PRINTER'S NO. 3820
No. 2729 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA AND FARGO, OCTOBER 4, 1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 4, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 8, 1982 (P.L.848, No.235), entitled
2 "An act providing for the adoption of capital projects
3 related to the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of
4 highway bridges to be financed from current revenue or by the
5 incurring of debt and capital projects related to highway and
6 safety improvement projects to be financed from current
7 revenue of the Motor License Fund," further providing for an
8 additional project in Mercer County.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 2 of the act of December 8, 1982
12 (P.L.848, No.235), known as the Highway-Railroad and Highway
13 Bridge Capital Budget Act for 1982-1983, amended March 2, 1988
14 (P.L.111, No.23), is amended to read:
15 Section 2. Total authorization for bridge projects.
16 (a) The total authorization for the costs of the projects
17 itemized pursuant to section 3 and to be financed from current
18 revenue or by the incurring of debt shall be [$2,591,691,950]
19 $2,592,691,950.
20 (b) The authorization for capital projects in the category
1 of Highway Projects to be constructed by the Department of
2 Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by
3 the incurring of debt or from the Highway-Railroad and Highway
4 Bridge Improvement Restricted Account within the Motor License
5 Fund, itemized in section 3 under the category of State bridges,
6 is [$1,631,852,000] $1,632,852,000.
7 (c) The authorization for non-State highway bridge projects
8 to be constructed by local government municipalities and to be
9 financed in part with grants not exceeding 80% of the non-
10 Federal share of the costs made to the local government
11 municipalities by the Department of Transportation from revenues
12 deposited in the Highway Bridge Improvement Restricted Account
13 within the Motor License Fund, itemized in section 3 under the
14 category of local bridges is $959,839,950.
15 Section 2. Section 3(42)(ii) of the act is amended by adding
16 a project to read:
17 Section 3. Itemization of bridge projects.
18 The individual capital projects in the category of highway
19 projects to be constructed by the Department of Transportation,
20 its successors or assigns, and to be financed from current
21 revenue or by the incurring of debt are hereby itemized,
22 together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:
23 Base Total
24 Project Project Land Design Project
25 Cost Cost Cost Cost
26 * * *
27 (42) Mercer County
28 * * *
29 (ii) State Bridges
30 * * *
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1 (BBB) S.R.2002,
2 BM1040, Bridge
3 over Neshanok
4 Creek, Leesburg
5 Station Bridge,
6 Springfield Twp.,
7 Bridge Replace-
8 ment........... 1,000,000 1,000,000
9 Section 4. Sections 7 and 10 of the act, amended March 2,
10 1988 (P.L.111, No.23), are amended to read:
11 Section 7. 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 [$1,631,852,000] $1,632,852,000 as may
18 be found necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction
19 of the highway projects, specifically itemized in section 3 of
20 this capital budget.
21 Section 10. 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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the
25 maximum amount of [$1,631,852,000] $1,632,852,000 to be used by
26 it exclusively to defray the financial costs of the projects
27 specifically itemized in section 3 of this capital budget. After
28 reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the obligation,
29 the State Treasurer shall pay out to the Pennsylvania Department
30 of Transportation the moneys as required and certified by it to
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1 be legally due and payable.
2 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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