HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 878 PRINTER'S NO. 973
No. 873 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, APRIL 1, 1997
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 14, 1997
AN ACT
1 Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1997-1998.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title and construction.
5 (a) Short title.--This act shall be known and may be cited
6 as the Capital Budget Act of 1997-1998.
7 (b) Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to
8 include a reference to the supplements to this act.
9 (c) Fiscal Code.--The provisions and definitions of Article
10 XVI-B of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as
11 The Fiscal Code, shall apply to this act to the extent they are
12 not inconsistent with this act.
13 Section 2. Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
14 capital projects.
15 The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
16 incurred during the 1997-1998 fiscal year, and thereafter until
1 the enactment of the 1998-1999 capital budget specifying the
2 maximum debt for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, for capital projects
3 specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
4 7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
5 the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
6 with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
7 follows:
8 Category Amount Fund
9 (1) Public Improvement
10 Projects:
11 (i) Buildings and General Fund or
12 Structures $210,000,000 Special Fund as
13 (ii) Furniture and applicable
14 Equipment 35,000,000
15 (2) Transportation
16 Assistance Projects 85,000,000 General Fund <--
17 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS 125,000,000 GENERAL FUND <--
18 (3) Redevelopment
19 Assistance Projects 60,000,000 General Fund
20 (4) Flood Control
21 Projects 11,000,000 General Fund
22 Total $401,000,000 <--
23 (5) HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION <--
24 PROJECTS 75,000,000 MOTOR LICENSE
25 FUND
26 TOTAL $516,000,000
27 SECTION 3. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RESTRICTIONS.
28 (A) UTILIZATION OF BOND PROCEEDS.--BOND PROCEEDS AUTHORIZED
29 UNDER SECTION 2(5) SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR PROJECTS WITH
30 ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS WITH PROJECTED DURABILITY, AS DEFINED
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1 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF NOT LESS THAN 30 YEARS.
2 (B) PROJECT QUALIFICATIONS.--BOND PROCEEDS AUTHORIZED UNDER
3 SECTION 2(5) SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE
4 NEED AND MERIT OVER OTHER PROJECTS AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY
5 PROJECT NOT PART OF THE 12-YEAR PLAN OR FOR ANY PROJECT WHICH IS
6 PART OF THE 12-YEAR PLAN AND IS ADVANCED FOR REASONS OTHER THAN
7 MERIT, OR TO MATCH ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR CONGRESSIONAL
8 PROJECTS THAT DO NOT MEET THE SAME STANDARDS FOR NEED AND MERIT
9 AS NONCONGRESSIONAL PROJECTS.
10 Section 3 4. Effective date. <--
11 This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or immediately,
12 whichever is later.
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