PRINTER'S NO. 1329
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1043
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, DONATUCCI, TOEPEL, THOMAS, MILLARD,
McNEILL, COHEN, MURT, KINSEY, ACOSTA, FARINA, TOOHIL, MAHONEY
AND FLYNN, APRIL 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 21, 2015
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
reports related to 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. Sections 313.1 and 318(a.3) 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),
are amended and the sections are amended by adding subsections
to read:
Section 313.1. Reports related to redevelopment assistance
capital projects.
(a) Quarterly report.--The Secretary of the Budget shall,
within ten days of the expiration of each quarter of each fiscal
year, provide to the chairman and minority chairman of the
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Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
of Representatives a report relating to redevelopment assistance
capital projects which addresses at least all of the following
materials:
(1) An itemized list of the redevelopment assistance
capital projects approved in the preceding quarter.
(2) An estimate of the amount of funds remaining under
the cap provided in section 317(b).
(3) An estimate of the total amount of outstanding debt
related to redevelopment assistance capital projects.
(4) An estimate of the amount of outstanding debt
related to redevelopment assistance capital projects which
will be paid in the succeeding four quarters.
(b) Disclosure of report.--The Secretary of the Budget shall
make the following information available on the Office of the
Budget's publicly accessible Internet website:
(1) All information provided under subsection (a).
(2) Each contract for redevelopment assistance capital
projects that constitutes a public record as defined in
section 102 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
known as the Right-to-Know Law.
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
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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.
(4.1) A signed affidavit stating the applicant will hold
at least one public informational meeting as provided in
subsection (l) for each redevelopment assistance capital
project.
(5) A request for any other information the office may
require.
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(l) Public informational meeting.--Prior to 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 approved project site. If no suitable
venue is available within a ten-mile radius, the Secretary of
the Budget, in consultation with the applicant and the State
senator and the State representative for the district that the
project will be located in, 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 the applicant significantly
alters an approved redevelopment assistance capital project once
a contract has been executed, the applicant shall hold another
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public informational meeting prior to construction to discuss
with the public the changes to the initial approved project.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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