H2124B3481A06889 DMS:AJC 05/01/14 #90 A06889

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2124

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SANTARSIERO

Printer's No. 3481

 

1Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "projects;"

2 providing for interest on delayed reimbursements;

3Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by striking out "and,"

4Amend Bill, page 8, lines 26 and 27, by striking out ", flood 
5or an extraordinary and unanticipated increase in student 
6enrollment" and inserting

7 or flood

8Amend Bill, page 9, line 25, by striking out "initial"

9Amend Bill, page 9, line 30, by striking out "initial"

10Amend Bill, page 11, by inserting between lines 20 and 21

11Section 4. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

12Section 732.2. Interest on Delayed Reimbursement.--(a) Each
13school district which has satisfactorily met all construction or
14reconstruction reimbursement requirements established by this
15act, 22 Pa. Code (relating to education) and the Department of
16Education, has submitted all appropriate documentation to the
17Department of Education necessary to receive approval for
18reimbursement for a school construction or reconstruction
19project and has not been approved for reimbursement after a
20period of one (1) year following the last date of submission of
21required documentation shall be eligible to receive interest on
22the delayed reimbursement.

23(b) The interest on delayed reimbursement shall be an amount
24equal to the prime rate of interest, as listed in the first
25edition of the Wall Street Journal published in the year,
26multiplied by the total amount of construction or reconstruction
27reimbursement for which the school district is eligible under
28Article XXV of this act but has not received, calculated for
29each year in which the school district does not receive
30reimbursement.

31(c) Interest payments on delayed reimbursement shall be

1included in those payments made to a school district for
2Commonwealth reimbursement of a construction or reconstruction
3project when such payments commence.

4Amend Bill, page 12, line 15, by striking out "4" and 
5inserting

6 5

7Amend Bill, page 12, lines 25 through 29, by striking out all
8of said lines and inserting

9Section 6. Section 2574(b.1), (c.4) and (c.6) of the act,
10amended or added July 13, 2005 (P.L.226, No.46) and July 11,
112006 (P.L.1092, No.114), are repealed:

12Amend Bill, page 13, lines 3 through 30; page 14, lines 1
13through 30; page 15, lines 1 through 27, by striking out all of
14said lines on said pages

15Amend Bill, page 16, lines 17 through 30; pages 17 through
1619, lines 1 through 30; page 20, lines 1 through 7, by striking
17out all of said lines on said pages

18Amend Bill, page 21, lines 19 through 23, by striking out all
19of said lines

20Amend Bill, page 21, line 26, by striking out "6" and 
21inserting

22 7

23Amend Bill, page 21, lines 27 and 28, by striking out "and 
24the section is amended by adding a subsection"

25Amend Bill, page 22, line 1, by striking out "(1)"

26Amend Bill, page 22, line 12, by inserting a bracket before
27"capital"

28Amend Bill, page 22, line 13, by inserting a bracket after
29"or"

30Amend Bill, page 22, line 14, by inserting a bracket before
 

1"whichever"

2Amend Bill, page 22, line 14, by inserting a bracket after
3"larger"

4Amend Bill, page 22, lines 16 through 30; page 23, lines 1
5through 7, by striking out all of said lines on said pages

6Amend Bill, page 23, line 9, by striking out "7" and 
7inserting

8 8

9Amend Bill, page 23, line 12, by striking out "(1)"

10Amend Bill, page 23, line 17, by inserting a bracket before
11"capital"

12Amend Bill, page 23, line 18, by inserting a bracket after
13"or"

14Amend Bill, page 23, line 18, by inserting a bracket before
15"whichever"

16Amend Bill, page 23, line 18, by inserting a bracket after
17"larger"

18Amend Bill, page 23, lines 20 through 30; page 24, lines 1
19through 6, by striking out all of said lines on said pages

20Amend Bill, page 24, line 7, by striking out "(1)"

21Amend Bill, page 24, line 11, by inserting a bracket before
22"capital"

23Amend Bill, page 24, line 12, by inserting a bracket after
24"or"

25Amend Bill, page 24, line 13, by inserting a bracket before
26"whichever"

1Amend Bill, page 24, line 13, by inserting a bracket after
2"larger"

3Amend Bill, page 24, lines 15 through 30, by striking out all
4of said lines

5Amend Bill, page 25, line 5, by striking out "8" and 
6inserting

7 9

8Amend Bill, page 25, line 11, by inserting after "project"

9 that has received all required approvals from the department
10for Commonwealth reimbursement

11Amend Bill, page 25, line 14, by striking out "no greater 
12than" and inserting

13 equal to

14Amend Bill, page 25, lines 20 through 30; page 26, lines 1
15through 9, by striking out all of said lines on said pages

16Amend Bill, page 26, line 10, by striking out "(e)" and 
17inserting

18 (b)

19Amend Bill, page 26, line 22, by striking out all of said
20line and inserting

21Section 10. For the 2014-2015 fiscal year the General
22Assembly shall appropriate not less than $646,198,000 to the
23Authority Rentals and Sinking Fund Requirements line item in the
24General Appropriation Act.

25Section 11. This act shall take effect as follows:

26(1) The addition of section 731.2(d), (e), (f) and (g)
27of the act shall take effect July 1, 2015.

28(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect
29immediately.

 

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