SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 975, 2549, 2730, PRINTER'S NO. 2918
2745
No. 865 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY STUBAN, LAUGHLIN, CAWLEY, JAROLIN, TIGUE,
PETRARCA, HASAY, SERAFINI, LUCYK, SHOWERS, BELFANTI, BLAUM,
WARGO, BATTISTO, BALDWIN, PHILLIPS, BELARDI, GRIECO,
LETTERMAN, W. W. FOSTER, COSLETT, KLINGAMAN, McCALL, DAVIES,
LESCOVITZ, PISTELLA, FREEMAN, McHALE, CLARK, RUDY, GALLAGHER,
F. E. TAYLOR, WAMBACH, KOWALYSHYN, DOMBROWSKI, STEIGHNER,
KASUNIC, DALEY, MORRIS, ALDERETTE AND BOYES, APRIL 26, 1983
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 8, 1984
AN ACT
1 Empowering the Department of Transportation to preserve and
2 improve rail freight service in the Commonwealth by making
3 grants, loans or other assistance available to qualified
4 applicants; authorizing a comprehensive rail study; making an <--
5 appropriation APPROPRIATIONS; and making repeals. <--
6 TABLE OF CONTENTS
7 Section 1. Short title.
8 Section 2. Findings and declaration of policy.
9 Section 3. Definitions.
10 Section 4. Rail Freight Policy Committee.
11 Section 5. Comprehensive rail freight study.
12 Section 6. Program authority.
13 Section 7. Contracts; procurement and sale of property;
14 competition in award of contracts.
15 Section 8. Cooperation with other governments and private
1 interests.
2 Section 9. Rules and regulations of department.
3 Section 10. Grants by transportation organizations or
4 municipalities.
5 Section 11. Limitation on decisions; findings and regulations
6 made by the secretary.
7 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION. <--
8 Section 12 13 12. Repeals. <--
9 Section 13 14 13. Effective date. <--
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Short title.
13 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Rail Freight
14 Preservation and Improvement Act.
15 Section 2. Findings and declaration of policy.
16 (a) Findings.--It is hereby determined and declared as a
17 matter of legislative finding that:
18 (1) The welfare and vitality of the Commonwealth, the
19 satisfactory movement of goods within the Commonwealth and
20 the economic health of Commonwealth industries are being
21 jeopardized by the deterioration or inadequate provision of
22 rail freight transportation services within the Commonwealth.
23 (2) The number of miles of rail track within the
24 Commonwealth which have been abandoned, prepared for
25 abandonment or over which service has been terminated, as a
26 result of the reorganization of rail carriers in the
27 northeast United States, has directly threatened the
28 provision of rail freight transportation services upon which
29 the welfare and vitality of the Commonwealth depends.
30 (3) State assistance for the preservation,
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1 rehabilitation and improvement of efficient and coordinated
2 rail freight transportation services, systems and facilities
3 is essential to the solution of these Statewide problems.
4 (4) The immediacy of the rail freight transportation
5 problems within the Commonwealth necessitates that a
6 comprehensive rail freight study be undertaken of the
7 Commonwealth's transportation services, systems and
8 facilities and concerning their preservation and improvement.
9 (b) Policy declaration.--Therefore, it is hereby declared to
10 be the policy of the Commonwealth to promote the health, safety,
11 convenience and welfare of its inhabitants by the establishment
12 of a rail freight advisory POLICY committee and by providing, <--
13 through the Department of Transportation, State financial
14 assistance for the preservation and improvement of essential
15 rail freight transportation services, systems and facilities; by
16 the conduct of a comprehensive study of such services, systems
17 and facilities; and through the coordination of the
18 Commonwealth's rail freight transportation activities with
19 Federal and local governments, transportation organizations,
20 transportation companies and other interested groups.
21 Section 3. Definitions.
22 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
23 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
24 context clearly indicates otherwise:
25 "Accelerated maintenance." The replacing of ties and other
26 track and structural materials in quantities as to be sufficient
27 functionally to restore a railroad line to the level necessary
28 for compliance with Federal Railroad Administration Class I
29 Track Safety Standards for five years after completion of a
30 project.
