Pennsylvania HB 571: An Act establishing the Rebuild Pennsylvania Board, the Rebuild Pennsylvania Program and the Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund; providing for powers and duties of the board and for use of program money; and making an interfund transfer.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 575
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 571
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, GIRAL, GREEN, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN,
KENYATTA, NEILSON, OTTEN AND SANCHEZ, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
AN ACT
Establishing the Rebuild Pennsylvania Board, the Rebuild
Pennsylvania Program and the Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund;
providing for powers and duties of the board and for use of
program money; and making an interfund transfer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Rebuild
Pennsylvania Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Board." The Rebuild Pennsylvania Board established under
section 3.
"Commonwealth agency." A department, board, commission,
authority or other officer or agency of the Commonwealth. The
term does not include any court or other officer or agency of
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the unified judicial system or the General Assembly or an
officer or agency of the General Assembly.
"Fund." The Rebuild Pennsylvania Fund established under
section 6.
"Program." The Rebuild Pennsylvania Program established
under section 4.
Section 3. Rebuild Pennsylvania Board.
(a) Establishment.--The Rebuild Pennsylvania Board is
established as an independent administrative board. The
Department of Community and Economic Development shall provide
administrative assistance to the board.
(b) Composition.--The board shall be composed of the
following members:
(1) One individual appointed by the Governor.
(2) One individual appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate.
(3) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of
the Senate.
(4) One individual appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
(5) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives.
(c) Chairperson.--The Governor shall select a member of the
board to serve as chairperson. The members of the board shall
select from among themselves any other officers as they shall
determine.
(d) Meetings.--The board shall meet at the call of the
chairperson.
(e) Quorum.--All members of the board shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum. The consent of all members of the board
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shall be necessary to take an action of the board.
(f) Bylaws.--The board shall adopt bylaws as the board deems
necessary governing the conduct of the board.
(g) Participation and voting.--
(1) Members of the board may participate in a meeting by
telephone conference or other electronic technology by means
in which all individuals participating in the meeting can
hear each other.
(2) Members of the board may delegate votes to designees
acting on their behalf only after informing the chairperson
in writing.
(h) Compensation.--The members of the board shall receive no
compensation for service as members of the board but shall be
reimbursed for all necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of duties as members of the
board.
(i) Appointments.--Appointing authorities shall appoint
initial members to the board within 30 days of the effective
date of this subsection. Any appointee to the board may be
removed with or without cause by the appointing authority. When
a vacancy occurs in the board, the appointing authority shall
appoint a successor member within 30 days of the vacancy.
(j) Dissolution.--The board shall dissolve when all money
available for the purposes of this act has been exhausted and
all applicable duties and responsibilities under law have been
completed. Prior to dissolution, the board shall transmit notice
of the dissolution to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
Section 4. Establishment of program.
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The Rebuild Pennsylvania Program is established in the board.
The program shall provide financial assistance in the form of
grants, loans or other forms of financing or funding for the
eligible uses specified under section 5.
Section 5. Use of program money.
(a) Allocation of program money.--
(1) The board shall allocate program money among all of
the following categories:
(i) Flood control infrastructure.
(ii) Disaster response.
(iii) Green infrastructure.
(iv) Redevelopment, repairs and blight demolition.
(v) Storm water infrastructure.
(vi) Brownfield cleanup.
(vii) Contaminant remediation in schools and child-
care centers.
(viii) Business development and site selection.
(ix) Energy efficiency.
(x) Transportation infrastructure.
(2) Within 15 days of th