HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1907 PRINTER'S NO. 2148
No. 1496 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, APRIL 9, 1996
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 17, 1996
AN ACT
1 Providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1996-1997.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title and construction.
5 (a) Short title.--This act shall be known and may be cited
6 as the Capital Budget Act of 1996-1997.
7 (b) Supplements.--A reference to this act shall be deemed to
8 include a reference to the supplements to this act.
9 (c) Fiscal Code.--The provisions and definitions of Article
10 XVI-B of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as
11 The Fiscal Code, shall apply to this act to the extent they are
12 not inconsistent with this act.
13 Section 2. Overall limitations on debt to be incurred for
14 capital projects.
15 The maximum principal amount of additional debt to be
16 incurred during the 1996-1997 fiscal year, and thereafter until
1 the enactment of the 1997-1998 capital budget specifying the
2 maximum debt for the 1997-1998 fiscal year, for capital projects
3 specifically itemized in a capital budget pursuant to section
4 7(a)(4) of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and
5 the fund to be charged with the repayment of such debt, shall,
6 with respect to each category of capital projects, be as
7 follows:
8 Category Amount Fund
9 (1) Public Improvement
10 Projects:
11 (i) Buildings and General Fund or
12 Structures $170,000,000 Special Fund as
13 (ii) Furniture and applicable
14 Equipment 19,000,000
15 (2) Transportation
16 Assistance Projects 100,000,000 General Fund <--
17 ASSISTANCE PROJECTS 140,000,000 GENERAL FUND <--
18 (3) Redevelopment
19 Assistance Projects 90,000,000 General Fund
20 (4) Flood Control
21 Projects 13,000,000 General Fund
22 Total $392,000,000 <--
23 (5) HIGHWAY <--
24 PROJECTS 85,000,000 MOTOR LICENSE
25 FUND
26 TOTAL $517,000,000
27 Section 3. Effective date.
28 This act shall take effect July 1, 1996, or immediately,
29 whichever is later.
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