PRINTER'S NO. 2067
No. 1700 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY KAISER, DALEY, TRICH, McNALLY, LEVDANSKY, MURPHY,
GIGLIOTTI, COWELL, MAYERNIK, MARKOSEK, PETRONE, TRELLO,
DeLUCA, GAMBLE, VAN HORNE, MICHLOVIC, MRKONIC, B. D. CLARK,
COLAFELLA, VEON, LAUGHLIN, TANGRETTI, ROBINSON, ITKIN,
DeWEESE, LaGROTTA AND PISTELLA, JUNE 14, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 14, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 6, 1968 (P.L.117, No.61), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing for grants to be made by the
3 Commonwealth for the construction, rehabilitation,
4 alteration, expansion, or improvement of certain site
5 development facilities and assistance in the acquisition of
6 land located in designated impoverished urban areas; imposing
7 duties and powers on the Secretary of Commerce and the
8 Department of Commerce; and making an appropriation,"
9 providing for grants to be made for industrial site
10 development projects.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. The title and sections 2 and 3(5) of the act of
14 May 6, 1968 (P.L.117, No.61), known as the Site Development Act,
15 amended or added June 18,1968 (P.L.212, No.98), are amended to
16 read:
17 AN ACT
18 Providing for grants to be made by the Commonwealth for the
19 construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or
20 improvement of certain site development facilities and
1 assistance in the acquisition of land located in [designated
2 impoverished urban] distressed areas; providing for grants to
3 be made for industrial site development projects; and
4 imposing duties and powers on the Secretary of Commerce and
5 the Department of Commerce; and making an appropriation.
6 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act:
7 (1) "Municipality" means any city, borough, town or township
8 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
9 (2) "Municipality authority" means an authority created by a
10 municipality, pursuant to the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382,
11 No.164), known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."
12 (3) "Industrial development agency" means a nonprofit
13 corporation or a foundation or association organized and
14 existing under the laws of this Commonwealth, regardless of the
15 particular name, to whose members or shareholders no profit
16 shall enure and which shall have as a purpose the promotion,
17 encouragement, construction, development and expansion of new or
18 existing industrial development projects.
19 (4) "State agency" means any agency or department of the
20 executive branch of government of the Commonwealth of
21 Pennsylvania.
22 (5) "Department" means the Department of Commerce of the
23 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
24 (6) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce of the
25 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
26 (7) "Project [costs"] costs," as used in section 4 only,
27 include the cost of design and engineering, together with such
28 other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the
29 construction of the site development project and the placing of
30 the same in operation, and, in the case of a site development
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1 project under clause (5) of section 3 of this act, the cost of
2 acquisition.
3 (8) "Redevelopment authority" means an authority created
4 pursuant to the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385) known as
5 the "Urban Redevelopment Law."
6 Section 3. Grants for Site Development Projects.--The
7 secretary is hereby authorized, upon application of any eligible
8 municipality, municipal authority, industrial development
9 agency, or State agency, to make grants to said municipality,
10 municipal authority, industrial development agency, or State
11 agency for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration,
12 expansion, or improvement of the following site development
13 projects:
14 * * *
15 (5) The acquisition of land and existing improvements
16 located in [impoverished urban] distressed areas as [certified]
17 designated by the [Secretary of Public Welfare] secretary.
18 Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
19 Section 4.1. Grants for Industrial Site Development Projects.--
20 (a) Grants.--The secretary is hereby authorized, upon
21 application by an eligible municipality, county, municipal
22 authority, industrial development agency or redevelopment
23 authority, to make grants to said municipality, county,
24 municipal authority, industrial development agency or
25 redevelopment authority for eligible industrial site development
26 projects.
27 (b) Eligible industrial site development projects.--To be
28 eligible for grant funds under this section, a project must meet
29 the following criteria, to the satisfaction of the department:
30 (1) Create opportunities to develop new facilities or to
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1 expand existing facilities for manufacturing, industrial,
2 research and development, and other industrial operations that
3 produce goods, as determined by the department;
4 (2) Eliminate, reduce or otherwise alleviate blight at an
5 industrial site; and
6 (3) Have potential for job creation.
7 (c) Eligible project costs.--Grant funds awarded under this
8 section may be used for one or more of the following purposes:
9 (1) to acquire land and buildings;
10 (2) to demolish and clear buildings and other structures;
11 (3) to construct or reconstruct new or existing public or
12 private infrastructure, including utilities;
13 (4) to clean up hazardous waste and materials;
14 (5) to excavate, grade and otherwise prepare industrial
15 sites; or
16 (6) to pay engineering, design and inspection costs
17 associated with other eligible costs.
18 (d) Maximum grant amount.--The maximum amount of grant funds
19 awarded under this section to any one project in any fiscal year
20 shall not exceed $2,500,000.
21 Section 3. Section 5 of the act is amended to read:
22 Section 5. Departmental Regulations.--(a) Rules and
23 forms.--The secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate
24 necessary rules [and] , regulations, guidelines, statements of
25 policy and forms, and prescribe conditions and procedures to
26 effectuate the grant [program] programs authorized herein in
27 order to assure compliance with the stated policy and objectives
28 of this act.
29 (b) Limitation.--In the administration of this program no
30 grant authorized by section 3 shall be made in connection with
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1 any project unless it is determined that the project:
2 (1) Will aid directly in the industrial development or
3 travel development of the community;
4 (2) Is directly related to an industrial or travel
5 development site;
6 (3) Is not inconsistent with an existing development plan
7 for the municipality;
8 (4) Could not otherwise be financed;
9 (5) Will strengthen the income-producing capability of the
10 municipality[,]; and
11 (6) Is necessary to orderly community development.
12 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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