PRINTER'S NO. 165
No. 164 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY WASS, LIVENGOOD, L. E. SMITH AND D. R. WRIGHT,
JANUARY 26, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, JANUARY 26, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 20, 1968 (P.L.652, No.220), entitled
2 "An act amending the act of March 31, 1949 (P.L.372, No.34),
3 entitled 'An act to promote the welfare of the people of the
4 Commonwealth; creating The General State Authority as a body
5 corporate and politic with power to construct, improve,
6 equip, furnish, and operate projects, and to lease the same,
7 and to fix fees, rentals, and charges for the use thereof;
8 authorizing and regulating the issuance of bonds for said
9 Authority, and providing for the payment of such bonds, and
10 the rights of the holders thereof; and to enter into
11 agreements with the Government of the United States or any
12 Federal agency; and authorizing the Department of Property
13 and Supplies to grant, assign, convey, or lease to the
14 Authority lands of the Commonwealth and interests therein,
15 and to acquire lands therefor; granting the right of eminent
16 domain; empowering The General State Authority to sell and
17 convey projects and property to the Commonwealth; and
18 providing that no debt of the Commonwealth shall be incurred
19 in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this act,'
20 empowering the Authority to construct and acquire projects
21 for certain State-related universities; providing for the
22 disposition of unused borrowing capacity which may become
23 available through the operation of the Higher Education
24 Facilities Act of 1963 or other Federal grants; harmonizing
25 the language of certain existing amendments; allocating
26 unused funds; providing for the interpretation of certain
27 amendments to the act; further defining the powers and
28 procedures of the board; regulating the leasing of projects
29 constructed for State-aided institutions; amending the
30 eminent domain powers and procedures of the Authority;
31 specifically itemizing projects for capital budget purposes,"
32 authorizing the acquisition and demolition of properties for
33 the Yellow Creek and Two Lick Creek Flood Protection Project.
1 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2 hereby enacts as follows:
3 Section 1. Subclause (10) of clause XXIX of section 7, act
4 of July 20, 1968 (P.L.652, No.220), entitled "An act amending
5 the act of March 31, 1949 (P.L.372, No.34), entitled 'An act to
6 promote the welfare of the people of the Commonwealth; creating
7 The General State Authority as a body corporate and politic with
8 power to construct, improve, equip, furnish, and operate
9 projects, and to lease the same, and to fix fees, rentals, and
10 charges for the use thereof; authorizing and regulating the
11 issuance of bonds for said Authority, and providing for the
12 payment of such bonds, and the rights of the holders thereof;
13 and to enter into agreements with the Government of the United
14 States or any Federal agency; and authorizing the Department of
15 Property and Supplies to grant, assign, convey, or lease to the
16 Authority lands of the Commonwealth and interests therein, and
17 to acquire lands therefor; granting the right of eminent domain;
18 empowering The General State Authority to sell and convey
19 projects and property to the Commonwealth; and providing that no
20 debt of the Commonwealth shall be incurred in the exercise of
21 any of the powers granted by this act,' empowering the Authority
22 to construct and acquire projects for certain State-related
23 universities; providing for the disposition of unused borrowing
24 capacity which may become available through the operation of the
25 Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 or other Federal grants;
26 harmonizing the language of certain existing amendments;
27 allocating unused funds; providing for the interpretation of
28 certain amendments to the act; further defining the powers and
29 procedures of the board; regulating the leasing of projects
30 constructed for State-aided institutions; amending the eminent
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1 domain powers and procedures of the Authority; specifically
2 itemizing projects for capital budget purposes," added June 1,
3 1978 (P.L.453, No.57), is amended to read:
4 Section 7. For capital budget purposes the following public
5 improvement projects to be financed by the issuing of debt and
6 to be constructed by The General State Authority, its successors
7 or assigns, and which are in addition to those projects itemized
8 in the "Capital Budget Act for the 1968-1969 Fiscal Year" are
9 hereby specifically itemized, together with their respective
10 estimated financial cost, as follows:
11 * * *
12 XXIX. Department of Environmental Resources..... 22,256,000
13 Additional Flood Control Projects arising
14 from the Great Flood of July 1977 are as
15 follows:
16 PROJECT LOCATION
17 * * *
18 (10) Yellow Creek and Two Lick Creek Flood
19 Protection.............................. [3,250,000]
20 Borough of Homer City and Center 2,708,000
21 Township, Indiana County
22 [(Base Construction Cost $2,500,000)]
23 (Base Project Cost, including acquisi-
24 tion of properties and demolition $2,708,000)
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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