PRINTER'S NO. 3935
No. 2932 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY REINARD, TOMLINSON, CONTI AND STEIL, JUNE 16, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 16, 1994
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," providing for the
8 prioritizing of bridge projects.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of December 8, 1982 (P.L.848, No.235),
12 known as the Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridge Capital Budget
13 Act for 1982-1983, is amended by adding a section to read:
14 Section 6.1. Accelerated projects.
15 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2002 and 2011
16 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
17 Administrative Code of 1929, projects meeting any of the
18 following criteria will be placed on a priority list for funding
19 under this act:
20 (1) traffic count of at least 2,000 vehicles per day
21 prior to closing of or restricting of traffic on the bridge;
1 (2) population of at least 20,000 in the municipality
2 affected by or the municipalities abutting the bridge; and
3 (3) the bridge is one of no more than three means of
4 ingress and egress to a municipality described in paragraph
5 (2).
6 (b) Bids shall be let within one month of placing a bridge
7 on the priority list.
8 (c) The contract for each bridge placed on the priority list
9 shall contain a monetary performance incentive and a monetary
10 disincentive for nonperformance.
11 (d) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the
12 Department of Environmental Resources must approve or disapprove
13 a project on the priority list within 30 days of the filing of a
14 request for approval. If action is not forthcoming in 30 days,
15 approval shall not be required.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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