PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1924 PRINTER'S NO. 2044
No. 1645 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, JUNE 16, 1981
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 30, 1981
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1981-
3 1982," itemizing public improvement and furniture and
4 equipment projects to be constructed or acquired by the
5 Department of General Services, and transportation assistance
6 projects to be acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania
7 Department of Transportation together with their estimated
8 financial cost; authorizing the incurring of debt without the
9 approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the
10 projects to be constructed or acquired by the Department of
11 General Services or Department of Transportation, stating the
12 estimated useful life of the projects and making
13 appropriations.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Itemization and authorization of public improvement
17 projects.
18 Additional capital projects in the category of public
19 improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
20 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
21 to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
22 together with their respective estimated financial costs and the
1 total additional amount authorized for the public improvement
2 projects, as follows:
3 A. Total Project Authorization................... $55,727,000 <--
4 $79,928,645
5 B. Itemization of Public Improvement Projects:
6 Project Base Design and Total
7 Project Contingency Project
8 Allocation Allocation Allocation
9 I. Department of
10 Education $5,670,000 $1,134,000 $6,804,000 <--
11 $33,555,000 $5,909,000 $45,601,645
12 (1) (A) Pennsylvania <--
13 State University,
14 (1) University Park, <--
15 Renovations to
16 Buckhout Labora-
17 tory, N. Frear
18 Laboratory,
19 Headhouses 3
20 and 4 and Tyson
21 Building 5,670,000 1,134,000 6,804,000
22 (2) INDIANA <--
23 UNIVERSITY
24 OF PENNSYL-
25 VANIA, CON-
26 STRUCTION
27 OF SAFETY
28 SCIENCE
29 BUILDING 591,844
30 (3) ROOF RECONSTRUCTION 5,545,801
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1 TO BE ALLOCATED AS
2 FOLLOWS:
3 (I) BLOOMS-
4 BURG $561,252
5 (II) CALI-
6 FORNIA 905,339
7 (III) CHEYNEY 128,400
8 (IV) CLARION 118,061
9 (V) EAST STROUDS-
10 BURG 90,693
11 (VI) EDIN-
12 BORO 1,640,000
13 (VII) INDIANA 680,124
14 (VIII) KUTZ-
15 TOWN 67,682
16 (IX) LOCK
17 HAVEN 181,900
18 (X) MANS-
19 FIELD 93,500
20 (XI) MILLERS-
21 VILLE 336,920
22 (XII) SHIPPENS-
23 BURG 120,000
24 (XIII) SLIPPERY
25 ROCK 108,330
26 (XIV) WEST
27 CHESTER 513,600
28 (4) UNIVERSITY
29 OF PITTS-
30 BURGH, MEDI-
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1 CAL RESEARCH
2 FACILITY 13,037,000 2,607,000 15,644,000
3 (5) WESTMORELAND
4 COUNTY COMMUN-
5 ITY COLLEGE:
6 CONSTRUCTION
7 OF TRAINING
8 CENTER FOR
9 EMERGENCY
10 SERVICES 797,000 138,000 935,000
11 (6) UNIVERSITY
12 OF PITTS-
13 BURGH,
14 GREENSBURG,
15 COMMON
16 FACILITIES
17 BUILDING
18 AND PARK-
19 ING LOT 3,451,000 690,000 4,141,000
20 (B) TEMPLE UNIVERSITY,
21 (1) INSTRUCTIONAL
22 FACILITIES,
23 PHASE I -
24 AMBLER CAMPUS
25 LAND AND
26 FACILITIES
27 ACQUISITION 3,900,000 3,900,000
28 (2) ARMORY RENO-
29 VATION 3,500,000 700,000 4,200,000
30 (3) BAPTIST
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1 TEMPLE
2 RENOVATION 3,200,000 640,000 3,840,000
3 II. Department of
4 Environmental
5 Resources $5,224,000 $733,000 $5,997,000 <--
6 $6,524,000 $1,033,000 $7,557,000
7 (A) Flat Rock Dam-
8 Schuylkill River
9 (1) Fishway 1,817,000 363,000 2,180,000
10 (B) Schuylkill River-
11 Upper Providence
12 Township-
13 Montgomery County
14 (1) Enlarge
15 Culvert 153,000 31,000 184,000
16 (C) Forest District No. 1
17 (1) Rehabilitate
18 State Forest
19 Roads 170,000 17,000 187,000
20 (D) Forest District No. 3
21 (1) Rehabilitate
22 State Forest
23 Roads 140,000 14,000 154,000
24 (E) Forest District No. 5
25 (1) Rehabilitate
26 State Forest
27 Roads 218,000 22,000 240,000
28 (F) Forest District No. 6
29 (1) Rehabilitate
30 State Forest
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1 Roads 112,000 11,000 123,000
2 (2) FM Radio System 263,000 53,000 316,000
3 (G) Forest District No. 7
4 (1) Rehabilitate
5 State Forest
6 Roads 326,000 33,000 359,000
7 (H) Forest District No. 8
8 (1) Rehabilitate
9 State Forest
10 Roads 171,000 17,000 188,000
11 (I) Forest District No. 9
12 (1) Rehabilitate
13 State Forest
14 Roads 198,000 20,000 218,000
15 (J) Forest District No. 10
16 (1) Rehabilitate
17 State Forest
18 Roads 336,000 34,000 370,000
19 (K) Forest District No. 11
20 (1) Rehabilitate
21 State Forest
22 Roads 112,000 11,000 123,000
23 (L) Forest District No. 12
24 (1) Rehabilitate
25 State Forest
26 Roads 287,000 29,000 316,000
27 (M) Forest District No. 13
28 (1) Rehabilitate
29 State Forest
30 Roads 150,000 15,000 165,000
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1 (N) Forest District No. 15
