0001193125-17-146635.txt : 20170428 0001193125-17-146635.hdr.sgml : 20170428 20170428123103 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-146635 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170428 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170428 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170428 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EATON VANCE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001074687 IRS NUMBER: 046880053 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09151 FILM NUMBER: 17793281 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-482-8260 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 N-Q 1 d336206dnq.htm EATON VANCE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

811-09151

Investment Company Act File Number

Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

November 30

Date of Fiscal Year End

February 28, 2017

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Eaton Vance

Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

February 28, 2017

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 157.0%

 

                                                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Cogeneration — 0.4%

   

Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, (Northampton Generating), 5.00%, 12/31/23(1)

  $ 378     $ 150,909  
   

 

 

 
    $ 150,909  
   

 

 

 

Education — 29.4%

   

Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority, (Duquesne University), 5.00%, 3/1/29

  $ 470     $ 542,460  

Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, (George School), 5.00%, 9/15/39

    500       534,490  

Cumberland County Municipal Authority, (Dickinson College), 5.00%, 11/1/39

    1,200       1,273,920  

Delaware County Authority, (Villanova University), 4.00%, 8/1/45

    1,000       1,017,170  

Lehigh County General Purpose Authority, (Muhlenberg College), 5.00%, 2/1/32

    830       949,329  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Lafayette College), 5.00%, 11/1/32

    750       857,153  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/24

    45       50,759  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/25

    65       73,466  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/26

    140       159,058  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/27

    90       101,601  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/30

    130       143,953  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/31

    110       121,081  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Moravian College), 5.00%, 10/1/40

    205       220,008  

Northeastern Pennsylvania Hospital and Education Authority, (Wilkes University), 5.00%, 3/1/27

    625       694,281  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Saint Joseph’s University), 5.00%, 11/1/40

    440       482,376  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Thomas Jefferson University), 5.00%, 3/1/42

    600       657,954  

Pennsylvania State University, 5.00%, 9/1/34

    750       871,268  

State Public School Building Authority, (Northampton County Area Community College), 5.50%, 3/1/31

    750       841,560  

Swarthmore Borough Authority, (Swarthmore College), 5.00%, 9/15/38

    250       287,690  

Washington County Industrial Development Authority, (Washington and Jefferson College), 5.25%, 11/1/30

    575       628,607  
   

 

 

 
    $ 10,508,184  
   

 

 

 

Escrowed/Prerefunded — 21.1%

   

Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority, (Duquesne University), Prerefunded to 3/1/21, 5.50%, 3/1/31

  $ 1,050     $ 1,219,480  

Chester County, Prerefunded to 7/15/19, 5.00%, 7/15/27

    395       431,628  

Daniel Boone Area School District, Prerefunded to 8/15/18, 5.00%, 8/15/32

    435       461,274  

Daniel Boone Area School District, Prerefunded to 8/15/18, 5.00%, 8/15/32

    315       333,932  

Daniel Boone Area School District, Prerefunded to 8/15/18, 5.00%, 8/15/32

    220       233,222  

Dauphin County General Authority, (Pinnacle Health System), Prerefunded to 6/1/19, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    360       399,686  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Lehigh University), Prerefunded to 5/15/19, 5.00%, 11/15/39

    500       543,455  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Thomas Jefferson University), Prerefunded to 3/1/20, 5.00%, 3/1/40

    625       695,363  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Prerefunded to 6/1/18, 5.625%, 6/1/29

    750       795,210  

 

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Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Prerefunded to 6/1/19, 5.25%, 6/1/39

  $ 420     $ 459,589  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Prerefunded to 6/1/19, 5.25%, 6/1/39

    65       71,127  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Prerefunded to 12/1/20, 5.35%, 12/1/30

    495       569,141  

Philadelphia School District, Prerefunded to 9/1/18, 6.00%, 9/1/38

    985       1,059,978  

Philadelphia School District, Prerefunded to 9/1/18, 6.00%, 9/1/38

    15       16,142  

Philadelphia, Gas Works Revenue, Prerefunded to 8/1/20, 5.25%, 8/1/40

    235       266,556  
   

 

 

 
    $ 7,555,783  
   

 

 

 

General Obligations — 8.5%

   

Chester County, 4.00%, 7/15/29

  $ 750     $ 832,132  

Chester County, 5.00%, 7/15/27

    105       114,219  

Daniel Boone Area School District, 5.00%, 8/15/32

    30       31,464  

Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority, 5.75%, 7/1/32

    1,000       1,222,440  

West York Area School District, 5.00%, 4/1/33

    750       825,908  
   

 

 

 
    $ 3,026,163  
   

 

 

 

Hospital — 21.2%

   

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), 5.50%, 8/15/34

  $ 500     $ 541,110  

Chester County Health and Education Facilities Authority, (Jefferson Health System), 5.00%, 5/15/40

    750       805,365  

Dauphin County General Authority, (Pinnacle Health System), 6.00%, 6/1/29

    390       428,551  

Lehigh County General Purpose Authority, (Lehigh Valley Health Network), 4.00%, 7/1/33

