PRINTER'S NO. 2859
No. 2237 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, FEBRUARY 5, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 5, 1980
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of , entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1979-
3 80," itemizing emergency public improvement projects to be
4 constructed by the Department of General Services together
5 with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the
6 incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for
7 the purpose of financing the projects, stating the estimated
8 useful life of the projects and making an appropriation.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Itemization and authorization of projects.
12 Additional capital projects in the category of public
13 improvement projects to be acquired or constructed by the
14 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
15 to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
16 together with the respective estimated financial cost and the
17 total additional amount authorized for the public improvement
18 projects as follows:
19 A. Total Authorization.......................... $29,717,000
20 B. Itemization of Public Improvement Projects for
1 physical improvements to buildings and grounds
2 to meet handicapped standards required under
3 section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
4 (Public Law 93-112):
5 Project Base Design & Total
6 Project Contin- Project
7 Allocation gencies Allocation
8 I. Department of Education $5,511,000 $1,104,000 $6,615,000
9 (1) Bloomsburg
10 State College 218,000 44,000 262,000
11 (2) California
12 State College 275,000 55,000 330,000
13 (3) Cheyney
14 State College 198,000 40,000 238,000
15 (4) Clarion
16 State College 501,000 100,000 601,000
17 (5) East Stroudsburg
18 State College 280,000 56,000 336,000
19 (6) Edinboro State
20 College 717,000 143,000 860,000
21 (7) Indiana University
22 of Pennsylvania 322,000 64,000 386,000
23 (8) Kutztown State
24 College 242,000 48,000 290,000
25 (9) Lock Haven
26 State College 253,000 51,000 304,000
27 (10) Mansfield State
28 College 263,000 53,000 316,000
29 (11) Millersville
30 State College 438,000 88,000 526,000
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1 (12) Shippensburg
2 State College 343,000 69,000 412,000
3 (13) Slippery Rock
4 State College 349,000 70,000 419,000
5 (14) West Chester
6 State College 350,000 70,000 420,000
7 (15) Thaddeus Stevens State
8 School of Technology 184,000 37,000 221,000
9 (16) Scotland School for
10 Veterans' Children 100,000 20,000 120,000
11 (17) Scranton State School
12 for the Deaf 478,000 96,000 574,000
13 II. Department of General
14 Services $1,346,000 $269,000 $1,615,000
15 (1) Harrisburg State
16 Office Buildings
17 and Grounds 1,125,000 225,000 1,350,000
18 (2) Philadelphia State
19 Office Building 106,000 21,000 127,000
20 (3) Pittsburgh State
21 Office Building 115,000 23,000 138,000
22 III. Department of Environ-
23 mental Resources $1,022,000 $208,000 $1,230,000
24 (1) Cook Forest
25 State Park 83,000 17,000 100,000
26 (2) Gifford Pinchot
27 State Park 83,000 17,000 100,000
28 (3) Hickory Run
29 State Park 138,000 28,000 166,000
30 (4) Laurel Hill
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1 State Park 138,000 28,000 166,000
2 (5) Presque Isle
3 State Park 83,000 17,000 100,000
4 (6) Prince Gallitzin
5 State Park 83,000 17,000 100,000
6 (7) Pymatuning State
7 Park 138,000 28,000 166,000
8 (8) Raccoon Creek
9 State Park 110,000 22,000 132,000
10 (9) Kings Gap
11 Environmental Center 83,000 17,000 100,000
12 (10) Nolde Forest
13 Environmental Center 83,000 17,000 100,000
14 (IV) Department of
15 Public Welfare $16,883,000 $3,374,000 $20,257,000
16 a. Mental Health Institutions
17 (1) Allentown State
18 Hospital 612,000 122,000 734,000
19 (2) Clarks Summit
20 State Hospital 203,000 41,000 244,000
21 (3) Danville State
22 Hospital 123,000 25,000 148,000
23 (4) Dixmont State
24 Hospital 127,000 25,000 152,000
25 (5) Eastern State School
26 and Hospital 88,000 18,000 106,000
27 (6) Embreeville State
28 Hospital 294,000 59,000 353,000
29 (7) Farview State
30 Hospital 229,000 46,000 275,000
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1 (8) Harrisburg State
2 Hospital 802,000 160,000 962,000
3 (9) Haverford State
4 Hospital 167,000 33,000 200,000
5 (10) Mayview State
6 Hospital 711,000 142,000 853,000
7 (11) Norristown
8 State Hospital 895,000 179,000 1,074,000
9 (12) Philadelphia
10 State Hospital 816,000 163,000 979,000
11 (13) Retreat State
12 Hospital 105,000 21,000 126,000
13 (14) Somerset State
14 Hospital 249,000 50,000 299,000
15 (15) Torrance State
16 Hospital 166,000 33,000 199,000
17 (16) Warren State
18 Hospital 520,000 104,000 624,000
19 (17) Wernersville
