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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 257

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 260 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, FEBRUARY 2, 1999

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 2, 1999

                                  A SUPPLEMENT

     1  To the act of                         (P.L.     , No.   ),
     2     entitled "An act providing for the capital budget for the
     3     fiscal year 1999-2000," itemizing public improvement
     4     projects, furniture and equipment projects, transportation
     5     assistance projects, redevelopment assistance and
     6     redevelopment assistance capital projects, flood control
     7     projects, Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation projects
     8     and forestry bridge projects to be constructed or acquired or
     9     assisted by the Department of General Services, the
    10     Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the
    11     Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of
    12     Community and Economic Development, the Department of
    13     Transportation, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission or
    14     the Pennsylvania Game Commission, together with their
    15     estimated financial costs; authorizing the incurring of debt
    16     without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
    17     financing the projects to be constructed or acquired or
    18     assisted by the Department of General Services, the
    19     Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the
    20     Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of
    21     Community and Economic Development or the Department of
    22     Transportation; stating the estimated useful life of the
    23     projects; authorizing certain waivers; making appropriations;
    24     and making repeals.

    25     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    26  hereby enacts as follows:
    27  Section 1.  Short title.
    28     This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital


     1  Budget Project Itemization Act for 1999-2000.
     2  Section 2.  Total authorizations.
     3     (a)  Public improvements.--The total authorization for the
     4  additional capital projects in the category of public
     5  improvement projects itemized in section 3 and to be acquired or
     6  constructed by the Department of General Services, its
     7  successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
     8  debt, shall be $86,060,000.
     9     (b)  Furniture and equipment.--The total authorization for
    10  the additional capital projects in the category of public
    11  improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
    12  movable furniture and equipment to complete public improvement
    13  projects itemized in section 4 and to be acquired by the
    14  Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
    15  to be financed by the incurring of debt, shall be $2,000,000.
    16     (c)  Transportation assistance.--The total authorization for
    17  the capital projects in the category of transportation
    18  assistance projects itemized in section 5 with respect to which
    19  an interest is to be acquired in or constructed by the
    20  Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to
    21  be financed by the incurring of debt, shall be $63,751,000.
    22     (d)  Redevelopment assistance.--The total authorization for
    23  the additional capital projects in the category of redevelopment
    24  assistance and redevelopment assistance capital projects
    25  itemized in section 6 for capital grants by the Department of
    26  Community and Economic Development, its successors or assigns,
    27  and to be financed by the incurring of debt, shall be
    28  $154,621,000.
    29  Section 3.  Itemization of public improvement projects.
    30     Additional capital projects in the category of public
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     1  improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
     2  Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
     3  to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
     4  together with their respective estimated financial costs, as
     5  follows:
     6                                                           Total
     7                                                          Project
     8             Project                                    Allocation
     9  (1)  Department of Education                         $79,300,000
    10     (i)  Temple University
    11         (A)  Design and construction of the Ambler
    12             Learning Center                             2,800,000
    13         (B)  Design and construction of library
    14             building at Health Science Campus          10,000,000
    15         (C)  Design and construction of an annex
    16             building and necessary improvements for
    17             conversion of 1101 Montgomery Avenue       20,000,000
    18         (D)  Improvements to Main Campus primary
    19             electrical system - Phase II                3,900,000
    20         (E)  Design and construction of facility
    21             for Hospitality School at Main Campus      10,000,000
    22         (F)  Design and construction of annex
    23             building for the Main Campus student
    24             activity center                             4,600,000
    25     (ii)  Drexel University
    26         (A)  Renovation of Commonwealth Hall           10,000,000
    27     (iii)  University of Pennsylvania
    28         (A)  Construction of a new teaching and
    29             research center at the School of
    30             Veterinary Medicine                        18,000,000
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     1  (2)  State System of Higher Education                 $6,760,000
     2     (i)  Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
     3         (A)  Acquisition, construction and
     4             renovation of adjoining Keystone
     5             Central School District properties and
     6             structures                                  6,760,000
     7             (Base Project Allocation - $6,465,000)
     8             (Design and Contingencies - $295,000)
