PRINTER'S NO. 2578
No. 189 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY IRVIS, WOJDAK AND BELLOMINI, DECEMBER 9, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, DECEMBER 9, 1975
In the House of Representatives, December 9, 1975
1 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has enacted the act of June 30,
2 1975 (No.8-A), known as the "General Appropriation Act of 1975";
3 and
4 WHEREAS, Said act contains therein an appropriation item to
5 the Department of Public Welfare, to wit:
6 For payment of grants to political
7 subdivisions to provide services for the
8 aging, including but not limited to home-
9 making services, community care services,
10 foster care services, protective care
11 services and counseling services .............5,094,000; and
12 WHEREAS, Political subdivisions do not in all cases provide
13 said services; and
14 WHEREAS, The words of this statute are not explicit and the
15 intention of the General Assembly appears uncertain; and
16 WHEREAS, The General Assembly does not intend a result that
17 is impossible of execution; and
18 WHEREAS, The General Assembly intends that the entire statute
1 be effective and certain; and
2 WHEREAS, The result occasioned by the uncertainty of the
3 language is to deny substantial benefits to the aging; therefore
4 be it
5 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
6 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania intends that the Department
7 of Public Welfare be authorized to expend said already
8 appropriated amount of money, to wit, $5,094,000, for the
9 purpose of developing, operating and purchasing services for the
10 aging, including but not limited to homemaking services,
11 protective care services and counseling services.
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