2 (1) Rehabilitate
3 State Forest
4 Roads 177,000 17,000 194,000
5 (O) Forest District No. 16
6 (1) Rehabilitate
7 State Forest
8 Roads 172,000 17,000 189,000
9 (2) FM Radio System 264,000 53,000 317,000
10 (P) Forest District No. 18
11 (1) Rehabilitate
12 State Forest
13 Roads 158,000 16,000 174,000
14 (Q) CHENEY RUN - <--
15 SOUTH MONT
16 BOROUGH,
17 CAMBRIA
18 COUNTY STEAM
19 IMPROVEMENT
20 PROJECT 1,300,000 260,000 1,560,000
21 III. Department of
22 General Services $26,094,000 $5,219,000 $31,313,000 <--
23 $3,594,000 $719,000 $4,313,000
24 (A) State Correctional
25 Institution-
26 Graterford
27 (1) Field House
28 and Athletic
29 Field 1,354,000 271,000 1,625,000
30 (B) State Correctional
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1 Institution-Muncy
2 (1) Perimeter
3 Security Fence 825,000 165,000 990,000
4 (C) State Correctional <--
5 Institution-
6 Montgomery County
7 (1) New State
8 Correctional
9 Institution 22,500,000 4,500,000 27,000,000
10 (D) (C) Harrisburg Area
11 (1) Upgrade
12 Elevators 552,000 110,000 662,000
13 (2) Waterproof
14 Museum and
15 Archives
16 Buildings 863,000 173,000 1,036,000
17 IV. Historical and Museum
18 Commission $305,000 $61,000 $366,000 <--
19 $425,000 $91,000 $516,000
20 (A) Daniel Boone
21 Homestead
22 (1) Security
23 System 115,000 23,000 138,000
24 (B) The Highlands
25 (1) Security
26 System 92,000 18,000 110,000
27 (C) Anthracite Museum-
28 Eckley
29 (1) Security
30 System 98,000 20,000 118,000
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1 (D) FORT PITT MUSEUM <--
2 (1) ADDITIONAL
3 STORAGE FOR
4 CANNONS AND
5 DRESSING ROOM,
6 LOCKERS AND
7 TOILET/SHOWERS
8 FACILITY FOR
9 100 PERSONNEL
10 OF ROYAL AMERICAN
11 REGIMENT (FORT
12 PITT MUSEUM
13 ASSOCIATES,
14 INC.) 120,000 30,000 150,000
15 V. Department of Military
16 Affairs $1,459,000 $414,000 $1,873,000
17 (A) National Guard
18 Armory-N.E.
19 Philadelphia
20 (1) Install Heating
21 Plant 241,000 48,000 289,000
22 (B) Hollidaysburg
23 Veterans Home
24 (1) Additional Funds
25 for DGS 969-4,
26 Rehabilitate
27 Dietary Building 213,000 64,000 277,000
28 (2) Additional Funds
29 for DGS 969-3,
30 Convert
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1 Continued Care
2 Building to
3 Nursing Care 1,005,000 302,000 1,307,000
4 VI. Department of Public
5 Welfare $7,371,000 $1,474,000 $8,845,000 <--
6 $16,187,000 $3,352,000 $19,539,000
7 (A) Allentown State
8 Hospital
9 (1) Air
10 Conditioning-
11 Hospital
12 Building 361,000 72,000 433,000
13 (B) ASHLAND STATE <--
14 GENERAL
15 HOSPITAL
16 (1) INTENSIVE
17 AND CARDIAC
18 CARE UNIT 302,000 60,000 362,000