     9  Section 4.  Itemization of furniture and equipment projects.
    10     Additional capital projects in the category of public
    11  improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of movable
    12  furniture and equipment to complete public improvement projects
    13  and to be purchased by the Department of General Services, its
    14  successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
    15  debt, are hereby itemized, together with their respective
    16  estimated financial costs, as follows:
    17                                                           Total
    18                                                          Project
    19             Project                                    Allocation
    20  (1)  Department of Education                          $2,000,000
    21     (i)  Temple University
    22         (A)  Ambler Learning Center original
    23             furnishings and equipment                   2,000,000
    24  Section 5.  Itemization of transportation assistance projects.
    25     (a)  Mass transit.--Additional capital projects in the
    26  category of transportation assistance projects for mass transit
    27  in which an interest is to be acquired or constructed by the
    28  Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to
    29  be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
    30  together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:
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     1                                                           Total
     2                                                          Project
     3             Project                                    Allocation
     4     (a)  RESERVED
     5     (b)  Rural and intercity rail.--Additional capital projects
     6  in the category of transportation assistance projects for rural
     7  and intercity rail service projects to be constructed or with
     8  respect to which an interest is to be acquired by the Department
     9  of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed
    10  by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with
    11  their respective estimated financial costs, as follows:
    12                                                           Total
    13                                                          Project
    14             Project                                    Allocation
    15  (1)  Clearfield County
    16     (i)  R. J. Corman Railroad Company
    17         (A)  Rehabilitation of Cherry Tree Branch
    18             Line from Milepost 36 through Milepost
    19             54, inclusive                               1,893,000
    20  (2)  Dauphin County
    21     (i)  Amtrak
    22         (A)  Construction of new rail passenger
    23             station and related improvements in the
    24             vicinity of Harrisburg International
    25             Airport                                     1,500,000
    26  (3)  Northampton County
    27     (i)  Beth Intermodal, Inc. and Philadelphia,
    28         Bethlehem and New England Railroad Co.
    29         (PBNE)
    30         (A)  Construction of Intermodal facility in
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     1             Bethlehem, including Phase I
     2             construction of railroad tracks,
     3             storage, paving, drainage, lighting,
     4             office facilities, placement of
     5             utilities, internal road system to
     6             connect to PA 412 and Interstate 78         6,600,000
     7  (4)  Allegheny & Eastern Railroad, Inc.
     8     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     9         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    10         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    11         or manual protection and any other related
    12         work                                              462,000
    13     (ii)  Complete rail rehabilitation from Warren
    14         to Erie, including, but not limited to,
    15         rail, ties, bridge deck repairs and road
    16         crossing improvements                           8,015,000
    17             (Base Project Allocation - $7,287,000)
    18             (Design and Contingencies - $728,000)
    19     (iii)  Complete rail rehabilitation from Warren
    20         to Johnsonburg, including, but not limited
    21         to, replacement of cross and switch ties;
    22         rebuild and replacement of rail and rail
    23         infrastructure and road crossing
    24         improvements                                    3,978,000
    25             (Base Project Allocation - $3,616,000)
    26             (Design and Contingencies - $362,000)
    27     (iv)  Construction of New Switch Yards along
    28         Allegheny & Eastern, weed spraying and rail
    29         testing over entire line                        1,455,000
    30             (Base Project Allocation - $1,323,000)
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     1             (Design and Contingencies - $132,000)
     2  (5)  Allegheny Valley Railroad
     3     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     4         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     5         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     6         or manual protection and any other related
     7         work                                              207,000
     8     (ii)  Complete rail rehabilitation between New
     9         Kensington and Pittsburgh, including, but
    10         not limited to, rail infrastructure, ties,
    11         tracks, safety improvements, surfaces,
    12         subsurfaces, signals and related work           4,000,000
    13  (6)  Bradford Industrial Railroad, Inc.
    14     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    15         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    16         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    17         or manual protection and any other related
    18         work                                               45,000
    19  (7)  Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.
