HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1605, 1898 PRINTER'S NO. 1972
No. 1166 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, MARCH 17, 2006
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 30, 2006
AN ACT
1 Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007
2 AND ITEMIZING TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT <--
3 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR ACQUIRED OR ASSISTED
4 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
5 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TOGETHER WITH THEIR
6 ESTIMATED FINANCIAL COSTS; AUTHORIZING THE INCURRING OF DEBT
7 WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE ELECTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
8 FINANCING THE PROJECTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OR ACQUIRED OR
9 ASSISTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
10 DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; STATING THE
11 ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE OF THE PROJECTS; AND MAKING
12 APPROPRIATIONS.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Short title and construction.
16 (a) Short title.--This act shall be known and may be cited
17 as the Capital Budget AND PROJECT ITEMIZATION Act of 2006-2007. <--
18 (b) Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to
19 include a reference to the supplements to this act.
20 (c) Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act.--The provisions
21 and definitions of Chapter 3 of the act of February 9, 1999
1 (P.L.1, No.1), known as The THE Capital Facilities Debt Enabling <--
2 Act, shall apply to this act to the extent they are not
3 inconsistent with this act.
4 Section 2. Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
5 capital projects.
6 The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
7 incurred during the 2006-2007 fiscal year, and thereafter until
8 the enactment of the 2007-2008 capital budget specifying the
9 maximum debt for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, for capital projects
10 specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
11 7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
12 the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
13 with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
14 follows:
15 Category Amount Fund
16 (1) Public Improvement
17 Projects:
18 (i) Buildings and General Fund or
19 Structures $445,000,000 Special Fund as
20 applicable
21 (2) Furniture and General Fund or
22 Equipment 5,000,000 Special Fund as
23 applicable
24 (3) Transportation
25 Assistance Projects 150,000,000 General Fund <--
26 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS 155,000,000 GENERAL FUND <--
27 (4) Redevelopment
28 Assistance Projects 230,000,000 General Fund
29 (5) Flood Control
30 Projects 10,000,000 General Fund
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1 Total $840,000,000 <--
2 TOTAL $845,000,000 <--
3 SECTION 3. TOTAL AUTHORIZATIONS.
4 (A) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.--THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR
5 THE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY OF TRANSPORTATION
6 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS ITEMIZED IN SECTION 4 WITH RESPECT TO WHICH
7 AN INTEREST IS TO BE ACQUIRED IN OR CONSTRUCTED BY THE
8 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS AND TO
9 BE FINANCED BY THE INCURRING OF DEBT SHALL BE $10,000,000.
10 (B) REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.--THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR
11 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY OF REDEVELOPMENT
12 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS ITEMIZED IN SECTION 5 AND TO BE ACQUIRED OR
13 CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
14 DEVELOPMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS AND TO BE FINANCED BY THE
15 INCURRING OF DEBT SHALL BE $30,250,000.
16 SECTION 4. ITEMIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROJECTS.
17 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY OF TRANSPORTATION
18 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO WHICH AN
19 INTEREST IS TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
20 ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS AND TO BE FINANCED BY THE INCURRING OF
21 DEBT ARE HEREBY ITEMIZED, TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE
22 ESTIMATED FINANCIAL COSTS, AS FOLLOWS:
23 PROJECT TOTAL
24 PROJECT
25 ALLOCATION
26 (1) ALLEGHENY COUNTY
27 (I) ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY
28 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
29 COSTS FOR A DE-ICING STORMWATER
30 TREATMENT FACILITY 10,000,000
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1 SECTION 5. ITEMIZATION OF REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECTS.
2 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CATEGORY OF REDEVELOPMENT
3 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL GRANTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
4 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
5 AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF MAY 20, 1949
6 (P.L.1633, NO.493), KNOWN AS THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
7 ASSISTANCE LAW, AND REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS
8 AND TO BE FINANCED BY THE INCURRING OF DEBT, ARE HEREBY
9 ITEMIZED, TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE ESTIMATED FINANCIAL
10 COSTS, AS FOLLOWS:
11 PROJECT TOTAL
12 PROJECT
13 ALLOCATION
14 (1) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND
15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
16 (I) BUCKS COUNTY - WEST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP
17 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
18 RELATED COSTS FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES $5,000,000
19 (II) CLEARFIELD COUNTY - LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP
20 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
21 RELATED COSTS TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC
22 SAFETY TRAINING COMPLEX 1,000,000
23 (III) CLINTON COUNTY - LOCK HAVEN BOROUGH
24 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
25 RELATED COSTS FOR A PEDESTRIAN MALL 5,750,000
26 (B) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
27 RELATED COSTS FOR A BUSINESS DISTRICT
28 IMPROVEMENT AND UNIVERSITY IMPROVEMENT
29 PROJECT 500,000
30 (C) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
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1 RELATED COSTS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
