THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DEASY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHAI, HARHART, HARRIS, HESS, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, KULA, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METZGAR, MUNDY, MURT, D. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, SACCONE, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, K. SMITH, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, VULAKOVICH AND WHITE, MARCH 4, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

government; providing for the settlement, assessment,

collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts

due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and

other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,

or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," providing for State Gaming Fund.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known

as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:

ARTICLE XVII-O

2011-2012 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

Section 1799-O.  State Gaming Fund.

(a)  Transfers for Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer

Ambulance Service Grant Act.--Commencing with fiscal year

2011-2012 and continuing annually thereafter, the sum of

$40,000,000 shall be transferred from the State Gaming Fund to

the General Fund and is hereby appropriated on a continuing

basis to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for the

purpose of making grants in accordance with 35 Pa.C.S. Ch.78

Subch. D (relating to grant funding provisions). Annually, the

sum of $35,000,000 shall be expended for the purpose of making

grants to eligible volunteer fire companies pursuant to 35

Pa.C.S. Ch. 78, Subch. B (relating to volunteer fire company

grant program). Annually the sum of $5,000,000 shall be expended

for the purpose of making grants to eligible volunteer ambulance

services pursuant to 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 78, Subch.C (relating to

volunteer ambulance service grant program).

(b)  (Reserved).

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.