SENATE AMENDED
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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1067, 1100, 2286, PRINTER'S NO. 2485
2403
No. 905 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, LOEPER, LYNCH, BELL, ROMANELLI, STREET,
PECORA, FISHER, HOWARD, FUMO AND STAUFFER, JUNE 28, 1983
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, NOVEMBER 27, 1984
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 3, 1984 (P.L.583, No.117), entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1984-
3 1985," itemizing transportation assistance projects to be
4 acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of
5 Transportation, together with their estimated financial cost;
6 authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the
7 electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be
8 constructed or acquired by the Department of Transportation;
9 stating the estimated useful life of the projects; and making
10 an appropriation.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Short title.
14 This act shall be known and may be cited as the
15 Transportation Assistance Capital Budget Act for 1984-1985.
16 Section 2. Total authorization.
17 The total authorization for the additional capital projects
18 in the category of transportation assistance projects itemized
19 in section 3 with respect to which an interest is to be acquired
20 in or constructed by the Department of Transportation, its
1 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
2 debt, shall be $85,284,000 $85,724,000. <--
3 Section 3. Itemization of transportation assistance projects.
4 (a) Mass transit projects.--Additional capital projects in
5 the category of transportation assistance projects with respect
6 to which an interest is to be acquired in or constructed by the
7 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, its successors or
8 assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby
9 itemized, together with their estimated financial costs, as
10 follows:
11 (1) Beaver County Transit Authority
12 (i) Replacement of buses and parts and
13 purchase of paratransit vehicles 430,000
14 (Base Project Cost - 387,000)
15 (Design Cost - 43,000)
16 (2) Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority
17 (i) Purchase of equipment, service vehicles,
18 shelters and facilities renovations 92,000
19 (Base Project Cost - 83,000)
20 (Design Cost - 9,000)
21 (3) Cambria County Transit Authority
22 (i) Transit capital program including purchase
23 of six buses and related equipment, bus
24 storage/maintenance building, two service
25 vehicles, office equipment and furniture 169,000
26 (Base Project Cost - 152,000)
27 (Design Cost - 17,000)
28 (ii) Purchase of wrecker, equipment and
29 building construction 92,000
30 (Base Project Cost - 81,000)
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1 (Design Cost - 11,000)
2 (4) Centre Area Transportation Authority
3 (i) Section 9 Block Grant Program including
4 purchase of fareboxes, radios, bus shelters
5 and signs, paratransit vehicle and office
6 equipment 60,000
7 (Base Project Cost - 54,000)
8 (Design Cost - 6,000)
9 (5) City of Philadelphia
10 (i) Center City commuter connection 1,180,000
11 (Base Project Cost - 1,062,000)
12 (Design Cost - 118,000)
13 (ii) Exclusive transit lanes Phase II 105,000
14 (Base Project Cost - 95,000)
15 (Design Cost - 10,000)
16 (iii) 15th Street Courtyard Entrance
17 improvements 225,000
18 (Base Project Cost - 203,000)
19 (Design Cost - 22,000)
20 (6) County of Lackawanna Transit System
21 (i) Section 9 Block Grant Program including
22 purchase of bus stop signs, bus shelters,
23 and replacement of terminal building floor 6,000
24 (Base Project Cost - 5,000)
25 (Design Cost - 1,000)
26 (7) County of Lebanon Transit