20 State Hospital 241,000 48,000 289,000
21 (18) Woodville State
22 Hospital 436,000 87,000 523,000
23 b. Mental Retardation Institutions
24 (1) C. Howard Marcy
25 State Hospital 170,000 34,000 204,000
26 (2) Cresson Center 572,000 114,000 686,000
27 (3) Ebensburg Center 377,000 75,000 452,000
28 (4) Hamburg Center 1,863,000 373,000 2,236,000
29 (5) Laurelton Center 1,561,000 312,000 1,873,000
30 (6) Pennhurst Center 863,000 173,000 1,036,000
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1 (7) Polk Center 1,289,000 258,000 1,547,000
2 (8) Selinsgrove Center 742,000 148,000 890,000
3 (9) Western Center 937,000 187,000 1,124,000
4 (10) White Haven Center 310,000 62,000 372,000
5 (11) Woodhaven Center 142,000 28,000 170,000
6 c. General Hospitals
7 (1) Ashland State
8 General Hospital 163,000 33,000 196,000
9 (2) Coaldale State
10 General Hospital 159,000 32,000 191,000
11 (3) Locust Mountain State
12 General Hospital 136,000 27,000 163,000
13 (4) Nanticoke State
14 General Hospital 132,000 26,000 158,000
15 (5) Scranton State
16 General Hospital 177,000 35,000 212,000
17 d. Restoration Centers
18 (1) South Mountain
19 Restoration Center 506,000 101,000 607,000
20 Section 2. Subdivision of construction.
21 The Department of General Services is hereby empowered to
22 subdivide and assign to the appropriate departments having
23 jurisdiction, upon mutual agreement, design and construction of
24 certain portions of the itemized projects where it is determined
25 that such assignment is in the best interests of the
26 Commonwealth to insure timely compliance with the requirements
27 of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Such
28 subdivision of construction shall be limited to those
29 improvements which can be accomplished through the purchase of
30 equipment and materials with construction and/or installation by
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1 institutional personnel.
2 Section 3. Debt authorization.
3 The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are hereby
4 authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
5 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
6 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
7 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
8 the aggregate the sum of $29,717,000 as may be found necessary
9 to carry out the acquisition and construction of the public
10 improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
11 Section 4. Issue of bonds.
12 The indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred from
13 time to time and shall be evidenced by one or more series of
14 general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such aggregate
15 principal amount for each series as the Governor, Auditor
16 General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the latest
17 stated maturity date shall not exceed 30 years from the date of
18 the bond first issued for each such series.
19 Section 5. Estimated useful life of projects.
20 The General Assembly states the estimated useful life of the
21 public improvement projects heretofore itemized is not less than
22 30 years from the date of completion thereof, which period is
23 hereby stated to be the maximum term of the debt to be incurred.
24 Section 6. Appropriation.
25 The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
26 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
27 Fund to the Department of General Services in the maximum amount
28 of $29,717,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
29 financial cost of the public improvement projects specifically
30 itemized in a capital budget. After reserving or paying the
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1 expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer
2 shall pay to the Department of General Services the moneys as
3 required and certified by it to be legally due and payable.
4 Section 7. Federal funds.
5 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 6, all
6 moneys received from the Federal Government, if any, for the
7 construction of the public improvement projects specifically
8 itemized herein are also hereby appropriated for those projects.
9 Section 8. Allocation of funds.
10 Whenever, as determined by the Department of General
11 Services, the full estimated financial cost of the public
12 improvement projects itemized in section 1 hereof are not
13 necessary for the proper design, acquisition or construction of
14 the projects, the excess funds no longer required may be
15 allocated to increase the estimated cost of any one or more of
16 the public improvement projects specifically itemized in a
17 capital budget.
18 Section 9. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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