PRINTER'S NO. 1398
No. 1239 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, MANDERINO, BRUNNER, FISCHER, F. TAYLOR,
FEE, SWEET, COCHRAN, STAIRS, PETRARCA, SCHMITT, DOMBROWSKI,
KUKOVICH AND DeWEESE, MAY 8, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 8, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 20, 1968 (P.L.652, No.220), entitled
2 "An act amending the act of March 31, 1949 (P.L.372, No.34),
3 entitled 'An act to promote the welfare of the people of the
4 Commonwealth; creating The General State Authority as a body
5 corporate and politic with power to construct, improve,
6 equip, furnish, and operate projects, and to lease the same,
7 and to fix fees, rentals, and charges for the use thereof;
8 authorizing and regulating the issuance of bonds for said
9 Authority, and providing for the payment of such bonds, and
10 the rights of the holders thereof; and to enter into
11 agreements with the Government of the United States or any
12 Federal agency; and authorizing the Department of Property
13 and Supplies to grant, assign, convey, or lease to the
14 Authority lands of the Commonwealth and interests therein,
15 and to acquire lands therefor; granting the right of eminent
16 domain; empowering The General State Authority to sell and
17 convey projects and property to the Commonwealth; and
18 providing that no debt of the Commonwealth shall be incurred
19 in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this act,'
20 empowering the Authority to construct and acquire projects
21 for certain State-related universities; providing for the
22 disposition of unused borrowing capacity which may become
23 available through the operation of the Higher Education
24 Facilities Act of 1963 or other Federal grants; harmonizing
25 the language of certain existing amendments; allocating
26 unused funds; providing for the interpretation of certain
27 amendments to the act; further defining the powers and
28 procedures of the board; regulating the leasing of projects
29 constructed for State-aided institutions; amending the
30 eminent domain powers and procedures of the Authority;
31 specifically itemizing projects for capital budget purposes,"
32 providing for an emergency capital project at California
33 State College to raze and demolish certain dangerous
1 structures.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Part XI of section 7, act of July 20, 1968
5 (P.L.652, No.220), entitled "An act amending the act of March
6 31, 1949 (P.L.372, No.34), entitled 'An act to promote the
7 welfare of the people of the Commonwealth; creating The General
8 State Authority as a body corporate and politic with power to
9 construct, improve, equip, furnish, and operate projects, and to
10 lease the same, and to fix fees, rentals, and charges for the
11 use thereof; authorizing and regulating the issuance of bonds
12 for said Authority, and providing for the payment of such bonds,
13 and the rights of the holders thereof; and to enter into
14 agreements with the Government of the United States or any
15 Federal agency; and authorizing the Department of Property and
16 Supplies to grant, assign, convey, or lease to the Authority
17 lands of the Commonwealth and interests therein, and to acquire
18 lands therefor; granting the right of eminent domain; empowering
19 The General State Authority to sell and convey projects and
20 property to the Commonwealth; and providing that no debt of the
21 Commonwealth shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the
22 powers granted by this act,' empowering the Authority to
23 construct and acquire projects for certain State-related
24 universities; providing for the disposition of unused borrowing
25 capacity which may become available through the operation of the
26 Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 or other Federal grants;
27 harmonizing the language of certain existing amendments;
28 allocating unused funds; providing for the interpretation of
29 certain amendments to the act; further defining the powers and
30 procedures of the board; regulating the leasing of projects
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1 constructed for State-aided institutions; amending the eminent
2 domain powers and procedures of the Authority; specifically
3 itemizing projects for capital budget purposes," is amended by
4 adding a project to read:
5 Section 7. For capital budget purposes the following public
6 improvement projects to be financed by the issuing of debt and
7 to be constructed by The General State Authority, its successors
8 or assigns, and which are in addition to those projects itemized
9 in the "Capital Budget Act for the 1968-1969 Fiscal Year" are
10 hereby specifically itemized, together with their respective
11 estimated financial costs, as follows:
12 * * *
13 XI. Department of [Public Instruction] Education.[145,788,419]
14 145,885,419
15 * * *
16 (12.1) For the emergency razing and
17 demolition of structures on properties previously
18 acquired for expansion; California State College
19 (DGS 402-30)..................................... 97,000
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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