SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 58, 116, 251              PRINTER'S NO. 352

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 56 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY MR. McCLATCHY, FEBRUARY 5, 1979

        SENATOR SMITH, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
           FEBRUARY 20, 1979

                                     AN ACT

     1  To further provide for the expenses of the Executive, and         <--
     2     Legislative AND JUDICIAL Departments of the Commonwealth for   <--
     3     the fiscal period July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979, and to make
     4     additional appropriations FROM THE MOTOR LICENSE FUND; AND     <--
     5     from the Federal augmentation to the Executive and
     6     Legislative Departments for the fiscal period July 1, 1978 to
     7     June 30, 1979.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the
    11  "Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1978."
    12     Section 2.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
    13  necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
    14  Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive
    15  and Legislative Departments of the Commonwealth for the payment
    16  of salaries, wages or other compensation and travel expenses of
    17  the duly elected or appointed officers and employees of the
    18  Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
    19  rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
    20  printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any

     1  other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
     2  the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
     3  for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
     4  beginning July 1, 1978 and for the payment of bills incurred and
     5  remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
     6  30, 1978.
     7                      I.  Executive Department
     8                          To the Governor
     9     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    10  expenses for the following purposes and activities,
    11  including the maintenance of the Executive Mansion,
    12  the expense of entertainment of official guests
    13  and members of the General Assembly and the Judiciary,
    14  participation in the Governor's Conference, the
    15  expenses of the Executive Board, and for the payment
    16  of traveling expenses of persons other than employees
    17  of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
    18  represent or otherwise serve the Commonwealth.
    19     Administration of the Office of Governor........   $2,497,000
    20                       TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL                       <--
    21     ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION AND
    22  CLAIMS.............................................     $287,000
    23                    TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
    24     FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING, OPERATING AND
    25  PURCHASING RENAL DISEASE SERVICES..................   $4,911,000
    26     FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO THE UNITED
    27  NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES AND HEALTH CARE
    28  CORPORATION........................................      $57,000
    29                    To the Department of Justice
    30     For general government operations:
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     1     Civil Law.......................................   $1,668,000
     2               TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS                <--
     3     FOR ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
     4  OF THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME AT ERIE:  PROVIDED,
     5  HOWEVER, THAT NO ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT SHALL EXCEED
     6  THE SUM OF $99,000.................................     $480,000
     7                To the Department of Public Welfare
     8     For county administration......................  $100,217,000
     9     For administration of the State mental health
    10  and mental retardation legislation exclusive of
    11  capital improvements; for payments to reimburse
    12  counties, county institution districts and private
    13  institutions; and for the care of mental patients
    14  boarded out by the State institutions for the
    15  mentally ill and mentally retarded................. $106,349,000
    16     Supplemental grants - aged, blind and disabled..  $59,552,000
    17     For the purpose of developing, operating and
    18  purchasing day care services for children from
    19  State approved facilities..........................  $10,516,000
    20                    To the Department of Health                     <--
    21     For the Chronic Renal Dialysis Program..........   $1,278,000
    22                    II.  LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT                     <--
    23                   TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
    24     FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
    25  INCURRED PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF OCTOBER 4, 1978
    26  (P.L.883, NO.170) REFERRED TO AS THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL
    27  AND EMPLOYEE ETHICS LAW...........................    $ 100,000
    28                     III.  JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    29                       COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
    30     FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PER DIEM SALARY, MILEAGE,
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     1  AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES TO RETIRED OR ACTIVE
     2  VISITING JUDGES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
     3  OFFICIAL DUTIES..................................      $750,000
     4                      IV.  MOTOR LICENSE FUND
