PRINTER'S NO. 1242

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1083 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, STAIRS, DeWEESE AND HUTCHINSON, MAY 25,
           1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 25, 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 a project.

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


     1  furniture and equipment projects, to be constructed by the
     2  Department of General Services and transportation assistance
     3  projects to be acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania
     4  Department of Transportation together with their estimated
     5  financial cost; authorizing the incurring of debt without the
     6  approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the
     7  projects to be constructed by the Department of General Services
     8  or Department of Transportation, stating the estimated useful
     9  life of the projects; providing for the adoption of capital
    10  projects to be financed from current revenues of the Boating
    11  Fund and the Fish Fund and making an appropriation," clause A
    12  and the heading of subclause IX amended June 19, 1982 (P.L.571,
    13  No.165), are amended to read:
    14     Section 1.  Itemization and Authorization of Public
    15  Improvement Projects.--Additional capital projects in the
    16  category of public improvement projects to be acquired or
    17  constructed by the Department of General Services, its
    18  successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
    19  debt, are hereby itemized, together with the respective
    20  estimated financial cost and the total additional amount
    21  authorized for the public improvement projects as follows:
    22  A.  Total Authorization.......................... [$379,958,000]
    23                                                     $380,348,000
    24  B.  Itemization of Public Improvement Projects:
    25                             Base        Design &        Total
    26         Project           Project     Contingency      Project
    27                          Allocation                   Allocation
    28  * * *
    29  IX.  Department of
    30       Public Welfare   [$35,426,000]  [$7,253,000]  [$42,832,000]
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     1                         $35,751,000    $7,318,000    $43,220,000
     2  * * *
     3  (x)  Torrance State
     4       Hospital
     5     (1)  Alterations to
     6          Boiler Plant      [964,000]     [193,000]    [1,157,000]
     7                           1,289,000       258,000      1,547,000
     8  * * *
     9     Section 2.  The additional $390,000 for the alterations to
    10  the boiler plant at Torrance State Hospital shall be provided
    11  from excess funds available in the unallocated reserve of the
    12  Capital Facilities Fund.
    13     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.












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