SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1488, 2409
PRINTER'S NO. 4106
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
928
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MENTZER, GABLER, DUNBAR, TOOHIL, R. BROWN, TOPPER,
TURZAI, LAWRENCE, STEPHENS, CUTLER, DIAMOND, GREINER, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, IRVIN, KAUFFMAN, MACKENZIE, MILNE, SAYLOR, TOEPEL,
WARD, WATSON, GILLEN, BENNINGHOFF, FEE, ZIMMERMAN, DUSH, ROAE
AND ENGLISH, MAY 11, 2015
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, OCTOBER 24, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), entitled "An
act providing for borrowing for capital facilities;
conferring powers and duties on various administrative
agencies and officers; making appropriations; and making
repeals," in capital facilities, further providing for
appropriation for and limitation on redevelopment assistance
capital projects and for administration of redevelopment
assistance capital projects.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 317(b) of the act of February 9, 1999
(P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital Facilities Debt Enabling
Act, amended October 25, 2013 (P.L.648, No.77), is amended to
read:
Section 317. Appropriation for and limitation on redevelopment
assistance capital projects.
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(b) Limitation on redevelopment assistance capital project
obligations.--The maximum amount of redevelopment assistance
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capital projects undertaken by the Commonwealth for which
obligations are outstanding shall not exceed, in aggregate,
$3,450,000,000. Beginning July 1, 2018, and each July 1
thereafter until the sum of the outstanding obligations for
redevelopment assistance capital projects equals $2,950,000,000
$3,200,000,000 , the sum of the maximum amount of outstanding
obligations for redevelopment assistance projects shall be
decreased by $50,000,000.
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Section 2. Section 318(a.3) of the act, amended October 25,
2013 (P.L.648, No.77), is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
Section 318. Administration of redevelopment assistance capital
projects.
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(a.3) Acceptance and grant agreement.--Within 30 days of
receiving notification of approval under subsection (a.2), an
applicant shall notify the office if the applicant accepts the
grant. If the applicant notifies the office that it intends to
accept the grant, the office shall forward to the applicant a
grant agreement to be executed by the applicant. The grant
agreement and any attachments thereto shall include the
following:
(1) The name and address of who will administer the
grant.
(2) A statement and proof of local funding.
(3) An itemized statement of cost associated with the
project.
(4) A contract obligating the applicant to use the grant
for the project.
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(4.1) A signed affidavit stating that the applicant will
hold at least one public informational meeting as provided
under subsection (l) for the project and an additional public
informational meeting as necessary under subsection (m) for
the project.
(5) A request for any other information the office may
require.
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(l) Public informational meeting.-- Before the construction
of an approved redevelopment assistance capital project, at
least one public informational meeting shall be held within a
ten-mile radius of the project site. If no suitable venue is
available within a ten-mile radius of the project site, the
Secretary of the Budget, in consultation with the applicant and
the State Senator and the State Representative in the district
where the project will be located, may expand the radius by a
reasonable distance. Any expenses for the public informational
meeting shall be paid by the applicant.
(m) Additional requirements.--If an applicant significantly
alters an approved redevelopment assistance capital project
after a contract has been executed, the applicant shall hold an
additional public informational meeting before construction for
the purposes of discussing with the public the alteration to the
project.
Section 3 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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