THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MAY 4, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 4, 2009  

AN ACT

Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2009-2010.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Short title and construction.

(a)  Short title.--This act shall be known and may be cited

as the Capital Budget Act of 2009-2010.

(b)  Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to

include a reference to the supplements to this act.

(c)  Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act.--The provisions

and definitions of Chapter 3 of the act of February 9, 1999

(P.L.1, No.1), known as The Capital Facilities Debt Enabling

Act, shall apply to this act to the extent they are not

inconsistent with this act.

Section 2.  Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for

capital projects.

The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be

incurred during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and thereafter until

the enactment of the 2010-2011 capital budget specifying the

maximum debt for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, for capital projects

specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section

7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and

the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,

with respect to each category of capital projects, be as

follows:

Section 3.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or immediately,

whichever is later.