Title 16, COUNTIES

(a) General rule.--Subject to the limitations in subsections (b) and (c), money in the Regional Growth Fund shall be used by the authority to fund the capital costs of new or improved economic development projects of the following types: (1) Industrial site development, including…

(a) General rule.--A body corporate and politic to be known as the Regional Renaissance Authority is established as a special purpose areawide unit of local government under section 7 of Article IX of the Constitution of Pennsylvania exercising powers as a unit of local governmen…

(a) General rule.--The powers of the authority shall be exercised by a governing body having full authority to manage the properties and business of the authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the au…

(a) Purposes.--The purpose of the authority includes, but is not limited to, the following: (1) Supporting and financing the construction of regional destination facilities. (2) Assuring the efficient and effective operation and development of regional destination facilities. (3)…

(a) Fiscal year.--The fiscal year of the authority shall commence on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of the next year, except as otherwise provided by the board. (b) Annual report.--The board shall, no later than the start of each fiscal year, prepare a comprehensive annua…

(a) Agreements.--Immediately upon the creation of the authority, the board shall commence the negotiation, with public or private entities as it considers appropriate, of agreements relating to the construction of regional destination facilities. Agreements regarding the construc…

(a) General rule.--At least 90 days before commencement of the ensuing fiscal year of the authority, recommended capital budgets relating to the Regional Destination Facilities Fund and the Regional Growth Fund shall be prepared and submitted to the board. The capital budgets sha…

(a) General rule.--At least 90 days before commencement of the ensuing fiscal year of the authority, a recommended operating budget shall be prepared and submitted to the board. The operating budget shall set forth the estimated receipts and revenues of the authority during the n…

(a) General rule.--A member of the board or an employee of the authority may not, concurrent with the service of the member or employee with the authority, be a party officer, public officer, public official, public employee or a member of the immediate family of a party officer,…

The effectuation of the authorized purpose of the authority shall be exclusively for the benefit of the residents of this Commonwealth, the increase of commerce and prosperity and the improvement of health and living conditions. The authority may not be required to pay taxes or a…

The authority may issue bonds, sell bonds, use net proceeds of bond sales, refund bonds, adopt pledges, mortgages, covenants, indentures and trusts, exercise remedies and confer additional remedies upon persons holding bonds in the same manner as provided in 64 Pa.C.S. Ch. 60 (re…

Except as provided by and subject to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 85 Subchs. A (relating to general provisions) and C (relating to actions against local parties), the authority and its officers, officials and employees shall have governmental immunity.

All money of the authority shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority and invested in the same manner as provided in 64 Pa.C.S. § 6012 (relating to moneys of authority).

(a) General rule.-- (1) The central city, the central county or a contiguous county, regardless of if the county is a participating county, and any special-purpose areawide unit of local government located or operating, in whole or in part, in any county may make grants from curr…

The tax imposed under this subchapter shall be in addition to any tax imposed by the Commonwealth under Article II of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971. Except for the differing situs provisions in section 17153 (relating to situs), the …

(a) Tax.--A county shall levy, assess and collect a tax on the purchase price upon each separate sale at retail of tangible personal property or services, as defined in Article II of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, within the boundari…

The situs of sales at retail or uses, including leases, of motor vehicles, aircraft, motorcraft and utility services shall be determined in the manner specified by section 504 of the act of June 5, 1991 (P.L.9, No.6), known as the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Author…

(a) Ballot.--The county board of elections of the central county and each contiguous county shall cause to be printed on the official ballot and ballot labels at the municipal election in November 1997 a referendum to determine the will of the electorate within the county with re…

A license for the collection of the taxes imposed under this subchapter shall be issued in the same manner as is provided for in section 505 of the act of June 5, 1991 (P.L.9, No.6), known as the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Act for Cities of the First Cla…

Rules and regulations shall be applicable to the taxes imposed under this subchapter in the same manner as is provided for in section 506(1) and (2) of the act of June 5, 1991 (P.L.9, No.6), known as the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Act for Cities of the F…

(a) General rule.--The department may retain a sum equal to the reasonable and necessary costs of collection and shall inform the authority in writing monthly of the sum retained and the costs of collection reimbursed. To provide a timely forecast and assure consideration of the …

(a) General rule.--The rate of the tax imposed under former section 1970.2 of the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code, shall be increased by 2% to a rate of 7%, subject to adjustment under section 17154(i) (relating to referenda levying a…

(a) General rule.--A body corporate and politic to be known as the Southwestern Pennsylvania Convention Center Design Commission is established as a special-purpose government instrumentality exercising the powers conferred by this chapter. The exercise by the design commission o…

(a) General rule.--A member or employee of the design commission may not, concurrent with the service of the member or employee with the design commission, be a party officer, public officer, public official, public employee or a member of the immediate family of a party officer,…

(a) Contracts.--Contracts for the design and planning of the renovations, improvements and expansion of the convention center that are to be funded in whole or in part under this chapter may not be let without the approval of the design commission. The power of the design commiss…

(a) Fund established.--Subject to section 17154(f)(1) (relating to referenda levying additional taxes), the Regional Destination Facilities Fund is established. The treasurer of the authority shall be custodian of the Regional Destination Facilities Fund, which shall be subject t…

(a) Allocations.--Each long-term budget required by section 17135(b) (relating to initial financial plan) shall provide that the total expenditure of money in the Regional Destination Facilities Fund which has already been made plus the expenditures provided for in the long-term …

(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth to grant and convey to the authority, for a consideration of $1, as soon as practicable after the approval in the central county of …