PRINTER'S NO. 789
No. 707 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY DAWIDA, HALUSKA, DeLUCA, PISTELLA, RICHARDSON,
ITKIN, ALDERETTE, SWEET, CAWLEY, DEAL, MICHLOVIC AND MORRIS,
APRIL 11, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 11, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
2 "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
3 providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
4 lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
5 Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
6 money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
7 any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
8 proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
9 disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
10 possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
11 against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
12 appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
13 the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
14 and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
15 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
16 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth and
17 imposing penalties; affecting every department, board,
18 commission, and officer of the State government, every
19 political subdivision of the State, and certain officers of
20 such subdivisions, every person, association, and corporation
21 required to pay, assess, or collect taxes, or to make returns
22 or reports under the laws imposing taxes for State purposes,
23 or to pay license fees or other moneys to the Commonwealth,
24 or any agency thereof, every State depository and every
25 debtor or creditor of the Commonwealth," further providing
26 for the deposit and disbursement of certain funds.
27 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
28 hereby enacts as follows:
29 Section 1. Section 1301.18 of the act of April 9, 1929
1 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added December 9,
2 1982 (P.L.1057, No.248), is amended to read:
3 Section 1301.18. Deposit and Disbursement of Funds.--(a)
4 [All] Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), all funds
5 received under this article, including the proceeds from the
6 sale of property under section 1301.17, shall forthwith be
7 deposited by the secretary in the General Fund of the
8 Commonwealth, except that the secretary shall retain in a
9 separate trust fund an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand
10 dollars ($25,000) plus twenty per centum of deposits and sums
11 paid to the secretary under subsection (c) of section 1301.13
12 during the preceding twelve (12) months from which he shall make
13 reimbursements under section 1301.14 and prompt payment of
14 claims duly allowed under section 1301.19. Before making the
15 deposit he shall record the name and last known address of each
16 person appearing from the holders' reports to be entitled to the
17 property and of the name and last known address of each insured
18 person or annuitant, and with respect to each policy or contract
19 listed in the report of an insurer, its number, the name of the
20 insurer and the amount due. The record with respect to any
21 specific claim shall be available to the claimant at all regular
22 business hours.
23 (b) Before making any deposit to the credit of the General
24 Fund, the secretary may deduct:
25 (i) Reasonable costs in connection with sale of the
26 property,
27 (ii) Reasonable costs of mailing and publication in
28 connection with any property, and
29 (iii) Reasonable service charges.
30 (c) The following provisions shall apply to all funds
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1 received from utilities subject to regulation and control by the
2 Public Utility Commission:
3 1. The funds shall be held in trust solely for the purpose
4 of providing additional funds for the Commonwealth's State Plan
5 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, shall be
6 earmarked for use by the Department of Public Welfare in making
7 payments pursuant to the plan for the Low-Income Home Energy
8 Assistance Program and are hereby appropriated to the Department
9 of Public Welfare for disbursement solely for that purpose.
10 2. Disbursement of the funds by the Department of Public
11 Welfare shall be made to appropriate local agencies. The amount
12 of funds to be disbursed to the local agency of a county shall
13 be determined by ascertaining the amount of funds received from
14 each utility subject to regulation and control by the Public
15 Utility Commission and then multiplying the amount so determined
16 by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
17 residential customers served by the utility in the county and
18 the denominator of which shall be the total number of
19 residential customers served by the utility.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1983.
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