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1 "Capital project." Acquisition of property for equipping,
2 furnishing, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating or
3 improving rail freight transportation systems or facilities, but
4 shall not include accelerated maintenance.
5 "Committee." The Rail Freight Policy Committee created by
6 this act.
7 "Department." The Department of Transportation.
8 "Municipality." Any county, city, borough, incorporated
9 town, township or home rule municipality.
10 "Rail freight transportation services, systems and
11 facilities." Transportation provided by any and all persons or
12 corporations holding out, offering or undertaking, directly or
13 indirectly, service for compensation to the public for the
14 transportation of property by rail; systems shall include any
15 lines, rail corridors or properties necessary in providing rail
16 freight transportation services, including easements or other
17 rights-of-way; facilities shall include freight cars,
18 locomotives, wires, poles and equipment for electrification of
19 rail lines, rails, tracks, roadbeds, elevated structures,
20 buildings, stations, terminals, loading docks, sidetracks,
21 shelters, parking areas, tunnels or such similar items as may be
22 necessary in the provision of rail freight transportation
23 services.
24 "Railroad company." Any person, firm or corporation
25 rendering common carrier rail freight transportation service in
26 this Commonwealth, pursuant to authorization from the Public
27 Utility Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission, where
28 such authorization is required by law.
29 "Secretary." The Secretary of Transportation.
30 "State Transportation Commission." The commission created in
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1 section 2011 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
2 known as The Administrative Code of 1929, or any successor
3 organization.
4 "Transportation organization." Any municipal authority, mass
5 transportation, port or other authority, or any combination of
6 two or more such entities, now existing or hereafter organized
7 under the laws of Pennsylvania, or pursuant to an interstate
8 compact, empowered to render rail freight transportation service
9 or assist in rendering rail freight transportation service in
10 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, even though it may also render
11 rail freight transportation service in adjacent states.
12 Section 4. Rail Freight Policy Committee.
13 (a) Creation.--There is hereby created a Rail Freight Policy
14 Committee, which shall consist of thirteen members. The members
15 shall be the Secretary of Transportation, ex officio, who shall
16 act as chairman, the Secretary of Commerce, ex officio, the
17 Secretary of Community Affairs, ex officio, the Chairman of the
18 Public Utility Commission, ex officio, three members of the
19 House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, two
20 shall be members of the majority party, and one shall be a
21 member from the minority party, three members of the Senate to
22 be appointed by the President pro tempore, two shall be members
23 of the majority party, and one shall be a member from the
24 minority party, two representatives of railroad companies, one
25 of a Class I railroad and one of a Class III railroad, to be
26 appointed by the Governor, who shall have extensive experience
27 and knowledge of rail freight transportation activities
28 throughout the Commonwealth, and one representative of a
29 railroad shipper, to be appointed by the Governor, who shall
30 have extensive experience and knowledge of rail freight
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1 transportation activities throughout the Commonwealth. Each
2 member may designate a representative to serve in his or her
3 stead. A member who designates a representative shall notify the
4 chairman, in writing, of the designation.
5 (b) Terms of appointees.--The term of all members of the
6 committee appointed by the Governor shall be for three years,
7 however, the initial terms of these members shall be as follows:
8 (1) One year for the representative of a Class I
9 railroad.
10 (2) Two years for the representative of a Class III
11 railroad.
12 (3) Three years for the representative of a railroad
13 shipper.
14 Any member of the committee may be reappointed for an additional
15 term or terms. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall
16 serve only for the unexpired term.
17 (c) Meetings and expenses.--The committee shall meet at
18 least four times every 12 months, but may hold such additional
19 meetings as are called by the chairman or by petition of at
20 least four committee members. The railroad and shipper members
21 of the committee shall be allowed per diem expenses, to be set
22 by the committee, but not to exceed $75. The department shall
23 provide appropriate staff support to enable the committee to
24 properly carry out its functions.
