PRINTER'S NO. 829
No. 748 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, McCALL, LUCYK, ALLEN, LEE, DIETTERICK,
ANGSTADT AND BLACK, MARCH 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 13, 1989
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of (P.L., No.), entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1988-
3 1989," itemizing public improvement projects and furniture
4 and equipment projects to be constructed or acquired or
5 assisted by the Department of General Services, together with
6 their estimated financial costs; authorizing the incurring of
7 debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
8 financing the projects to be constructed or acquired or
9 assisted by the Department of General Services; stating the
10 estimated useful life of the projects; and making
11 appropriations.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Short title.
15 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital
16 Budget Project Itemization Act for 1988-1989.
17 Section 2. Total authorizations.
18 (a) Public improvements.--The total authorization for the
19 additional capital projects in the category of public
20 improvement projects itemized in section 3 and to be acquired or
21 constructed by the Department of General Services, its
22 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
1 debt, shall be $1,560,000.
2 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The total authorization for
3 the additional capital projects in the category of public
4 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
5 movable furniture and equipment to complete public improvement
6 projects itemized in section 4 and to be purchased by the
7 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
8 to be financed by the incurring of debt, shall be $238,000.
9 Section 3. Itemization of public improvement projects.
10 Additional capital projects in the category of public
11 improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
12 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
13 to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
14 together with their respective estimated financial costs, as
15 follows:
16 Total
17 Project
18 Project Allocation
19 (11) Department of Public Welfare $2,660,000
20 (i) Coaldale State General Hospital
21 (A) Modification to existing HVAC system 180,000
22 (Base Project Allocation - $180,000)
23 (B) Feasibility study on utilization of
24 abandoned nurse residence building for
25 other uses 200,000
26 (Design and Contingencies - $200,000)
27 (C) Renovation of elevator system 115,000
28 (Base Project Allocation - $115,000)
29 (D) Renovation to surgical suite 140,000
30 (Base Project Allocation - $140,000)
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1 (E) Construction of ambulatory surgical
2 case recovery suite 125,000
3 (Base Project Allocation - $125,000)
4 (F) Installation of pollution control
5 equipment on boilers 600,000
6 (Base Project Allocation - $600,000)
7 (G) Renovations to Coaldale State General
8 Hospital affecting various areas 200,000
9 (Base Project Allocation - $200,000)
10 Section 4. Itemization of furniture and equipment projects.
11 Additional capital projects in the category of public
12 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of movable
13 furniture and equipment to complete public improvement projects
14 and to be purchased by the Department of General Services, its
15 successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
16 debt, are hereby itemized, together with their respective
17 estimated financial costs, as follows:
18 Total
19 Project
20 Project Allocation
21 (1) Department of Public Welfare $238,000
22 (i) Coaldale State General Hospital
23 (A) Furniture and equipment to furnish
24 renovated Coaldale State General
25 Hospital 238,000
26 Section 5. Debt authorization.
27 (a) Public improvements.--The Governor, Auditor General and
28 State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow,
29 from time to time, in addition to any authorization heretofore
30 or hereafter enacted, on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject
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1 to the limitations provided in the current capital budget, money
2 not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of $1,560,000 as may be
3 found necessary to carry out the acquisition and construction of
4 the public improvement projects specifically itemized in a
5 capital budget.
6 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The Governor, Auditor General
7 and State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to
8 borrow, from time to time, in addition to any authorization
9 heretofore or hereafter enacted, on the credit of the
10 Commonwealth, subject to the limitations provided in the current
11 capital budget, money not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of
12 $238,000 as may be found necessary to carry out the public
13 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
14 movable furniture and equipment specifically itemized in a
15 capital budget.
16 Section 6. Issue of bonds.
17 The indebtedness authorized in this act shall be incurred,
18 from time to time, and shall be evidenced by one or more series
19 of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such
20 aggregate principal amount for each series as the Governor,
21 Auditor General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the
22 latest stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated
23 useful life of the projects being financed as stated in section
24 11.
25 Section 7. Estimated useful life and term of debt.
26 (a) Estimated useful life.--The General Assembly states that
27 the estimated useful life of the public improvement projects
28 itemized in this act is as follows:
29 (1) Public improvement projects, 30 years.
30 (2) Furniture and equipment projects, 10 years.
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1 (b) Term of debt.--The maximum term of the debt authorized
2 to be incurred under this act is 30 years.
3 Section 8. Appropriations.
4 (a) Public improvements.--The net proceeds of the sale of
5 the obligations authorized in this act are hereby appropriated
6 from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department of General
7 Services in the maximum amount of $1,560,000 to be used by it
8 exclusively to defray the financial cost of the public
9 improvement projects specifically itemized in a capital budget.
10 After reserving or paying the expenses of the sale of the
11 obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the Department of
12 General Services the moneys as required and certified by it to
13 be legally due and payable.
14 (b) Furniture and equipment.--The net proceeds of the sale
15 of the obligations authorized in this act are hereby
16 appropriated from the Capital Facilities Fund to the Department
17 of General Services in the maximum amount of $238,000 to be used
18 by it exclusively to defray the financial cost of the public
19 improvement projects consisting of the acquisition of original
20 movable furniture and equipment specifically itemized in a
21 capital budget. After reserving or paying the expenses of the
22 sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the
23 Department of General Services the moneys as required and
24 certified by it to be legally due and payable.
25 Section 9. Federal funds.
26 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 8, all
27 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
28 specifically itemized in this act are also hereby appropriated
29 for those projects.
30 Section 10. Effective date.
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1 This act shall take effect July 1, 1989, or immediately,
2 whichever is later.
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