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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3755                      PRINTER'S NO. 3780

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2522 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MAY 13, 2008

        AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
           REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 14, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2008-2009.

     2     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     3  hereby enacts as follows:
     4  Section 1.  Short title and construction.
     5     (a)  Short title.--This act shall be known and may be cited
     6  as the Capital Budget Act of 2008-2009.
     7     (b)  Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to
     8  include a reference to the supplements to this act.
     9     (c)  Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act.--The provisions
    10  and definitions of Chapter 3 of the act of February 9, 1999
    11  (P.L.1, No.1), known as The Capital Facilities Debt Enabling
    12  Act, shall apply to this act to the extent they are not
    13  inconsistent with this act.
    14  Section 2.  Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
    15                 capital projects.
    16     The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be


     1  incurred during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, and thereafter until
     2  the enactment of the 2009-2010 capital budget specifying the
     3  maximum debt for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, for capital projects
     4  specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
     5  7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
     6  the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
     7  with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
     8  follows:
     9                Category              Amount          Fund
    10  (1)  Public Improvement
    11     Projects:
    12     (i)  Buildings and                            General Fund or
    13         Structures               $392,000,000     Special Fund as
    14                                                   applicable
    15  (2)  Furniture and                               General Fund or
    16     Equipment                     15,000,000      Special Fund as
    17                                                   applicable
    18  (3)  Transportation
    19     Assistance Projects           165,000,000     General Fund
    20  (4)  Redevelopment
    21     Assistance Projects           180,000,000     General Fund
    22  (5)  Flood Control
    23     Projects                       28,000,000     General Fund
    24  (6)  Bridge
    25     Projects                       200,000,000    Motor License    <--
    26     PROJECTS                       200,000,000    GENERAL FUND OR  <--
    27                                                   MOTOR LICENSE
    28                                                   Fund
    29     Total                         $980,000,000
    30  Section 3.  Effective date.
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     1     This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or immediately,
     2  whichever is later.



















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