27 (i) Purchase of maintenance garage and
28 administrative offices 98,000
29 (Base Project Cost - 89,000)
30 (Design Cost - 9,000)
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1 (8) Crawford Area Transportation Authority
2 (i) Purchase of four buses and bus shelters 76,000
3 (Base Project Cost - 69,000)
4 (Design Cost - 7,000)
5 (9) Erie Metropolitan Transportation Authority
6 (i) Purchase of radios and related bus
7 equipment 100,000
8 (Base Project Cost - 90,000)
9 (Design Cost - 10,000)
10 (10) Lehigh and Northampton Transportation
11 Authority
12 (i) Purchase of ten buses 333,000
13 (Base Project Cost - 300,000)
14 (Design Cost - 33,000)
15 (ii) Purchase of six vans/mini-buses with
16 lifts 28,000
17 (Base Project Cost - 25,000)
18 (Design Cost - 3,000)
19 (11) Luzerne County Transportation Authority
20 (i) Purchase of buses, service vehicles and
21 related equipment 442,000
22 (Base Project Cost - 398,000)
23 (Design Cost - 44,000)
24 (12) New Castle Area Transportation Authority
25 (i) Purchase of bus-related equipment, roof
26 repair and garage feasibility study 21,000
27 (Base Project Cost - 19,000)
28 (Design Cost - 2,000)
29 (13) Port Authority of Allegheny County
30 (i) South Hills light rail transit 15,292,000
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1 (Base Project Cost - 13,763,000)
2 (Design Cost - 1,529,000)
3 (ii) Section 9 Block Grant Program including
4 trolley rehabilitation, garage
5 rehabilitation, bus window retrofit and
6 support vehicles and equipment 3,487,000
7 (Base Project Cost - 3,138,000)
8 (Design Cost - 349,000)
9 (iii) South Hills light rail cost escalation 13,167,000
10 (Base Project Cost - 11,850,000)
11 (Design Cost - 1,317,000)
12 (14) Shenango Valley Shuttle Service
13 (i) Purchase of computer system 8,000
14 (Base Project Cost - 7,000)
15 (Design Cost - 1,000)
16 (15) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
17 Authority
18 (i) Frankford El reconstruction (FY 83
19 requirement) 3,679,000
20 (Base Project Cost - 3,311,000)
21 (Design Cost - 368,000)
22 (ii) Frankford El reconstruction (FY 84
23 requirement) 6,667,000
24 (Base Project Cost - 6,000,000)
25 (Design Cost - 667,000)
26 (iii) Railroad facilities improvements 3,333,000 <--
27 3,773,000 <--
28 (Base Project Cost - 3,000,000 3,400,000) <--
29 (Design Cost - 333,000 373,000) <--
30 (iv) Wayne Junction substation modernization 2,033,000
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1 (Base Project Cost - 1,830,000)
2 (Design Cost - 203,000)
3 (v) Purchase of 120 buses 3,867,000
4 (Base Project Cost - 3,480,000)
5 (Design Cost - 387,000)
6 (vi) Ninth Street branch signal improvements 1,535,000
7 (Base Project Cost - 1,381,000)
8 (Design Cost - 154,000)
9 (vii) FRA/EPA mandated car modifications -
10 Phase III 767,000
11 (Base Project Cost - 690,000)
12 (Design Cost - 77,000)
13 (viii) Commuter car rehabilitation - Phase
14 III 840,000
15 (Base Project Cost - 756,000)
16 (Design Cost - 84,000)
17 (ix) Track program - Phase V 2,100,000
18 (Base Project Cost - 1,890,000)
19 (Design Cost - 210,000)
20 (x) Allegheny garage construction 2,500,000
21 (Base Project Cost - 2,250,000)
22 (Design Cost - 250,000)
23 (xi) Market-Frankford GOH - Phase IIC 1,348,000
24 (Base Project Cost - 1,213,000)
25 (Design Cost - 135,000)
26 (xii) North Philadelphia maintenance facility
27 and streetcar engineering 500,000
28 (Base Project Cost - 450,000)
29 (Design Cost - 50,000)
30 (xiii) Fern Rock Shop Modifications 1,144,000
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1 (Base Project Cost - 1,030,000)
2 (Design Cost - 114,000)
3 (xiv) CTD buildings and electrical
4 modernization - Phase IV 2,167,000
5 (Base Project Cost - 1,950,000)
6 (Design Cost - 217,000)
7 (xv) Chestnut Hill West Branch Connection 367,000
