Section 5. Limitation on expenditures.
(a) General rule.--Beginning in fiscal year 2019-2020, or the first fiscal year in which the indebtedness described under section 3 is incurred, whichever occurs later, it shall be mandatory, not directory, that payments pursuant to section 4(1) shall be made each year from the Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund by the Department of Community and Economic Development.
(b) Proportionate reduction.--In any year that the Department of Community and Economic Development determines for any reason that there are not sufficient funds to make the mandatory payment, the amount of the mandatory payment shall be proportionately reduced in an amount equal to the shortfall in the Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund.
(c) Total expenditures.--Total expenditures under this act for the projects referred to in section 4 shall not exceed the total amount authorized for each project in section 3.