SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 695 PRINTER'S NO. 1504
No. 643 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MR. TADDONIO, MARCH 12, 1979
SENATOR SMITH, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MAY 21,
1979
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of September 28, 1978 (P.L.787, No.151), entitled "An
2 act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year
3 1978-1979," itemizing transportation assistance projects to
4 be acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania Transportation
5 Assistance Authority together with their estimated financial
6 cost; itemizing transportation assistance projects to be
7 acquired or purchased by the Pennsylvania Department of
8 Transportation; authorizing the incurring of debt without the
9 approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the
10 projects, stating the estimated useful life of certain of the
11 projects, and making an appropriation.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Itemization and Authorization of Urban Common
15 Carrier Transportation Assistance Projects.--Additional capital
16 projects in the category of transportation assistance projects
17 with respect to which an interest is to be acquired in or
18 constructed by the Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance
19 Authority, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the
20 incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their
21 respective estimated financial costs and the total additional
22 amount authorized for transportation assistance projects, as
1 follows:
2 A. Total Urban Common Carrier Transportation
3 Assistance Project Authorization.............. $69,950,000
4 B. Itemization of Projects:
5 I. Cambria County Transit Authority
6 (1) Purchase of Buses and Equipment.. 251,000
7 (Base Project Authorization $218,000)
8 (2) Capital Improvements and
9 Renovation....................... 72,000
10 (Base Project Authorization $63,000)
11 II. Delaware River Port Authority
12 (1) Additional Funds for Project No.
13 PT-68A, Modernization of Facilities -
14 Locust Street Subway............. 412,000
15 (Additional Base Project Authoriza-
16 tion $358,000)
17 III. Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority
18 (1) Purchase of Buses and Equipment
19 and Facility Renovation.......... 183,000
20 (Base Project Authorization $159,000)
21 IV. City of Harrisburg
22 (1) Renovation of Penn Central Railroad
23 Station.......................... 143,000
24 (Base Project Authorization $124,000)
25 V. County of Lackawanna Transit System
26 (1) Additional Funds for Project No.
27 PT-97, Construction of Operating
28 Facilities and Purchase of Buses. 146,000
29 (Additional Base Project Authoriza-
30 tion $127,000)
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1 VI. Lancaster City and County Joint Transit
2 Authority
3 (1) Garage - Office Facility......... 379,000
4 (Base Project Authorization and Land
5 Acquisition $334,000)
6 (2) Purchase of Buses and Equipment.. 15,000
7 (Base Project Authorization $13,000)
8 (3) Purchase of Equipment............ 21,000
9 (Base Project Authorization $18,000)
10 (4) Purchase of Buses and Equipment.. 143,000
11 (Base Project Authorization $124,000)
12 VII. Luzerne County Transportation Authority
13 (1) Renovation of Maintenance/Adminis-
14 trative Facilities and Purchase of
15 Miscellaneous Items.............. 20,000
16 (Base Project Authorization $17,000)
17 (2) Purchase of Buses, Service Vehicles
18 and Equipment.................... 163,000
19 (Base Project Authorization $142,000)
20 VIII. Borough of Middletown
21 (1) Construction of Parking Facility. 20,000
22 (Base Project Authorization $17,000)
23 IX. New Castle Transit Authority
24 (1) Expansion of Project No. PT-80,
25 Purchase of Buses, Transit Shelters
26 and Fare Boxes................... 5,000
27 (Additional Base Project Authoriza-
28 tion $4,000)
29 X. City of Philadelphia
30 (1) Purchase of Rapid Transit Cars and
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1 Shop Modifications Broad St.
