PRINTER'S NO. 2536
No. 2066 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY ZUG, LUCYK, O'BRIEN, PERZEL, KAISER, PESCI,
SAYLOR, STERN, KREBS, NAILOR, PHILLIPS, LEH, TULLI, TRELLO,
MILLER, FARGO, HESS, WAUGH, BEBKO-JONES, ADOLPH, STEIL,
GEIST, GANNON, BUNT, SCHULER, HERSHEY, BARLEY, SAURMAN,
ROONEY, PETTIT, MAITLAND, HUTCHINSON, MARSICO, SEMMEL,
CORRIGAN, LAUB, D. W. SNYDER, HENNESSEY, MASLAND, TRUE,
PLATTS, CHADWICK, BIRMELIN, LEE, ROHRER, SCHEETZ, ARMSTRONG,
CLYMER, EGOLF, FLEAGLE, FLICK AND MERRY, OCTOBER 4, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 4, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sale of armories
3 and land and for the State Treasury Armory Fund.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1507 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1507. Sale of unusable armories and land; sale or lease of
9 timber and mineral rights.
10 (a) General rule.--
11 (1) Whenever, in the opinion of the Armory Board, any
12 armory building, armory site, or other real estate owned by the
13 Commonwealth is no longer suitable for military services due to
14 change in population or to the needs of the military service,
15 [it] the board may sell [it] the property in accordance with
1 law.
2 (2) Whenever, in the opinion of the Armory Board, timber
3 or other mineral rights at Fort Indiantown Gap, any State
4 armory or any other military lands or facilities may be sold
5 or leased without disruption of the usual military purposes
6 of the property and without undue adverse impact upon the
7 local environment, the board may sell or lease the rights in
8 accordance with law.
9 (b) Disposition of proceeds.--[The] All money derived from
10 [such] sale of [any armory building, armory site or other real
11 estate] property under subsection (a)(1) or from sale or lease
12 of rights under subsection (a)(2) shall be paid into the State
13 Treasury Armory Fund.
14 Section 2. Section 1511(a) and (d)(1), (2) and (4) of Title
15 51 are amended and subsection (d) is amended by adding a
16 paragraph to read:
17 § 1511. State Treasury Armory Fund.
18 (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the State
19 Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the State
20 Treasury Armory Fund. The proceeds from the sale of any armory
21 building, armory site or other real estate used for the State
22 military forces [and], the proceeds from the sale or lease of
23 timber or other mineral rights at Fort Indiantown Gap or at any
24 other real estate used for the State military forces and the
25 proceeds from the rental of any State armories or other
26 facilities used by the State military forces shall be deposited
27 in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
28 * * *
29 (d) Expenditures from State Treasury Armory Fund.--The
30 department may expend moneys from the State Treasury Armory Fund
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1 for the following purposes:
2 (1) Purchase of equipment, furniture and fixtures for
3 State armories and other structures and facilities to be
4 utilized by the Pennsylvania National Guard.
5 (2) Essential repairs and maintenance of State armories
6 and other structures and facilities to be utilized by the
7 Pennsylvania National Guard.
8 * * *
9 (4) Construction of new armories and other structures
10 and facilities to be utilized by the Pennsylvania National
11 Guard.
12 (5) Support of environmental projects and programs at
13 Fort Indiantown Gap, any State armory or any other military
14 lands or facilities.
15 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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