    20     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    21         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    22         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    23         or manual protection and any other related
    24         work                                              508,000
    25     (ii)  Construction of connector for Buffalo and
    26         Pittsburgh Railroad and Western Allegheny
    27         Branch south of Karn City                       2,750,000
    28             (Base Project Allocation - $2,500,000)
    29             (Design and Contingencies - $250,000)
    30     (iii)  Rehabilitation of selected areas of
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     1         Western Allegheny Branch                          440,000
     2             (Base Project Allocation - $400,000)
     3             (Design and Contingencies - $40,000)
     4     (iv)  Rehabilitation of rail line to Petrolia       3,300,000
     5             (Base Project Allocation - $3,000,000)
     6             (Design and Contingencies - $300,000)
     7  (8)  Delaware and Hudson Railway Co.
     8     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     9         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    10         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    11         or manual protection and any other related
    12         work                                              172,000
    13     (ii)  Construction of terminal for truck on
    14         train service between Philadelphia-
    15         Harrisburg-Allentown markets and Canada,
    16         including access track infrastructure,
    17         terminal track infrastructure, paving,
    18         lighting and other associated improvements
    19         related to such a facility                      7,700,000
    20             (Base Project Allocation - $7,000,000)
    21             (Design and Contingencies - $700,000)
    22     (iii)  Improvements to rail infrastructure,
    23         including, but not limited to, ties, rail,
    24         bridge improvements, safety improvements
    25         needed to improve that portion of mainline
    26         in this Commonwealth to accommodate train
    27         service from and to Canada                      5,500,000
    28             (Base Project Allocation - $5,000,000)
    29             (Design and Contingencies - $500,000)
    30     (iv)  Upgrade and rehabilitate rail track
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     1         infrastructure at Philadelphia Naval
     2         Business Center to improve access to
     3         Building 603 Complex including the
     4         rebuilding of switches and track                  275,000
     5             (Base Project Allocation - $250,000)
     6             (Design and Contingencies - $25,000)
     7     (v)  Rehabilitate rail siding on main line of
     8         Delaware & Hudson Railroad near Nescopeck,
     9         PA, including replacement of turnouts and
    10         replacement of signal facilities with solid
    11         state interlockings and associated cabling,
    12         track side signals and electronics                660,000
    13             (Base Project Allocation - $600,000)
    14             (Design and Contingencies - $60,000)
    15     (vi)  Rehabilitate crossing at SR 339 with new
    16         state-of-the-art automatic highway warning
    17         devices and new crossing surface including
    18         track and rail interface materials                259,000
    19             (Base Project Allocation - $235,000)
    20             (Design and Contingencies - $24,000)
    21     (vii)  Rehabilitation of existing track and
    22         construction of new track to service bulk
    23         handling facility module in Lackawanna
    24         County including new switching timbers,
    25         turnouts, track upgrade, including, but not
    26         limited to, track infrastructure materials,
    27         grading, filing, drainage, lighting,
    28         fencing and other associated improvements         495,000
    29             (Base Project Allocation - $450,000)
    30             (Design and Contingencies - $45,000)
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     1  (9)  Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad Company
     2     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     3         crossings including tracks, ties, surfaces,
     4         subsurfaces, signals, automatic or manual
     5         protection and any other related work             630,000
     6  (10)  Emons Transportation Group, Inc.
     7     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     8         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     9         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    10         or manual protection and any other related
    11         work
    12         (A)  Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad           570,000
    13         (B)  Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc.,
    14             Lancaster Line                                789,000
    15         (C)  Perkiomen Line                               405,000
    16         (D)  Yorkrail, Inc.                               640,000
    17  (11)  Everett Railroad
    18     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    19         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    20         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    21         or manual protection and any other related
    22         work                                              270,000
    23  (12)  Gettysburg Railroad Company, Inc.
