PRINTER'S NO. 1596
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1103
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FRITZ, TURZAI, KAUFER, MIHALEK, KAIL, TOOHIL,
NELSON, PUSKARIC, O'NEAL, GILLESPIE, GREINER, ROTHMAN,
BERNSTINE, KAUFFMAN, CAUSER, ZIMMERMAN, OWLETT AND SCHMITT,
APRIL 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 29, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for cancer control, prevention and
research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for
the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment
business financial management firms, for private dam
financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;
providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
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other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in additional special funds, further providing
for definitions, for use of funds, for amount of grant and
for guidelines for applications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1741-A.1 of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding definitions to read:
Section 1741-A.1. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subarticle
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Large residential conversion projects." A residential
conversion project with greater than 100 parcels.
"Tapping." Interconnecting distribution facilities with
upstream interstate transmission facilities or gathering line
facilities allowing distribution service expansion, including,
but not limited to, metering, regulation, odorization and
related controls.
Section 2. Sections 1744-A.1(a), 1745-A.1 and 1746-A.1 of
the act are amended to read:
Section 1744-A.1. Use of funds.
(a) Grants.--The authority shall use the fund to provide
grants to obtain access to natural gas to any of the following:
(1) Hospitals.
(2) Businesses.
(3) Economic development organizations.
(4) Municipalities.
(5) Counties.
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(6) School districts.
(7) Large residential conversion projects.
(8) Combined heat and power applications.
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Section 1745-A.1. Amount of grant.
(a) Amount generally.--The authority may provide a grant for
not more than the lesser of:
(1) 50% of the cost of a project; or
(2) [$1,000,000] $1,500,000.
(b) Tapping costs.--In addition to the amount under
subsection (a)(2), the authority may provide not more than
$500,000 for costs related to the tapping of upstream
facilities.
Section 1746-A.1. Guidelines for applications.
The authority shall:
(1) develop guidelines for submitting applications for a
grant; [and]
(2) give priority to applications that will result in
adjoining residential and nonresidential properties obtaining
natural gas[.]; and
(3) develop streamlined guidelines for submitting
applications for grants issued in the amount of $75,000 or
less to expedite the process.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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