25 (d) Powers and duties.--The power and duty of the committee
26 shall be to advise and comment on the comprehensive rail freight
27 study, to advise and comment on all phases of the rail freight
28 transportation program activities being undertaken or
29 financially assisted by the department, and to propose methods,
30 strategies or technologies for improving rail freight
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1 transportation services systems or facilities within the
2 Commonwealth. The committee shall periodically submit reports of
3 its deliberations and conclusions to the Governor, members of
4 the General Assembly and the State Transportation Commission.
5 The committee shall terminate its existence by ON NOVEMBER 30, <--
6 1988.
7 Section 5. Comprehensive rail freight study.
8 (a) Initiation of study.--The department shall undertake,
9 either through its own staff or through the use of a consultant
10 or consultants, or both, a comprehensive study of rail freight
11 transportation services, systems and facilities within the
12 Commonwealth and recommendations for their preservation and
13 improvement to include at least the following elements:
14 (1) Identification of the rail network required to
15 support Pennsylvania's industries.
16 (2) Identification of strategies to be used by the
17 Commonwealth in assisting in the preservation of essential
18 rail lines:
19 (i) a review of the department's criteria for
20 evaluating potential projects, including alternate
21 transportation costs, hazardous materials, etc.; and
22 (ii) identification of types of assistance which
23 would be appropriate in different problem situations.
24 (3) Identification of major heavy, high and wide freight
25 flows and define a base rail network corresponding to those
26 flows; identify ways in which the department could act to
27 preserve clearances on heavy, high and wide routes in the
28 event of track alterations or removal.
29 (4) Identification of Commonwealth strategies in the
30 event the Conrail system is broken up or if Conrail is sold
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1 to another railroad which only maintains main line services.
2 (5) Analysis of disposition of Commonwealth owned branch
3 lines as well as remaining route miles that have not been
4 acted upon by Conrail.
5 (6) Identification of all other modes involved in rail
6 freight movements and assess intermodal needs, including
7 motor freight transfer facilities, port access and air
8 freight movement.
9 (b) Utilization of study.--The department shall consider the
10 conclusions of the comprehensive rail freight study in the
11 implementation of its programs designed to preserve and improve
12 the rail freight transportation services, systems and facilities
13 within the Commonwealth, including the development of new
14 initiatives, where required.
15 (c) Appropriation.--The sum of $750,000, or as much thereof
16 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department
17 for the exclusive purpose of carrying out the comprehensive rail
18 freight study, including department administrative expenses.
19 Unexpended funds appropriated shall remain available for
20 expenditure until November 30, 1988.
21 Section 6. Program authority.
22 (a) Authority.--The department is hereby authorized, within
23 the limitation herein provided to:
24 (1) Provide operating subsidy grants to railroad
25 companies, transportation organizations or municipalities to
26 defray, or assist in defraying, the net deficit incurred by
27 such entities in providing essential rail freight
28 transportation services within the Commonwealth.
29 (2) Provide grants to railroad companies, transportation
30 organizations or municipalities to defray, or assist in
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1 defraying, the cost of accelerated maintenance projects
2 performed on rail lines within the Commonwealth.
3 (3) Undertake capital projects and to provide capital
4 project grants to railroad companies, transportation
5 organizations or municipalities. The department shall not
6 operate or provide directly rail freight transportation
7 services on its own rail lines or on lines owned by others,
8 nor shall a capital project be undertaken in order to enable
9 the department to provide directly rail freight
10 transportation services.
11 (4) Acquire by purchase, lease, eminent domain
12 proceedings, gift or otherwise, all and any property, in such
13 estate as determined by the secretary, for promoting the
14 purposes of this act, including the property of a public
15 utility. All municipalities and corporations are hereby
16 authorized to donate property to the department. Eminent
17 domain proceedings shall be in accordance with the act of
18 June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.84, No.6), known as the Eminent
19 Domain Code, and the department is empowered to join with any
20 municipality or transportation organization in obtaining any
21 property through the eminent domain proceedings.
22 (5) Undertake research, studies, analysis and planning,
23 to make grants to railroad companies, transportation
24 organizations and municipalities for research, studies
25 analysis and planning, relating to any phase of rail freight
26 transportation services, systems and facilities, including
27 the management, operation, capital requirements and economic
28 feasibility thereof, and any preparation of engineering and
29 architectural surveys, plans and specifications and other
30 similar activities preliminary to and in preparation for
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1 construction, acquisition or improved operation of rail
2 freight transportation services, systems and facilities
3 within the Commonwealth.
