PRINTER'S NO. 768

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 679 Session of 1985


        INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, NAHILL AND FOX, MARCH 25, 1985

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 25, 1985

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 8, 1982 (P.L.848, No.235), entitled
     2     "An act providing for the adoption of capital projects
     3     related to the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of
     4     highway bridges to be financed from current revenue or by the
     5     incurring of debt and capital projects related to highway and
     6     safety improvement projects to be financed from current
     7     revenue of the Motor License Fund," adding an additional
     8     bridge project in Philadelphia County.

     9     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    10  hereby enacts as follows:
    11     Section 1.  Section 2 of the act of December 8, 1982
    12  (P.L.848, No.235), known as the Highway-Railroad and Highway
    13  Bridge Capital Budget Act for 1982-1983, amended October 10,
    14  1984 (P.L.793, No.161), is amended to read:
    15  Section 2.  Total authorization for bridge projects.
    16     (a)  The total authorization for the costs of the projects
    17  itemized pursuant to section 3 and to be financed from current
    18  revenue or by the incurring of debt shall be [$1,075,378,950]
    19  $1,075,928,950.
    20     (b)  The authorization for capital projects in the category


     1  of Highway Projects to be constructed by the Department of
     2  Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by
     3  the incurring of debt or from the Highway-Railroad and Highway
     4  Bridge Improvement Restricted Account within the Motor License
     5  Fund, itemized in section 3 under the category of State bridges,
     6  is $782,400,000.
     7     (c)  The authorization for non-State highway bridge projects
     8  to be constructed by local government municipalities and to be
     9  financed in part with grants not exceeding 80% of the non-
    10  Federal share of the costs made to the local government
    11  municipalities by the Department of Transportation from revenues
    12  deposited in the Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account
    13  within the Motor License Fund, itemized in section 3 under the
    14  category of local bridges is [$292,978,950] $293,528,950.
    15     Section 2.  Section 3(50)(i) of the act is amended by adding
    16  a project to read:
    17  Section 3.  Itemization of bridge projects.
    18     The individual capital projects in the category of highway
    19  projects to be constructed by the Department of Transportation,
    20  its successors or assigns, and to be financed from current
    21  revenue or by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized,
    22  together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:
    23                              Base                         Total
    24         Project             Project    Land    Design    Project
    25                              Cost      Cost     Cost      Cost
    26  * * *
    27  (50) Philadelphia County
    28   (i) Local Bridges
    29     * * *
    30     (Z) Martin's Mill
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     1     Rd./Old Soldiers
     2     Rd. at boundary
     3     with Cheltenham
     4     Twp., Bridge
     5     removal and
     6     replacement.....     500,000                50,000    550,000
     7   * * *
     8     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.















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