    500       507,190  

Lehigh County General Purpose Authority, (Lehigh Valley Health Network), 4.00%, 7/1/35

    235       235,536  

Lycoming County Authority, (Susquehanna Health System), 5.75%, 7/1/39

    750       818,520  

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, (Abington Memorial Hospital Obligated Group), 5.00%, 6/1/31

    1,095       1,199,080  

Montgomery County Higher Education and Health Authority, (Holy Redeemer Health System), 5.00%, 10/1/27

    500       552,060  

Northampton County General Purpose Authority, (Saint Luke’s Hospital), 5.50%, 8/15/33

    250       272,650  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (UPMC Health System), 5.00%, 5/15/31

    675       727,211  

South Fork Municipal Authority, (Conemaugh Health System), Prerefunded to 7/1/20, 5.50%, 7/1/29

    250       284,753  

Southcentral Pennsylvania General Authority, (WellSpan Health Obligated Group), 5.00%, 6/1/34

    1,085       1,199,446  
   

 

 

 
    $ 7,571,472  
   

 

 

 

Housing — 1.3%

   

East Hempfield Township Industrial Development Authority, (Student Services, Inc.), 5.00%, 7/1/39

  $ 175     $ 181,940  

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, SFMR, (AMT), 4.70%, 10/1/37

    265       265,109  
   

 

 

 
    $ 447,049  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Development Revenue — 9.5%

   

Delaware County Industrial Development Authority, (Covanta), 5.00%, 7/1/43(2)

  $ 750     $ 750,383  

Luzerne County Industrial Development Authority, (Pennsylvania-American Water Co.), 5.50%, 12/1/39

    200       218,194  

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.), (AMT), 5.25%, 7/1/42

    750       781,987  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Pennsylvania-American Water Co.), 6.20%, 4/1/39

    250       272,885  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.), (AMT), 5.375%, 3/1/31

    1,115       1,356,007  
   

 

 

 
    $ 3,379,456  
   

 

 

 

 

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Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Insured-Education — 3.7%

   

State Public School Building Authority, (Delaware County Community College), (AGM), Prerefunded to 4/1/18, 5.00%, 10/1/29

  $ 375     $ 391,999  

State Public School Building Authority, (Delaware County Community College), (AGM), Prerefunded to 4/1/18, 5.00%, 10/1/32

    875       914,664  
   

 

 

 
    $ 1,306,663  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Electric Utilities — 3.1%

   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, (NPFG), 5.25%, 7/1/34

  $ 1,080     $ 1,125,036  
   

 

 

 
    $ 1,125,036  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Escrowed/Prerefunded — 18.1%

   

Beaver County, (AGM), Prerefunded to 11/15/17, 5.55%, 11/15/31

  $ 475     $ 491,407  

Bethlehem Area School District, (AGM), Prerefunded to 1/15/20, 5.25%, 1/15/25

    750       836,992  

Lehigh County General Purpose Authority, (Lehigh Valley Health Network), (AGM), Prerefunded to 7/1/18, 5.00%, 7/1/35

    1,440       1,532,765  

Lycoming County Authority, (Pennsylvania College of Technology), (AGC), Prerefunded to 4/1/18, 5.50%, 10/1/37

    500       525,600  

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Drexel University), (NPFG), Prerefunded to 11/1/17, 5.00%, 5/1/37

    1,105       1,136,691  

Westmoreland Municipal Authority, (FGIC), Escrowed to Maturity, 0.00%, 8/15/19

    2,000       1,937,640  
   

 

 

 
    $ 6,461,095  
   

 

 

 

Insured-General Obligations — 3.2%

   

Beaver County, (AGM), Prerefunded to 11/15/17, 5.55%, 11/15/31

  $ 25     $ 25,864  

Laurel Highlands School District, (AGM), 5.00%, 2/1/37

    750       823,710  

Luzerne County, (AGM), 5.00%, 11/15/29

    250       275,550  
   

 

 

 
    $ 1,125,124  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Hospital — 0.9%

   

Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, (UPMC Health System), (NPFG), 6.00%, 7/1/24

  $ 250     $ 308,823  
   

 

 

 
    $ 308,823  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 4.9%

   

Commonwealth Financing Authority, (AGC), 5.00%, 6/1/31

  $ 500     $ 533,890  

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, (One Benjamin Franklin), (AGM), 4.75%, 2/15/27

    1,195       1,223,728  
   

 

 

 
    $ 1,757,618  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Special Tax Revenue — 2.5%

   

Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority, Sales Tax Revenue, (AGM), 5.00%, 2/1/31

  $ 610     $ 668,719  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/45

    1,235       239,800  
   

 

 

 
    $ 908,519  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Transportation — 9.7%

   

Philadelphia, Airport Revenue, (AGM), (AMT), 5.00%, 6/15/27

  $ 525     $ 531,148  

Philadelphia Parking Authority, (AMBAC), 5.25%, 2/15/29

    1,005       1,008,889  

Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, (AGC), 5.25%, 7/1/41

    1,800       1,912,770  
   

 

