PRINTER'S NO. 1067
No. 905 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, LOEPER, LYNCH, BELL, ROMANELLI, STREET,
PECORA, FISHER, HOWARD, FUMO AND STAUFFER, JUNE 28, 1983
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 28, 1983
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L. , No. ), entitled "An act providing for
2 the capital budget for the fiscal year 1983-1984," itemizing
3 transportation assistance projects to be acquired or
4 constructed by the Pennsylvania 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 or
8 acquired by the Department of Transportation; stating the
9 estimated useful life of the projects; and making an
10 appropriation.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Total authorization.
14 The total authorization for the additional capital projects
15 in the category of Transportation Assistance Projects itemized
16 in section 2 with respect to which an interest is to be acquired
17 in or constructed by the Department of Transportation, its
18 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
19 debt, shall be $59,752,000.
20 Section 2. Itemization of Transportation Assistance Projects.
21 Additional capital projects in the category of Transportation
1 Assistance Projects with respect to which an interest is to be
2 acquired in or constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of
3 Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by
4 the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their
5 estimated financial costs as follows:
6 Project Base Total
7 Project Land Project
8 Allocation Allocation Allocation
9 (1) Altoona Metro
10 Transit
11 (i) Purchase of
12 Security Vehicles
13 and Equipment $43,000 $43,000
14 (2) Cambria County
15 Transit Authority
16 (i) Purchase of Buses
17 and Equipment and
18 Construction of an
19 Office and Storage
20 Building $69,000 $69,000
21 (ii) Purchase of
22 Tools and Equipment 48,000 48,000
23 (3) Carbon County
24 Transit System
25 (i) Purchase of
26 Buses $18,000 $18,000
27 (4) Centre Area
28 Transportation
29 Authority
30 (i) Purchase of
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1 Service Vehicles
2 and Bus Related
3 Equipment $23,000 $23,000
4 (5) City of Phila-
5 delphia
6 (i) Exclusive Tran-
7 sit Lanes and
8 Signal Preemption $47,000 $47,000
9 (ii) Purchase and
10 Installation of
11 Electric Sign
12 Displays 125,000 125,000
13 (iii) Engineering -
14 Civic Center Sta-
15 tion 42,000 42,000
16 (iv) Eastwick Sta-
17 tion Project 752,000 752,000
18 This project is intended to replace the previously authorized
19 projects; Eastwick High-Speed Surface Line in Act 1970-263;
20 Eastwick High-Speed - Subway-Surface Line Relocation in Act
21 1974-346; and additional funds for PT- , Eastwick High-
22 Speed Line Relocation in Act 1976-138.
23 (v) Columbia
24 Station - Phase II
25 Construction 347,000 347,000
26 (vi) 30th Street
27 Station 1,014,000 1,014,000
28 (vii) Eastwick
29 Rail Station -
30 Final Engineering 136,000 136,000
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1 (viii) Civic Center
2 Rail Station -
3 Final Engineering 68,000 68,000
4 (ix) Market Street
5 East Improvements 1,567,000 1,567,000
6 (6) City of Washington
7 (i) Purchase of
8 Buses and Related
9 Equipment $106,000 $106,000
10 (7) City of Williams-
11 port
12 (i) Transfer Center
13 and Purchase of
14 Bus Shelters $64,000 $64,000
15 (8) Erie Metropolitan
16 Transit Authority
17 (i) Garage Renova-
18 tions and Purchase
19 of Service Vehicle
20 and Bus Related
21 Equipment $40,000 $40,000
22 (9) Indiana County
23 Transit Authority
24 (i) Purchase of
25 Buses and Engi-
26 neering for a
27 Garage Facility $116,000 $116,000
28 (10) Lackawanna
29 County Transit
30 Authority
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1 (i) Purchase of
2 Vehicles and
3 Equipment $17,000 $17,000
4 (11) Luzerne
5 County Trans-
6 portation Authority
7 (i) Purchase of
8 Computer and Bus
9 Related Equipment $32,000 $32,000
10 (12) Monroe County
11 Transportation
12 Authority
13 (i) Renovation and
14 Expansion of Main-
15 tenance Facility
16 and Purchase of
17 Bus Related
18 Equipment $84,000 $84,000
19 (13) Port Authority
20 of Allegheny County
21 (i) Additional Funds
22 for Light Rail
23 Transit - Stage
24 IA (PT-19),
25 Engineering, De-
26 sign and Construc-
27 tion $22,127,000 $22,127,000
28 (ii) Additional Funds
29 for East Busway 1,001,000 1,001,000
30 (iii) Purchase of
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1 Buses and
2 Equipment 2,709,000 2,709,000
3 (iv) Rail
4 Rehabilitation 632,000 632,000
5 (14) Schuylkill County
6 (i) Purchase and
7 Rehabilitation of
8 Facility; Purchase
9 of Buses and
10 Equipment $412,000 $412,000
11 (15) Southeastern
12 Pennsylvania Trans-
13 portation Authority
14 (i) Engineering -
15 Olney Terminal $42,000 $42,000
16 (ii) Purchase of
17 Vehicles - Utility
18 Fleet Renewal
19 Phase III 334,000 334,000
20 (iii) Elevated
21 Structural Re-
22 habilitation I -
23 Subway 167,000 167,000
24 (iv) Tract and Over-
25 head Wire Improve-
26 ment - Phase III 1,858,000 1,858,000
27 (v) Substation and
28 Electrical Modern-
29 ization - Phase II 707,000 707,000
30 (vi) Commuter Oper-
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1 ating Facilities
2 Modernization 1,885,000 1,885,000
3 (vii) Commuter Rail
4 Car Moderniza-
5 tion - Phase II 1,157,000 1,157,000
6 (viii) Purchase of
7 Articulated Buses 3,024,000 3,024,000
8 (ix) Subway/Surface
9 and Market Street
10 Transit Stations -
11 Phase (II)
12 Construction 1,000,000 1,000,000
13 (x) Systemwide
14 Graphics 125,000 125,000
15 (xi) Railroad
16 Facilities
17 Improvements 2,950,000 2,950,000
18 (xii) Commuter
