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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY YAW, BAKER, GORDNER, BLAKE, YUDICHAK, PILEGGI, COSTA, ARGALL, BOSCOLA, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, WAUGH, BROWNE, VANCE, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, FERLO, HUGHES, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, LEACH, SOLOBAY, STACK, WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS AND WOZNIAK, OCTOBER 4, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 4, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for the adoption of capital projects related to the |
2 | repair, rehabilitation or replacement of highway bridges and |
3 | for the adoption of specific flood mitigation projects or |
4 | disaster assistance projects to be financed from debt |
5 | incurred under clause (1) of subsection (a) of section 7 of |
6 | Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | CHAPTER 1 |
10 | PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS |
11 | Section 101. Short title. |
12 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster |
13 | Relief Act of 2011. |
14 | CHAPTER 3 |
15 | BRIDGES |
16 | Section 301. Short title of chapter. |
17 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Capital |
18 | Budget Act of 2011 for Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridges |
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1 | Damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. |
2 | Section 302. Definitions. |
3 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
4 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
5 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
6 | "Capital project." A capital project as defined in section |
7 | 302 of the act of February 9, 1999 (P.L.1, No.1), known as the |
8 | Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act, and shall include county |
9 | or municipal bridge rehabilitation, replacement or improvement |
10 | projects as set forth in this chapter. |
11 | "Department." The Department of Transportation of the |
12 | Commonwealth. |
13 | "Secretary." The Secretary of Transportation of the |
14 | Commonwealth. |
15 | Section 303. Total authorization for bridge projects. |
16 | The total authorization for the projects itemized pursuant to |
17 | this chapter and to be financed from debt incurred under clause |
18 | (1) of subsection (a) of section 7 of Article VIII of the |
19 | Constitution of Pennsylvania is $75,000,000. |
20 | Section 304. Itemization of bridge projects. |
21 | The individual capital projects in the category of highway |
22 | projects to be constructed by the department, its successors or |
23 | assigns, and to be financed from debt incurred under clause (1) |
24 | of subsection (a) of section 7 of Article VIII of the |
25 | Constitution of Pennsylvania are hereby itemized, together with |
26 | their respective estimated financial costs, in the following |
27 | sections. |
28 | Section 305. Adams County (Reserved). | | 29 | Section 306. Berks County (Reserved). | | 30 | Section 307. Bradford County (Reserved). | | | 1 | Section 308. Bucks County (Reserved). | | 2 | Section 309. Chester County (Reserved). | | 3 | Section 310. Columbia County (Reserved). | | 4 | Section 311. Cumberland County (Reserved). | | 5 | Section 312. Dauphin County (Reserved). | | 6 | Section 313. Delaware County (Reserved). | | 7 | Section 314. Lancaster County (Reserved). | | 8 | Section 315. Lebanon County (Reserved). | | 9 | Section 316. Lehigh County (Reserved). | | 10 | Section 317. Luzerne County (Reserved). | | 11 | Section 318. Lycoming County. | | 12 13 14 | (1) SR 0973, Bridge over Loyalsock Creek, Eldred and Upper Fairfield Townships, Bridge Rehabilitation | | 15 | Project Allocation | 3,000,000 | 16 | (Base Project Allocation - $3,000,000) | | 17 | Section 319. Monroe County (Reserved). | | 18 | Section 320. Montgomery County (Reserved). | | 19 | Section 321. Montour County (Reserved). | | 20 | Section 322. Northampton County (Reserved). | | 21 | Section 323. Northumberland County (Reserved). | | 22 | Section 324. Perry County (Reserved). | | 23 | Section 325. Philadelphia County (Reserved). | | 24 | Section 326. Schuylkill County (Reserved). | | 25 | Section 327. Snyder County (Reserved). | | 26 | Section 328. Sullivan County (Reserved). | | 27 | Section 329. Susquehanna County (Reserved). | | 28 | Section 330. Union County (Reserved). | | 29 | Section 331. Wyoming County (Reserved). | | 30 | Section 332. York County (Reserved). | |
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1 | Section 372. Estimated useful life of projects. |
2 | The General Assembly states the estimated useful life of the |
3 | projects itemized in this chapter is 30 years. |
4 | Section 373. Federal funds. |
5 | All moneys received from the Federal Government for the |
6 | highway and highway bridge projects specifically itemized in |
7 | this chapter are also hereby appropriated for those projects. |
8 | Section 374. Construction. |
9 | (a) Utilization of Federal funds.--Amounts contained in this |
10 | chapter for any project shall not supplant or replace any |
11 | Federal funds authorized by any Federal law or regulation. |
12 | Funding from this chapter for any project is available only to |
13 | the extent that Federal funds are not available for such |
14 | project. |
15 | (b) Continuity with bridge supplementals.--The provisions of |
16 | this chapter shall be construed unless specifically provided |
17 | otherwise as a supplement to the act of December 8, 1982 |
18 | (P.L.848, No.235), known as the Highway-Railroad and Highway |
19 | Bridge Capital Budget Act for 1982-1983. |
20 | Section 375. Allocation of funds. |
21 | Whenever the Department of Transportation determines that the |
22 | full estimated financial costs of the projects itemized in this |
23 | chapter are not necessary for the proper design, acquisition or |
24 | construction of such project, the excess funds no longer |
25 | required may be allocated by the department to increase the |
26 | estimated costs of any one or more of the projects specifically |
27 | itemized in a capital budget. |
28 | CHAPTER 5 |
29 | RAILROAD DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROJECTS |
30 | Section 501. Short title of chapter. |
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1 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Railroad |
2 | Disaster Assistance Projects Itemization Act of 2011. |
3 | Section 502. Definitions. |
4 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
5 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
6 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
7 | "Disaster." The period of time in calendar year 2011 |
8 | relating to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that was the |
9 | subject of a presidential declaration of an emergency under The |
10 | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act |
11 | (Public Law 93-288, 88 Stat. 143). |
12 | Section 503. Total authorization. |
13 | The total authorization for disaster assistance projects to |
14 | be financed in part with grants as itemized in this chapter is |
15 | $2,000,000. |
16 | Section 504. Itemization of disaster mitigation or assistance |
17 | projects. |
18 | The individual disaster mitigation or assistance projects to |
19 | be financed from current revenues or debt are hereby itemized, |
20 | together with their respective estimated financial costs, as |
21 | follows: |
22 | Department of Transportation $2,000,000 |
23 | (1) Lycoming Valley Railroad $1,000,000 |
24 | Section 505. Funds. |
25 | The projects itemized in this chapter shall be funded from |
26 | debt incurred under the provisions of clause (1) of subsection |
27 | (a) of section 7 of Article VIII of the Constitution of |
28 | Pennsylvania. |
29 | Section 506. Federal funds. |
30 | All moneys received from the Federal Government for the |
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1 | projects specifically itemized in this chapter are also hereby |
2 | appropriated for those projects. |
3 | Section 507. Construction. |
4 | Amounts contained in this chapter for any project shall not |
5 | supplant or replace any Federal funds authorized by any Federal |
6 | law or regulation. Funding from this chapter for any project is |
7 | available only to the extent that Federal funds are not |
8 | available for such project. |
9 | CHAPTER 7 |
10 | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
11 | Section 701. Constitutional construction. |
12 | The provisions of this act shall be severable and, if any of |
13 | the provisions of this act shall be held unconstitutional, such |
14 | decisions shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining |
15 | provisions of this act. It is hereby declared as the legislative |
16 | intent that this act would have been adopted had such |
17 | unconstitutional provisions not been included in this act. |
18 | Section 702. Effective date. |
19 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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