2 Subway........................... 18,227,000
3 (Base Project Authorization
4 $15,850,000)
5 (2) Frankford Elevated Reconstruction -
6 Stage 1.......................... 1,265,000
7 (Base Project Authorization $1,100,000)
8 (3) Closed Circuit Television Surveil-
9 lance System - Rapid Transit
10 Stations......................... 1,917,000
11 (Base Project Authorization $1,667,000)
12 (5) (4) Renovations: Broad Street Subway, <--
13 Columbia Avenue Station.......... 175,000
14 (Base Project Authorization $152,000)
15 (5) Additional funds for Project CA-5
16 Center City Commuter Rail Connec-
17 tion............................. 6,866,000
18 (Base Project Authorization $5,970,000)
19 (6) Eighth Street Concourse Improve-
20 ment............................. 568,000
21 (Base Project Authorization $494,000)
22 (7) Market-Frankford Line Car: Air
23 Conditioning of Cars............. 1,266,000
24 (Base Project Authorization $1,101,000)
25 XI. Port Authority of Allegheny County
26 (1) Repair and Replace Collier
27 Garage Roof...................... $177,000
28 (Base Project Authorization $154,000)
29 (2) Monongahela Incline
30 Rehabilitation................... 138,000
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1 (Base Project Authorization $120,000)
2 (3) Bus Replacement Program.......... 3,046,000
3 (Base Project Authorization
4 $2,649,000)
5 (4) Phase VI Rehabilitation of South
6 Hills Trolley System............. 900,000
7 (Base Project Authorization $783,000)
8 (5) Reconstruction of Existing South
9 Hills Trolley System - Part
10 Stage 1-B........................ 6,405,000
11 (Base Project Authorization
12 $5,444,000)
13 (6) Completion of East Bus Way
14 Construction Project............. 8,544,000
15 (Base Project Authorization
16 $7,429,000)
17 (7) Phase VI Reconstruction and
18 Expansion of fixed Facilities.... 590,000
19 (Base Project Authorization $513,000)
20 (8) Phase VI Purchase of Maintenance
21 Vehicles....................... 268,000
22 (Base Project Authorization $233,000)
23 XII. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
24 Authority
25 (1) Light Rail Vehicles and Shop..... 6,555,000 <--
26 4,786,000
27 (Base Project Authorization
28 $4,162,000)
29 (2) Market-Frankford Line Car Over-
30 haul............................. 1,967,000
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1 (Base Project Authorization $1,710,000)
2 (3) Purchase of 95 New Buses......... 1,955,000
3 (Base Project Authorization $1,700,000)
4 (4) Street Car Overhaul Phase 1...... 1,380,000
5 (Base Project Authorization $1,200,000)
6 (5) TOFM-IIA - Facilities Renewals -
7 Additional Funds PT 114.......... 1,955,000
8 (Base Project Authorization $1,700,000)
9 (6) CTD Track Renewal - Phase 2...... 2,335,000
10 (Base Project Authorization $2,030,000)
11 (7) Bus Radio Communication System -
12 Additional Funds PT 92........... 132,000
13 (Base Project Authorization $115,000)
14 (8) Depot Modifications - New Trolley
15 Buses............................ 414,000
16 (Base Project Authorization $360,000)
17 (9) Darby Terminal Improvements...... 25,000
18 (Base Project Authorization $22,000)
19 (10) Grade Crossing Improvements -
20 Delaware County.................. 419,000
21 (Base Project Authorization $364,000)
22 (11) Bus Shelter Program - Delaware
23 County........................... 23,000
24 (Base Project Authorization $20,000)
25 (12) Track Improvement Program -
26 Phase I.......................... 2,111,000
27 (Base Project Authorization $1,836,000)
28 (13) Newtown Line Electrification I... 123,000
29 (Base Project Authorization $107,000)
30 Section 2. Allocation of Funds.--Whenever as determined by
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1 the Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance Authority, the full
2 estimated financial costs of any of the transportation
3 assistance projects itemized in section 1 above is not necessary
4 for the proper design, acquisition of an interest in or
5 construction of such project, the excess funds no longer
6 required may be allocated by the Pennsylvania Transportation
7 Assistance Authority to increase the estimated cost of any one
8 or more of the transportation assistance projects specifically
9 itemized in a capital budget.
10 Section 3. Estimated Useful Life of Projects.--The General
11 Assembly states that the estimated useful life of urban common
12 carrier transportation assistance projects above itemized in the
13 capital budget for fiscal years 1978-1979 is not less than 30
14 years from the date of completion or acquisition of rights-of-
15 way, track, roadbeds, tunnels, electrification systems,
16 structures, airport improvements, buildings, stations, lands and
17 interests therein and the like; is not less than 15 years from
18 the date of acquisition of rolling stock; and is not less than
19 12 years from the date of acquisition of passenger buses. The
20 term of the debt authorized to be incurred hereunder shall not
21 exceed 30 years from the date of the first acquisition or
22 completion.
