopted, it is no longer an amendment and therefore, Donatucci McHale Saloom being part of the body of the bill, is subject to amendment the Kennedy Mclntyre Spitz EXCUSED-3 same as the rest of the bill. The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Miscevich. Spencer Stevens Wiggins Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. Speaker, in all due respect to a par- The question was determined in the negative, and the liamentary decision here, I had this amendment drafted in amendment was not agreed to. January. The SPEAKER. Would the gentleman yield? On the question recurring, The gentleman apparently was not paying attention to the Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Chair. The Chair ruled that the gentleman's amendment is in amended? order and may proceed with the amendment. Mr. MISCEVICH offered the following amendments No. Mr. MISCEV~CH.Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A0299: I have no further comments. Amend Title, page I, line 22, by striking out "AND" Amend Title, page I, line 24, by removing the period after On the question recurring, "COMMONWEALTH" and inserting Will the House agree to the amendment? ; and providing a The following roll call was recorded: Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013), page 4, by inserting between lines Ihand 17 YEAS-89 Afflerbach &ttah Lucyk Rybak Alderette Fee McManagle Semmel Barber Fischer Maiale Seventy Battisro Freeman Manderina Snyder. D. W. Beloff Fryer Markorek Stairs Caltagirone Gallagher Mayernik Sreighner Cappabianca Gamble Michlovic Stewart Carn Gruitza Miscevich Sweet Cawley Gruppo Morris Taylor, F. E. On the question, Clark Harper Mrkonic Tigue Will the House agree to the amendments? Cohen Hutchinson Murphy Trello Colafella ltkin O'Donnell Truman The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Cole Jarolin Olasr Van Horne Allegheny, Mr. Miscevich. Cordisco Kasunic Oliver Wachob Cawell Kosinski Petrarca Wambach LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

Mr. MISCEVICH. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. DeVerter Kennedy Phillips Vroon This is not a very big amendment. The crux of it is that if Davits Klingaman Piccola Wachob Dieu Kowalyshyn Rappapart Wambach you do not comply with the motor vehicle inspection on the Dininni Levi Reber Wesron emission controls, you will be fined $3 and no costs. The total Dorr Lloyd Robbins Wogan amount is $3, and you could drive your car for the rest of that Foster, W. W. Mackowski Rudy inspection period. NOT VOTING-8 The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman Beloff Mclntyre Rieger Wilson Donatucci Reinard Spitz Zwikl REMARKS ON VOTE EXCUSED-3 Spencer Stevens Wiggins The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman from Lehigh, Mr. McHale, rise? The question was determined in the affirmative, and the Mr. McHALE. Mr. Speaker, on the previous amendment amendments were'ageed to. No. 298 to SB I, I was called momentarily from the floor. 1 On the question recurring, would like to be recorded in the affirmative. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be spread amended? upon the record. Mr. RElNARD offered the following amendments No. A0290: CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 2015), page 6. line 30, by striking out "AN"- and inserting On the question recurring, a one time Will the House agree to the amendments? Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 2015), page 7, line 7, by inserting after "REIMBURSED" The following roll call was recorded: one time YEAS-121 Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 2015), page 7, line 12, by inserting after "MAY"-~-~-- Alderette Durham Lescavitz Preston on the 1983 or 1984 return Angstadt Evans Letterman Punt Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 2015). oaee 7. line 14. bv insertine after Arty Fargo Levin Richardson - Barber Fattah Linton Saloom Battisto Fee Livengood Saurman Belardi Fischer Lucyk Serafini line 26, by inserting after Belfanti Flick McCall Seventy Blaum Foster, Jr., A. McClatchy Showers Book Freeman McHale Sirianni , line 9, by inserting after Burd Freind MeMonagle Snyder, D. W. Burns Fryer McVerry Stairs Caltagirone Gallagher Manderino Steighner Cappabianca Gamble Markosek Stewart On the question, Carn Gannon Marmion Sruban Will the House agree to the amendments? Cessar George Mayernik Swift Civera Gladeck Michlovic Taylor. E. Z. Clark Godshall Micouie Taylor. F. E. WELCOME Cahen Gruitza Miscevich Trello Colafella Hagarty Mrkonir Truman The SPEAKER. The Chair welcomes to the hall of the Cole Harper Murphy Van Horne Cordisco Hasay Nahill Wargo House a farmers group from Snyder and Northumberland Cornell Hershey O'Donnell Wass Counties, here as the guests of Representative Phillips. 