PRINTER'S NO.  3194

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2245

Session of

2012

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, GEIST, HELM, MAJOR, MILLARD, PASHINSKI AND PICKETT, MARCH 12, 2012

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 12, 2012  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Providing for the adoption of capital projects related to flood

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disaster railroad assistance projects.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Short title.

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the Flood

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Disaster Railroad Assistance Project Itemization Act of 2012.

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Section 2.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Disaster."  The period of time in calendar year 2011

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relating to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that was the

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subject of a presidential declaration of an emergency under The

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Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

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(Public Law 93-288, 88 Stat. 143).

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Section 3.  Total authorization.

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The total authorization for disaster assistance projects to

 


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be financed in part with grants as itemized in this act is

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$2,600,000.

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Section 4.  Itemization of disaster assistance projects.

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The individual disaster assistance projects to be financed

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from current revenues are hereby itemized, together with their

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respective estimated financial costs, as follows:

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Department of Transportation        $2,600,000

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(1)  Lycoming Valley Railroad        1,000,000

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(2)  Delaware & Hudson Railway       1,600,000

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Section 5.  Funds.

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The projects itemized in this act shall be funded from

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current revenues of the General Fund.

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Section 6.  Federal funds.

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All moneys received from the Federal Government for the

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projects specifically itemized in this act are also hereby

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appropriated for those projects.

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Section 7.  Construction.

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Amounts contained in this act for any project shall not

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supplant or replace any Federal funds authorized by any Federal

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law or regulation. Funding from this act for any project is

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available only to the extent that Federal funds are not

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available for such project.

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Section 8.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect immediately.

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