8 (Base Project Cost - 330,000)
9 (Design Cost - 37,000)
10 (xvi) Norristown High Speed Line Car Purchase
11 and Maintenance Facility 184,000
12 (Base Project Cost - 166,000)
13 (Design Cost - 18,000)
14 (xvii) RHSL Car Purchase and Maintenance
15 Facility (Engr.) 404,000
16 (Base Project Cost - 364,000)
17 (Design Cost - 40,000)
18 (xviii) Ninth Street branch electrification
19 improvements 133,000
20 (Base Project Cost - 120,000)
21 (Design Cost - 13,000)
22 (xix) PCC car rehabilitation - Phase IID 286,000
23 (Base Project Cost - 257,000)
24 (Design Cost - 29,000)
25 (xx) Utility fleet renewal - Phase V 333,000
26 (Base Project Cost - 300,000)
27 (Design Cost - 33,000)
28 (xxi) Printing equipment improvements 67,000
29 (Base Project Cost - 60,000)
30 (Design Cost - 7,000)
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1 (xxii) STD buildings and bridges - Phase II 284,000
2 (Base Project Cost - 256,000)
3 (Design Cost - 28,000)
4 (xxiii) Subway surface and Market Street
5 transit stations - Phase III 1,333,000
6 (Base Project Cost - 1,200,000)
7 (Design Cost - 133,000)
8 (xxiv) Olney Terminal - Phase II 892,000
9 (Base Project Cost - 803,000)
10 (Design Cost - 89,000)
11 (xxv) Norristown transportation center
12 construction 1,000,000
13 (Base Project Cost - 900,000)
14 (Design Cost - 100,000)
15 (xxvi) RHSL interlocking signal control 333,000
16 (Base Project Cost - 300,000)
17 (Design Cost - 33,000)
18 (xvii) Commuter car rehabilitation - Phase
19 III 83,000
20 (Base Project Cost - 75,000)
21 (Design Cost - 8,000)
22 (xviii) Commuter stations and parking - Phase
23 II 333,000
24 (Base Project Cost - 300,000)
25 (Design Cost - 33,000)
26 (xxix) Frontier garage - additional
27 renovations 283,000
28 (Base Project Cost - 255,000)
29 (Design Cost - 28,000)
30 (xxx) Substation modernization 833,000
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1 (Base Project Cost - 750,000)
2 (Design Cost - 83,000)
3 (xxxi) Wyoming garage - major modifications 417,000
4 (Base Project Cost - 375,000)
5 (Design Cost - 42,000)
6 (xxxii) Subway-elevated structural
7 rehabilitation 167,000
8 (Base Project Cost - 150,000)
9 (Design Cost - 17,000)
10 (xxxiii) Transit fare collection improvements 53,000
11 (Base Project Cost - 48,000)
12 (Design Cost - 5,000)
13 (xxxiv) Systemwide graphics 125,000
14 (Base Project Cost - 113,000)
15 (Design Cost - 12,000)
16 (xxxv) Broad Street subway stations - Phase II
17 construction 1,458,000
18 (Base Project Cost - 1,312,000)
19 (Design Cost - 146,000)
20 (16) Westmoreland County Transit Authority
21 (i) Storage facility and transit equipment
22 (bus stop signs, shelters and radio
23 equipment) 42,000
24 (Base Project Cost - 38,000)
25 (Design Cost - 4,000)
26 (17) Williamsport Bureau of Transportation
27 (i) Garage and office expansion - Phase IIB &
28 III 89,000
29 (Base Project Cost - 80,000)
30 (Design Cost - 9,000)
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1 (ii) Office equipment and MIS system 8,000
2 (Base Project Cost - 7,000)
3 (Design Cost - 1,000)
4 (iii) Purchase of service vehicles 4,000
5 (Base Project Cost - 3,000)
6 (Design Cost - 1,000)
7 (iv) Purchase of spare components 8,000
8 (Base Project Cost - 7,000)
9 (Design Cost - 1,000)
10 (v) Ship equipment purchase 6,000
11 (Base Project Cost - 5,000)
12 (Design Cost - 1,000)
13 (b) Rural and intercity rail projects.--Additional capital
14 projects in the category of transportation assistance projects
15 for rural and intercity rail service projects to be constructed
16 or with respect to which an interest is to be acquired by the
17 Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to
18 be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
19 together with their respective estimated financial costs, as
20 follows:
