SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1078, 1169, 1511 PRINTER'S NO. 1522
No. 970 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MR. McCLATCHY, APRIL 23, 1979
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MAY 22, 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 TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND <--
11 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE FISCAL
12 PERIOD JULY 1, 1978 TO JUNE 30, 1979, AND TO MAKE ADDITIONAL
13 APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL AUGMENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE
14 DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1, 1978 TO JUNE 30,
15 1979.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. As much of section 2, act of May 31, 1978 <--
19 (No.16A), known as the "General Appropriation Act of 1978," as
20 relates to the hereinafter identified appropriations to the
21 Auditor General, Treasury Department, Department of Agriculture,
22 Department of Environmental Resources, Department of General
23 Services, Department of Justice, Department of Military Affairs,
24 Board of Probation and Parole, Department of Public Welfare,
1 Department of Revenue and the Department of State, the
2 appropriations to the Department of Justice for Civil Law and
3 the Department of Public Welfare for county administration
4 supplemented March 7, 1979 (No.1A), are amended, and an
5 appropriation is added to the Department of General Services as
6 follows:
7 SECTION 1. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE <--
8 "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978."
9 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
10 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
11 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive, <--
12 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
13 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
14 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
15 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
16 rendered, for the purchase of rental of goods, services,
17 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
18 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
19 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
20 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
21 beginning July 1, 1978 and for the payment of bills incurred and
22 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
23 30, 1978.
24 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
25 * * * <--
26 To the Department of the Auditor General
27 * * * <--
28 Administration of the Board of Arbitration
29 of Claims......................................... [212,000] <--
30 287,000
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1 * * * <--
2 To the Treasury Department
3 * * * <--
4 For the payment of replacement checks issued
5 in lieu of outstanding checks when presented and
6 to adjust errors................................. [50,000] <--
7 353,000
8 * * * <--
9 For publishing statements of the General Fund
10 and other funds of the Commonwealth.............. [17,000] <--
11 36,000
12 * * * <--
13 To the Department of Agriculture
14 * * * <--
15 For payment of compensation to owners of
16 animals destroyed in disease eradication
17 programs.......................................... [200,000] <--
18 255,000
19 * * * <--
20 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION <--
21 FOR PAYMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INTER-
22 MEDIATE UNITS ON ACCOUNT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
23 OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
24 PROVIDED, THAT IN THE EVENT A CLAIM EXISTS FOR
25 AN INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND/OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
26 THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION SHALL, PRIOR TO ANY
27 OTHER PAYMENTS, PAY THOSE PRIOR CLAIMS FIRST..... 111,679,000
28 FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION - APPROVED PRIVATE
29 SCHOOLS.......................................... 26,660,000
30 To the Department of Environmental Resources
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1 * * * <--
2 For reimbursement to municipalities toward
3 the costs incurred by them in the enforcement
4 of the Sewage Facilities Act...................... [1,000,000] <--
5 1,868,000
6 * * * <--
7 To the Department of General Services
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary <--
9 expenses for the proper administration of the
10 Department of General Services including
11 distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
12 maintenance and disposition of State automotive
13 equipment, standards and specifications of
14 commodities for State agencies, purchase of
15 commodities for State agencies, real estate and
16 insurance, building, construction and engineering,
17 maintenance and custody of State office buildings
18 and grounds, General Services, Federal surplus
19 property, and distribution of Federal surplus
20 commodities....................................... [$19,985,000]
21 $20,081,000
22 * * *
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses incurred in the administration of the
25 tort claims program as required by the act of
26 September 28, 1978 (P.L.788, No.152).............. 40,000
27 * * * <--
28 To the Department of Justice
29 For general government operations:
30 * * * <--
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1 Regional offices............................... [1,190,000]
2 1,203,000
3 * * *
4 Investigations................................. [521,000]
5 591,000
6 * * *
7 Civil Law...................................... [1,668,000] <--
8 1,778,000
9 1,796,000 <--
10 Consumer Protection............................ [867,000] <--
11 902,000
12 912,000 <--
13 * * *
14 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
15 tion of the State Correctional Institutions....... [70,613,000] <--
16 72,913,000
17 73,574,000 <--
18 No funds from this appropriation are to be
19 used for currently existing or new community
20 service centers.
