CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2041 PRINTER'S NO. 2081
No. 1630 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY AND DeWEESE, OCTOBER 24, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 24, 1983
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An
2 act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year
3 1983-1984," itemizing highway safety and improvement projects
4 to be constructed by the Department of Transportation,
5 together with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the
6 incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for
7 the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed by
8 the Department of Transportation; stating the estimated
9 useful life of the projects; and making an appropriation.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Total authorization.
13 The total authorization for the additional capital projects
14 in the category of highway safety and improvement projects
15 itemized in section 2 and to be constructed by the Department of
16 Transportation, its successors or assigns and to be financed by
17 the incurring of debt, shall be $2,490,000.
18 Section 2. Itemization of highway safety and improvement
19 projects.
20 Additional capital projects in the category of highway safety
1 and improvement projects to be constructed by the Department of
2 Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by
3 the incurring of debt are hereby itemized together with their
4 respective estimated financial costs as follows:
5 Base Land Design and Total
6 Project Project Acqui- Contingency Project
7 Allocation sition Allocation Allocation
8 (1) Allegheny
9 County
10 (i) L.R.0224,
11 Guys Run Road,
12 Harmar Twp: <--
13 Stabilization
14 of stream, re-
15 alignment, re-
16 surfacing,
17 guard rails and
18 shoulder work 1,000,000 250,000 1,250,000
19 (ii) Inter-
20 state I-79,
21 Interchange
22 with U.S. 22
23 and 30 West,
24 Robinson Twp:
25 Two lane re-
26 location:
27 Length 1
28 mile 500,000 100,000 50,000 650,000
29 (2) Somerset
30 County
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1 (i) L.R.50 and
2 L.R.269,
3 Center Ave.
4 from Patriot
5 St. in Somer-
6 set Boro. to
7 U.S. 219 In-
8 terchange in
9 Somerset Twp:
10 Widen, recon-
11 struct and
12 update traf-
13 fic signals:
14 Length 3.0
15 miles 500,000 15,000 75,000 590,000
16 Section 3. Debt authorization.
17 The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are hereby
18 authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
19 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
20 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
21 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
22 the aggregate the sum of $2,490,000 as may be found necessary to
23 carry out the public improvement projects consisting of the
24 highway safety improvement projects specifically itemized in a
25 capital budget.
26 Section 4. Issue of bonds.
27 The indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred from
28 time to time and shall be evidenced by one or more series of
29 general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such aggregate
30 principal amount for each series as the Governor, Auditor
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1 General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the latest
2 stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated useful life
3 of the projects being financed as stated in section 5.
4 Section 5. Estimated useful life or projects.
5 The General Assembly states that the estimated useful life of
6 the public improvement projects heretofore itemized is 30 years.
7 The maximum term of the debt authorized to be incurred hereunder
8 is 30 years.
9 Section 6. Appropriation.
10 The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
11 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
12 Fund to the Department of Transportation in the maximum amount
13 of $2,490,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
14 financial cost of the public improvement projects consisting of
15 the highway safety and improvement projects specifically
16 itemized in a capital budget. After reserving or paying the
17 expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer
18 shall pay to the Department of Transportation the moneys as
19 required and certified by it to be legally due and payable.
20 Section 7. Federal funds.
21 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 6, all
22 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
23 specifically itemized herein are also hereby appropriated for
24 those projects.
25 Section 8. Allocation of funds.
26 Whenever as determined by the Department of Transportation
27 that the full estimated financial cost of the highway safety and
28 improvement projects itemized in section 2 are not necessary for
29 the proper design or construction of the projects, the excess
30 funds no longer required may be allocated to increase the
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1 estimated cost of any one or more of the highway safety and
2 improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
3 Section 9. Effective date.
4 This act shall take effect immediately.
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