SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 58, 116, 251, PRINTER'S NO. 440
352, 439
No. 56 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MR. McCLATCHY, FEBRUARY 5, 1979
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MARCH 5, 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 $4,261,000
27 FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO THE UNITED
28 NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES AND HEALTH CARE
29 CORPORATION........................................ $57,000
30 FOR SALARIES, WAGES, AND ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES <--
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1 FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUALITY ASSUR-
2 ANCE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WHICH
3 IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AND TO ASSURE
4 APPROPRIATE CARE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN
5 PENNSYLVANIA....................................... $3,167,000
6 To the Department of Justice
7 For general government operations:
8 Civil Law....................................... $1,668,000
9 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS <--
10 FOR ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
11 OF THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME AT ERIE: PROVIDED,
12 HOWEVER, THAT NO ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT SHALL EXCEED
13 THE SUM OF $99,000................................. $480,000
14 To the Department of Public Welfare
15 For county administration...................... $100,217,000
16 For administration of the State mental health
17 and mental retardation legislation exclusive of
18 capital improvements; for payments to reimburse
19 counties, county institution districts and private
20 institutions; and for the care of mental patients
21 boarded out by the State institutions for the
22 mentally ill and mentally retarded................. $106,349,000
23 Supplemental grants - aged, blind and disabled.. $59,552,000
24 For the purpose of developing, operating and
25 purchasing day care services for children from
26 State approved facilities.......................... $10,516,000
27 To the Department of Health <--
28 For the Chronic Renal Dialysis Program.......... $1,278,000
29 TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE <--
30 FOR SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES
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1 FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
2 STATE POLICE, INCLUDING JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION,
3 CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, PREVENTION AND CONTROL
4 OF CIVIL DISORDERS, EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE
5 AND FIRE PREVENTION. NO STATE POLICE SUBSTATION
6 SHALL BE CLOSED UNTIL THE STATE POLICE HAVE
7 PRESENTED JUSTIFICATION AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR
8 SUCH ACTION BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE APPRO-
9 PRIATION COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 AND THE SENATE................................... $53,028,000
11 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT <--
12 TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
13 FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
14 INCURRED PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF OCTOBER 4, 1978
15 (P.L.883, NO.170) REFERRED TO AS THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL
16 AND EMPLOYEE ETHICS LAW........................... $ 100,000
17 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
18 COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
19 FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PER DIEM SALARY, MILEAGE,
20 AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES TO RETIRED OR ACTIVE
21 VISITING JUDGES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR
22 OFFICIAL DUTIES.................................. $750,000
23 IV. MOTOR LICENSE FUND
24 THE FOLLOWING SUMS OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
25 ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED FROM THE MOTOR LICENSE FUND
26 TO THE HEREINAFTER NAMED AGENCIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE
27 PAYMENT OF SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL
28 EXPENSES OF THE DULY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
29 OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND OTHER EXPENSES
30 NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF THE DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND
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1 ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET FORTH FOR THE FISCAL
2 PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1, 1978 AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF BILLS
3 INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL PERIOD
4 ENDING JUNE 30, 1978.
5 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
6 FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY <--
7 EXPENSES FOR THE OPERATION OF THE HIGHWAY AND
8 SAFETY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PLANNING
9 AND RESEARCH, DESIGN, ENGINEERING, RIGHT-OF-WAY
10 ACQUISITION AND THE OPERATION OF THE ENGINEERING
11 DISTRICT FACILITIES AND LIAISON SERVICES WITH
12 COMMUNITIES ON LOCAL ROAD ENGINEERING AND
13 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.......................... $1,500,000 <--
14 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF THE AMOUNT <--
15 APPROPRIATED, $4,200,000 IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY
16 FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAFETY CONSTRUCTION
17 PROGRAM AND $300,000 IS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY
18 FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRIDGE DESIGN........... $51,356,000
19 FOR HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND PAVING IN <--
20 ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON L.R.736; T.R.837 FROM STATION
21 1007+82 TO STATION 1054+67....................... $ 355,000
22 FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY <--
23 EXPENSES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF
24 THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR STATE ROADS, BRIDGES,
25 TUNNELS AND STRUCTURES, INCLUDING THE OPERATION
26 OF THE COUNTY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FACILITIES.... 9,600,000 <--
27 $354,032,000
28 IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT
29 THE ADDITIONAL $9,600,000 $25,000,000 AND ANY <--
30 OTHER FUNDS NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR ORDINARY
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1 MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION BE USED TO MAKE ALL