21 (1) Department of Transportation
22 (i) Berks and Montgomery Counties
23 (A) Bridge Rehabilitation - Colebrookdale
24 Industrial Branch, No. 3.74 and No.
25 4.21 80,000
26 (Base Project Cost - 80,000)
27 (ii) Clinton County
28 (A) Bald Eagle and Castanea Twps., Capital
29 acquisition and rehabilitation costs
30 for the Mill Hall Branch Milepost 11.1
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1 to Milepost 13.0 by the Industrial
2 Development Corporation of Clinton
3 County 518,000
4 (Base Project Cost - 331,000) (Land
5 Acquisition - 127,000) (Design Cost -
6 69,000)
7 (iii) Lackawanna County
8 (A) Rail Rehabilitation - Delaware and
9 Hudson Railway Mainline, Length 45
10 Miles 3,000,000
11 (Base Project Cost - 80,000)
12 (iv) Lehigh County
13 (A) Tunnel Rehabilitation - Perkiomen
14 Branch, U.S.R.A. No. 906, Length 0.32
15 Mile 320,000
16 (Base Project Cost - 80,000)
17 (v) Monroe County
18 (A) Rail Rehabilitation - East Stroudsburg
19 to Scranton, Length 60 Miles 2,200,000
20 (vi) Northumberland County
21 (A) Rail Rehabilitation - Delaware and
22 Hudson, Sunbury Mainline, Length 28
23 Miles 1,750,000
24 (VII) SCHUYLKILL COUNTY <--
25 (A) FOR ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND
26 CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING ADJOINING
27 LINES: SHIMER RUNNING TRACK, MILEPOST
28 148.3 TO MILEPOST 158.4; CATAWISSA
29 BRANCH LINE, MILEPOST 103.5 TO MILEPOST
30 109.0; AND TAMAQUA, HAZLETON AND
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1 NORTHERN BRANCH LINE, MILEPOST 109.0 TO
2 MILEPOST 109.5 BY THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
3 RAIL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY 2,500,000
4 Section 4. Debt authorization.
5 The Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer are hereby
6 authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
7 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
8 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
9 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
10 the aggregate the sum of $85,284,000 $85,724,000 as may be found <--
11 necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of the
12 transportation assistance projects specifically itemized in a
13 capital budget.
14 Section 5. Issue of bonds.
15 The indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred from
16 time to time and shall be evidenced by one or more series of
17 general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such aggregate
18 principal amount for each series as the Governor, Auditor
19 General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the latest
20 stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated useful life
21 of the projects being financed as stated in section 6.
22 Section 6. Estimated useful life of projects.
23 The General Assembly states that the estimated useful life of
24 the transportation assistance projects heretofore itemized is as
25 follows:
26 (1) Rolling stock, 15 years.
27 (2) Passenger buses, 12 years.
28 (3) Furniture and equipment, 10 years.
29 (4) All other projects, 30 years.
30 The maximum term of the debt authorized to be incurred hereunder
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1 is 30 years.
2 Section 7. Appropriation.
3 The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations herein
4 authorized are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
5 Fund to the Department of Transportation in the maximum amount
6 of $85,284,000 $85,724,000 to be used by it exclusively to <--
7 defray the financial costs of the transportation assistance
8 projects specifically itemized in a capital budget. After
9 reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the obligation,
10 the State Treasurer shall pay to the Department of
11 Transportation the moneys as required and certified by it to be
12 legally due and payable.
13 Section 8. Federal funds.
14 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 7, all
15 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
16 specifically itemized herein are also hereby appropriated for
17 those projects.
18 Section 9. Allocation of funds.
19 Whenever as determined by the Department of Transportation
20 that the full estimated financial costs of the transportation
21 assistance projects itemized in section 3 are not necessary for
22 the proper design, acquisition or construction of such projects,
23 the excess funds no longer required may be allocated to increase
24 the estimated costs of any one or more of the transportation
25 assistance projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
26 Section 10. Repeal REPEALS. <--
27 Section 5(a)(1)(iii)(B) SECTIONS 5(A)(1)(III)(B) AND <--
28 5(A)(1)(V)(A) of the act of May 18, 1984 (P.L.263, No.62),
29 entitled "A supplement to the act of (P.L. , No. ),
30 entitled 'An act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal
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1 year 1983-1984,' itemizing public improvement projects,
2 furniture and equipment projects, redevelopment assistance
3 projects and transportation assistance projects to be
4 constructed or acquired or assisted by the Department of General
5 Services, the Department of Transportation, the Department of
6 Community Affairs or the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, together
7 with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring
8 of debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
9 financing the projects to be constructed or acquired or assisted
10 by the Department of General Services, the Department of
11 Transportation or the Department of Community Affairs; stating
12 the estimated useful life of the projects; authorizing issuing
13 officials to undertake limited temporary borrowing through
14 negotiated settlements; and making an appropriation," is ARE <--
15 repealed.
16 Section 11. Effective date.
17 This act shall take effect immediately.
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