Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 Pa.C.S.A. Counties § 17112. Findings and declaration of policy

(1) The health, safety and general welfare of the residents of southwestern Pennsylvania are directly dependent upon the continual encouragement, development, growth and expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism within that region.

(2) Unemployment, the spread of indigence and the heavy burden of public assistance and unemployment compensation in southwestern Pennsylvania can be avoided by the promotion, attraction, stimulation, development and expansion of business, industry, commerce and tourism in that region.

(3) Supplemental sources of revenue are needed by municipalities in southwestern Pennsylvania to invest in facilities that will promote economic development and tourism and improve the quality of life of their residents.

(4) Supplemental sources of public and private revenue are required to improve and develop the region's existing economy and to develop new civic, convention, sports, cultural, industrial, transportation and other facilities.

(5) Local governments in southwestern Pennsylvania lack adequate resources to maintain, improve and modernize the region's civic, convention, sports, cultural, industrial, transportation and other facilities, the continued availability of which is vital to the economic growth and development of southwestern Pennsylvania, to the ability of the region to compete globally for visitors, residents and investment in quality jobs at living wages and to the health, welfare, education and quality of life of the residents of the region.