County Environmental Initiative Program - 27 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6117

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     § 6117.  County Environmental Initiative Program.
        (a)  Establishment.--There is established the County
     Environmental Initiative Program. From within the amounts
     allocated in section 6116(c)(1), (2), (3) and (4) (relating to
     establishment of bond fund and allocation and use of bond
     proceeds), $90,000,000 shall be available for capital
     improvement projects designated by counties as set forth in this
     section.
        (b)  Amount of funding.--Each county shall be provided with
     an annual funding amount according to its class as designated by
     the laws of this Commonwealth. Amounts shall be annually
     determined by the Secretary of the Budget, who shall notify the
     counties of the same on or before October 1 of each year. Within
     the first six fiscal years after the effective date of this
     section, each county shall receive the following amounts:
            (1)  Counties of the first, second and second A class -
        $2,700,000.
            (2)  Counties of the third class - $1,750,000.
            (3)  Counties of the fourth and fifth class - $1,390,000.
            (4)  Counties of the sixth, seventh and eighth class -
        $1,000,000.
        (c)  Capital improvement project designation.--Each county,
     in consultation with the county conservation district where one
     exists, shall annually be permitted to designate capital
     improvement projects that are eligible to be funded under
     section 6116 up to its funding amount established pursuant to
     subsection (b). If a county's proposed project complies with all
     laws, regulations and procedures that apply to the program
     category for which funding is designated, the applicable
     department receiving an allocation under section 6116 shall fund
     the project. The applicable department shall consider a county's
     recurring environmental and conservation funding levels to
     ensure the project supplements existing efforts.
        (d)  Application of funding.--Funding provided to capital
     improvement projects under this section shall be applied against
     the total allocations made to the departments under section
     6116(c)(1), (2), (3) and (4). Designation of a capital
     improvement project by a county under this section shall not
     obligate a department to provide funds to the project in excess
     of the amount of county environmental initiative funds so
     allocated.
        (e)  Reallocation.--If a county fails to designate capital
     improvement projects that will use the entirety of its funding
     amount for a fiscal year, the department shall allocate the
     remaining funds to other eligible projects.
        (f)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term "capital
     improvement project" or "project" means a project eligible for
     tax-exempt financing under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
     (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. ñ 1 et seq.).
     (July 13, 2005, P.L.213, No.45, eff. imd.)

        2005 Amendment.  Act 45 added section 6117.
        Cross References.  Section 6117 is referred to in sections
     6115, 6119 of this title.

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