23 Section 4. Itemization and Authorization of Rural and
24 Intercity Transportation Assistance Projects.--Additional
25 capital projects and rail acquisition projects to be undertaken
26 by the Department of Transportation, pursuant to the provisions
27 of the act of February 11, 1976 (P.L.14, No.10), known as the
28 "Pennsylvania Rural and Intercity Common Carrier Surface
29 Transportation Assistance Act," and to be financed by the
30 incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their
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1 respective estimated total project costs, as follows:
2 A. Total Rural and Intercity Transportation
3 Assistance Project Authorization............. $1,334,000
4 B. Itemization of Projects.
5 I. Armstrong County - Mid-county Transit
6 Authority
7 (1) Purchase of Buses and Equipment.. 29,000
8 (Base Project Authorization $25,000)
9 II. Dubois, Falls Creek, Sandy Township Joint
10 Transportation Authority
11 (1) Purchase of Buses and Equipment and
12 Garage Renovation................ 62,000
13 (Base Project Authorization $53,000)
14 III. Cities of Sharon and Farrell
15 (1) Purchase of Buses and Equipment.. 45,000
16 (Base Project Authorization $39,000)
17 IV. Area Transportation Authority of North
18 Central Pennsylvania
19 (1) Purchase of Bans, Buses and
20 Equipment........................ 141,000
21 (Base Project Authorization $123,000)
22 V. Adams and Cumberland Counties
23 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
24 No. 912, Mile Posts 7.8 - 31.2... 54,000
25 (Base Project Authorization $47,000)
26 VI. Adams and York Counties
27 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
28 No. 198, Mile Posts 33.0 - 41.0.. 18,000
29 (Base Project Authorization $16,000)
30 VII. Berks County
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1 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
2 No. 910, Mile Posts 0.2 - 4.3.... 10,000
3 (Base Project Authorization $9,000)
4 (2) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
5 No. 197b, Mile Posts 61.1 -
6 76.9............................. 37,000
7 (Base Project Authorization $32,000)
8 VIII. Berks County
9 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line and Station
10 Reading Main Line - Reading to
11 Klapperthal including Reading Rail
12 Yard and Birdsboro Station, Mile
13 Posts 56.0 - 61.4............... 106,000
14 (Base Project Authorization $92,000)
15 IX. Bradford County
16 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
17 No. 1004, Mile Posts 249.0 -
18 253.2............................ 10,000
19 (Base Project Authorization $9,000)
20 X. Carbon and Schuylkill Counties
21 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
22 No. 1009, Mile Posts 0.0 - 16.7.. 39,000
23 (Base Project Authorization $34,000)
24 XI. Chester County
25 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
26 177, Mile Posts 0.0 - 3.5........ 8,000
27 (Base Project Authorization $7,000)
28 (2) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
29 Nos. 907 and 939, Mile Posts 12.7 -
30 30.3............................. 40,000
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1 (Base Project Authorization $35,000)
2 XII. Cumberland County
3 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
4 203, Mile Posts 9.5 - 16.4....... 17,000
5 (Base Project Authorization $15,000)
6 XIII. Dauphin County
7 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
8 No.184, Mile Posts 0.0 - 9.9..... 23,000
9 (Base Project Authorization $20,000)
10 XIV. Franklin County
11 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
12 No. 206, Mile Posts 59.1 - 72.7.. 31,000
13 (Base Project Authorization $27,000)
14 XV. Jefferson County
15 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
16 651, Mile Posts 22.8 - 27.1...... 10,000
17 (Base Project Authorization $9,000)
18 XVI. Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties
19 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line USRA
20 No. 915, Mile Posts 0.0 - 9.0.... 21,000
21 (Base Project Authorization $18,000)
22 XVII. Lehigh and Montgomery Counties
23 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
24 No. 906, Mile Posts 22.6 - 38.6.. 37,000
25 (Base Project Authorization $32,000)
26 XVIII. Lehigh and Northampton Counties
27 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line,
28 Bethlehem Branch - Hilltop
29 to Bethlehem Mile Posts
30 43.0 - 56.6...................... 96,000
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1 (Base Project Authorization $83,000)
2 XIX. Luzerne and Columbia Counties
3 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
4 No. 1228, Mile Posts 170.0 -
5 177.0............................ 18,000
6 (Base Project Authorization $16,000)
7 XX. Mercer and Lawrence Counties
8 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
9 No. 1256 Mile Posts 5.0 - 11.4... 15,000
10 (Base Project Authorization $13,000)
11 XXI. Montgomery County
12 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
13 No. 906A, Mile Posts 1.5 - 5.9... 10,000
14 (Base Project Authorization $9,000)
15 XXII. Montgomery and Berks Counties
16 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