1 trust Coslett Hutchinson Olasz Williams all of them have not gone home. If they have, well, we Cowell ltkin Oliver Wozniak Deluca Jarolin Petrarca Wright, D. R. welcome them anyway. DcWeese Kasunic Petrone Wright, J. L. Daley Kosinski Pievsky Wright. R. C. REMARKS ON VOTE Dawida Kukovich Pistella Deal Lashinger Pitts Irvis, Dombrowski Laughlin Pott Speaker The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman Duffy Lehr Pratr from Montgomery, Mr. Reber, rise? NAYS-71 Mr. REBER. Mr. Speaker, on amendment 252 to SB 1. I Afflerbach Gallen Madigan Ryan have learned that my machine did not operate. 1 wish to be Armstrong Gcist Maiale Rybak recorded in the affirmative. Thank you. Baldwin Greenwood Manmiller Salvatore The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be spread Bowser Grieco Merry Scheerz Boyes Gruppo Miller Schuler upon the record. Brandt Haluska Moehlmann Semmel Braujos Hayes Morris Smith, B. Bunt Herman Mowery Smith, L. E. Cawley Hoeffel Noye Snyder. G. M. Cimini Honaman O'Brien Sweet Clymer Jackson Perzel Telek COY Johnson Peterson Tigue LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE

CONSIDERATION OF SB 1 CONTINUED Cardisco Kasunic Petrone Wambach 1 Cowell Kosinski Pievskv Warm The SPEAKER. On the amendment, the Chair recognizes COY Kowalyshyn pistella ~i~~iams Deluca Kukovich Pills Wazniak the gentleman from Bucks, Mr. Reinard. DeWeese Laughlin Pratt Wright. D. R Mr. REINARD. Mr. Speaker, this amendment that 1 have Daley Lescovitz Preston Zwikl before you today deals with the funding mechanism and also Dawida Letterman Rappaport Deal Levin Richardson Irvis, deals with the reimhursement mechanism if we were to imply Dombrowski Linton Rieger Speaker or put through this bill and vote on this bill. What this amend- Donalucci Livengood ment will do though is change the way the original reimburse- NOT VOTING-3 ment is drafted in the original bill that we have on our desks. Mclnlyre Spitr Wogan This amendment will call for a one-time reimbursement, a EXCUSED-3 one-time reimhursement of $70 for pre-1981 model cars and $100 for 1981 and newer models. Spencer Stevens Wiggins We are doing a lot of presuming that most of and all of the The question was determined in the negative, and the cars in this State in the affected areas will fail. What this amendments were not aereed to. amendment addresses is the problem of today and the On the question recurring, problem of passing this bill. I feel if we pass this amendment, Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as this bill will become more palatable and we will be able to get amended? on with the problem that the emission hill has been causing us Mr. D. W. SNYDER offered the following amendment No. and get the moneys hack from Washington. I thank the Chair. A0275: The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013), page 2, line 27, by inserting after On thequestion recurring, "Qtrtsr " 1 .,Lm..a. Will the House agree to the amendments? Whenever the department implements a system for the periodic The following roll call was recorded: inspection of emissions or emission systems of motor vehicles in any part of the Commonwealth, the system so implemented shall apply throughout the entire Commonwealth for all vehicles required to comply. Angsladt Flick Lehr Reber Armstrong Foster, W. W. Levi Reinard On the question, Arty Foster, Jr., A. Lloyd Robbins Will the House agree to the amendment? Belardi Freind McClatchv Ryan Book Gallen McVerry Salvatore The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Bowser Gannon Mackowski Saurman Lehigh, Mr. Snyder. Boyes Geist Madigan Scheetz Brandt Gladeck Manmiller Schuler Mr. D. W. