The cost of a project includes the amount of all payments to contractors or for the acquisition of a project or for lands, easements, rights and other appurtenances deemed necessary for the project, fees of architects, engineers, appraisers, consultants, financial advisors and attorneys incurred in connection with the project financing costs, costs of necessary printing and advertising, costs of preliminary feasibility studies and tests, cost estimates and interest on money borrowed to finance the project, if capitalized, to the date of completion of construction and, if deemed necessary, for one year thereafter, amounts to be placed in reserve funds, if any, a reasonable initial working capital for operating the project and a proper allowance for contingencies and any amount which constitutes, under generally accepted accounting principles, a cost of, and which has been determined by an independent actuary or other expert to be required for the purposes of, a reserve or a contribution toward a combined reserve, pool or other arrangement for losses or liabilities covered by a self-insurance arrangement established by one or more local government units.
Cross References. Section 8007 is referred to in sections 5602, 8002 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 53 - MUNICIPALITIES GENERALLY
Chapter 80 - General Provisions
Section 8001 - Short title, scope and applicability of subpart
Section 8003 - Advertisement and effectiveness of ordinances
Section 8004 - When lease or other agreement evidences acquisition of capital asset
Section 8005 - Classification and authority to issue bonds and notes
Section 8006 - Preliminary cost estimates
Section 8007 - Cost of project
Section 8009 - Guaranty funds and compulsory associations
Section 8021 - No limitation on debt approved by electors
Section 8022 - Limitations on incurring of other debt
Section 8023 - Transfer to electoral debt of debt incurred without approval of electors
Section 8024 - Exclusion of subsidized debt from net nonelectoral debt or net lease rental debt
Section 8027 - Effect of debt limitations on outstanding debt
Section 8029 - Determination of debt limits
Section 8041 - Desire resolution and expense of certain elections
Section 8042 - Advertisement of election
Section 8043 - Conduct of election
Section 8044 - Finality of result of election
Section 8045 - Effect of defeat of question
Section 8046 - Issuance of bonds, notes or other instruments to evidence electoral debt
Section 8047 - Cancellation or termination of approval of electors
Section 8048 - Limitation on use of proceeds of electoral debt