PRINTER'S NO. 83
No. 76 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ALLEN, LUCYK, BOYES, ANGSTADT, BUSH, FAIRCHILD,
KONDRICH, MARSICO, PHILLIPS, ARGALL AND HERSHEY, JANUARY 24,
1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 24, 1989
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L., No.), entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1988-
3 1989," itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and
4 equipment projects, to be constructed or acquired or assisted
5 by the Department of General Services, 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 General Services; stating the
10 estimated useful life of the projects; and making
11 appropriations.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Short title.
15 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital
16 Budget Project Itemization Act for 1988-1989.
17 Section 2. Total authorizations.
18 (a) Public improvements.--The total authorization for the
19 additional capital projects in the category of public
20 improvement projects itemized in section 3 and to be acquired or
21 constructed by the Department of General Services, its
22 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
1 debt, shall be $2,660,000.
2 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The total authorization for
3 the additional capital projects in the category of public
4 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
5 movable furniture and equipment to complete public improvement
6 projects itemized in section 4 and to be purchased by the
7 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
8 to be financed by the incurring of debt, shall be $2,529,000.
9 Section 3. Itemization of public improvement projects.
10 Additional capital projects in the category of public
11 improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
12 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
13 to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
14 together with their respective estimated financial costs, as
15 follows:
16 Total
17 Project
18 Project Allocation
19 (11) Department of Public Welfare $2,660,000
20 (i) Ashland State General Hospital
21 (A) Install air conditioning 375,000
22 (Base Project Allocation - $375,000)
23 (B) Renovation of elevators 100,000
24 (Base Project Allocation - $100,000)
25 (C) Renovation of Emergency Department 125,000
26 (Base Project Allocation - $125,000)
27 (D) Construction of new radiology and
28 fluoroscopy rooms 800,000
29 (Base Project Allocation - $800,000)
30 (E) Installation of new fire alarm system 300,000
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1 (Base Project Allocation - $300,000)
2 (F) Modernization of boilers 650,000
3 (Base Project Allocation - $650,000)
4 (G) Installation of new incineration 150,000
5 (Base Project Allocation - $150,000)
6 (H) Installation of new windows and new
7 roof on "D" Wing 160,000
8 (Base Project Allocation - $160,000)
9 Section 4. Itemization of furniture and equipment projects.
10 Additional capital projects in the category of public
11 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of movable
12 furniture and equipment to complete public improvement projects
13 and to be purchased by the Department of General Services, its
14 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
15 debt, are hereby itemized, together with their respective
16 estimated financial costs, as follows:
17 Total
18 Project
19 Project Allocation
20 (1) Department of Public Welfare $2,529,000
21 (i) Ashland State General Hospital
22 (A) Purchase and installation of new CAT
23 scan 1,200,000
24 (B) Purchase of angiography machine 500,000
25 (C) Purchase of gamma camera 275,000
26 (D) Purchase of X-ray developer 65,000
27 (E) Purchase and installation of
28 ventilation for intensive care unit 44,000
29 (F) Purchase of monitoring equipment for
30 intensive care unit and operating room 100,000
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1 (G) Purchase of eye surgery equipment 65,000
2 (H) Purchase of laser surgery equipment 120,000
3 (I) Purchase of echo doppler unit 100,000
4 (J) Purchase of laundry van and dump
5 truck 60,000
6 Section 5. Debt authorization.
7 (a) Public improvements.--The Governor, Auditor General and
8 State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow,
9 from time to time, in addition to any authorization heretofore
10 or hereafter enacted, on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject
11 to the limitations provided in the current capital budget, money
12 not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $2,660,000 as may be
13 found necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of
14 the public improvement projects specifically itemized in a
15 capital budget.
16 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The Governor, Auditor General
17 and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to
18 borrow, from time to time, in addition to any authorization
19 heretofore or hereafter enacted, on the credit of the
20 Commonwealth, subject to the limitations provided in the current
21 capital budget, money not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of
22 $2,529,000 as may be found necessary to carry out the public
23 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
24 movable furniture and equipment specifically itemized in a
25 capital budget.
26 Section 6. Issue of bonds.
27 The indebtedness authorized in this act shall be incurred,
28 from time to time, and shall be evidenced by one or more series
29 of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such
30 aggregate principal amount for each series as the Governor,
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1 Auditor General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the
2 latest stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated
3 useful life of the projects being financed as stated in section
4 11.
5 Section 7. Estimated useful life and term of debt.
6 (a) Estimated useful life.--The General Assembly states that
7 the estimated useful life of the public improvement projects
8 itemized in this act is as follows:
9 (1) Public improvement projects, 30 years.
10 (2) Furniture and equipment projects, 10 years.
11 (b) Term of debt.--The maximum term of the debt authorized
12 to be incurred under this act is 30 years.
13 Section 8. Appropriations.
14 (a) Public improvements.--The net proceeds of the sale of
15 the obligations authorized in this act are hereby appropriated
16 from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department of General
17 Services in the maximum amount of $2,660,000 to be used by it
18 exclusively to defray the financial cost of the public
19 improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
20 After reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the
21 obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the Department of
22 General Services the moneys as required and certified by it to
23 be legally due and payable.
24 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The net proceeds of the sale
25 of the obligations authorized in this act are hereby
26 appropriated from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department
27 of General Services in the maximum amount of $2,529,000 to be
28 used by it exclusively to defray the financial cost of the
29 public improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of
30 original movable furniture and equipment specifically itemized
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1 in a capital budget. After reserving or paying the expenses of
2 the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the
3 Department of General Services the moneys as required and
4 certified by it to be legally due and payable.
5 Section 9. Federal funds.
6 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 8, all
7 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
8 specifically itemized in this act are also hereby appropriated
9 for those projects.
10 Section 10. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or immediately,
12 whichever is later.
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