PRINTER'S NO. 1311
No. 100 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY LINTON, BORTNER, BATTISTO, COWELL, DONATUCCI,
FREEMAN, McHALE, WAMBACH, WOZNIAK AND FATTAH, MAY 1, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 1, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
2 undertake a study of the financial needs of mass transit
3 systems throughout this Commonwealth.
4 WHEREAS, Federal budgetary assistance to mass transit systems
5 throughout this Commonwealth has been reduced, thereby
6 compounding financial difficulties within these systems; and
7 WHEREAS, Mass transit systems provide necessary
8 transportation for thousands of commuters, senior citizens,
9 students and other citizens of this Commonwealth and alleviate
10 exhaust pollution and congestion in communities which would be
11 otherwise created by individual passenger cars; and
12 WHEREAS, This House of Representatives believes that the
13 services provided by mass transit systems should be encouraged;
14 therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
16 Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to undertake a study of
17 the present and potential financial needs of mass transit
18 systems throughout this Commonwealth and report its evaluation
1 before the end of the 1985-1986 session.
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