PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 61                        PRINTER'S NO. 1292

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 52 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, LESCOVITZ AND PISTELLA, JANUARY 25,
           1983

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           MAY 31, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 18, 1980 (P.L.1252, No.228),
     2     entitled "A supplement to the act of October 6, 1980
     3     (P.L.784, No.145), entitled 'An act providing for the capital
     4     budget for the fiscal year 1980-1981,' itemizing public
     5     improvement and furniture and equipment projects, to be
     6     constructed by the Department of General Services and
     7     transportation assistance projects to be acquired or
     8     constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
     9     together with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the
    10     incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for
    11     the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed by
    12     the Department of General Services or Department of
    13     Transportation, stating the estimated useful life of the
    14     projects; providing for the adoption of capital projects to
    15     be financed from current revenues of the Boating Fund and the
    16     Fish Fund and making an appropriation," increasing and adding
    17     certain projects; and making a repeal.

    18     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    19  hereby enacts as follows:
    20     Section 1.  Clause A of section 1 of the act of December 18,
    21  1980 (P.L.1252, No.228), entitled "A supplement to the act of
    22  October 6, 1980 (P.L.784, No.145), entitled 'An act providing
    23  for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1980-1981,' itemizing
    24  public improvement and furniture and equipment projects, to be


     1  constructed by the Department of General Services and
     2  transportation assistance projects to be acquired or constructed
     3  by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation together with
     4  their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring of
     5  debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
     6  financing the projects to be constructed by the Department of
     7  General Services or Department of Transportation, stating the
     8  estimated useful life of the projects; providing for the
     9  adoption of capital projects to be financed from current
    10  revenues of the Boating Fund and the Fish Fund and making an
    11  appropriation," amended June 19, 1982 (P.L.571, No.165), item
    12  vetoed in part, is amended to read:
    13     Section 1.  Itemization and Authorization of Public
    14  Improvement Projects.--Additional capital projects in the
    15  category of public improvement projects to be acquired or
    16  constructed by the Department of General Services, its
    17  successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
    18  debt, are hereby itemized, together with the respective
    19  estimated financial cost and the total additional amount
    20  authorized for the public improvement projects as follows:
    21  A.  Total Authorization.......................... [$379,958,000]
    22                                                     $381,230,000   <--
    23                                                     $382,163,000
    24     Section 2.  The heading of subclause IV and project (j) of
    25  subclause IV of clause B of section 1 of the act are amended and
    26  projects are added to subclause IV to read:
    27  B.  Itemization of Public Improvement Projects:
    28         Project       Base         Design &        Total
    29                     Project        Contin-         Project
    30                   Allocation       gencies        Allocation
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     1  * * *
     2  IV.  Department of
     3       Environmental
     4       Resources   [$34,856,000]    [$6,240,000]   [$54,411,000]
     5                    $35,668,000      $6,402,000     $55,683,000     <--
     6                    $36,374,000      $6,579,000     $56,616,000
     7  * * *
     8  (j)  Raccoon Creek State Park
     9     (1)  Park
    10          Improve-
    11          ments       2,997,000        599,000       3,596,000
    12     (2)  Rehabilitation
    13          of Flood Damage
    14          to Dam, Roads,
    15          Culverts and
    16          Bridges                                      232,000
    17     (3)  Additional
    18          Funds for
    19          DGS Project
    20          146-5, Park
    21          Improvements
    22          Including
    23          Dredging
    24          Operations    500,000        100,000         600,000
    25  * * *
    26  (w)  Flood Protection,
    27       Tributary Jack's
    28       Run, City of
    29       Greensburg and
    30       Hempfield Township,
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     1       Westmoreland
     2       County, Road
     3       Section 1:
     4       Oxford Drive to
     5       Crestview Drive                                 298,000
     6  (x)  Girty's Run,
     7       Borough of Millvale,
     8       Allegheny County,
     9       Stream Wall
    10       Replacement       312,000        62,000         374,000
    11  (Y)  PINE CREEK,                                                  <--
    12       GLENSHAW AND "SHALER
    13       FLATS," SHALER TWP.,
    14       ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
    15       FLOOD CONTROL
    16       PROJECT           706,000       177,000         883,000
    17  (Z)  SPRUCE CREEK STATE
    18       PARK, BLAIR COUNTY,
    19       RESTORATION OF LIME-
    20       STONE KILN                                       50,000
    21  * * *
    22     Section 3.  Subclause II(v) of clause B of section 1, act of
    23  December 22, 1981 (P.L.558, No.166), entitled "A supplement to
    24  the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.142, No.47), entitled 'An act
    25  providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1981-1982,'
    26  itemizing public improvement and furniture and equipment
    27  projects to be constructed or acquired by the Department of
    28  General Services, and transportation assistance projects to be
    29  acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of
    30  Transportation together with their estimated financial cost;
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     1  authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the
     2  electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be
     3  constructed or acquired by the Department of General Services or
     4  Department of Transportation, stating the estimated useful life
     5  of the projects and making appropriations," is repealed.
     6     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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