PRINTER'S NO. 1107

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1005 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, NAHILL, MORRIS, PETRONE, VAN HORNE,
           PRESTON, NOYE, HAYDEN, LASHINGER AND HALUSKA, APRIL 7, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 7, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
     2     as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
     3     government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
     4     collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
     5     due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
     6     other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
     7     or 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,
    17     authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
    18     to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
    19     section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
    20     Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
    21     certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
    22     department, board, commission, and officer of the State
    23     government, every political subdivision of the State, and
    24     certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
    25     association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
    26     collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
    27     imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
    28     other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
    29     every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
    30     Commonwealth," further providing for State depositories.

    31     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


     1  hereby enacts as follows:
     2     Section 1.  Section 505 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
     3  No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a
     4  subsection to read:
     5     Section 505.  State Depositories.--The Board of Finance and
     6  Revenue shall have the power, and its duty shall be,
     7     * * *
     8     (b.1)  To select, as depositories for State funds, savings
     9  associations, savings banks, Federal savings and loan
    10  associations and Federal savings banks whose principal offices
    11  are in this Commonwealth. Statutory provisions requiring money
    12  to be deposited in an account that is subject to withdrawal by
    13  check or otherwise on demand shall be satisfied by depositing
    14  the money in an account that is subject to withdrawal by a
    15  negotiable order of withdrawal.
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.









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