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No. 109 Special Session No. 1 of 1995
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, SEPTEMBER 19, 1995
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, OCTOBER 25, 1995
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 6, 1995 (P.L.269, No.38), entitled "An act
2 providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 1995-
3 1996," itemizing public improvement projects to be
4 constructed or acquired by the Department of General
5 Services, together with estimated financial costs;
6 authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the
7 electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be
8 constructed or acquired by the Department of General
9 Services; stating the estimated useful life of the projects;
10 imposing certain preconditions on the Quehanna Boot Camp <--
11 Project; and making an appropriation.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Short title.
15 This act shall be known and may be cited as the 1995 Special
16 Session Somerset Hospital Conversion Security and Quehanna Boot
17 Camp Project Itemization Act.
18 Section 2. Total authorization.
19 The total authorization for the additional capital projects
20 in the category of public improvement projects itemized in
21 section 3 and to be constructed or acquired by the Department of
1 General Services, its successors or assigns, and to be financed
2 by the incurring of debt, shall be $12,520,000.
3 Section 3. Itemization of public improvement projects.
4 The additional capital projects in the category of public
5 improvement projects to be constructed or acquired by the
6 Department of General Services, its successors or assigns, and
7 to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized,
8 together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:
9 Total
10 Project
11 Project Allocation
12 (1) Department of Corrections $12,520,000
13 (i) Somerset State Hospital - Somerset County
14 (A) Conversion of hospital to a State
15 Correctional Institution through the
16 purchase and installation of two
17 perimeter fences and the installation
18 of an electronic detection system along
19 the entire perimeter 1,900,000
20 (Base Project Allocation - $1,584,000)
21 (Design and Contingencies - $316,000)
22 (ii) Quehanna Motivational Boot Camp -
23 Clearfield County
24 (A) Renovation of Building No. 7 to expand
25 dormitory capacity, office space,
26 kitchen/dining area, supporting program
27 space and recreation facilities 10,620,000
28 (Base Project Allocation - $8,850,000)
29 (Design and Contingencies - $1,770,000)
30 Section 4. Quehanna Boot Camp Project Limitation. <--
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1 No moneys appropriated by this act or any other act to the
2 Capital Facilities Fund may be expended for the Quehanna
3 Motivational Boot Camp Project itemized in section 3(1)(ii)
4 until such time as the General Assembly enacts legislation
5 which:
6 (1) Increases the term of confinement of an eligible
7 inmate to a minimum of three years and a maximum of six
8 years; and
9 (2) Provides specific legislative authorization
10 directing the Department of Corrections to enter into
11 agreements with the various counties which permit, on a
12 space-available basis, the transfer of county inmates who
13 desire to participate in the motivational boot camp program.
14 Section 5 4. Debt authorization. <--
15 The Governor, the Auditor General and the State Treasurer are
16 hereby authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, in
17 addition to any authorization heretofore or hereafter enacted,
18 on the credit of the Commonwealth, subject to the limitations
19 provided in the current capital budget, money not exceeding in
20 the aggregate the sum of $12,520,000 as may be found necessary
21 to carry out the construction or acquisition of the public
22 improvement projects specifically itemized herein.
23 Section 6 5. Issue of bonds. <--
24 The indebtedness authorized in this act shall be incurred,
25 from time to time, and shall be evidenced by one or more series
26 of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth in such
27 aggregate principal amount for each series as the Governor,
28 Auditor General and State Treasurer shall determine, but the
29 latest stated maturity date shall not exceed the estimated
30 useful life of the projects being financed as stated in section
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1 7 6. <--
2 Section 7 6. Estimated useful life and term of debt. <--
3 (a) Estimated useful life.--The General Assembly states that
4 the estimated useful life of the projects itemized in this act
5 is 30 years.
6 (b) Term of debt.--The maximum term of the debt authorized
7 to be incurred under this act is 30 years.
8 Section 8 7. Appropriation. <--
9 The net proceeds of the sale of the obligations authorized in
10 this act are hereby appropriated from the Capital Facilities
11 Fund to the Department of General Services in the maximum amount
12 of $12,520,000 to be used by it exclusively to defray the
13 financial cost of the public improvement projects specifically
14 itemized herein. After reserving or paying the expenses of the
15 sale of the obligation, the State Treasurer shall pay to the
16 Department of General Services the moneys as required and
17 certified by it to be legally due and payable.
18 Section 9 8. Federal funds. <--
19 In addition to those funds appropriated in section 8 7, all <--
20 moneys received from the Federal Government for the projects
21 specifically itemized in this act are also appropriated for
22 these projects.
23 Section 10 9. Editorial changes. <--
24 In editing and preparing this act for printing following the
25 final enactment, the Legislative Reference Bureau shall insert
26 or revise letters or numbers for projects where the letters or
27 numbers are missing or require revision. The bureau shall also
28 revise the total monetary amounts for the total authorization,
29 debt authorization, appropriations and departmental totals as
30 necessary to agree with the total monetary amounts of the
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1 projects.
2 Section 11 10. Effective date. <--
3 This act shall take effect immediately.
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