Article: Mike Fisher bill to keep criminals out of waste industry approved by committee. (Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee)

FISHER BILL TO KEEP CRIMINALS OUT OF

WASTE INDUSTRY APPROVED BY COMMITTEE

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee has approved Sen. Mike Fisher's (R-Allegheny) legislation aimed at keeping organized crime out of Pennsylvania's billion-dollar waste industry.

The committee also approved a number of changes to Senate Bill 1437, which Fisher said "fine-tunes the proposal to address concerns that were raised at a February public hearing on the bill."

"This bill is intended to close the door on criminals who are trying to infiltrate the commonwealth's waste ...

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