4 (6) Undertake demonstration projects and to make grants
5 to railroad companies, transportation organizations and
6 municipalities for demonstration projects, including the
7 development, testing and demonstration of new facilities,
8 equipment, techniques and methods of providing rail freight
9 transportation services, systems and facilities within the
10 Commonwealth.
11 (7) Undertake marketing activities and to make grants to
12 railroad companies, transportation organizations and
13 municipalities for marketing activities, designed to foster
14 the fullest and most efficient utilization of rail freight
15 transportation services, systems and facilities within the
16 Commonwealth. Marketing activities may be undertaken by
17 contract with the department or by subcontract with a grantee
18 of the department, upon approval of the subcontract by the
19 secretary.
20 (8) Undertake audits of any project being financially
21 assisted by the department. The department may hire outside
22 auditors to perform such functions or may direct its grantees
23 to engage such auditors and include the expense thereof as an
24 eligible program cost.
25 (b) Guidelines for grants.--The following shall govern all
26 grants made under the authority of subsection (a):
27 (1) A responsible level of local financial
28 participation, to be determined by the department, shall be
29 required for each category of project authorized by this
30 section.
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1 (2) A grant shall be made only upon application filed by
2 a grantee reviewed and approved by the department. No grant
3 shall exceed the amount requested by a grantee. An amended
4 grant request need not be filed by a grantee where a proposed
5 contract amendment does not exceed the amount previously
6 requested.
7 (3) A grant may be made with reference to any
8 appropriate project regardless of when it was first commenced
9 or considered and regardless of whether the costs with
10 respect thereto shall have been incurred prior to the time
11 the project is undertaken or the project grant is applied for
12 or made. In the case of a project involving accelerated
13 maintenance or rehabilitation, grants shall be made by the
14 department only after receipt of satisfactory documentation
15 concerning the condition of the rail facilities involved
16 before and after the accelerated maintenance or
17 rehabilitation. Where the department contracts for a grant
18 based upon estimated costs, payments may be made thereunder
19 prior to the time costs are actually incurred, however, the
20 department shall adjust the payments under any agreement
21 before the end of the fiscal year involved, based upon the
22 most recent available actual data.
23 (4) No agreement shall impair, suspend, contract,
24 enlarge or extend or affect in any manner the powers of the
25 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Interstate
26 Commerce Commission or any other regulatory agency having
27 jurisdiction over rail freight transportation services,
28 systems and facilities.
29 (c) Loan authority.--The department is hereby authorized to
30 make loans of Federal funds to railroad companies,
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1 transportation organizations or municipalities, in accordance
2 with the requirements of any Federal law establishing a loan
3 program, for the rehabilitation and improvement of rail freight
4 transportation systems and facilities.
5 Section 7. Contracts; procurement and sale of property;
6 competition in award of contracts.
