PRINTER'S NO. 2867
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
651
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY EMRICK, R. BROWN, DUSH, FREEMAN, GILLEN, IRVIN,
KEEFER, LAWRENCE, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MOUL AND
RYAN, JANUARY 8, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 8, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 25, 1931 (P.L.1352, No.332), entitled
"An act providing for joint action by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in the
administration, operation, and maintenance of bridges over
the Delaware River, and for the construction of additional
bridge facilities across said river; authorizing the
Governor, for these purposes, to enter into an agreement with
the State of New Jersey; creating a Delaware River Joint Toll
Bridge Commission and specifying the powers and duties
thereof, including the power to finance the construction of
additional bridges by the issuance of revenue bonds to be
redeemed from revenues derived from tolls collected at such
bridges; transferring to said commission all powers now
exercised by existing commission created to acquire toll
bridges over the Delaware River; and making an
appropriation," further providing for audits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Article IX of section 1 of the act of June 25,
1931 (P.L.1352, No.332), referred to as the Delaware River Joint
Toll Bridge Compact, is amended to read:
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ARTICLE IX.
The commission shall make annual reports to the Governors and
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Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State
of New Jersey setting forth in detail its operations and
transactions, and may make such additional reports from time to
time to the Governors and Legislatures, as it may deem
advisable.
[The commission shall submit biennially to a performance
audit jointly conducted by the Auditor General of Pennsylvania
and the State Auditor of New Jersey, which shall include
expenditures and operations of the commission. These auditors
shall complete the performance audit and prepare a joint report
by December 31 of every odd-numbered year, with the first audit
and report to be completed by December 31, 1997. A report of
those audits shall be submitted to the Governors and
Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State
of New Jersey and to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge
Commission.
An annual financial audit shall be conducted at the expense
of the commission by an independent accounting firm in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A
written report of each audit shall be submitted to the
commission and shall be retained by the commission for at least
five years.]
The Auditor General of Pennsylvania and the State Auditor of
New Jersey shall jointly conduct annual financial and management
audits of expenditures and operations of the commission and
shall submit a report of those audits to the Governors and
Legislatures of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State
of New Jersey.
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Section 2. The Governor shall not enter into a supplemental
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compact or agreement on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania until passage by the State of New Jersey of a
substantially similar act embodying a supplemental compact or
agreement between the two states.
Section 3. The Governor shall publish the date of execution
of any supplemental compact or agreement referenced in section 2
as a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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