PRINTER'S NO. 27

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 27 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JANUARY 21, 1975

        REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 27, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making an appropriation to the Department of Transportation for
     2     promotion and improvement of transportation facilities and
     3     service for tourists visiting American Bicentennial
     4     Historical Sites.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The sum of $4,500,000, or as much thereof as may
     8  be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
     9  Transportation for promotion and improvement of transportation
    10  facilities and service in order to restrain congestion and
    11  enhance mobility for tourists visiting historical sites
    12  associated with the American Bicentennial.
    13     Section 2.  The funds herein appropriated may be utilized
    14  for, but not limited to, preparation, promotion and distribution
    15  of transportation brochures, family pass subsidies, increasing
    16  passenger train, trolley and bus service, construction of
    17  parking areas, acquisition and erection of an aerial cable car
    18  or other device to bridge the Schuylkill River at Valley Forge,
    19  acquisition and/or rehabilitation of rolling stock and buses,


     1  and renovation of the train station at Valley Forge State Park.
     2     Section 3.  Whatsoever of the amount herein appropriated is
     3  unexpended or unencumbered as of July 1, 1976, shall lapse.
     4     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.


















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