PRINTER'S NO. 1224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1062
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY PEIFER, MILLARD, RYAN, LEWIS, MARSHALL, PICKETT,
TOOHIL, TOPPER, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, JAMES, KAUFER, OBERLANDER,
ZIMMERMAN, NEILSON AND SCHLEGEL CULVER, APRIL 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 5, 2019
AN ACT
Repealing the act of July 16, 1941 (P.L.386, No.149), entitled
"An act providing for the establishment, construction,
operation and maintenance of a mountain ridge road or parkway
in the Pocono Mountains through, bordering or accessible to
the counties of Monroe, Northampton, Carbon, Luzerne,
Lackawanna, Wayne and Pike, to be known as the "Pocono
Mountain Memorial Parkway"; providing for the creation of the
Pennsylvania Parkway Commission, and conferring powers, and
imposing duties on said commission; authorizing the issuance
of parkway revenue bonds of the Commonwealth, payable solely
from tolls, to pay the cost of such parkway; providing that
no debt of the Commonwealth shall be incurred in the exercise
of any of the powers granted by this act; providing for the
collection of tolls for the payment of such bonds and for the
cost of maintenance, operation and repair of the parkway;
making such bonds exempt from taxation; constituting such
bonds legal investments in certain instances; prescribing
conditions upon which such parkway shall become free;
providing for condemnation; granting certain powers and
authority to municipal subdivisions and other agencies of the
Commonwealth to cooperate with the commission; conferring
powers and imposing duties on the Department of Highways and
authorizing the issuance of parkway revenue refunding bonds."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of July 16, 1941 (P.L.386, No.149),
entitled "An act providing for the establishment, construction,
operation and maintenance of a mountain ridge road or parkway in
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