PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 4454
No. 2794 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY REED, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER,
CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DePASQUALE, EVERETT, FREEMAN,
GINGRICH, GRELL, M. KELLER, KING, KORTZ, MACKERETH, MAJOR,
MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MELIO, MUSTIO, NAILOR, NICKOL,
PETRI, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, RUBLEY, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER,
TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND HICKERNELL,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing integrated amendments to the Constitution of the
2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for paying
3 out public moneys and for audits.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following integrated amendments to the
7 Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with
8 Article XI:
9 (1) That section 24 of Article III be amended to read:
10 § 24. Paying out public moneys; audits.
11 (a) No money shall be paid out of the treasury, except on
12 appropriations made by law and on warrant issued by the proper
13 officers; but cash refunds of taxes, licenses, fees and other
14 charges paid or collected, but not legally due, may be paid, as
15 provided by law, without appropriation from the fund into which
1 they were paid on warrant of the proper officer.
2 (b) The Auditor General may conduct audits of the financial
3 affairs of any entity funded or financially aided by the
4 Commonwealth, including the unified judicial system, the General
5 Assembly and all departments, boards, commissions, agencies,
6 instrumentalities, authorities and institutions of the
7 Commonwealth, as prescribed by law.
8 (2) That section 10 of Article VIII be amended to read:
9 § 10. Audit.
10 The financial affairs of any entity funded or financially
11 aided by the Commonwealth, and all departments, boards,
12 commissions, agencies, instrumentalities, authorities and
13 institutions of the Commonwealth, shall be subject to audits by
14 the Auditor General made in accordance with generally accepted
15 auditing standards.
16 Any Commonwealth officer whose approval is necessary for any
17 transaction relative to the financial affairs of the
18 Commonwealth shall not be charged with the function of auditing
19 that transaction after its occurrence.
20 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
21 Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the
22 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
23 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
24 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
25 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
26 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
27 passage of these proposed constitutional amendments.
28 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these
29 proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the
30 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
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1 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
2 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
3 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
4 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
5 these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the
6 Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments
7 under section 1 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth
8 as a single ballot question at the first primary, general or
9 municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in
10 conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
11 Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the
12 proposed constitutional amendments are passed by the General
13 Assembly.
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