7 (a) Contractual authority.--The department shall have the <--
8 (A) CONTRACTUAL AUTHORITY.-- <--
9 (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE power and authority to
10 enter into contracts and to make joint contracts of purchase
11 with any railroad company, transportation organization or
12 municipality in any manner complying with the law applicable
13 to the entity. The department shall have power and authority
14 to make contracts for the improvement of any rights-of-way,
15 roadbeds or rolling stock, electrification systems, other
16 transportation systems, or any parts thereof, constituting a
17 project without advertisement for competitive bids, where
18 such work is to be done at cost by the personnel and with the
19 facilities of the railroad company, local transportation
20 organization or municipality on whose system the property is
21 to be used. Any other provision of law to the contrary <--
22 notwithstanding, the department may sell under a system of
23 public competitive bidding,
24 (2) ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY <--
25 NOTWITHSTANDING, THE DEPARTMENT MAY SELL, transfer, lease or
26 grant any license to, easement over or any other interest in
27 all, or any part of, the rail properties and other property
28 acquired under the provisions of this or any other rail-
29 related act to any responsible person, firm, corporation,
30 municipality or instrumentality thereof, municipal authority,
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1 transportation authority, the Federal Government or any
2 branch or agency thereof, for continued operation or other
3 use compatible with the operation of a railroad or any public
4 purpose, when approval for the continued operation or other
5 public purpose is granted by the Interstate Commerce
6 Commission of the United States, when such approval is
7 required. In the event the department THE SALE BY THE <--
8 DEPARTMENT OF ANY RAIL PROPERTY OR OTHER PROPERTY ACQUIRED
9 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER RAIL-RELATED ACT TO
10 ANY RESPONSIBLE PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION SHALL BE BY A
11 SYSTEM OF PUBLIC COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
12 (3) IN THE EVENT THE DEPARTMENT determines that there is
13 no need for continued operation of a railroad on any rail
14 properties or other properties acquired under the provisions
15 of this or any other rail-related act, and that the
16 properties are not needed for any other public purpose, the
17 department may sell under a system of public competitive <--
18 bidding, transfer, (UNDER A SYSTEM OF PUBLIC COMPETITIVE <--
19 BIDDING), TRANSFER, lease or grant any license to, easement
20 over or any other interest in all or any part of the
21 properties to any responsible person, firm, corporation,
22 municipality or instrumentality thereof, municipal authority,
23 transportation or to the Federal Government or any branch or
24 agency thereof for any worthwhile purpose, as determined by
25 the department. At least 30 days prior to the sale of any <--
26 property as authorized by this section,
27 (4) AT LEAST 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE OF ANY PROPERTY <--
28 AS AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH (2) OR (3), the department shall
29 provide written notice thereof to the chairmen of the
30 Transportation Committees of the Senate and House of
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1 Representatives.
2 (b) Competitive bids.--Except in the purchase of unique
3 articles, or articles which for any other reason cannot be
4 obtained in the open market, and except as herein specifically
5 provided, competitive bids shall be secured before any purchase
6 or sale, by contract, or otherwise, is made or before any
7 contract is awarded for construction, alterations, supplies,
8 equipment, repairs or maintenance or for rendering any services
9 to the department other than professional services; and the
10 purchase shall be made from or the contract shall be awarded to
11 the lowest responsible bidder; or a sale to the highest
12 responsible bidder. No purchase of any unique article or other
13 articles which cannot be obtained in the open market shall be
14 made without express approval of the secretary where the amount
15 involved is in excess of $5,000.
16 (c) Advertisement.--Except as herein specifically provided
17 otherwise, all purchases and sales in excess of $5,000 shall be
18 awarded after advertising in a newspaper of general circulation
19 in the area where the property is to be used not less than two
20 weeks prior to the bid opening. Bids shall be publicly opened
21 and read aloud at a date, time and place designated in the
22 invitation to bid. In all cases of purchases or sales in excess
23 of $5,000 authorized hereunder to be made without competitive
24 bidding except purchases from or sales to a transportation
25 organization or contracts with a transportation company under
26 subsection (a), invitations to bid shall be sent not less than
27 one week prior to the bid opening to at least three potential
28 bidders who are qualified technically and financially to submit
29 bids, or in lieu thereof a memorandum shall be kept on file
30 showing that less than three potential bidders so qualified
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1 exist in the market area within which it is practicable to
2 obtain bids.
3 (d) Negotiation of certain contracts.--Purchases or sales
4 under $5,000 may be negotiated with or without competitive
5 bidding under sound procurement procedures as promulgated and
6 established by the secretary.
7 (e) Waiver of competitive bid requirement.--Competitive
8 bidding requirements may be waived if it is determined in such
9 manner as the secretary may, by regulation, provide that an
10 emergency directly and immediately affecting customer service,
11 public health, safety or welfare requires immediate delivery of
12 supplies, materials, or equipment. A record of circumstances
13 explaining the emergency shall be submitted to the secretary and
14 kept on file.
15 (f) Departmental property.--Contracts for the sale or lease
16 of property owned by the department shall be awarded after
17 competitive bidding as shown in subsection (c), except where a
18 contract is entered into with any municipality or agency or
19 instrumentality of the Commonwealth, transportation
20 organization, railroad company or Federal agency.