19 Rail Facilities
20 Coordination 3,450,000 3,450,000
21 (xiii) Frankford
22 Elevated - Rehabilita-
23 tion/Reconstruction 2,500,000 2,500,000
24 (xiv) Utility
25 Fleet Renewal IV 334,000 334,000
26 (xv) Olney Terminal
27 Engineering and
28 Construction 417,000 417,000
29 (xvi) Commuter Car
30 Rehabilitation -
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1 Phase II-C 217,000 217,000
2 (xvii) Commuter
3 Transit Division
4 Building and
5 Electrical Moderniz-
6 ation - Phase III 584,000 584,000
7 (xviii) Broad Street
8 Subway Stations -
9 Engineering 167,000 167,000
10 (xix) Commuter
11 Stations and Parking -
12 Engineering 167,000 167,000
13 (xx) Suburban Transit
14 Division Buildings
15 and Bridges -
16 Phase I 275,000 275,000
17 (xxi) Express Track -
18 Erie to Olney
19 Stations 684,000 684,000
20 (xxii) Fare Collection
21 Improvements 634,000 634,000
22 (xxiii) Maintenance
23 Facilities
24 Improvements 492,000 492,000
25 (xxiv) Bus Mainte-
26 nance Facilities 245,000 245,000
27 (xxv) Transit
28 Track Program 1,767,000 1,767,000
29 (xxvi) Subway/
30 Elevated Structural
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1 Rehabilitation 167,000 167,000
2 (16) Shenango Valley
3 Transit
4 (i) Purchase of
5 Service Vehicle
6 and Equipment $17,000 $17,000
7 (17) York Area
8 Transportation
9 Authority
10 (i) Construction
11 of a New Mainte-
12 nance Facility $177,000 $177,000
13 (18) Adams County
14 (i) Acquisition of
15 Gettysburg Branch
16 Rail Line - USRA
17 No. 912 $715,000 $715,000
18 (19) Chester County
19 (i) Acquisition of
20 Wilmington and
21 Northern Branch
22 Rail Line - USRA
23 No. 907 $414,000 $414,000
24 (20) Lehigh County
25 (i) Tunnel Repair,
26 Perkiomen Branch -
27 USRA No. 906 $193,000 $193,000
28 (21) Northumberland,
29 Montour and Columbia
30 Counties
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1 (i) Rail Replace-
2 ment, Delaware
3 and Hudson Main
4 Line $1,158,000 $1,158,000
5 (22) Schuylkill
6 County
7 (i) Bridge Reha-
8 bilitation,
9 Auburn Branch -
10 USRA No. 196 $90,000 $90,000
11 Section 3. Debt authorization.
12 The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are hereby
13 authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
14 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
15 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
16 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
17 the aggregate the sum of $59,000,000 as may be found necessary
18 to carry out the acquisition and construction of the
19 transportation assistance projects specifically itemized in a
20 capital budget.
21 Section 4. Source of additional funds.
22 The sum of $752,000 in funding required by this act for the
23 transportation assistance project for the Eastwick Station
24 project, City of Philadelphia, included in section 2, shall be
25 provided from funds for the following previously authorized
26 projects:
27 (1) Eastwick High-Speed Surface Line as authorized in
28 Act 1970-263.
29 (2) Eastwick High-Speed - Subway-Surface Line Relocation
30 as authorized in Act 1974-346.
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1 (3) Additional funds for PT- , Eastwick High-Speed
2 Line Relocation as authorized in Act 1976-138.
3 Section 5. Issue of bonds.
4 The indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred from
5 time to time and shall be evidenced by one or more series of
6 general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such aggregate
7 principal amount for each series as the Governor, Auditor
8 General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the latest
9 stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated useful life
10 of the projects being financed as stated in section 6.
11 Section 6. Estimated useful life of projects.
12 The General Assembly states that the estimated useful life of
13 the transportation assistance projects heretofore itemized is as
14 follows:
15 (1) Rolling stock, 15 years.
16 (2) Passenger buses, 12 years.
17 (3) Furniture and equipment, 10 years.
18 (4) All other projects, 30 years.
19 The maximum term of the debt authorized to be incurred hereunder
20 is 30 years.
21 Section 7. Appropriation.
22 The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
23 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
24 Fund to the Department of Transportation in the maximum amount
25 of $59,000,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
26 financial costs of the transportation assistance projects
27 specifically itemized in a capital budget. After reserving or
28 paying the expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State
29 Treasurer shall pay to the Department of Transportation the
30 moneys as required and certified by it to be legally due and
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1 payable.
2 Section 8. Federal funds.
3 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 7, all
4 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
5 specifically itemized herein are also hereby appropriated for
6 those projects.
7 Section 9. Allocation of funds.
8 Whenever as determined by the Department of Transportation
9 that the full estimated financial costs of the transportation
10 assistance projects itemized in section 2 are not necessary for
11 the proper design, acquisition or construction of such projects,
12 the excess funds no longer required may be allocated to increase
13 the estimated costs of any one or more of the transportation
14 assistance projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
15 Section 10. Effective date.
16 This act shall take effect immediately.
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