    24     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    25         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    26         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    27         or manual protection and any other related
    28         work                                              460,000
    29  (13)  Hollidaysburg and Roaring Spring Railroad
    30     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
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     1         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     2         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     3         or manual protection and any other related
     4         work                                              400,000
     5  (14)  Juniata Valley Railroad
     6     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     7         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     8         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     9         or manual protection and any other related
    10         work                                              133,000
    11  (15)  Lycoming Valley Railroad
    12     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    13         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    14         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    15         or manual protection and any other related
    16         work                                              116,000
    17  (16)  Morrison's Cove Railroad
    18     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    19         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    20         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    21         or manual protection and any other related
    22         work                                              120,000
    23  (17)  Nittany Bald Eagle Railroad
    24     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    25         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    26         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    27         or manual protection and any other related
    28         work                                              287,000
    29  (18)  North Shore Railroad
    30     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
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     1         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     2         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     3         or manual protection and any other related
     4         work                                               62,000
     5  (19)  Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, Inc.
     6     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     7         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     8         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     9         or manual protection and any other related
    10         work                                              343,000
    11  (20)  Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
    12     Company
    13     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    14         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    15         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    16         or manual protection and any other related
    17         work                                              805,000
    18     (ii)  CNS Bridge                                      950,000
    19  (21)  SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority
    20     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    21         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    22         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    23         or manual protection and any other related
    24         work
    25         (A)  Juniata Valley Railroad                       50,000
    26         (B)  Lycoming Valley Railroad                     167,000
    27         (C)  Nittany & Bald Eagle                         260,000
    28         (D)  North Shore Railroad                         200,000
    29         (E)  Shamokin Valley Railroad                     127,000
    30  (22)  Shamokin Valley Railroad
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     1     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     2         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     3         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
     4         or manual protection and any other related
     5         work                                              672,000
     6  (23)  Wellsboro and Corning Rail Line
     7     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
     8         crossings, including tracks, ties,
     9         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    10         or manual protection and any other related
    11         work                                               86,000
    12  (24)  Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
    13     (i)  Repair and/or rehabilitation of grade
    14         crossings, including tracks, ties,
    15         surfaces, subsurfaces, signals, automatic
    16         or manual protection and any other related
    17         work                                              645,000
    18     (c)  Air transportation.--Additional capital projects in the
    19  category of transportation assistance projects for air
    20  transportation service to which an interest is to be acquired by
    21  the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and
    22  to be financed by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized,
    23  together with their respective estimated financial costs, as
    24  follows:
    25                                                           Total
    26                                                          Project
    27                                                        Allocation
    28  (1)  Berks County
    29     (i)  Reading Regional Airport Terminal
    30         (A)  Rehabilitate and expand terminal           3,500,000
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     1  (2)  York County
     2     (i)  York Airport
     3         (A)  Construction of 50 tee hangars               850,000
     4  Section 6.  Itemization of redevelopment assistance projects.
     5     Additional capital projects in the category of redevelopment
     6  assistance projects for capital grants by the Department of
     7  Community and Economic Development, its successors or assigns,
     8  authorized under the provisions of the act of May 20, 1949
     9  (P.L.1633, No.493), known as the Housing and Redevelopment
    10  Assistance Law, and redevelopment assistance capital projects