19 (B) (C) Farview State <--
20 Hospital
21 (1) Renovate
22 Existing
23 Physical Plant 3,500,000 700,000 4,200,000
24 (C) (D) Laurelton Center <--
25 (1) Stoney Run
26 Dam
27 Improvements 86,000 17,000 103,000
28 (D) (E) Mayview State Hospital <--
29 (1) Privacy
30 Partitions 452,000 90,000 542,000
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1 (2) Air
2 Conditioning-
3 Forrester
4 Building 597,000 119,000 716,000
5 (E) (F) Pennhurst Center <--
6 (1) Replace
7 Elevator-
8 Building No. 83 178,000 36,000 214,000
9 (F) (G) Polk <--
10 (1) Air
11 Conditioning-
12 Sunnyside
13 Building 918,000 184,000 1,102,000
14 (2) Air
15 Conditioning-
16 Woodside
17 Building 803,000 161,000 964,000
18 (3) THERAPEUTIC <--
19 CENTER 1,404,000 156,000 1,560,000
20 (H) SHAMOKIN STATE
21 GENERAL HOSPITAL
22 (1) AIR CON-
23 DITIONING 150,000 30,000 180,000
24 (2) EXPANSION OF
25 X-RAY DEPART-
26 MENT 200,000 40,000 240,000
27 (3) RENOVATION OF
28 TWO WARDS INTO
29 PRIVATE AND
30 SEMIPRIVATE
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1 ROOMS 460,000 92,000 552,000
2 (G) (I) Warren State Hospital <--
3 (1) Air
4 Conditioning-
5 Forensic Unit 275,000 55,000 330,000
6 (H) (J) Western Center <--
7 (1) Dam Breaching 201,000 40,000 241,000
8 (K) LOCUST MOUNTAIN <--
9 STATE HOSPITAL
10 (1) RENOVATION
11 AND ADDITION
12 TO HOSPITAL
13 BUILDING AND
14 NURSES HOME 6,300,000 1,500,000 7,800,000
15 VIII. State Police $441,000 $88,000 $529,000
16 (A) Troop Headquarters-
17 Reading
18 (1) Renovate and
19 Expand
20 Headquarters
21 Building 441,000 88,000 529,000
22 Section 2. Itemization and authorization of furniture and
23 equipment projects.
24 Additional capital projects in the category of public
25 improvements, consisting of the acquisition of original movable
26 furniture and equipment to complete public improvement projects,
27 to be financed by the incurring of debt, and to be purchased by
28 the Department of General Services, are hereby itemized together
29 with their estimated financial costs:
30 A. Total Project Authorization................... $50,000
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1 B. Itemization of Projects:
2 I. Department of Environmental Resources......... $50,000
3 (A) Chapman State Park
4 (1) Project No. DGS 191-32,
5 Camping Facilities...................... 27,000
6 (B) French Creek State Park
7 (1) Project No. DGS 194-30, Water and
8 Sanitary Systems........................ 22,000
9 (C) Greenwood Furnace State Park
10 (1) Project No. DGS 193-31, Dam
11 Improvements 1,000
12 Section 3. Itemization and authorization of transportation
13 assistance projects.
