Section 6101-B - Findings and declaration of policy(a) The General Assembly finds the following:(1) Supplemental sources of revenue are needed by municipalities in the southwestern region of this Commonwealth to finance programs of local tax relief.(2) Supplemental sources of public and private revenue are required to preserve, improve and develop the region's civic, recreational, library, sports, cultural and other regional assets.(3) Local governments in southwestern Pennsylvania lack the resources to adequately maintain, improve and modernize the region's civic, recreational, library, sports, cultural and other regional assets, 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 jobs and to the health, welfare, education and quality of life of the citizens of the region.(4) New methods of areawide intergovernmental cooperation, including the transfer of regional assets to private citizen-controlled organizations receiving public support, are essential to preserve and improve the region's civic, recreational, library, sports, cultural and other regional assets.(5) In developing new methods of areawide intergovernmental cooperation to preserve and improve regional assets, every effort should be made to utilize to the maximum extent practicable the existing resources and capabilities of municipalities and private organizations in the region and to avoid the creation of new and duplicative bureaucracies responsible for employing individuals, owning property and executing contracts.(b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to promote the health, welfare and quality of life of the citizens of southwestern Pennsylvania by ensuring the continued availability of the region's assets and thereby to enhance employment and tax relief in the region by authorizing the creation of the Allegheny Regional Asset District as a special purpose areawide unit of government.1953, July 28, P.L. 723, No. 230, art. XXXI-B, § 3101-B, added 1993, Dec. 22, P.L. 529, No. 77, § 2, effective in 60 days. Amended 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1439, No. 186, § 41, effective 1/31/2005.