    11  and to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby
    12  itemized, together with their estimated financial costs, as
    13  follows:
    14                                                           Total
    15                                                          Project
    16             Project                                    Allocation
    17  (1)  Allegheny County
    18     (i)  Carnegie Science Center
    19         (A)  Expansion of exhibition areas             29,500,000
    20     (ii)  Brentwood Redevelopment Project
    21         (A)  Redevelopment of Saw Mill Run
    22             corridor, including mixed used
    23             commercial and residential
    24             developments                                5,000,000
    25     (iii)  Allegheny County Fire Training Academy,
    26         North Park
    27         (A)  Renovations to facility                    2,100,000
    28     (iv)  Pine-Richland Youth Center, Richland
    29         Township
    30         (A)  Renovations to facilities                    275,000
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     1     (v)  La Roche College, McCandless Township
     2         (A)  Construction of ice rink on campus for
     3             community use                               2,226,000
     4     (vi)  Pennsylvania Organization for Women in
     5         Early Recovery, Pittsburgh
     6         (A)  Construction and renovations to
     7             facilities                                    129,000
     8     (vii)  Seton Hill College: National Education
     9         Center for Women in Business
    10         (A)  Facilities improvement project             5,000,000
    11     (viii)  Chatham College
    12         (A)  Creation of a Center for Women and
    13             Work                                          873,000
    14     (ix)  Hampton Township
    15         (A)  Community pool renovation and
    16             expansion                                   1,500,000
    17     (x)  Abundant Life, Inc./Glead Center/Imani
    18         Christian Academy
    19         (A)  Purchase and renovation of building
    20             and facilities                              2,000,000
    21  (2)  Armstrong County
    22     (i)  Manor Township
    23         (A)  Crooked Creek Horse Park Coliseum,
    24             construction of new coliseum and
    25             improvement of facility parking and
    26             roadways                                    2,260,000
    27  (3)  Dauphin County
    28     (i)  Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority
    29         (A)  Renovation of Harrisburg
    30             Transportation Center                         600,000
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     1  (4)  Delaware County
     2     (i)  Darlington Fine Arts Center, Concord
     3         Township
     4         (A)  Construction of a performing arts
     5             center                                      1,200,000
     6  (5)  Lehigh County
     7     (i)  Lehigh Landing Riverfront Redevelopment
     8         Project
     9         (A)  Site assembly and development                500,000
    10         (B)  America on Wheels Museum                  12,000,000
    11     (ii)  Construction of Game Preserve Zoo
    12         Revitalization Project                         15,000,000
    13     (iii)  National Museum of Industrial History
    14         (A)  Construction of preview center and
    15             main museum                                30,000,000
    16  (6)  Lycoming County
    17     (i)  Williamsport
    18         (A)  Renovations to Bowman Field                1,500,000
    19     (ii)  South Williamsport
    20         (A)  Construction of Little League Baseball
    21             Stadium                                     3,000,000
    22  (7)  Mercer County
    23     (i)  Borough of Greenville
    24         (A)  Recreation Improvement Program, Phases
    25             I and II                                    2,688,000
    26  (8)  Philadelphia County
    27     (i)  Philadelphia
    28         (A)  CORA Services, construction of new
    29             service center and administrative
    30             headquarters                                4,000,000
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     1         (B)  National Museum of the American
     2             Revolution at Valley Forge,
     3             construction of Museum                     15,000,000
     4         (C)  Nueva Esperanza: 4530 North 5th
     5             Street, Philadelphia, acquisition,
     6             demolition and construction of a
     7             building to contain junior
     8             college/charter school                      9,270,000
     9         (D)  Nueva Esperanza: 4261 North 5th
    10             Street, Philadelphia, acquisition and
    11             interior tenant fit-out for multi-
    12             tenant building targeted to businesses
    13             with customers in North Philadelphia        3,000,000
    14  (9)  Schuylkill County
    15     (i)  County Projects
    16         (A)  Highridge Economic Development site        2,000,000
    17         (B)  Tremont Industrial Development site        1,500,000
    18         (C)  West Brunswick Economic Development
    19             site                                        1,000,000
    20     (ii)  City of Pottsville
    21         (A)  Downtown Tourism Center                    1,500,000
    22  Section 7.  Debt authorization.
    23     (a)  Public improvements.--The Governor, Auditor General and
    24  State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow
    25  from time to time in addition to any authorization heretofore or
    26  hereafter enacted, on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to
    27  the limitations provided in the current capital budget, money
    28  not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $86,060,000 as may be
    29  found necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of
    30  the public improvement projects specifically itemized in a
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     1  capital budget.
     2     (b)  Furniture and equipment.--The Governor, Auditor General
     3  and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow
     4  from time to time in addition to any authorization heretofore or
     5  hereafter enacted, on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to
     6  the limitations provided in the current capital budget, money
     7  not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $2,000,000 as may be
     8  found necessary to carry out the public improvement projects
     9  consisting of the acquisition of original movable furniture and
    10  equipment specifically itemized in a capital budget.