14 Additional capital projects in the category of transportation
15 assistance projects with respect to which an interest is to be
16 acquired in or constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of
17 Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by
18 the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their
19 estimated financial costs and the total additional amount
20 authorized for the transportation assistance projects as
21 follows:
22 A. Total Project Authorization................... $8,215,000 <--
23 $24,969,751
24 B. Itemization of Projects:
25 Project Base Design and Total
26 Project Contingency Project
27 Allocation Allocation Allocation
28 I. Port Authority of
29 Allegheny County
30 (1) Purchase of
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1 Articulated
2 Buses $1,396,000 $140,000 $1,536,000
3 (2) SOUTH HILLS <--
4 LIGHT RAIL
5 VEHICLES
6 STAGE I-B 3,640,000 360,000 4,000,000
7 (3) SOUTH HILLS
8 LIGHT RAIL
9 TRANSIT SYSTEM
10 STATE I-A 3,000,000 300,000 3,300,000
11 (4) MONONGAHELA
12 INCLINE
13 REHABILITATION 127,780 12,637 140,417
14 (5) AVALON BRIDGE
15 REPAIR 38,220 3,780 42,000
16 (6) BEN AVON
17 BRIDGE REPAIR 38,220 3,780 42,000
18 (7) EQUIPMENT AND
19 FIXED FACILITIES
20 PHASE VII 328,000 33,167 361,167
21 (8) SUPPORT VEHICLES
22 PHASE VII 515,212 50,955 566,167
23 II. Area Transportation
24 Authority of North
25 Central
26 Pennsylvania
27 (1) Construction
28 of Adminis-
29 tration/
30 Maintenance
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1 Facilities
2 and Purchase
3 of Associated
4 Equipment 510,000 51,000 561,000
5 III. Cambria County
6 Transit Authority
7 (1) Garage/Shop
8 Renovations,
9 Purchase of
10 Equipment
11 and Engineering
12 Study of the
13 Johnstown-
14 Westmont
15 Incline 48,000 5,000 53,000
16 IV. Cumberland, Dauphin,
17 Harrisburg Transit
18 Authority
19 (1) Purchase Bus
20 Related
21 Equipment 30,000 3,000 33,000
22 V. Erie Metropolitan
23 Transportation
24 Authority
25 (1) Handicapped
26 Improvements 50,000 5,000 55,000
27 VI. Lehigh and North- <--
28 ampton Transportation
29 Authority
30 (1) Purchase of
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1 Equipment and
2 Paving 33,000 3,000 36,000
3 VII. VI. Luzerne County
4 Transit Authority
5 (1) Purchase Bus
6 Related
7 Equipment 17,000 2,000 19,000
8 VIII. VII. City of <--
9 Philadelphia
10 (1) Additional
11 Funds for
12 Project No.
13 PT-66, Purchase
14 of Rapid-Transit
15 Cars and Shop
16 Modification 832,000 83,000 915,000
17 (2) BRILL ARSENAL <--
18 TRACK MODIFICATIONS
19 AIRPORT HI-SPEED
20 LINE 333,000 33,000 366,000
21 (3) FRANKFORD ELEVATED
22 ENGINEERING
23 DESIGN 230,000 23,000 253,000
24 (4) CCTU -
25 ESCALATION 333,000 33,000 366,000
26 (5) 30TH STREET
27 STATION
28 REHABILITATION 1,300,000 130,000 1,430,000
29 IX. VIII. Southeastern Penn- <--
30 sylvania Transportation
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1 Authority
2 (1) Commuter Operating
3 Facilities
4 Modernization 4,486,000 449,000 4,935,000
5 (2) MARKED FRANKFORD <--
6 ELEVATED CARS -
7 GENERAL OVERHAUL 1,459,000 146,000 1,605,000
8 (3) FIRE PREVENTION/
9 PASSENGER SAFETY
10 MARKET/FRANKFORD
11 AND BROAD STREET
12 SUBWAY 250,000 25,000 275,000
13 (4) UTILITY FLEET
14 RENEWAL 400,000 40,000 440,000
15 (5) NORTH EAST BUS/
16 GARAGE LAND
17 ACQUISITION/SITE
18 DEVELOPMENT 583,000 58,000 641,000
19 (6) FRA MANDATED
20 CAR MODERNIZATION
21 COMMUTER RAIL
22 EQUIPMENT 50,000 5,000 55,000
23 (7) SUBWAY SURFACE
24 STATION MODERNIZATION -
25 WEST PHILADELPHIA
26 LIGHT RAIL LINES 1,000,000 100,000 1,100,000
27 (8) P.C.C. CAR
28 REHABILITATION
29 ESCALATION 783,000 78,000 861,000
30 (9) BUILDINGS AND
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1 ELECTRICAL
2 MODERNIZATION 167,000 17,000 184,000
3 (10) COMMUTER RAIL CAR
4 REHABILITATION 633,000 63,000 696,000
5 (11) SIXTY-NINTH
6 STREET TERMINAL
7 ENGINEERING 61,000 6,000 67,000
8 X. IX. Williamsport Bureau of <--
9 Transportation
10 (1) Expansion of Bus
11 Garage and
12 Purchase of
13 Equipment 65,000 7,000 72,000
14 Section 4. Use of existing funding.
15 (a) The $1,584,000 in additional funding required for
16 completion of the following previously authorized projects,
17 which are included in section 1, shall be provided from excess
18 funds available in the unallocated reserves of the Capital
19 Facilities Fund:
20 (1) Project No. DGS 969-3; Convert Continued Care
21 Building to Nursing Care, Hollidaysburg Veterans Home.
22 (2) Project No. DGS 969-4; Rehabilitate Dietary
23 Building, Hollidaysburg Veterans Home.
24 (b) The $50,000 for the purchase of the furniture and
25 equipment for the projects which are included in section 2,
26 shall be provided from excess funds available in the unallocated
27 reserve of the Capital Facilities Fund from the appropriation in
28 the act of February 18, 1970 (P.L.44, No.17), entitled "An act
29 authorizing the incurring of debt for additional projects
30 without approval of the electors to complete projects in the
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1 category of public improvement by acquisition of original
2 equipment and furniture to be acquired by the Department of
3 Property and Supplies, stating the estimated useful life of such
4 projects, and making an appropriation."
5 Section 5. Assignment of design.
6 The Department of General Services is hereby empowered to
7 assign the engineering for the rehabilitation of the forest road
