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PRINTER'S NO. 252
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
267
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SABATINA, BLAKE, SCHWANK, BREWSTER,
FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, YUDICHAK, RAFFERTY AND BROWNE,
JANUARY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 31, 2017
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
definitions and for appropriation for and limitation on
redevelopment assistance capital projects.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (2) and (3) of the definition of
"redevelopment assistance capital project" in section 302 of the
act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the Capital
Facilities Debt Enabling Act, are amended to read:
Section 302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Redevelopment assistance capital project." The design and
construction of a project which meets all of the following:
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(2) Is a project which will generate substantial
increases in or maintain current levels of employment, tax
revenues or other measures of economic activity. This
paragraph includes:
(i) a community asset project; and
(ii) a housing project that will support and
generate economic activity or provide housing to the
veteran population of this Commonwealth.
(3) Is a project that has a regional or
multijurisdictional impact or, in the case of housing, is
part of a community revitalization plan or a plan to provide
housing to the veteran population of this Commonwealth.
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Section 2. Section 317(c) of the act is amended to read:
Section 317. Appropriation for and limitation on redevelopment
assistance capital projects.
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(c) Housing units.--An amount not to exceed $50,000,000 of
the amount under subsection (b) may be used for the construction
of housing units[.] if a minimum of $25,000,000 is used for the
construction of units to house veterans who are residents of
this Commonwealth and homeless or in need of housing.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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