PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 154                        PRINTER'S NO. 156

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 109 Special Session No. 1 of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, SEPTEMBER 19, 1995

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 2, 1995

                                  A SUPPLEMENT

     1  To the act of         (P.L.    , No.    ), JULY 6, 1995           <--
     2     (P.L.269, NO.38), entitled "An act providing for the capital
     3     budget for the fiscal year 1995-1996," itemizing a public
     4     improvement project to be constructed or acquired by the
     5     Department of General Services, together with estimated
     6     financial costs; authorizing the incurring of debt without
     7     the approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the
     8     project to be constructed or acquired by the Department of
     9     General Services; stating the estimated useful life of the
    10     project; and making an appropriation.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13  Section 1.  Short title.
    14     This act shall be known and may be cited as the 1995 Special
    15  Session Somerset Hospital Conversion Security Project
    16  Itemization Act.
    17  Section 2.  Total authorization.
    18     The total authorization for the additional capital project in
    19  the category of public improvement projects itemized in section
    20  3 and to be constructed or acquired by the Department of General
    21  Services, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the


     1  incurring of debt, shall be $1,900,000.
     2  Section 3.  Itemization of public improvement projects.
     3     The additional capital project in the category of public
     4  improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
     5  Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
     6  to be financed by the incurring of debt, is hereby itemized,
     7  together with their respective ITS estimated financial costs, as  <--
     8  follows:
     9                                                           Total
    10                                                          Project
    11             Project                                    Allocation
    12  (1)  Department of Corrections                        $1,900,000
    13     (i)  Somerset State Hospital - Somerset County
    14         (A)  Conversion of hospital to a State
    15             Correctional Institution through the
    16             purchase and installation of two
    17             perimeter fences and the installation
    18             of an electronic detection system along
    19             the entire perimeter                        1,900,000
    20             (Base Project Allocation - $1,584,000)
    21             (Design and Contingencies - $316,000)
    22  Section 4.  Debt authorization.
    23     The Governor, the Auditor General and the State Treasurer are
    24  hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
    25  addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
    26  on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
    27  provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
    28  the aggregate the sum of $1,900,000 as may be found necessary to
    29  carry out the construction or acquisition of the public
    30  improvement project specifically itemized in a capital budget     <--
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     1  HEREIN.                                                           <--
     2  Section 5.  Issue of bonds.
     3     The indebtedness authorized in this act shall be incurred,
     4  from time to time, and shall be evidenced by one or more series
     5  of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such
     6  aggregate principal amount for each series as the Governor,
     7  Auditor General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the
     8  latest stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated
     9  useful life of the project being financed as stated in section
    10  6.
    11  Section 6.  Estimated useful life and term of debt.
    12     (a)  Estimated useful life.--The General Assembly states that
    13  the estimated useful life of the projects PROJECT itemized in     <--
    14  this act is 30 years.
    15     (b)  Term of debt.--The maximum term of the debt authorized
    16  to be incurred under this act is 30 years.
    17  Section 7.  Appropriation.
    18     The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations authorized in
    19  this act are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
    20  Fund to the Department of General Services in the maximum amount
    21  of $1,900,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
    22  financial cost of the public improvement project specifically
    23  itemized in a capital budget HEREIN. After reserving or paying    <--
    24  the expenses of the sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer
    25  shall pay to the Department of General Services the moneys as
    26  required and certified by it to be legally due and payable.
    27  Section 8.  Federal funds.
    28     In addition to those funds appropriated in section 7, all
    29  moneys received from the Federal Government for the project
    30  specifically itemized in this act are also appropriated for this
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     1  project.
     2  Section 9.  Editorial changes.                                    <--
     3     In editing and preparing this act for printing following the
     4  final enactment, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall insert
     5  or revise letters or numbers for projects where the letters or
     6  numbers are missing or require revision. The Bureau shall also
     7  revise the total monetary amounts for the total authorization,
     8  debt authorization, appropriations and departmental totals as
     9  necessary to agree with the total monetary amounts of the
    10  projects.
    11  Section 10 9.  Effective date.                                    <--
    12     This act shall take effect immediately.












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