17 No. 909, Mile Posts 0.0 - 8.4.... 21,000
18 (Base Project Authorization $18,000)
19 XXIII. Pike and Wayne Counties
20 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
21 1238, Mile Posts 110.0 - 135.0... 58,000
22 (Base Project Authorization $50,000)
23 XXIV. Schuylkill County
24 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
25 921, Mile Posts 0.0 - 2.9 and 8.7 -
26 9.6.............................. 12,000
27 (Base Project Authorization $10,000)
28 (2) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
29 923, Mile Posts 103.6 - 124.0.... 47,000
30 (Base Project Authorization $41,000)
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1 (3) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
2 925, Mile Posts 23.0 - 29.6...... 15,000
3 (Base Project Authorization $13,000)
4 (4) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
5 1007 Mile Posts 157.5 - 162.7.... 24,000
6 (Base Project Authorization $21,000)
7 XXV. Schuylkill and Carbon Counties
8 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
9 Nos. 948 and 1030................ 30,000
10 (Base Project Authorization $26,000)
11 XXVI. Schuylkill County
12 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, Reading
13 Main Line - Reading to Pottsville,
14 Mile Posts 61.4 - 93.6........... 96,000
15 (Base Project Authorization $83,000)
16 XXVII. Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties
17 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
18 No. 1005, Mile Posts 207.2 -
19 234.2............................ 62,000
20 (Base Project Authorization $54,000)
21 (2) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA No.
22 1229, Mile Posts 152.1 - 157.8... 13,000
23 (Base Project Authorization $11,000)
24 XXVIII. Warren and McKean Counties
25 (1) Rehabilitation of Rail Line, USRA
26 No. 252, Mile Posts 66.5 - 92.5.. 58,000
27 (Base Project Authorization $50,000)
28 XXIX. Westmoreland County
29 (1) Acquisition of Rail Line, USRA
30 No. 331, Mile Posts 0.0 - 8.8.... 21,000
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1 (Base Project Authorization $18,000)
2 Section 5. Allocation of Funds.--Whenever as determined by
3 the Department of Transportation, the full estimated financial
4 costs of any transportation assistance or acquisition projects
5 itemized in section 4 above is not necessary for the proper
6 design, acquisition of an interest in or construction of such
7 project, the excess funds no longer required may be allocated by
8 the Department of Transportation to increase the estimated cost
9 of any one or more of the transportation assistance or
10 acquisition projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
11 Section 6. Debt Authorization.--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 $71,284,000 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 Section 7. Issue of Bonds.--The indebtedness herein
21 authorized shall be incurred from time to time and shall be
22 evidenced by one or more series of general obligation bonds of
23 the Commonwealth in such aggregate principal amount for each
24 series as the Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer
25 shall determine, but the latest stated maturity date shall not
26 exceed 30 years from the date of the bond first issued for each
27 such series.
28 Section 8. Appropriation.--The net proceeds of the sale of
29 the obligations herein authorized are hereby appropriated from
30 the Capital Facilities Fund to the Pennsylvania Transportation
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1 Assistance Authority in the maximum amount of $69,950,000, and
2 to the Department of Transportation in the maximum amount of
3 $1,334,000, to be used by it exclusively to defray the costs of
4 transportation assistance and acquisition projects specifically
5 itemized in a capital budget. After reserving or paying the
6 expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer
7 shall pay out to the Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance
8 Authority and the Department of Transportation the moneys as
9 required and certified by it to be legally due and payable.
10 Section 9. Federal Funds.--In addition to those funds herein
11 appropriated, all moneys received from the Federal Government
12 for the acquisition or construction of the public improvement
13 projects specifically itemized herein are also hereby
14 appropriated for those projects.
15 Section 10. Repeal.--The act of September 28, 1978 (P.L.811,
16 No.159) entitled "A supplement to the act of September 28, 1978
17 (P.L.787, No.151), entitled 'An act providing for the capital
18 budget for the fiscal year 1978-1979,' itemizing transportation
19 assistance projects to be acquired or constructed by the
20 Pennsylvania Transportation Assistance Authority together with
21 their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring of
22 debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
23 financing the projects, stating the estimated useful life of the
24 projects, and making an appropriation," is hereby repealed.
25 Section 11. Effective Date.--This act shall take effect
26 immediately.
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