21 For the operation, maintenance and administra- <--
22 tion of the community service centers............. [2,059,000]
23 2,077,000
24 * * *
25 To the Department of Military Affairs
26 * * * <--
27 For the operation and maintenance of the
28 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie including
29 those expenses necessary for interior renova-
30 tions............................................. [839,000] <--
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1 948,000
2 * * * <--
3 For pensions for veterans blinded through
4 service-connected injuries or disease............. [80,000] <--
5 85,000
6 * * * <--
7 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
9 expenses for the proper administration of the
10 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
11 offenders......................................... [$9,447,000] <--
12 $9,828,000 <--
13 $9,989,000 <--
14 * * * <--
15 To the Department of Public Welfare
16 * * * <--
17 For assistance payments and county administra-
18 tion of the public assistance programs and medical
19 assistance programs:
20 Cash assistance................................ [594,064,000] <--
21 581,664,000
22 County administration.......................... [100,217,000] <--
23 108,217,000 <--
24 110,417,000 <--
25 * * * <--
26 Medical assistance............................. [395,540,000] <--
27 410,540,000 <--
28 405,540,000 <--
29 * * * <--
30 Private nursing homes.......................... [80,000,000] <--
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1 89,000,000
2 For payment to private nursing homes for
3 skilled nursing care and intermediate care for
4 persons eligible for medical assistance services.
5 No money shall be disbursed from this
6 appropriation for services provided in
7 hospital based long-term care facilities or
8 long-term care units of acute care hospitals.
9 Public nursing homes........................... [37,072,000] <--
10 41,072,000
11 * * * <--
12 To the Department of Revenue
13 * * * <--
14 For the distribution of Public Utility
15 Realty Tax........................................ [34,000,000] <--
16 38,241,000
17 * * * <--
18 To the Department of State
19 * * * <--
20 For publication of proposed constitutional
21 amendments........................................ [60,000] <--
22 120,000
23 * * * <--
24 Section 2. Any appropriation under the provisions of this
25 act which is the same or similar to an appropriation under the
26 "Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1978" shall replace such
27 appropriation.
28 II. 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.................................. $580,000
4 III. FEDERAL AUGMENTATION FUNDS
5 THE FOLLOWING SUM, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY
6 BE NECESSARY, IS HEREBY SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED
7 FROM THE FEDERAL AUGMENTATION FUNDS TO THE FOLLOW-
8 ING AGENCY OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE
9 COMMONWEALTH FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF
10 IMPLEMENTING AND CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAMS STATED
11 HEREIN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1978:
12 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
13 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
14 THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL AUGMENTATION AMOUNT, OR
15 AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, IS HEREBY
16 SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED TO SUPPLEMENT THE SUM OF
17 $9,667,000 APPROPRIATED FROM COMMONWEALTH REVENUES
18 FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS:
19 "SPECIAL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS
20 AND CHILDREN" - TO PROVIDE IRON AND PROTEIN-RICH FOOD
21 TO LOW INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN, LACTATING MOTHERS
22 AND INFANTS AND CHILDREN (INCLUDING A CARRYOVER OF
23 APPROXIMATELY $141,000).......................... $22,410,000
24 SECTION 3. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT ANY
25 APPROPRIATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WHICH IS THE SAME
26 OR SIMILAR TO AN APPROPRIATION UNDER THE ACT OF MAY 31, 1978
27 (NO.16A), ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE
28 EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE
29 COMMONWEALTH, THE PUBLIC DEBT AND FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
30 FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1, 1978 TO JUNE 30, 1979, AND FOR THE PAYMENT
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1 OF BILLS INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE
2 FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1978," AS AMENDED, OR THE ACT OF
3 JULY 1, 1978 (NO.56A), ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE
4 FEDERAL AUGMENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS
5 OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND ESTABLISHING RESTRICTED RECEIPTS
6 ACCOUNTS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1, 1978 TO JUNE 30, 1979 AND
7 FOR THE PAYMENT OF BILLS INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE
8 CLOSE OF THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1978," OR THE ACT OF
9 MARCH 7, 1979 (NO.1A), ENTITLED "AN ACT TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR
10 THE EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL
11 DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1,
12 1978 TO JUNE 30, 1979, AND TO MAKE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
13 FROM THE MOTOR LICENSE FUND; AND FROM THE FEDERAL AUGMENTATION
14 TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL
15 PERIOD JULY 1, 1978 TO JUNE 30, 1979," SHALL REPLACE SUCH
16 APPROPRIATIONS.
17 SECTION 4. THE ACT OF MAY 31, 1978 (NO.16A), KNOWN AS THE
18 "GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978," AS AMENDED, IS REPEALED
19 INSOFAR AS IT IS INCONSISTENT HEREWITH.
20 THE ACT OF JULY 1, 1978 (NO.56A), KNOWN AS THE "FEDERAL
21 AUGMENTATION APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978," AS AMENDED, IS REPEALED
22 INSOFAR AS IT IS INCONSISTENT HEREWITH.
23 THE ACT OF MARCH 7, 1979 (NO.1A), KNOWN AS THE "SUPPLEMENTAL
24 APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1978," IS REPEALED INSOFAR AS IT IS
25 INCONSISTENT HEREWITH.
26 Section 3. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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