HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 890, 923 PRINTER'S NO. 1153
No. 798 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, APRIL 24, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 11, 2007
AN ACT
1 Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008.
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 2007-2008.
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 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 2007-2008 fiscal year, AND THEREAFTER UNTIL <-- 2 THE ENACTMENT OF THE 2008-2009 CAPITAL BUDGET SPECIFYING THE 3 MAXIMUM DEBT FOR THE 2008-2009 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 $320,000,000 Special Fund as 14 applicable 15 (2) Furniture and General Fund or 16 Equipment 25,000,000 Special Fund as 17 applicable 18 (3) Transportation 19 Assistance Projects 150,000,000 General Fund 20 (4) Redevelopment 21 Assistance Projects 250,000,000 General Fund 22 (5) Flood Control 23 Projects 7,000,000 General Fund 24 Total $752,000,000 25 Section 3. Payment of settlement or awards of claims. 26 Notwithstanding the provisions of 62 Pa.C.S. § 1726 (relating 27 to payment of awards and costs), for fiscal year 2007-2008 the 28 settlement or award of claims arising from construction 29 contracts for public improvement projects may be paid by the 30 Department of General Services from available funds in accounts 20070S0798B1153 - 2 -
1 within the Capital Facilities Fund that include funds no longer 2 required for the design, acquisition or construction of any 3 approved capital project. 4 Section 4. Effective date. 5 This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or immediately, 6 whichever is later. C2L72BIL/20070S0798B1153 - 3 -