PRINTER'S NO. 4268
No. 2793 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, SEMMEL, BIANCUCCI, CAPPELLI, CLYMER,
CORRIGAN, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOOD, GRUCELA, KILLION,
McILHATTAN, O'NEILL, PETRONE, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR,
THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND
YUDICHAK, JUNE 19, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 19, 2006
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the incurring of indebtedness, with the approval of
2 the electors, of $150,000,000 to provide additional funding
3 for the preservation of land for open-space uses and for the
4 mitigation of flood hazards.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Referendum.
8 The question of incurring indebtedness of $150,000,000 to
9 provide low-interest loans to individuals and businesses
10 affected by flooding, grants to municipalities for small
11 disaster preservation and recovery measures and additional
12 funding for the preservation of land for open-space uses and for
13 the mitigation of flood hazards shall be submitted to electors
14 at the next primary, municipal or general election following the
15 effective date of this act.
16 Section 2. Certification.
17 The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall forthwith certify the
1 question to the county boards of election.
2 Section 3. Form of question.
3 The question shall be in substantially the following form:
4 Do you favor the incurring of the indebtedness by the
5 Commonwealth of $150,000,000 to provide funding for low-
6 interest loans to individuals and businesses affected by
7 flooding, grants to municipalities for small disaster
8 prevention and recovery measures and the preservation of
9 land for open-space uses and for the mitigation of flood
10 hazards?
11 Section 4. Conduct of referendum.
12 The election shall be conducted in accordance with the act of
13 June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania
14 Election Code, except that the time limits for advertisement of
15 notice of the election may be waived as to the question.
16 Section 5. Use of bond proceeds.
17 Proceeds of borrowing shall be used to provide funding to
18 preservation of land for open-space uses and for the mitigation
19 of flood hazards to promote the purposes of the act of January
20 19, 1968 (1967 P.L.922, No.442), entitled, as amended, "An act
21 authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the local
22 government units thereof to preserve, acquire or hold land for
23 open space uses" and the act of , (P.L. , No.
24 ), known as the Flood Hazard Mitigation Act and the act of
25 , (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An act providing
26 for small disaster assistance, for low-interest loans to
27 individual disaster victims and businesses and for municipal
28 grants."
29 Section 6. Effective date.
30 This act shall take effect immediately.
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