Pennsylvania SB 1249: An Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in sales and use tax, further providing for imposition of tax.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1542
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1249
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MALONE, CULVER, MILLER, KEARNEY, KANE, HAYWOOD,
COSTA AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 30, 2026
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 30, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), entitled
"An act relating to crane operator licensure; establishing
the State Board of Crane Operators; conferring powers and
imposing duties relative to regulating the practice of crane
operation; imposing penalties; and making an appropriation,"
further providing for title of act; in preliminary
provisions, further providing for short title and for
definitions and providing for applicability; in State Board
of Crane Operators, further providing for board and for
powers and duties of board; in licensure, further providing
for licensure, for qualifications, for duration of license,
for reporting of multiple licensure and for license without
certification and providing for qualifications for licensure
as well driller, for grandfathering for well drillers, for
examination for licensure as well driller, for bonding and
insurance for well drillers, for continuing education for
well drillers, for professional standards and industry
regulations for well drilling, for additional reporting
requirements for well drillers, for sampling, for well
driller license identification, for drilling company and rig
registration, for exemptions and for agricultural operations;
in administration and enforcement, further providing for
violation of act, for refusal, suspension or revocation of
license and for temporary and automatic suspensions; and
making a repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title and section 101 of the act of October
9, 2008 (P.L.1363, No.100), known as the Crane Operator
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Licensure Act, are amended to read:
AN ACT
Relating to crane operator licensure; establishing the State
Board of Crane Operators and Well Drillers; conferring powers
and imposing duties relative to regulating the practice of
crane operation and well drilling; imposing penalties; and
making an appropriation.
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Crane
Operator and Well Driller Licensure Act.
Section 2. The definitions of "board," "certification,"
"crane operator," "immediate supervision" and "trainee" in
section 102 of the act are amended and the section is amended by
adding definitions to read:
Section 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board." The State Board of Crane Operators and Well
Drillers.
"Certification." Certification from the National Commission
for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) or another
organization found by the State Board of Crane Operators and
Well Drillers to offer an equivalent testing and certification
program meeting the applicable requirements of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME B30.5 as relating to mobile
cranes, ASME B30.3 or the requirements of ASME B30.4 as relating
to tower cranes and the accreditation requirements of the
National Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American
National Standards Institute.
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"Crane operator." An individual licensed by the State Board
of Crane Operators and Well Drillers to operate a crane.
"Decommissioning." The process of sealing and permanently
closing an inactive, abandoned or unusable water well,
geotechnical well, geothermal well or environmental well.
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"Environmental well." A cased excavation or opening into the
ground created by digging, boring, drilling, driving, jetting or
any other method to obtain a sample of groundwater or soil for
environmental or geological investigation, research or
remediation, where the depth is likely to penetrate the water
table. The term includes a piezometer or observation well
installed for a purpose not specified in this definition. The
term does not include a well installed to provide a supply of
potable water.
"Geotechnical well." A well drilled to collect rock and soil
samples or to assess soil or rock stability for geotechnical
investigations related to site analysis for construction
suitability.
"Geothermal well." A boring or cased hole that utilizes the
geothermal properties of water to provide heating or cooling
through an open-loop or closed-loop groundwater heat pump
system. The term does not include a boring or cased hole
utilized in an electric generating geothermal system.
"Groundwater." Water occurring in underground streams,
channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, lakes or other subsurface
formations, whether percolating or otherwise.
"Immediat