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, this amendment differs Bunt Godshall Marmion Serafini from the previous amendment introduced by Representative Burd Greenwood Merry Sirianni Saloom in several areas. Burns Grieco Micorzie Smith, B. Cersar Haeartv Miller Smith. L. E First of all, Representative Saloom's amendment would Cimini ~aiuska Moehlmann ~nyde;, G. M. have applied to all motor vehicles in Pennsylvania, which Civera Hasay Mowery Swift Clymer Hayes Nahill Taylor, E. 2. would have included, perhaps, trucks, diesel, and other Cornell Herman Noyc Telek vehicles. This amendment would only apply to vehicles under Coslett Hershey O'Brien Tigue the EPA program. This would also permit the "may" provi- DeVerter Honaman Perzel Vrocn Davies Jackson Peterson Wass sion in the law, which currently allows PennDOT to decide Dietz Johnson Phillips Wesron whether or not to implement the program under the Federal Dininni Kennedy Piccola Wilson guidelines. Under the previous amendment it was "shall" Dorr Klingaman Port Wright, J. L. Durham Lashinger Punt Wright, R. C. implement the program. Fargo I feel, as the arguments were already presented in the previ- NAYS-104 ous amendment, that we need to address this issue on a state- wide area. First of all, the question about the enforcement Afflerbach Duffy Lucyk Rudy Alderette Evans McCall Rybak was already brought up. However, the question was raised Baldwin Faltah hfcHale Saloom that everybody carries an owner's registration card. To find Barber Fee McMonagle Semmel out where that vehicle is registered would require a car-by-car Battisto Fischer Maiale Seventy Bellanti Freeman Manderino Showers inspection by the police, which I doubt very much they would Beloii Fryer Markosek Snyder. D. W. do. Blaum Gallagher Mayernik Stairs Second of all, the auto emission program is just one area to Broujas Gamble Michlavic Steighner Caltagirone George Miscevich Stewart address the air quality. EPA is still measuring air quality stan- Cappabianca Gruitza Morris Stuban dards in our areas and could imolement further oenalties. ca;" Gruppo Mrkonic Sweri such as cutting off sewage treatment funds, prohibiting con- Cawley Harper Murphy Taylor. F. E.

Clark~ ~~~ unrff~l 0'l)onnrll ~relin ~ - ...... ~~.~~~ struction of industries, and other prohibitions which they may Cahen Hutchinson Olai? Truman need to implement if air quality standards do not meet the Colafella Itkin Oliver Van Hornr Cole Jaralin Petrarca Wachob 242 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

~ - Federal act. By meeting the problem on a statewide basis, The SPEAKER.?^^ Chair thanks the gentleman. therefore, we can address the air quality standards not only in On the amendment, the Chair recognizes the gentleman the urban areas but also because of the vehicles from outside from Berks, Mr. Davies. those affected areas that add to the air quality standards. Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, would the maker of the Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. amendment stand for a few questions of interrogation? The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the genlleman. The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Snyder, indicates he The Chair recognizes the minority leader. will so stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. Davies, is Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, this amendment, for the benefit in order and may proceed. of the members who perhaps did not hear the gentleman, is Mr. DAVIES. Mr. Speaker, how many times, under the akin to the amendment offered by the gentleman, Mr. EPA standards and those that are accepted by the EPA that Saloom, which would, to quote Mr. McClatchy, impose the are measured by other entities of government, have any of the misery statewide. I would ask for a "no" vote. areas out of the 14 counties been out of compliance in the The.... SPEAKER.-. The Chair thanks the -nentleman. vears 1981 and 1982? REQUEST TO DIVIDE AMENDMENT Mr. D. W. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I do not have that information available at this time. The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from MI. DAVIES. wsll, I will offer you that information, sir, if Allegheny, Mr. Miscevich. I might, in addressing that very issue. Mr. MISCEVICH. Mr. can this amembent be The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman for divided? the purposes of making a statement on the amendment. The The SPEAKER. In the opinion of the Chair, it cannot be gentleman may proceed, divided. The amendment is one particular paragraph. Mr. DAVIES. I will only cite those of 1982 rather than add Mr. MISCEVICH. Yes; okay. to the longevity of the debate. The compliance figures for the he SPEAKER. The amendment which we are holding-let entire Philadelphia corridor were 35 days. That includes us see