8 projects which are included in section 1, to the Department of
9 Environmental Resources. The design services shall be provided
10 by the staff of the Department of Environmental Resources at no
11 cost to the Capital Facilities Fund or to the Department of
12 General Services.
13 Section 6. Debt authorization.
14 (a) The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are
15 hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
16 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
17 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
18 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
19 the aggregate the sum of $54,143,000 $78,344,645 as may be found <--
20 necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of the
21 public improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital
22 budget.
23 (b) The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are
24 hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
25 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
26 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
27 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
28 the aggregate the sum of $8,215,000 $24,969,751 as may be found <--
29 necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of the
30 transportation assistance projects specifically itemized in a
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1 capital budget.
2 Section 7. Issue of bonds.
3 The indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred from
4 time to time and shall be evidenced by one or more series of
5 general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such aggregate
6 principal amount for each series as the Governor, Auditor
7 General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the latest
8 stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated useful life
9 of the projects being financed as stated in section 8 but not
10 later than 30 years from the date of the bond first issued for
11 each such series.
12 Section 8. Estimated useful life of projects.
13 The General Assembly states the estimated useful life of the
14 projects heretofore itemized as follows:
15 (1) Pub1ic Improvement Projects.
16 (I) Forest Service Roads, 10 years.
17 (II) All other Projects, 30 years.
18 (2) Furniture and Equipment Projects, 10 years.
19 (3) Transportation Assistance Projects:
20 (I) Rolling Stock, 15 years.
21 (II) Passenger Buses, 12 years.
22 (III) Furniture and Equipment, 10 years.
23 (IV) All others, 30 years.
24 The maximum term of the debt authorized to be incurred hereunder
25 is 30 years from the date of the first acquisition or
26 completion.
27 Section 9. Appropriation.
28 (a) The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
29 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
30 Fund to the Department of General Services in the maximum amount
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1 of 54,143,000 $78,344,645 to be used by it exclusively to defray <--
2 the financial cost of the public improvement projects
3 specifically itemized in a capital budget. After reserving or
4 paying the expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State
5 Treasurer shall pay to the Department of General Services the
6 moneys as required and certified by it to be legally due and
7 payable.
8 (b) The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
9 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
10 Fund to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the
11 maximum amount of $8,215,000 $24,969,751 to be used by it <--
12 exclusively to defray the financial costs of transportation
13 assistance projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
14 After reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the
15 obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay out to the
16 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation the moneys as required
17 and certified by it to be legally due and payable.
18 Section 10. Federal funds.
19 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 9, all
20 moneys received from the Federal Government for the construction
21 of the public improvement projects specifically itemized herein
22 are also hereby appropriated for those projects.
23 Section 11. Allocation of funds.
24 (a) Whenever as determined by the Department of General
25 Services the full estimated financial cost of the public
26 improvement projects itemized in section 1 are not necessary for
27 the proper design, acquisition or construction of the projects,
28 the excess fund no longer required may be allocated to increase
29 the estimated cost of any one or more of the public improvement
30 projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
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1 (b) Whenever as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of
2 Transportation that the full estimated financial costs of the
3 transportation assistance projects itemized in section 3 are not
4 necessary for the proper design, acquisition, or construction of
5 such projects, the excess funds no longer required may be
6 allocated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to
7 increase the estimated costs of any one or more of the
8 transportation assistance projects specifically itemized in a
9 capital budget.
10 Section 12. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect July 1, 1981 or, if enacted
12 subsequently, immediately.
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