21 (g) Restriction.--Requirements shall not be split into parts
22 for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section.
23 (h) Rejection of bids.--The department shall have the right
24 to reject any or all bids or parts of any or all bids, whenever,
25 in the opinion of the secretary, such rejection is necessary for
26 the protection of the interest of the Commonwealth. In every
27 case, a record shall be made, setting forth the reason for the
28 rejection which record shall thereafter be kept on file.
29 (i) Rules and regulations.--The secretary shall adopt rules
30 and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section.
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1 (j) Assignments.--The secretary shall have the power to
2 accept the assignment from any railroad company, transportation
3 organization or municipality of all or any interest in any
4 lawfully made contract for the procurement and purchase of any
5 asset deemed necessary or desirable by the secretary in
6 connection with any project.
7 Section 8. Cooperation with other governments and private
8 interests.
9 (a) Cooperation.--The department is directed to administer
10 all projects under this act with such flexibility as to promote
11 and encourage full cooperation and financial participation of
12 Federal, State and local governments, agencies and
13 instrumentalities, as well as private interests, so as to result
14 in as effective and economical a program as possible. The
15 department shall respond to the requirements of any Federal rail
16 freight transportation legislation now existing or enacted into
17 law in the future, to the extent permitted under the laws of
18 this Commonwealth, in order to enhance rail freight
19 transportation services, systems and facilities within the
20 Commonwealth.
21 (b) Agreements.--The department is hereby authorized to
22 enter into agreements providing for mutual cooperation within it
23 and any Federal agency and any transportation organization, or
24 transportation company, or one or more of them, in any or all
25 projects, including joint applications for Federal grants.
26 (c) Purpose of act.--It is the purpose and intent of this
27 act to authorize the department to do any and all other things
28 necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or
29 cooperation of any of the department's projects, and to do and
30 perform all things which may be required by any statute of the
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1 United States of America or by the lawful requirements of any
2 Federal agency authorized to administer any program of Federal
3 aid to transportation.
4 Section 9. Rules and regulations of department.
5 In order to effectuate and enforce the provisions of this
6 act, the department is authorized to promulgate necessary rules
7 and regulations and prescribe conditions and procedures in order
8 to assure compliance in carrying out the purposes for which
9 grants may be made hereunder. The rules and regulations shall
10 also provide for the observance of the relevant safety standards
11 of any regulatory body having jurisdiction to promulgate such
12 standards, but the department shall not be authorized hereby to
13 do anything or suffer or permit any action which will violate
14 any agreement with a transportation organization or company or
15 any Federal agency, or impair, suspend, contract, enlarge or
16 extend, or affect in any manner the powers of the Pennsylvania
17 Public Utility Commission, or of the Interstate Commerce
18 Commission, which by law are applicable to the railroad company,
19 transportation organization or municipality involved.
20 Section 10. Grants by transportation organizations or
21 municipalities.
22 Any transportation organization or municipality shall be and
23 is hereby authorized to make annual grants from current revenues
24 in order to participate in the rail freight transportation
25 projects and to enter into long-term agreements providing for
26 the payment of the same.
27 Section 11. Limitation on decisions; findings and regulations
28 made by the secretary.
29 All decisions, findings and regulations made by the secretary
30 pursuant to this act shall be for the purpose of this act only
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1 and shall not constitute evidence before any regulatory body of
2 this Commonwealth or any other jurisdiction.
3 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION. <--
4 THE SUM OF $500,000, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
5 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
6 THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1983 TO JUNE 30, 1984 TO CARRY OUT THE
7 PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
8 Section 12 13 12. Repeals. <--
9 Sections 6(a), 7(a) and 13 of the act of February 11, 1976
10 (P.L.14, No.10), known as the Pennsylvania Rural and Intercity
11 Common Carrier Surface Transportation Assistance Act, are
12 repealed.
13 Section 13 14 13. Effective date. <--
14 This act shall take effect immediately. EXCEPT FOR THE <--
15 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7 WHICH SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY,
16 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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