Section 19. Limitation on certain capital projects.
(1) For the capital project itemized in section 3(2)(i)(A), no project activity shall be initiated and no funds shall be disbursed without the written approval of the Chief Clerk of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Capitol Preservation Committee.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the projects itemized in sections 3(10) and 6(51) for the construction, infrastructure and other related costs to modernize a publicly owned natural gas utilities system in cities of the first class shall not be released for design or construction and the Commonwealth shall not execute a grant or delegation agreement for said project until such time as the General Assembly enacts specific legislation authorizing a publicly owned natural gas utility system in a city of the first class to undertake the project.
(3) The authorization and appropriation for the capital projects itemized in section 3(10), with an authorization of $20,000,000 or more, shall be effective upon the release by the Governor's Budget Office, in conjunction with the Department of General Services, of the capital project itemized in section 3(8)(i)(F) of the act of June 22, 2004 (P.L.257, No.40), known as the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2003-2004, for the design phase. The capital projects itemized in section 3(10), with an authorization of $20,000,000 or more, shall not be released for design by the Department of General Services or the Office of the Budget until the project itemized in section 3(8)(i)(F) of the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2003-2004 has been released for construction.