PRINTER'S NO. 685
No. 612 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, NICKOL, ARGALL, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BELARDI,
BOYD, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CORNELL, CRAHALLA,
CURRY, FICHTER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GOOD, GOODMAN,
HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, LEACH, LEH,
MANN, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, R. MILLER, S. MILLER,
MUSTIO, NAILOR, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS,
SAINATO, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, STERN,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WANSACZ, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 1, 1988 (P.L.82, No.16), entitled "An
2 act providing for the establishment, implementation and
3 administration of the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment
4 Authority; imposing powers and duties on a board of trustees;
5 transferring the rights, powers, duties and obligations of
6 the Water Facilities Loan Board to the Pennsylvania
7 Infrastructure Investment Authority; providing for the
8 issuance of notes and bonds; providing for financial
9 assistance and for a comprehensive water facilities plan;
10 authorizing a referendum to incur indebtedness; making an
11 appropriation; and making repeals," further providing for
12 definitions.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The definition of "project" in section 3 of the
16 act of March 1, 1988 (P.L.82, No.16), known as the Pennsylvania
17 Infrastructure Investment Authority Act, amended December 16,
18 1992 (P.L.1137, No.149), is amended and the section is amended
19 by adding a definition to read:
1 Section 3. Definitions.
2 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
3 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
4 context clearly indicates otherwise:
5 * * *
6 "Project." The eligible costs associated with the
7 acquisition, construction, improvement, expansion, extension,
8 repair [or], rehabilitation or security of all or part of any
9 facility or system, whether publicly or, in the case of
10 paragraph (1) or (2), privately owned:
11 (1) for the collection, treatment or disposal of
12 wastewater, including industrial waste;
13 (2) for the supply, treatment, storage or distribution
14 of drinking water;
15 (3) for the control of storm water, which may include,
16 but need not be limited to, the transport, storage and the
17 infiltration of storm water; or
18 (4) for the best management practices to address point
19 or nonpoint source pollution associated with storm water
20 runoff or any other innovative techniques identified in the
21 county-prepared watershed plans pursuant to the act of
22 October 4, 1978 (P.L.864, No.167), known as the Storm Water
23 Management Act.
24 * * *
25 "Security." Infrastructure improvements to publicly or
26 privately owned water or wastewater systems designed in whole or
27 in part for the protection of the collection, treatment and
28 distribution of potable water and treatment of wastewater from
29 threats and vulnerabilities to ensure the public health of the
30 systems' customers, in accordance with the Environmental
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1 Protection Agency's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
2 and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program established
3 under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (Public Law
4 93-523, 42 U.S.C. § 300j-12) and Title VI of the Federal Water
5 Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1381-1387),
6 respectively. The term also includes any funds or accounts
7 administered by the authority.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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