if we are talking about the same amendment-is 275? solids, carbon monoxide, and ozone; ~~hi~harea, 4 days; and Mr. Yes. Right at the end Allegheny County, 3 days. On that basis, I do not understand wealth," if we could delete "for all vehicles required to why the rest of the State should be asked to comply with those comply." facts before you. The SPEAKER. No, it cannot be so divided, because in a ~h~ SPEAKER, -ihe chair thanks the divided amendment, each section must be able to stand on its On the question recurring, own, and that would allow the second section not to have any reference to anything else. So it is the opinion of the Chair Will the House agree to the amendment? that it cannot be divided. The following roll call was recorded: Mr. MISCEVICH. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. YEAS-43 May I make a comment, please? The SPEAKER. The gentleman is in order and may Freeman Madigan Serafini Alderette Freind Markasck Snyder. D. W. proceed. Arty Gamble Michlovic Tigue Mr. MISCEVICH. Again I would ask this body to vote Belardi Cannon Micozric Trello "no" for the purpose that there are no emissions coming Gruppo Mrkonic Truman Clark lrkin Murphy Van Horne from the exhaust of a diesel engine that are violating the EPA Colafella Jarolin Pistella Wilson standards. The fact is that these machines that they are recom- Cordisco Kowalgshyn Rappaport Wright, J. L. mending to test gasoline engines with will not test this engine Cowel' Kukovich Rybak Wright, R. C. Dawida Leicavitz Saloom Zwikl because there is nothing to test, so why should you make ZIcHale Semmel somebody go through the inspection program with a diesel NAYS-I55~ .. when it is not going to test it? The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. Angrtadt Evans Levin Punt Armstrong Fargo Linton Reber The Chair recognizes the gentleman, Mr. Snyder, on the Baldwin Fattah Livengoad Reinard question of the adoption of his amendment. Barber Fee Lloyd Richardson Battiito Fischer Lucyk Ricger Mr. D. W. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, to address the com- Belfanti Flick McCall Robbins ments just presented, as 1 noted in my initial remarks, this Beloff Foster. W. W. McClatchy Rudy differs from the previous amendment in that while we are Blaum Foatcr. Jr.. A. Mclntyrc Ryan talking about "for all vehicles required to comply," we are Book Fryer McMonaeie Salvatore Bowser Gallagher McVerry Saurman excluding trucks, diesel engines, and such. We are only saying Boyei Gallen Mackawski Scheetr that the vehicles in the section that we are amending that are Brandt Geist .Vaiale Schuler required to be inspected under the Federal guidelines be Broujoi George Manderino Seventy Bunt Gladeck Manmiller Showers inspected statewide. If the trucks and diesel engines are Burd Godshall Marmion Sirianni excluded in those affected areas, they would also be excluded Burn$ Greenwood Mayernik Smith, B. in other areas of the State. Caltagirane Grieco Merry Smith. L. E. Cappahianca Gruiiza Miller Snyder, G.M. Carn Hagarty Miscevich Stairs Cawley Haluska Moehlmann Steighner LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE

Cessar Harper Morris Stewart Bawser Cannon Manderino Serafini Cimini Hasay Mowery Stuban Boyei Geist Manmiller Seventy Clymer Hayes Nahill Swift Brandt George Markosek Showers Cohen Herman Noye Taylor. E. Z. Bunt Cladeck Marmion Smith, B. Cole Hershey O'Brien Taylor, F. E. Burd Godshall Mayernik Smith, L. E. Cornell Hoeffel O'Donnell Telek Burns Greenwood Merry Snyder. D. W. Coslett Honaman Olasz Vroon Caltagirone Grieco Michlovic Snyder, G. M. COY Hutchinsan Oliver Wachob Cappabianca Gruitza Micorzie Stairs Deluca Jackson Perzel Wambach Carn Gruppo Miller Steighner DeVerter Johnson Peterson Wargo Cawley Hagarty Miscevich Stewart DeWeese Kasunic PeIrarca Wass Cessar Haluska Moehlmann Stuban Daley Kennedy Petrone Weston Cimini Harper Morris Sweet Davies Klingaman Phillips Williams Civera Hasay Mowery Swift Deal Kosinski Piccola Wogan Clark Hayes Mrkanic Taylor, E. 2. Dietr Lashinger Pievsky Wozniak Clymer Herman Murphy Taylor, F. E. Dininni Laughlin Pitts Wright, D. R. Cohen Hershey Nahill Telek Dambrowski Lehr Pott Calafella Hoeffel Noye Tigue Donatucci Letterman Pratt Irvis, Cole Hanaman O'Brien Trello Dorr Levi Preston Speaker Cordisco Hutchinson O'Donnell Truman Durham Cornell ltkin Olasz Van Horne NOT VOTING-2 Cowell Jackson Oliver Vroon COY Jaralin Perzel Wachob Spitz Sweet Deluca Johnson Peterson Wambach DeVerter Kasunic Petrarca Wargo EXCUSED-3 DeWeese Kennedy Petrone Wass Daley Klingaman Phillips Weston Spencer Stevens Wiggins Davies Koiinski Piccola Williams The question was determined in the negative, and the Dawida Kowalyshyn Pievsky Wilson Deal Kukovich Pistella Wagan amendment was not agreed to. Dietz Lashinger Pitts Wozniak On the question recurring, Dininni Laughlin Pott Wright, D. R. Dombroaiki Lehr Pratt Wright. J. L. