PRINTER'S NO. 75

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 72 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, IRVIS, WILSON, DININNI, GEIST, JOHNSON
           AND LESCOVITZ, JANUARY 28, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 28, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of July 2, 1986 (P.L.    , No.10A), entitled
     2     "An act itemizing appropriations required from the Motor
     3     License Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 1986, to June 30,
     4     1987, for the proper operation of the several departments of
     5     the Commonwealth authorized to spend Motor License Fund
     6     moneys," increasing the appropriation for the operation of
     7     State airports; and providing additional appropriations for
     8     commuter airline facilities and a Statewide aviation weather
     9     operation system.

    10     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    11  hereby enacts as follows:
    12     Section 1.  As much as relates to the Department of
    13  Transportation in section 3 of the act of July 2, 1986 (P.L.
    14  , No.10A), known as the Motor License Fund Appropriation Act of
    15  1986, is amended to read:
    16     Section 3.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
    17  necessary, are hereby appropriated from the Aviation Restricted
    18  Revenue Account in the Motor License Fund to the hereinafter
    19  named agencies of the Commonwealth for the purposes set forth
    20  herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1986, and for the
    21  payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of

     1  the fiscal year ending June 30, 1986:
     2                To the Department of Transportation
     3     For payment for aviation operations, including
     4  the operation and maintenance of State-owned
     5  aircraft, payment of general expenses, supplies,
     6  printing and equipment; for the development and
     7  maintenance of State airports and the maintenance
     8  and repair of landing fields, intermediate landing
     9  fields, landing field equipment, beacon sites and
    10  other navigation facilities; and for the
    11  encouragement and development of civil
    12  aeronautics.......................................  [$5,320,000]
    13                                                        $8,480,000
    14     For payment for airport construction and
    15  development, including encouragement and
    16  development of aeronautics, development of State
    17  airports and assistance to political subdivisions
    18  and municipal authorities in the construction and
    19  improvement of airports and other aeronautical
    20  facilities........................................     3,500,000
    21     For payments to public airports for runway and
    22  taxiway rehabilitation............................       500,000
    23     For real estate tax rebate payments to
    24  privately owned public use airports...............       231,000
    25     For design development of additional commuter
    26  airline facilities at Harrisburg International
    27  Airport...........................................     1,000,000
    28     For engineering, design, purchase, installation
    29  and certification of the Statewide Aviation
    30  Weather Operation System (AWOS I).................       750,000
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     2     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.



















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