PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 294
PRINTER'S NO. 1273
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
291
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, MARCH 2, 2021
SENATOR BROWNE, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,
DECEMBER 13, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022
and for limitation on redevelopment assistance capital
projects; and making a related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Capital
Budget Act of 2021-2022.
Section 2. Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
capital projects.
The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
incurred during the 2021-2022 fiscal year, and thereafter until
the enactment of the 2022-2023 capital budget specifying the
maximum debt for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, for capital projects
specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
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follows:
Category Amount Fund
(1) Public Improvement
Projects:
(i) Buildings and
structures $550,000,000
General Fund or Special
Fund as applicable
(2) Furniture and
equipment
10,000,000
General Fund or Special
Fund as applicable
(3) Transportation
assistance projects
175,000,000
General Fund
(4) Redevelopment
assistance projects
1,275,000,000
General Fund
(4) REDEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE PROJECTS
275,000,000
GENERAL FUND
(5) Flood control
projects
0
General Fund
Total $2,010,000,000
TOTAL $1,010,000,000
Section 3. Limitation on redevelopment assistance capital
projects.
The maximum amount of redevelopment assistance capital
projects undertaken by the Commonwealth for which obligations
are outstanding shall not exceed, in aggregate, $4,050,000,000.
Section 4. Repeals.
Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
section 3.
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(2) Section 2.1 of the act of May 29, 2020 (P.L.205,
No.25), known as the Capital Budget Act of 2019-2020, is
repealed.
Section 5 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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