PRINTER'S NO. 61

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 52 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, LESCOVITZ AND PISTELLA, JANUARY 26,
           1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JANUARY 26, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of December 18, 1980 (P.L.1252, No.228),
     2     entitled "A supplement to the act of October 6, 1980
     3     (P.L.784, No.145), entitled 'An act providing for the capital
     4     budget for the fiscal year 1980-1981,' itemizing public
     5     improvement and furniture and equipment projects, to be
     6     constructed by the Department of General Services and
     7     transportation assistance projects to be acquired or
     8     constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
     9     together with their estimated financial cost; authorizing the
    10     incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for
    11     the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed by
    12     the Department of General Services or Department of
    13     Transportation, stating the estimated useful life of the
    14     projects; providing for the adoption of capital projects to
    15     be financed from current revenues of the Boating Fund and the
    16     Fish Fund and making an appropriation," increasing and adding
    17     certain projects; and making a repeal.

    18     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    19  hereby enacts as follows:
    20     Section 1.  Clause A of section 1 of the act of December 18,
    21  1980 (P.L.1252, No.228), entitled "A supplement to the act of
    22  October 6, 1980 (P.L.784, No.145), entitled 'An act providing
    23  for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1980-1981,' itemizing
    24  public improvement and furniture and equipment projects, to be
    25  constructed by the Department of General Services and

     1  transportation assistance projects to be acquired or constructed
     2  by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation together with
     3  their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring of
     4  debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
     5  financing the projects to be constructed by the Department of
     6  General Services or Department of Transportation, stating the
     7  estimated useful life of the projects; providing for the
     8  adoption of capital projects to be financed from current
     9  revenues of the Boating Fund and the Fish Fund and making an
    10  appropriation," amended June 19, 1982 (P.L.571, No.165), item
    11  vetoed in part, is amended to read:
    12     Section 1.  Itemization and Authorization of Public
    13  Improvement Projects.--Additional capital projects in the
    14  category of public improvement projects to be acquired or
    15  constructed by the Department of General Services, its
    16  successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of
    17  debt, are hereby itemized, together with the respective
    18  estimated financial cost and the total additional amount
    19  authorized for the public improvement projects as follows:
    20  A.  Total Authorization.......................... [$379,958,000]
    21                                                     $381,230,000
    22     Section 2.  The heading of subclause IV and project (j) of
    23  subclause IV of clause B of section 1 of the act are amended and
    24  projects are added to subclause IV to read:
    25  B.  Itemization of Public Improvement Projects:
    26         Project       Base         Design &        Total
    27                     Project        Contin-         Project
    28                   Allocation       gencies        Allocation
    29  * * *
    30  IV.  Department of
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     1       Environmental
     2       Resources   [$34,856,000]    [$6,240,000]   [$54,411,000]
     3                    $35,668,000      $6,402,000     $55,683,000
     4  * * *
     5  (j)  Raccoon Creek State Park
     6     (1)  Park
     7          Improve-
     8          ments       2,997,000        599,000       3,596,000
     9     (2)  Rehabilitation
    10          of Flood Damage
    11          to Dam, Roads,
    12          Culverts and
    13          Bridges                                      232,000
    14     (3)  Additional
    15          Funds for
    16          DGS Project
    17          146-5, Park
    18          Improvements
    19          Including
    20          Dredging
    21          Operations    500,000        100,000         600,000
    22  * * *
    23  (w)  Flood Protection,
    24       Tributary Jack's
    25       Run, City of
    26       Greensburg and
    27       Hempfield Township,
    28       Westmoreland
    29       County, Road
    30       Section 1:
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     1       Oxford Drive to
     2       Crestview Drive                                 298,000
     3  (x)  Girty's Run,
     4       Borough of Millvale,
     5       Allegheny County,
     6       Stream Wall
     7       Replacement       312,000        62,000         374,000
     8  * * *
     9     Section 3.  Subclause II(v) of clause B of section 1, act of
    10  December 22, 1981 (P.L.558, No.166), entitled "A supplement to
    11  the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.142, No.47), entitled 'An act
    12  providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1981-1982,'
    13  itemizing public improvement and furniture and equipment
    14  projects to be constructed or acquired by the Department of
    15  General Services, and transportation assistance projects to be
    16  acquired or constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of
    17  Transportation together with their estimated financial cost;
    18  authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the
    19  electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be
    20  constructed or acquired by the Department of General Services or
    21  Department of Transportation, stating the estimated useful life
    22  of the projects and making appropriations," is repealed.
    23     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.





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