2 NECESSARY REPAIRS OR REHABILITATION OF ROAD DAMAGES
3 CAUSED BY THE SEVERE WINTER OF 1978-1979.
4 TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE <--
5 FOR TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND TO FINANCE THE
6 TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY FACILITIES
7 PROGRAM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE......... $72,542,000
8 II. V. Federal Augmentation Funds <--
9 The following sum SUMS, or as much thereof as may <--
10 be necessary, is ARE hereby specifically appropriated <--
11 from the Federal augmentation funds to the
12 following agency of the Executive Department of
13 the Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses
14 of implementing and carrying out the program PROGRAMS <--
15 stated herein for the fiscal year beginning
16 July 1, 1978:
17 Executive Department
18 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <--
19 THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AUGMENTATION AMOUNTS,
20 OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, ARE HEREBY
21 SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED TO SUPPLEMENT THE SUM OF
22 $9,667,000 APPROPRIATED FROM COMMONWEALTH REVENUES
23 FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS:
24 FEDERAL COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES -
25 SUPPLEMENTAL FORMULA GRANTS ARE SPECIFICALLY APPRO-
26 PRIATED TO THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
27 (1) TO THE PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.. $ 114,000
28 (2) TO THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. $61,000
29 To the Department of Public Welfare
30 The following Federal augmentaion AUGMENTATION amounts, or <--
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1 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
2 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum of
3 $8,715,000 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues
4 for services for the aging:
5 Food Distribution (Food Donation Program).......... $2,500,000
6 The following Federal Title XX Social Services
7 augmentation amount, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to
9 supplement the sum of $19,244,000 appropriated
10 from Commonwealth revenues for day care:
11 "Title XX - Social Services" - for provision of
12 social services to eligible persons in day care
13 programs........................................... $59,477,000
14 III. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT <--
15 To the State Ethics Commission
16 For the salaries, wages and necessary expenses
17 incurred pursuant to the act of October 4, 1978
18 (No.170) referred to as the Public Official and
19 Employees Ethics Law............................... $100,000
20 Section 3. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any
21 appropriation under the provisions of this act which is the same
22 or similar to an appropriation under the act of May 31, 1978
23 (No.16A), entitled "An act to provide for the expenses of the
24 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
25 Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for the
26 fiscal period July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979, and for the payment
27 of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
28 fiscal period ending June 30, 1978," as amended, OR THE ACT OF <--
29 JULY 1, 1978 (NO.55A), KNOWN AS THE "MOTOR LICENSE FUND
30 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978," AS
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1 AMENDED, or the act of July 1, 1978 (No.56A), entitled "An act
2 appropriating the Federal augmentation to the Executive and
3 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth and establishing
4 restricted receipts accounts for the fiscal period July 1, 1978
5 to June 30, 1979 and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
7 30, 1978," shall replace such appropriations.
8 Section 4. (a) The act of May 31, 1978 (No.16A), known as
9 the "General Appropriation Act of 1978," as amended, is repealed
10 insofar as it is inconsistent herewith.
11 (B) THE ACT OF JULY 1, 1978 (NO.55A), KNOWN AS THE "MOTOR <--
12 LICENSE FUND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF
13 1978," AS AMENDED, IS REPEALED INSOFAR AS IT IS INCONSISTENT
14 HEREWITH.
15 (b) (C) The act of July 1, 1978 (No.56A), known as the <--
16 "Federal Augmentation Appropriation Act of 1978," is repealed
17 insofar as it is inconsistent herewith.
18 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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