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Appropriations Hearings 2004-2005 Presentation by Members COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS In re: Appropriations Hearings 2004-2005 Presentation by Members * * * * * Stenographic report of hearing held in Majority Caucus Room, Main Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday February 11, 2004 10:00 a.m. HON. DAVID G. ARGALL, CHAIRMAN Hon. Patrick E. Fleagle, Vice Chairman Hon. Gene DiGirolamo, Secretary Hon. Jim Lynch, Subcommittee on Capitol Budget Hon. Peter J. Zug, Subcommittee on Education Hon. Matthew E. Baker, Subcommittee/Health and Human Services Hon. Dwight Evans, Democratic Chairman MEMBERS OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Hon. Gibson C. Armstrong Hon. Phyllis Mundy Hon. Stephen Barrar Hon. John Myers Hon. Stephen W. Cappelli Hon, Steven R. Nickol Hon. Craig A. Daily Hon. Samuel E. Rohrer Hon. Teresa E. Forcier Hon. Stanley E. Saylor Hon. Dan Frankel Hon. Curt Schroder Hon. Jeffrey E. Habay Hon. Jerry A. Stern Hon. Frank LaGrotta Hon. Mike Sturla Hon. John A. Maher Hon. Thomas A. Tangretti Hon. Kathy M. Manderino Hon. Don Walko Hon. Eugene F. McGill Hon. LeAnna Washington Hon. Anthony J. Melio Hon. Jake Wheatley Also Present: Robert Greenwood, Executive Director Miriam Fox, Democratic Executive Director Reported by: Dorothy M. Malone, RPR ADELMAN REPORTERS 231 Timothy Road Gibsonia, Pennsylvania 15044 Phone/Fax (724) 625—9101 ORIGINAL 2 1 INDEX 2 Name 3 Carole Rubley 3 4 Richard Grucela 8 5 John Evans 10 6 Thomas Tangretti 14 7 Gene DiGirolamo 19 8 Dickie Noles 21 9 Mario Scavello 24 10 Thomas Tigue 29 11 Jennifer Mann 33 12 Kelly Lewis 35 13 Chris Ross 39 14 Greg Vitali 43 15 Dennis O’Brien 46 16 Timothy Solobay 51 17 Paul Clymer 55 18 Jeff Coleman 58 19 Ronald Marsico 66 20 Paul Costa 69 21 Michael Divan 71 22 David Millard 74 23 Jess Stairs 76 24 Jacqueline Crahalla 82 25 Melissa Murphy Weber 84 3 1 2 CHAIRMAN ARGALL: Good morning. On behalf 3 of the House Appropriations Committee, I would like to 4 welcome everyone to this year’s budget hearings on the 5 Governor’s proposed spending and revenue strategies for 6 2004-2005. These hearings are an opportunity for all of us 7 and the public to further review and understand the 8 priorities of the Governor’s budget proposal. 9 This morning we are honored to have a number of 10 House Members who will be offering testimony. For members’ 11 presentations, our tradition is that each of you will have 12 five minutes. Mr. Greenwood will be enforcing that 13 tradition with the dreaded timer. So, with that being 14 noted, we would like to begin. Representative Rubley, 15 welcome. 16 REPRESENTATIVE RUBLEY: Thank you very much and 17 good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the 18 Appropriations Committee. I am very honored to be your 19 first testifier this morning and I will stay within my five 20 minutes. I am pleased to have the opportunity to share 21 with you what I believe are some key projects and their 22 funding needs in the budget for the 2004-2005 fiscal Year. 23 Starting with libraries. We are all aware that 24 State funding for our public libraries was initially 25 reduced by 50 percent, and only about 30 percent of that 4 I reduction was restored in the budget we passed in December. 2 Thus, the allocation to libraries is approximately $27.5 3 million less than they received th~ previous year. 4 Although library budgets did receive 5 substantial increases in the late 1990s, a national survey 6 ranks Pennsylvania 40~ among the 50 states in terms of the 7 quality of library services. Even with the 10 percent 8 increase proposed by Governor Rendell in his recent budget 9 address, Chester County libraries would receive only 70 10 percent of the amount they received back in 2002—2003. 11 The State aid system for public libraries was 12 designed to provide incentives to increase local funding. 13 According to my sources, during the two years in which 14 libraries were fully funded, local support increased by 17 15 percent statewide. The new budget proposal dismantles the 16 incentive system for local support at a time when local 17 governments are facing many fiscal demands. 18 Libraries provide a broad array of services to 19 the public, especially in depressed economic times. I 20 recommend that library funding be restored to at least the 21 2001 level, but if that is not possible, that, at a 22 minimum, a 10 percent increase in funding as proposed be 23 maintained in order to keep our libraries solvent and 24 viable. 