explicitly required to adopt a balanced Commonwealth budget.
Given the unpredictability and potential insufficiency of
revenue collections, various changes in State law relating to
the 2017-2018 budget implementation and the administration of
State Government which impact revenue may be required to
discharge this constitutional obligation.
(5) Section 11 of Article III of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania requires the adoption of a general appropriation
act that embraces "nothing but appropriations." While actual
items of appropriation can be contained in a General
Appropriations Act, the achievement and implementation of a
comprehensive budget involves administrative action related
to appropriations. Ultimately, the budget has to be balanced
under section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania. This may necessitate administrative changes and
the enactment of statutes to achieve full compliance with
these constitutional provisions.
(6) Among the many administrative challenges faced by
the Commonwealth is use of financial resources for health
care. Central to the health care crisis in this Commonwealth
is substance dependence.
(7) For the reasons set forth in paragraphs (1) through
(6), it is the intent of the General Assembly through this
act to provide for the administrative implementation of the
2017-2018 Commonwealth budget.
(8) Every provision of this act relates to the
administrative implementation of the operating budget of the
Commonwealth for this fiscal year, addressing in various ways
the administrative operations and potential liabilities of
the Commonwealth. To that end, this act is intended to
implement the 2017-2018 Commonwealth budget without
specifically appropriating public money from the General
Fund. This act provides administrative accountability for
spending and makes other changes necessary to impact the
availability of revenue in order to meet the requirements of
section 13 of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania and to implement the act of July 11, 2017 (P.L.
, No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of 2017.
Section 1.1. The title of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, amended
February 23, 2016 (P.L.15, No.7), is amended to read:
AN ACT
Providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the executive and
administrative work of the Commonwealth by the Executive
Department thereof and the administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers thereof, including the
boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or Teachers
Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or authorizing
the reorganization of certain administrative departments,
boards, and commissions; defining the powers and duties of
the Governor and other executive and administrative officers,
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