Pennsylvania Act 1986-61 — HIGHWAY TO ADVENTURE AND MOUNT NITTANY EXPRESSWAY - DESIGNATIONS

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HIGHWAY TO ADVENTURE AND MOUNT NITTANY EXPRESSWAY - DESIGNATIONS
                  Act of May 16, 1986, P.L. 202, No. 61               Cl. 87
                                  AN ACT

        Designating Route 903 as the Highway to Adventure and a
     section of U.S. Route 322 (Legislative Route 1050) as the Mount
     Nittany Expressway.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The portion of Pennsylvania Route 903 in the
     Pocono Mountain area is designated and shall be known as the
     Highway to Adventure.
        Section 2.  The section of U.S. Route 322 (Legislative Route
     1050) from Boalsburg to near Buffalo Run, referred to as the
     State College Bypass, is designated and shall be known as the
     Mount Nittany Expressway.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
        Section 4.1.  Grants for Industrial Site Development
     Projects.--(a)  Grants.--The secretary is hereby authorized,
     upon application by an eligible municipality, county, municipal
     authority, industrial development agency or redevelopment
     authority, to make grants to said municipality, county,
     municipal authority, industrial development agency or
     redevelopment authority for eligible industrial site development
     projects.
        (b)  Eligible industrial site development projects.--To be
     eligible for grant funds under this section, a project must meet
     the following criteria, to the satisfaction of the department:
        (1)  Create opportunities to develop new facilities or to
     expand existing facilities for manufacturing, industrial
     research and development, and other industrial operations that
     produce goods, as determined by the department;
        (2)  Eliminate, reduce or otherwise alleviate blight at an
     industrial site; and
        (3)  Have potential for job creation.
        (c)  Eligible project costs.--Grant funds awarded under this
     section may be used for one or more of the following purposes:
        (1)  to acquire land and buildings;
        (2)  to demolish and clear buildings and other structures;
        (3)  to construct new or reconstruct existing public or
     private infrastructure, including utilities;
        (4)  to clean up hazardous waste and materials;
        (5)  to excavate, grade and otherwise prepare industrial
     sites; or
        (6)  to pay engineering, design and inspection costs
     associated with other eligible costs.
        (d)  Maximum grant amount.--The maximum amount of grant funds
     awarded under this section to any one project in any fiscal year
     shall not exceed $1,500,000.
        (e)  Expiration of approval authority.--No grants may be
     approved under this section after June 30, 1996. ((e) amended
     June 28, 1993, P.L.186, No.40)
        (4.1 added July 10, 1989, P.L.310, No.51)