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as Donatucci Lescovitz Preston Wright, R. C. amended? Dorr Letterman Punt Zwikl Mr. LASHINGER offered the following amendments No. Duffy Levi Rappaport Durham Levin Reber Irvis, A02.53: Evans Linton Reinard Speaker Fargo Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2013). page 3, line 24, by inserting after "for"- g Coslett Amend Sec. I (Sec. 2013), page 3, line 24, by striking out "and new" NOT VOTING-3 On the question, Will the House agree to the amendments? The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Spencer Stevens Wiggins Montgomery, Mr. Lashinger. The question was determined in the affirmative, and the Mr. LASHINGER. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. amendments wereagreed to. Mr. Speaker, briefly, the amendment remedies a drafting On the question recurring, error by correcting what appears to be a gap in the $100 limit. Will the House agree to the bill on third consideration as It changes it to those vehicles post-1981 as opposed to 1981 amended? and new model year vehicles. So it leaves a gap for the 1982 Mr. DAVIES offered the following amendment No. vehicles, and it is just a technical amendment. Thank you, A0293: Mr. Sneaker. Amend Sec. 2 (Sec. 2015), page 6, line 26, by inserting after On the question recurring, "THAT"- Will the House agree to the amendments? unless, within one year of the effective date of this The following roll call was recorded: amendatory act, the air in the affected areas of the Commonwealth is not in compliance with Federal I air standards, Alderette Fattah Livengood Richardson On the question, Angstadt Fee Lloyd Rieger Will the House agree to the amendment? Armstrong Fischer Lucyk Robbins Arty Flick McCall Rudy The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Baldwin Faster, W. W. McClatchy Ryan Berks, Mr. Davies. Barber Foster, Jr.. A. McHale Rybak Baltisto Freeman Mclntyre Saloam Mr. DAVIES. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Belardi Freind McMonagle Salvatore This is the first of two amendments. 1 do not have the other Belfanti Fryer McVerry Saurman amendment yet, and when 1 do, I will ask to be recognized on Beloff Gallagher Mackawnki Scheetz Blaurn Gallen Madigan Schuler that additional amendment. Book Gamble Maiale Semmel 244 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE MARCH 21,

This amendment, A0293, would say that unless within 1 There being no further amendments, SB 1, PN 557, year of the effective date of the amendments to the act or the together with the amendments attached thereto, will be passed act itself, that the air in those affected areas that I previously over for the rest of this day's session. It will he on the active spoke to, if they are not in compliance with the Federal air calendar tomorrow, and we shall pick up at this point. standards, then those areas would waive what we call the tax reimbursement for the program. That is essentially what the STATEMENT BY MR. CAWLEY amendment does. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Lackawanna, Mr. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. Cawley, has asked for unanimous consent to address the Cowell. House. The Chair recognizes the gentleman. Mr. COWELL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. CAWLEY. Thank you. Thank you very much. Would the gentleman submit to interrogation, please? Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity on The SPEAKER. The gentleman, Mr. Davies, indicates he behalf of the entire northeastern delegation to congratulate will stand for interrogation. The gentleman, Mr. Cowell, is in the University of Scranton's basketball team for winning the order and may proceed. Division 111 National Championship Saturday evening in Mr. COWELL. