PRINTER'S NO. 1709
No. 1439 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY SHAFFER AND CORMAN, NOVEMBER 19, 1991
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 19, 1991
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of September 30, 1985 (P.L.240, No.61), 2 entitled "An act to facilitate vehicular traffic within and 3 across the Commonwealth by providing for the construction, 4 reconstruction, improvement, operation and maintenance of 5 toll roads and the conversion of existing toll-free roads to 6 toll roads in Pennsylvania; conferring powers and imposing 7 duties on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; providing for 8 membership on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; 9 authorizing issuance of turnpike revenue bonds, notes or 10 other obligations of the commission, payable solely from 11 revenues of the commission, including tolls, or from such 12 other funds as may be available to the commission for that 13 purpose, to pay the costs of such toll roads including the 14 acquisition and other costs of toll-free roads and for 15 refunding purposes; providing that no debt of the 16 Commonwealth shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the 17 powers granted by this act; providing for the collection of 18 tolls for the payment of such bonds, notes or other 19 obligations, and for the cost of maintenance, operation and 20 repair of the toll roads including toll-free roads converted 21 to toll roads; making such turnpike revenue bonds, notes or 22 other obligations exempt from taxation; constituting the same 23 legal investments in certain instances; requiring suits 24 against the commission to be brought in the courts in which 25 such actions may be brought against the Commonwealth; 26 prescribing conditions on which toll roads shall be turned 27 over to the Department of Transportation; providing for grade 28 separations, grade changes, relocations, restorations and 29 vacations of public roads and State highways affected by the 30 toll roads; providing for the purchasing or condemnation of 31 land and procedure for determining damages in condemnation; 32 granting certain powers and authority to municipalities and 33 agencies of the Commonwealth to cooperate with the
1 commission; conferring powers and imposing duties on the 2 Department of Transportation; authorizing the Secretary of 3 Transportation to enter into negotiations with the United 4 States Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway 5 Administration or any other Federal agency regarding the 6 conversion of toll-free highways constructed in the 7 Commonwealth using Federal funds to toll roads; and 8 authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to enter into 9 agreements on behalf of the Commonwealth and the commission 10 with the United States Department of Transportation, the 11 Federal Highway Administration or any other Federal agency 12 with respect to obtaining Federal funds for resurfacing, 13 restoring, rehabilitating or reconstructing toll roads in 14 Pennsylvania," further providing for the powers of the 15 commission. 16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 17 hereby enacts as follows: 18 Section 1. Section 7 of the act of September 30, 1985 19 (P.L.240, No.61), known as the Turnpike Organization, Extension 20 and Toll Road Conversion Act, is amended by adding a subsection 21 to read: 22 Section 7. Commission powers and duties enumerated; payment of 23 maintenance. 24 * * * 25 (c) Naming of highways, bridges and other facilities.--The 26 commission shall not name any highway, bridge, interchange or 27 other facility or point of interest to honor any individual 28 living or deceased, or any organization, or commemorate any 29 event, provided that the commission shall erect signs 30 designating the name of any highway, bridge, interchange, 31 facility or point of interest whenever the General Assembly 32 shall by law designate such a name. 33 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. K18L36WMB/19910S1439B1709 - 2 -