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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1605

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1166 Session of 2006


        INTRODUCED BY WENGER, MARCH 17, 2006

        REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 17, 2006

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007.

     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 2006-2007.
     7     (b)  Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to
     8  include a reference to the supplements to this act.
     9     (c)  Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act.--The provisions
    10  and definitions of Chapter 3 of the act of February 9, 1999
    11  (P.L.1, No.1), known as The Capital Facilities Debt Enabling
    12  Act, shall apply to this act to the extent they are not
    13  inconsistent with this act.
    14  Section 2.  Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
    15                 capital projects.
    16     The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
    17  incurred during the 2006-2007 fiscal year, and thereafter until

     1  the enactment of the 2007-2008 capital budget specifying the
     2  maximum debt for the 2007-2008 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               $445,000,000     Special Fund as
    13                                                   applicable
    14  (2)  Furniture and                               General Fund or
    15     Equipment                    5,000,000        Special Fund as
    16                                                   applicable
    17  (3)  Transportation
    18     Assistance Projects           150,000,000     General Fund
    19  (4)  Redevelopment
    20     Assistance Projects           230,000,000     General Fund
    21  (5)  Flood Control
    22     Projects                       10,000,000     General Fund
    23     Total                        $840,000,000
    24  Section 3.  Effective date.
    25     This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or immediately,
    26  whichever is later.



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