State Act

Punjab Roads & Bridges Development Board (PRBDB) Act

7. (1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Fund, which shall vest in the Board established under section 3. (2) The Fund constituted under sub-section (1), shall be administered by the Member-Secretary of the Board under the superintendence and control of the Board. The Fund shall have the following contributions, namely: - (i) the amount of fee levied and collected under section 6; (ii) an annual grant of one hundred crores of rupees from the State Government with an annual increase of ten per cent every year; (iii) the income accrued to the Department of Punjab Works (B&R) from various uses of land 1[belonging to it or the land, which has been entrusted to it by the State Government for any public purpose]; (iv) all types of toll taxes collected by the Department of Public Works (B&R); (v) all fund deposited by the Punjab Rural Development Board, the Punjab Mandi Board, Market Committees, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads; (vi) all contributions received from the Government of India like Central Roads Fund, Railway Safety Fund, funds from the Schemes for Economic and Inter-State Importance Projects, Special Area Assistance Scheme or any other Scheme approved by the Government of India for Roads and Bridges Infrastructure State of Punjab; (vii) additional income to the Department of Public Works (B&R) from road side advertisements, petrol pumps and weigh bridges leases including any other miscellaneous receipt after the commencement of this Act; (viii) donations and private contributions; and (ix) any other funds, which the State Government may subsequently decide to contribute to the Fund.