25 FOREST LANDS BEAUTIFICATION PROGRA1~4 5 1 The Forest Lands Beautification Act was enacted 2 in 1998 to address the problem of the illegal disposal of 3 waste in State Forests and State Parks. This highly 4 successful program, operated under the direction of the 5 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and 6 Pennsylvania Cleanways, has resulted in the clean up of 7 over 205 sites with the help of almost 2,000 volunteers who 8 have removed over 2,300 tons of trash, plus tons of scrap 9 metal and thousands of tires. In addition, $70,000 of 10 local, in-kind donations have been made. 11 The allocation for the funding of this program 12 expired on December 3, 2002. House Bill 2227 calls for the 13 establishment of a restricted fund of $500,000 annually for 14 a ten-year period to complete the clean up of our park and 15 forest lands. I am asking for a line item in the budget 16 for DCNR of $500,000 to continue this very important 17 project. 18 TRANSIT REVITALIZATION INVESTMENT DISTRICT (TRID 19 House Bill 994 will enable local and county 20 governments and transit agencies, including A~~ITRAK, to 21 enter into formal agreements to create Transit 22 Revitalization Investment Districts for the purpose of 23 promoting economic development, community revitalization, 24 and increased transit ridership. The intent is to promote 25 planning and implementation of transit-oriented development ) 6 1 in communities throughout the Commonwealth with the focus 2 on rail or bus stations and transportation centers. I have 3 attached to this presentation a copy of an article that T 4 wrote for the recent edition of the Harrisburg Patriot News 5 to explain in greater detail the intent of this 6 legislation. 7 This bill calls for an appropriation of five 8 million from the Department of Community and Economic 9 Development on a 25 percent matching basis to fund the 10 technical assistance needed for municipalities to develop 11 local TRID planning studies. 12 This bill is in the House Transportation 13 Committee, and I am hopeful that it will be approved by the 14 House in the near future and signed into law in 2004. This 15 appropriation would be very helpful in moving this 16 important initiative forward to assist in the 17 implementation of a new economic stimulus package in 18 Pennsylvania to advance the revitalization of our cities, 19 boroughs, and high-density municipalities. 20 Many other very important initiatives are 21 before us, including funding for the Approved Private 22 Schools, and I will send a separate memo on that, however, 23 in the interest of time, I have focused on these three 24 topics, to which I hope you will give your earnest 25 consideration. 7 1 Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to 2 share my concerns. I will be happy to answer any questions 3 you might have either now or at your convenience in the 4 future. Thank you very much. 5 CHAIRMAN ARGALL: Thank you very much, 6 Representative Rubley. 7 I noted that in my enthusiasm to get started at 8 the appointed time I forgot to ask, as is our tradition, 9 the members of the Committee to introduce themselves to the 10 public. So if I might begin, Representative Tangretti. 11 REPRESENTATIVE TANGRETTI: Representative 12 Tangretti, Westmoreland County. 13 REPRESENTATIVE RONRER: Sam Rohrer from Berks 14 County. 15 REPRESENTATIVE BAKER: Matt Baker from Bradford 16 County. 17 REPRESENTATIVE FLEAGLE: Mr. Chairman, I will 18 say I am not going to the prom today. It isn’t my 19 birthday, but the Franklin County Career Technical Schools 20 Horticulture Department was down there so I got this. Is 21 this a rose or a carnation? 22 (Laughter) 23 REPRESENTATIVE MCGILL: Gene McGill, Montgomery 24 County. 8 1 REPRESENTATIVE ARMSTRONG: Gib Armstrong, 2 Lancaster County. 3 REPRESENTATIVE FORCIER: Teresa Forcier, 4 Crawford County. 5 REPRESENTATIVE BARRAR: Steve Barrar, Delaware 6 and Chester County. 7 REPRESENTATIVE MELIO: Tony Melio, Bucks 8 County. 9 CHAIRMAN ARGALL: Thank you very much. Thank 10 you again, Carole. Representative Grucela. 11 REPRESENTATIVE GRUCELA: Thank you, Mr. 12 Chairman. Members of the Appropriations Committee, I 13 appreciate this opportunity to make a few remarks and I 14 promise I will try to be brief. 15 I really want to try to talk about just two 16 areas. Obviously, the budget is all encompassing. I would 17 like to focus on two areas. One I know you haven’t heard 18 much about and that is property taxes. But with respect to 19 the property taxes, I would like us to look at perhaps some 20 other possibilities of revenues other than the gambling or 21 the gaming. We have a Bipartisan Tax Reform Caucus, 22 Representative Rubley, who just testified, Representative 23 Steil, myself, Representative Melio have been co-chairs of 24 that committee. Representative Tangretti was very active 9 1 on that committee as well.
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