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                                 HOUSE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 890, 923                 PRINTER'S NO. 1153

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

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
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     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.
















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