 

 
    $ 3,452,807  
   

 

 

 

Insured-Water and Sewer — 1.5%

   

Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority, (AGM), 5.00%, 12/1/35

  $ 500     $ 551,990  
   

 

 

 
    $ 551,990  
   

 

 

 

 

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Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Senior Living/Life Care — 0.3%

   

Lancaster Industrial Development Authority, (Garden Spot Village), 5.375%, 5/1/28

  $ 100     $ 108,477  
   

 

 

 
    $ 108,477  
   

 

 

 

Transportation — 12.2%

   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 5.00%, 1/1/35

  $ 465     $ 506,032  

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 5.00%, 1/1/40

    285       309,900  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Amtrak), (AMT), 5.00%, 11/1/41

    450       475,429  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 5.25%, 6/1/39

    515       552,770  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 5.35%, 12/1/30

    935       1,032,577  

Philadelphia, Airport Revenue, (AMT), 5.00%, 6/15/23

    410       452,177  

Philadelphia, Airport Revenue, (AMT), 5.00%, 6/15/27

    970       1,046,746  
   

 

 

 
    $ 4,375,631  
   

 

 

 

Utilities — 1.1%

   

Philadelphia, Gas Works Revenue, 5.25%, 8/1/40

  $ 365     $ 400,347  
   

 

 

 
    $ 400,347  
   

 

 

 

Water and Sewer — 4.4%

   

Harrisburg Water Authority, 5.25%, 7/15/31

  $ 750     $ 763,545  

Philadelphia, Water and Wastewater Revenue, 5.00%, 1/1/36

    750       824,317  
   

 

 

 
    $ 1,587,862  
   

 

 

 

Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 157.0%
(identified cost $52,961,265)

    $ 56,109,008  
   

 

 

 

Taxable Municipal Securities — 0.0%(3)

   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Cogeneration — 0.0%(3)

   

Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, (Northampton Generating), 5.00%, 12/31/23(1)

  $ 37     $ 14,724  
   

 

 

 

Total Taxable Municipal Securities — 0.0%(3)
(identified cost $36,894)

    $ 14,724  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 157.0%
(identified cost $52,998,159)

    $ 56,123,732  
   

 

 

 

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (11.7)%

    $ (4,200,126
   

 

 

 

Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value — (47.5)%

    $ (16,975,000
   

 

 

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.2%

    $ 799,487  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

    $ 35,748,093  
   

 

 

 

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets applicable to common shares.

 

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The Trust invests primarily in debt securities issued by Pennsylvania municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at February 28, 2017, 30.3% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution or financial guaranty assurance agency ranged from 1.8% to 14.7% of total investments.

 

(1) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest in additional principal at the issuer’s discretion.

 

(2) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At February 28, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities is $750,383 or 2.1% of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares.

 

(3) Amount is less than 0.05%.

Futures Contracts

 

Description

       Contracts         

Position

      

Expiration
Month/Year

       Aggregate Cost     Value     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Interest Rate Futures

                       
U.S. Long Treasury Bond        10        Short      Jun-17      $     (1,519,513   $     (1,516,563   $ 2,950  
                       

 

 

 
  $     2,950  
                       

 

 

 

Abbreviations:

AGC

  -   Assured Guaranty Corp.

AGM

  -   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

AMBAC

  -   AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.

AMT

  -   Interest earned from these securities may be considered a tax preference item for purposes of the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax.

FGIC

  -   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company

NPFG

  -   National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.

SFMR

  -   Single Family Mortgage Revenue
 

 

At February 28, 2017, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.

The Trust is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Because the Trust holds fixed-rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. The Trust enters into U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.

At February 28, 2017, the aggregate fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in an asset position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk was $2,950.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Trust at February 28, 2017, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $     52,902,277  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,786,820  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (565,365
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,221,455  
  

 

 

 

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

  Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At February 28, 2017, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Trust’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities

   $      $ 56,109,008      $      $ 56,109,008  

Taxable Municipal Securities

            14,724               14,724  

Total Investments

   $      $ 56,123,732      $      $ 56,123,732  

Futures Contracts

   $ 2,950      $      $      $ 2,950  

Total

   $     2,950      $     56,123,732      $      $     56,126,682  

The Trust held no investments or other financial instruments as of November 30, 2016 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At February 28, 2017, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the fiscal year to date then ended.

For information on the Trust’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act is attached hereto.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

 

By:   /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   April 27, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   April 27, 2017

 

By:   /s/ James F. Kirchner
  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   April 27, 2017
EX-99.CERT 2 d336206dex99cert.htm EX-99.CERT SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION EX-99.CERT Section 302 Certification

Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

Certification

Pursuant to Rule 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003

I, Payson F. Swaffield, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

By:   /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   April 27, 2017


Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

Certification

Pursuant to Rule 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003

I, James F. Kirchner, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

By:   /s/ James F. Kirchner
  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   April 27, 2017