PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1078 PRINTER'S NO. 1169
No. 970 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MR. McCLATCHY, APRIL 23, 1979
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 25, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 31, 1978 (No.16A) entitled "An act to
2 provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and
3 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
4 for the public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1978 to
5 June 30, 1979, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1978," to provide for certain deficiency
8 appropriations and additional appropriations to the several
9 departments and agencies of the Commonwealth.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. As much of section 2, act of May 31, 1978
13 (No.16A), known as the "General Appropriation Act of 1978," as
14 relates to the hereinafter identified appropriations to the
15 Auditor General, Treasury Department, Department of Agriculture,
16 Department of Environmental Resources, Department of General
17 Services, Department of Justice, Department of Military Affairs,
18 Board of Probation and Parole, Department of Public Welfare,
19 Department of Revenue and the Department of State, the
20 appropriations to the Department of Justice for Civil Law and
21 the Department of Public Welfare for county administration
1 supplemented March 7, 1979 (No.1A), are amended, and an
2 appropriation is added to the Department of General Services as
3 follows:
4 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
5 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
6 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
7 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
8 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
9 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
10 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
11 rendered, for the purchase of rental of goods, services,
12 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
13 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
14 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
15 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
16 beginning July 1, 1978 and for the payment of bills incurred and
17 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
18 30, 1978.
19 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
20 * * *
21 To the Department of the Auditor General
22 * * *
23 Administration of the Board of Arbitration
24 of Claims......................................... [212,000]
25 287,000
26 * * *
27 To the Treasury Department
28 * * *
29 For the payment of replacement checks issued
30 in lieu of outstanding checks when presented and
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1 to adjust errors................................. [50,000]
2 353,000
3 * * *
4 For publishing statements of the General Fund
5 and other funds of the Commonwealth.............. [17,000]
6 36,000
7 * * *
8 To the Department of Agriculture
9 * * *
10 For payment of compensation to owners of
11 animals destroyed in disease eradication
12 programs.......................................... [200,000]
13 255,000
14 * * *
15 To the Department of Environmental Resources
16 * * *
17 For reimbursement to municipalities toward
18 the costs incurred by them in the enforcement
19 of the Sewage Facilities Act...................... [1,000,000]
20 1,868,000
21 * * *
22 To the Department of General Services
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses for the proper administration of the
25 Department of General Services including
26 distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
27 maintenance and disposition of State automotive
28 equipment, standards and specifications of
29 commodities for State agencies, purchase of
30 commodities for State agencies, real estate and
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1 insurance, building, construction and engineering,
2 maintenance and custody of State office buildings
3 and grounds, General Services, Federal surplus
4 property, and distribution of Federal surplus
5 commodities....................................... [$19,985,000]
6 $20,081,000
7 * * *
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
9 expenses incurred in the administration of the
10 tort claims program as required by the act of
11 September 28, 1978 (P.L.788, No.152).............. 60,000 <--
12 40,000
13 * * *
14 To the Department of Justice
15 For general government operations:
16 * * *
17 Regional offices............................... [1,190,000]
18 1,203,000
19 * * *
20 Investigations................................. [521,000]
21 591,000
22 * * *
23 Civil Law...................................... [1,668,000]
24 1,796,000
25 Consumer Protection............................ [867,000]
26 912,000
27 * * *
28 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
29 tion of the State Correctional Institutions....... [70,613,000]
30 73,574,000
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1 No funds from this appropriation are to be
2 used for currently existing or new community
3 service centers.
4 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
5 tion of the community service centers............. [2,059,000]
6 2,077,000
7 * * *
8 To the Department of Military Affairs
9 * * *
10 For the operation and maintenance of the
11 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie including
12 those expenses necessary for interior renova-
13 tions............................................. [839,000]
14 948,000
15 * * *
16 For pensions for veterans blinded through
17 service-connected injuries or disease............. [80,000]
18 85,000
19 * * *
20 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
24 offenders......................................... [$9,447,000]
25 $9,989,000
26 * * *
27 To the Department of Public Welfare
28 * * *
29 For assistance payments and county administra-
30 tion of the public assistance programs and medical
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1 assistance programs:
2 Cash assistance................................ [594,064,000]
3 581,664,000
4 County administration.......................... [100,217,000]
5 110,417,000
6 * * *
7 Medical assistance............................. [395,540,000]
8 405,540,000
9 * * *
10 Private nursing homes.......................... [80,000,000]
11 89,000,000
12 For payment to private nursing homes for
13 skilled nursing care and intermediate care for
14 persons eligible for medical assistance services.
15 No money shall be disbursed from this
16 appropriation for services provided in
17 hospital based long-term care facilities or
18 long-term care units of acute care hospitals.
19 Public nursing homes........................... [37,072,000]
20 41,072,000
21 * * *
22 To the Department of Revenue
23 * * *
24 For the distribution of Public Utility
25 Realty Tax........................................ [34,000,000]
26 38,241,000
27 * * *
28 To the Department of State
29 * * *
30 For publication of proposed constitutional
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1 amendments........................................ [60,000]
2 120,000
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Any appropriation under the provisions of this
5 act which is the same or similar to an appropriation under the
6 "Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1978" shall replace such
7 appropriation.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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