2 FACILITY 4,000,000
3 (D) ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION,
4 INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER RELATED COSTS
5 FOR AN ALUMNI CENTER 4,000,000
6 (IV) LYCOMING COUNTY
7 (A) ACQUISITION OF A LARGE SERVICE
8 FACILITY TO SERVE MH/MR CLIENTS 2,000,000
9 (V) PHILADELPHIA COUNTY - PHILADELPHIA
10 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
11 RELATED COSTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
12 HOUSE 6,500,000
13 (B) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
14 RELATED COSTS FOR THE RONALD MCDONALD
15 HOUSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAINT
16 CHRISTOPHER'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 1,000,000
17 (VI) WASHINGTON COUNTY
18 (A) CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER
19 RELATED COSTS FOR STADIUM PROJECT 500,000
20 SECTION 6. DEBT AUTHORIZATION.
21 (A) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.--THE GOVERNOR, THE AUDITOR
22 GENERAL AND THE STATE TREASURER ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
23 DIRECTED TO BORROW FROM TIME TO TIME IN ADDITION TO ANY
24 AUTHORIZATION HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER ENACTED, ON THE CREDIT OF
25 THE COMMONWEALTH, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED IN THE
26 CURRENT CAPITAL BUDGET, MONEY NOT EXCEEDING IN THE AGGREGATE THE
27 SUM OF $10,000,000 AS MAY BE FOUND NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE
28 ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
29 PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED IN A CAPITAL BUDGET.
30 (B) REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.--SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION IN
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1 SECTION 317(B) OF THE ACT OF FEBRUARY 9, 1999 (P.L.1, NO.1),
2 KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL FACILITIES DEBT ENABLING ACT, THE GOVERNOR,
3 THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE STATE TREASURER ARE HEREBY
4 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO BORROW FROM TIME TO TIME IN ADDITION
5 TO ANY AUTHORIZATION HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER ENACTED, ON THE
6 CREDIT OF THE COMMONWEALTH, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS PROVIDED
7 IN THE CURRENT CAPITAL BUDGET, MONEY NOT EXCEEDING IN THE
8 AGGREGATE THE SUM OF $30,250,000 AS MAY BE FOUND NECESSARY TO
9 CARRY OUT THE REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE REDEVELOPMENT
10 ASSISTANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED IN A CAPITAL
11 BUDGET.
12 SECTION 7. ISSUE OF BONDS.
13 THE INDEBTEDNESS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE INCURRED
14 FROM TIME TO TIME AND SHALL BE EVIDENCED BY ONE OR MORE SERIES
15 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN SUCH
16 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT FOR EACH SERIES AS THE GOVERNOR, THE
17 AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE STATE TREASURER SHALL DETERMINE, BUT THE
18 LATEST STATED MATURITY DATE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED
19 USEFUL LIFE OF THE PROJECTS BEING FINANCED AS STATED IN SECTION
20 8.
21 SECTION 8. ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE AND TERM OF DEBT.
22 (A) ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATES THAT
23 THE ESTIMATED USEFUL LIFE OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
24 ITEMIZED IN THIS ACT IS AS FOLLOWS:
25 (1) PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 30 YEARS.
26 (2) FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS, 10 YEARS.
27 (3) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROJECTS:
28 (I) ROLLING STOCK, 15 YEARS.
29 (II) PASSENGER BUSES, 12 YEARS.
30 (III) FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, 10 YEARS.
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1 (IV) ALL OTHERS, 30 YEARS.
2 (B) TERM OF DEBT.--THE MAXIMUM TERM OF THE DEBT AUTHORIZED
3 TO BE INCURRED UNDER THIS ACT IS 30 YEARS.
4 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATIONS.
5 (A) TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE.--THE NET PROCEEDS OF THE SALE
6 OF THE OBLIGATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT ARE HEREBY
7 APPROPRIATED FROM THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT
8 OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $10,000,000 TO BE
9 USED BY IT EXCLUSIVELY TO DEFRAY THE FINANCIAL COST OF THE
10 TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED IN A
11 CAPITAL BUDGET. AFTER RESERVING OR PAYING THE EXPENSE OF THE
12 SALE OF THE OBLIGATION, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL PAY TO THE
13 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE MONEYS AS REQUIRED AND
14 CERTIFIED BY IT TO BE LEGALLY DUE AND PAYABLE.
15 (B) REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.--THE NET PROCEEDS OF THE SALE
16 OF THE OBLIGATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT ARE HEREBY
17 APPROPRIATED FROM THE CAPITAL FACILITIES FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT
18 OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
19 $30,250,000 TO BE USED BY IT EXCLUSIVELY TO DEFRAY THE FINANCIAL
20 COST OF THE REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT
21 ASSISTANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED IN A CAPITAL
22 BUDGET. AFTER RESERVING OR PAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE SALE OF
23 THE OBLIGATION, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL PAY TO THE DEPARTMENT
24 OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE MONEYS AS REQUIRED AND
25 CERTIFIED BY IT TO BE LEGALLY DUE AND PAYABLE.
26 SECTION 10. FEDERAL FUNDS.
27 IN ADDITION TO THOSE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN SECTION 9, ALL
28 MONEYS RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE PROJECTS
29 SPECIFICALLY ITEMIZED IN THIS ACT ARE ALSO HEREBY APPROPRIATED
30 FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
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1 SECTION 11. EDITORIAL CHANGES.
2 IN EDITING AND PREPARING THIS ACT FOR PRINTING FOLLOWING THE
3 FINAL ENACTMENT, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU SHALL INSERT
4 OR REVISE LETTERS OR NUMBERS FOR PROJECTS WHERE THE LETTERS OR
5 NUMBERS ARE MISSING OR REQUIRE REVISION. THE BUREAU SHALL ALSO
6 REVISE THE TOTAL MONETARY AMOUNTS FOR THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION,
7 DEBT AUTHORIZATION, APPROPRIATIONS AND DEPARTMENTAL TOTALS AS
8 NECESSARY TO AGREE WITH THE TOTAL MONETARY AMOUNTS OF THE
9 PROJECTS.
10 Section 3 12. Effective date. <--
11 This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or immediately,
12 whichever is later.
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