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Grand Rapids, Michigan. I would like to read that sentence, which is somewhat I would also like to take this opportunity to remind every; lengthy with this amendment, and 1 would then ask the gentle- one to watch NBC Television on Sunday, this coming Sunday, man to elaborate on what he proposes to do with this amend- March 27, and see the Heavyweight Champion of the World, ment. Larry Holmes, defend his title against the European Although we are amending line 26, the sentence begins up Heavyweight Champion, Lucien Rodriguez. This bout will be on line 24. It says, "In furtherance of these mandated govern- held in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Larry Holmes fought mental duties, it is hereby declared that unless, within one his first nine professional fights. Thank you. year of the effective date of this amendatory act, the air in the The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. affected areas of the Commonwealth is not in compliance with Federal air standards, the cost of inspection as prescribed REMARKS ON VOTES in subsection (d) of section 2013 and the cost of the repair, replacement or adjustment of emission control devices, within The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from the limits prescribed, and which are not recoverable under the Cambria, Mr. Haluska. emission warranty of the vehicle shall be an obligation of the Mr. HALUSKA. When HB 51 was passed, 1 was out of my Commonwealth." seat, and I would like to be recorded in the affirmative. Sir, what does that all do with your amendment? we The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be spread relieving the Commonwealth of the burden or are we relieving Upon the record. the individual motorists of the burden? could you clarify, The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Lehigh, Mr. ,,.-..-..n~-llre Zwikl. Mr. ZWIKL. Mr. Speaker, I was out of my seat when the AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN vote was taken on the Miscevich amendment to SB 1, amend- Mr. DAVIES. Actually, there is some question now as I ment 0299. I wish the record to reflect a negative vote on that read the language, and until I get clarification on it, I would amendment. And on the next amendment, Miscevich A0298,l have some question about the drafting of it because of the fact wish the record to reflect an affirmative vote. that it is not precise on that issue. The intent of the amend- The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. ment, which 1 will restate, is n~erelyto say if there is not com- The gentleman's remarks will be spread upon the record. pliance in that air corridor, we no longer continue to give the tax-I want to use the right term-tax reimbursement for the COAL CAUCUS MEETING program, and the language that has been drafted here does not give that with clarity and conciseness. So, therefore, I The SPEAKER. For what purpose does the gentleman would ask the indulgence of the Chair as well as the members from Camhria, Mr. Wozniak, rise? that the amendment be withdrawn, and 1 will submit it with Mr. WOZNIAK. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to remind the additional amendment at a later date. Thank you, Mr. the members that there is a Coal Caucus meeting in the major- Speaker. ity caucus room tomorrow at 10 a.m. Thank you. The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. The gen- The SPEAKER. The Chair thanks the gentleman. tleman has withdrawn his amendment. BILL PASSED OVER REMARKS ON VOTE The SPEAKER. The Chair is advised that there are no The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from further amendments available at this time that have been cir- Bucks, Mr. Reinard. For what purpose does the gentleman culated. rise? 1983 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE 245

Mr. REINARD. 1 was not in my seat, Mr. Speaker, on the Miscevich amendment 0299, and I would like to be down on the record as affirmative. The SPEAKER. The gentleman's remarks will be spread upon therecord. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED OVER I The SPEAKER. Without objection, all remaining bills and resolutions on today's calendar will be passed over. The Chair hears none. ADJOURNMENT I The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Montgomery, Mr. Godshall. Mr. GODSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I move that this House do now adjourn until Tuesday, March 22, 1983, at ll a.m., e.s.t. Thank you. On the question, Will the House agree to the motion? Motion was agreed to, and at 551 p.m., e.s.t., the House adjourned.