    11     (c)  Transportation assistance.--The Governor, Auditor
    12  General and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed
    13  to borrow from time to time in addition to any authorization
    14  heretofore or hereafter enacted, on the credit of the
    15  Commonwealth, subject to the limitations provided in the current
    16  capital budget, money not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of
    17  $63,751,000 as may be found necessary to carry out the
    18  acquisition and construction of the transportation assistance
    19  projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
    20     (d)  Redevelopment assistance.--Subject to the limitation in
    21  section 1616.1-B(b) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
    22  No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, the Governor, Auditor General
    23  and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow
    24  from time to time in addition to any authorization heretofore or
    25  hereafter enacted, on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to
    26  the limitations provided in the current capital budget, money
    27  not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $154,621,000 as may be
    28  found necessary to carry out the redevelopment assistance and
    29  the redevelopment capital assistance projects specifically
    30  itemized in a capital budget.
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     1  Section 8.  Issue of bonds.
     2     The indebtedness authorized in this act shall be incurred,
     3  from time to time, and shall be evidenced by one or more series
     4  of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such
     5  aggregate principal amount for each series as the Governor, the
     6  Auditor General and the State Treasurer shall determine, but the
     7  latest stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated
     8  useful life of the projects being financed as stated in section
     9  9.
    10  Section 9.  Estimated useful life and term of debt.
    11     (a)  Estimated useful life.--The General Assembly states that
    12  the estimated useful life of the public improvement projects
    13  itemized in this act is as follows:
    14         (1)  Public improvement projects, 30 years.
    15         (2)  Furniture and equipment projects, 10 years.
    16         (3)  Transportation assistance projects:
    17             (i)  Rolling stock, 15 years.
    18             (ii)  Passenger buses, 12 years.
    19             (iii)  Furniture and equipment, 10 years.
    20             (iv)  All others, 30 years.
    21     (b)  Term of debt.--The maximum term of the debt authorized
    22  to be incurred under this act is 30 years.
    23  Section 10.  Appropriations.
    24     (a)  Public improvements.--The net proceeds of the sale of
    25  the obligations authorized in this act are hereby appropriated
    26  from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department of General
    27  Services in the maximum amount of $86,060,000 to be used by it
    28  exclusively to defray the financial cost of the public
    29  improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
    30  After reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the
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     1  obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the Department of
     2  General Services the moneys as required and certified by it to
     3  be legally due and payable.
     4     (b)  Furniture and equipment.--The net proceeds of the sale
     5  of the obligations authorized in this act are hereby
     6  appropriated from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department
     7  of General Services in the maximum amount of $2,000,000 to be
     8  used by it exclusively to defray the financial cost of the
     9  public improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of
    10  original movable furniture and equipment specifically itemized
    11  in a capital budget. After reserving or paying the expenses of
    12  the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the
    13  Department of General Services the moneys as required and
    14  certified by it to be legally due and payable.
    15     (c)  Transportation assistance.--The net proceeds of the sale
    16  of the obligations authorized in this act are hereby
    17  appropriated from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department
    18  of Transportation in the maximum amount of $63,751,000 to be
    19  used by it exclusively to defray the financial cost of the
    20  transportation assistance projects specifically itemized in a
    21  capital budget. After reserving or paying the expense of the
    22  sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the
    23  Department of Transportation the moneys as required and
    24  certified by it to be legally due and payable.
    25     (d)  Redevelopment assistance.--The net proceeds of the sale
    26  of the obligations authorized in this act are hereby
    27  appropriated from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department
    28  of Community and Economic Development in the maximum amount of
    29  $154,621,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
    30  financial cost of the redevelopment assistance and redevelopment
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     1  capital assistance projects specifically itemized in a capital
     2  budget. After reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of
     3  the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the Department
     4  of Community and Economic Development the moneys as required and
     5  certified by it to be legally due and payable.
     6  Section 10.  Federal funds.
     7     In addition to those funds appropriated in section 9, all
     8  moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
     9  specifically itemized in this act are also hereby appropriated
    10  for those projects.
    11  Section 11.  Editorial changes.
    12     In editing and preparing this act for printing following the
    13  final enactment, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall insert
    14  or revise letters or numbers for projects where the letters or
    15  numbers are missing or require revision. The bureau shall also
    16  revise the total monetary amounts for the total authorization,
    17  debt authorization, appropriations and departmental totals as
    18  necessary to agree with the total monetary amounts of the
    19  projects.
    20  Section 12.  Effective date.
    21     This act shall take effect immediately.






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