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Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 343, No. 176), entitled
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government: providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency therreof, including escheated property and the
proceeds o fits sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, af all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7 (a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth, "providing for disclosure of government
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contract awards, and
Secretary of Revenue AND FOR CAPITAL FACILITY BORROWING <---
DEFINITION AND FUNDING.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.
343, No. 176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 215. Disclosure of Government Contract Documents.
When a Commonwealth contract is awarded by a Commonwealth
agency, funded by Commonwealth moneys, the Department of Revenue
shall provide disclosure of and make available and public all
information, including documents, open which the award was
based. Information to be disclosed, at the time the contract is
awarded, shall include documents upon which the award was based,
bids submitted, including these submitted by unsuccessful
bidders, and supporting documents.
Section 2. Section 901 of the act, amended December 2, 1976
SECTION 1. SECTION 901 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.
343,
NO. 176), KNOWN AS THE FISCAL CODE, AMENDED DECEMBER 2, 1976
(P.L. 1274, No. 283) and repealed in part April 28, 1978 (P.L. 202,
No. 53), is amended to read:
Section 901. Reports to the Secretary of Revenue. --On the
fifth day of each month, [and] or at such times and with such
frequency as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue, it
shall be the duty of each judicial officer of a court not of
record, city officer and county officer to render to the
Department of Revenue, under oath or affirmation, returns of all
moneys or as much as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
Revenue, received during the applicable period for the use of
the Commonwealth, designating, under proper headings, the source
from which such moneys were received, and to pay the same into
the State Treasury, through the Department of Revenue, less any
compensation and reimbursement for expenses allowable by law for
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having made the collections.
SECTION 2. THE DEFINITION OF "REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
CAPITAL PROJECT" IN SECTION 1602-B OF THE ACT, AMENDED OR ADDED
JUNE 21, 1984 (P.L. 407, NO. 83) AND OCTOBER 6, 1997 (P.L. 387,
NO. 46), IS AMENDED TO READ:
SECTION 1602.B. DEFINITIONS. --AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE--
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"REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CAPITAL PROJECT" SHALL MEAN THE
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES WHICH (I) ARE FACILITIES
OTHER THAN HOUSING UNITS, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, WASTE DISPOSAL
FACILITIES, SEWAGE SYSTEMS OR FACILITIES, OR WATER SYSTEMS OR
FACILITIES, & ARE PROJECTS WHICH CANNOT OBTAIN FUNDING UNDER
OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS; (II) ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS WHICH GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT, TAX
REVENUES OR OTHER MEASURES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, INCLUDING SUCH
PROJECTS WITH CULTURAL, HISTORICAL OR CIVIC SIGNIFICANCE; (III)
ARE FACILITIES WHICH HAVE A REGIONAL OR MULTIJRISDICTIONAL
IMPACT; (IV) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUNDING UNDER
EXISTING FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS; (V) HAVE A FIFTY PER
CENTUM NON-STATE PARTICIPATION DOCUMENTED AT THE TIME OF
APPLICATION, AT LEAST HALF OF WHICH IS SECURED FUNDING, [AND]
TOWARD WHICH THE ONLY NONCASH NON-STATE PARTICIPATION PERMITTED
IS LAND [DONATION] AND FIXED ASSETS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL USEFUL
LIFE AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PROJECT AND TOWARD WHICH STATE
FUNDS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE USED, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT A PORTION OF ANY FUNDS RESERVED FOR THE FUTURE PHYSICAL
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITIES MAY BE INCLUDED AS A
PART OF THE FIFTY PER CENTUM NON-STATE PARTICIPATION; AND (VI)
HAVE A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($5,000,000)
OR MORE FOR PROJECTS IN FIRST AND SECOND CLASS COUNTIES AND
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THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000) OR MORE FOR PROJECTS IN
SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS COUNTIES, OR FOR SUCH
PROJECTS IN MUNICIPALITIES DESIGNATED AS "FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED
MUNICIPALITIES" UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JULY 10, 1987
(P.L. 246, NO. 47), KNOWN AS THE "MUNICIPALITIES FINANCIAL
RECOVERY ACT," OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AT THE TIME
OF APPLICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, AS
SCORING AT LEAST ONE-HALF STANDARD DEVIATION ABOVE THE MEAN
SCORE, OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE PART OR ALL OF AN ENTERPRISE
ZONE WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, AND HAVE A TOTAL PROJECT
COST OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) OR MORE; AND (VII) HAVE
A COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND A
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OR
GENERAL PURPOSE UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT ADMINISTER THE GRANT.
APPLICANTS CAN BE REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES OR GENERAL
PURPOSE UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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SECTION 3. SECTION 1616.1-B OF THE ACT, AMENDED OCTOBER 6
1977 (P.L. 387, NO. 46), IS AMENDED TO READ:
SECTION 1616.1-B. APPROPRIATION AND LIMITATION ON
REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS. --(A) THE AMOUNT
NECESSARY TO PAY PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON ALL OBLIGATIONS
ISSUED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CAPITAL
PROJECTS IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND SHALL
BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL DEBT FUND UPON AUTHORIZATION BY
THE GOVERNOR.
(B) THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE CAPITAL
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMONWEALTH FOR WHICH OBLIGATIONS
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ARE [TO BE ISSUED] OUTSTANDING SHALL NOT
EXCEED, IN AGGREGATE,
[EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($850,000,000) ] ONE BILLION
DOLLARS ($1,000,000,000).
SECTION 3 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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