     5     THE FOLLOWING SUMS OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
     6  ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED FROM THE MOTOR LICENSE FUND
     7  TO THE HEREINAFTER NAMED AGENCIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE
     8  PAYMENT OF SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL
     9  EXPENSES OF THE DULY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
    10  OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND OTHER EXPENSES
    11  NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF THE DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND
    12  ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET FORTH FOR THE FISCAL
    13  PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 1978 AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF BILLS
    14  INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL PERIOD
    15  ENDING JUNE 30, 1978.
    16                TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    17     FOR HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND PAVING IN
    18  ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON L.R.736; T.R.837 FROM STATION
    19  1007+82 TO STATION 1054+67.......................     $ 355,000
    20                 II. V.  Federal Augmentation Funds                 <--
    21     The following sum SUMS, or as much thereof as may              <--
    22  be necessary, is ARE hereby specifically appropriated             <--
    23  from the Federal augmentation funds to the
    24  following agency of the Executive Department of
    25  the Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses
    26  of implementing and carrying out the program PROGRAMS             <--
    27  stated herein for the fiscal year beginning
    28  July 1, 1978:
    29                        Executive Department
    30                    TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH                     <--
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     1     THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AUGMENTATION AMOUNTS,
     2  OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, ARE HEREBY
     3  SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED TO SUPPLEMENT THE SUM OF
     4  $9,667,000 APPROPRIATED FROM COMMONWEALTH REVENUES
     5  FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS:
     6     FEDERAL COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES -
     7  SUPPLEMENTAL FORMULA GRANTS ARE SPECIFICALLY APPRO-
     8  PRIATED TO THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
     9     (1)  TO THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH..    $ 114,000
    10     (2)  TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.      $61,000
    11                To the Department of Public Welfare
    12     The following Federal augmentaion AUGMENTATION amounts, or     <--
    13  as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
    14  specifically appropriated to supplement the sum of
    15  $8,715,000 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues
    16  for services for the aging:
    17  Food Distribution (Food Donation Program)..........   $2,500,000
    18     The following Federal Title XX Social Services
    19  augmentation amount, or as much thereof as may be
    20  necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to
    21  supplement the sum of $19,244,000 appropriated
    22  from Commonwealth revenues for day care:
    23     "Title XX - Social Services" - for provision of
    24  social services to eligible persons in day care
    25  programs...........................................  $59,477,000
    26                    III.  LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT                    <--
    27                   To the State Ethics Commission
    28     For the salaries, wages and necessary expenses
    29  incurred pursuant to the act of October 4, 1978
    30  (No.170) referred to as the Public Official and
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     1  Employees Ethics Law...............................     $100,000
     2     Section 3.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that any
     3  appropriation under the provisions of this act which is the same
     4  or similar to an appropriation under the act of May 31, 1978
     5  (No.16A), entitled "An act to provide for the expenses of the
     6  Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
     7  Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for the
     8  fiscal period July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979, and for the payment
     9  of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
    10  fiscal period ending June 30, 1978," as amended, OR THE ACT OF    <--
    11  JULY 1, 1978 (NO.55A), KNOWN AS THE "MOTOR LICENSE FUND
    12  SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978," AS
    13  AMENDED, or the act of July 1, 1978 (No.56A), entitled "An act
    14  appropriating the Federal augmentation to the Executive and
    15  Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth and establishing
    16  restricted receipts accounts for the fiscal period July 1, 1978
    17  to June 30, 1979 and for the payment of bills incurred and
    18  remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
    19  30, 1978," shall replace such appropriations.
    20     Section 4.  (a)  The act of May 31, 1978 (No.16A), known as
    21  the "General Appropriation Act of 1978," as amended, is repealed
    22  insofar as it is inconsistent herewith.
    23     (B)  THE ACT OF JULY 1, 1978 (NO.55A), KNOWN AS THE "MOTOR     <--
    24  LICENSE FUND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF
    25  1978," AS AMENDED, IS REPEALED INSOFAR AS IT IS INCONSISTENT
    26  HEREWITH.
    27     (b) (C)  The act of July 1, 1978 (No.56A), known as the        <--
    28  "Federal Augmentation Appropriation Act of 1978," is repealed
    29  insofar as it is inconsistent herewith.
    30     Section 5.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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