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Findings and declaration of policy - 64 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6002

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     § 6002.  Findings and declaration of policy.
        The General Assembly hereby finds and declares as follows:
            (1)  The health, safety and general welfare of the people
        of this Commonwealth are directly dependent upon the
        continual encouragement, development, growth and expansion of
        business, industry, commerce and tourism within this
        Commonwealth.
            (2)  Unemployment, the spread of indigency and the heavy
        burden of public assistance and unemployment compensation can
        be avoided by the promotion, attraction, stimulation,
        development and expansion of business, industry, commerce and
        tourism in this Commonwealth.
            (3)  Development and continuation of a major convention
        center is most appropriate in a city of the first class
        which, because of size, is capable of attracting major
        national conventions, and the attraction of business to this
        Commonwealth as a result of the development and continuation
        is an important factor in the continual encouragement,
        promotion, attraction, stimulation, development, growth and
        expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism within
        a city of the first class, its surrounding counties and this
        Commonwealth as a whole.
            (4)  The purpose of a convention center should be the
        promotion, attraction, stimulation, development and expansion
        of business, industry, commerce and tourism in a city of the
        first class, its surrounding counties and this Commonwealth
        as a whole.
            (5)  The development and continuation of a convention
        center will provide benefits to the hotel industry throughout
        the entire region where the convention center is developed.
            (6)  The development and continuation of a convention
        center will also provide benefits to the restaurant and
        entertainment industries throughout the entire region where
        the convention center is located, to all other businesses and
        individuals benefited by the attraction of major conventions
        and tourists, to other individual businesses whose livelihood
        is dependent on the attraction of major conventions and
        tourists and to the general public.
            (7)  The need for and promotion of the type of facility
        which provides and will continue to provide significant
        benefits to the general public will require the expenditure
        of public money, and it is appropriate to authorize a city of
        the first class where the convention center is located to
        impose and collect a tax or continue to impose and collect a
        tax, applicable within the entire territorial limits of the
        city, to facilitate the development or continuation of a
        convention center and the promotion of tourism within the
        city of the first class and the region.
            (8)  To promote the development and continuation of a
        convention center within this Commonwealth, it is necessary
        to provide additional and flexible means of developing,
        constructing, designing, managing, financing and operating
        such a convention center.
            (9)  An important aspect of the development and
        continuation of a convention center should be the removal of
        blighted areas and the redevelopment of blighted areas.
            (10)  The policy of this Commonwealth is to promote the
        health, safety, employment, business opportunities and
        general welfare of the people of this Commonwealth by
        providing for the creation and continuation of a convention
        center authority, which shall exist and operate as a public
        instrumentality of this Commonwealth for the public purpose
        of promoting, attracting, stimulating, developing and
        expanding business, industry, commerce and tourism in this
        Commonwealth. This purpose is declared to be a public purpose
        supporting the enactment of all provisions of this chapter
        and for which public money may be spent, taxes may be imposed
        and continued and private property may be acquired by the
        exercise of the power of eminent domain.

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