PRINTER'S NO. 2340

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

1743

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, B. MILLER, RADER, GREINER, DIAMOND,

PICKETT, BLOOM, CUTLER, GODSHALL, WARD, CAUSER, KEEFER,

BARRAR, HEFFLEY, A. HARRIS, GROVE, ORTITAY, WHEELAND, DUSH,

"An act relating to the finances of the State government;

providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and

lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the

Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other

money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or

any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

Section 1. Section 302 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,

No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:

Section 302. Funds.--(a) The moneys paid into the State

Treasury, and the moneys of which the State Treasurer is

custodian, shall be credited by the Treasury Department to the

following funds, as hereinafter provided:

Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund,

Banking [Department] Fund,

Federal Vocational Education Fund,

Fire Insurance Tax Fund,

School Employes' Retirement Fund,

Sinking Fund,

State College Experimental Farm Fund,

State Employes' Retirement Fund,

State Farm Products Show Fund,

State Insurance Fund,

State School Fund,

State [Workmen's] Workers' Insurance Fund,

Surplus Commodities Stamp Fund,

Historical Preservation Fund,

of agriculture and the mechanical arts by the act of Congress,

approved July second, one thousand eight hundred sixty-two

(Chapter one hundred thirty, twelve Statutes, five hundred

three), entitled "An act donating public lands to the several

states and territories which may provide colleges for the

benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," or the

investments representing the same, shall be credited by the

Treasury Department to the Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund.

2. Banking [Department] Fund.--All moneys received by the

Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue, arising from

to the Banking [Department] Fund.

4. Federal Vocational Education Fund.--All moneys received

by the Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue

arising from annual appropriations from the Federal Government

to this Commonwealth for the advancement of vocational

education, shall be credited to the Federal Vocational Education

Fund.

5. Fire Insurance Tax Fund.--All moneys received by the

Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue arising from

the two per centum tax paid upon premiums received by foreign

fees, fines, penalties, and other moneys paid, received,

recovered, and collected, under the fish laws, and from the sale

by the Department of [Property and Supplies] General Services of

unserviceable property originally paid for out of the Fish Fund,

shall be credited to the Fish Fund.

7. Game Fund.--All moneys received by the Treasury

Department from the Department of Revenue arising from license

fees, fines, penalties, and other moneys paid, received,

recovered, and collected, under the game laws, and from the sale

by the Department of [Property and Supplies] General Services of

9. Liquid Fuels Tax Fund.--That portion of the liquid fuels

tax received by the Treasury Department from the Department of

Revenue, which is directed by law to be returned to the

counties, shall be credited to the Liquid Fuels Tax Fund.

10. Manufacturing Fund.--All moneys received by the Treasury

Department from the Department of Revenue arising from the

industries established and maintained by the Department of

[Justice] Corrections in State institutions, and from the

employment of inmates in maintenance activities, and from the

sale by the Department of [Property and Supplies] General

Department from the Department of Revenue arising from title

registration and license fees, fines, penalties, bail forfeited,

and other miscellaneous receipts, collected or recovered under

the motor laws; from the collection of any portion of the Liquid

Fuels Tax, not directed by law to be returned to the counties;

from contributions by the Federal Government and political

subdivisions of this Commonwealth for the improvement,

maintenance, and rebuilding of highways within this

Commonwealth; from the sale of highway bulletins and maps; from

the sale by the Department of [Property and Supplies] General

utility companies covering the cost of constructing facilities

over or rentals for the use of bridges; from forfeited checks,

fees for certifying records of the Department of [Highways]

Transportation, amounts recovered for damage to or loss of

equipment of said department, rentals for equipment of said

department, liquidated damages on highway contracts; and from

tolls collected on intrastate toll bridges, acquired by the

Commonwealth, and paid for out of the Motor License Fund,--shall

be credited to the Motor License Fund.

12. School Employes' Retirement Fund.--All moneys in the

into one fund, to be known as the School Employes' Retirement

Fund, and thereafter the Treasury Department shall credit to the

School Employes' Retirement Fund all moneys received by it from

the Department of Revenue, arising from (a) payments by the

Commonwealth of such amounts, certified by the School Employes'

Retirement Board as necessary to pay the State annuity to each

new entrant in the School Employes' Retirement System, (b)

deductions from the salaries of contributors in the School

Employes' Retirement System, and (c) payments by the

Commonwealth of amounts necessary to accumulate a reserve to pay

twenty-six cents ($141,320.26), which is necessary for the

payment of bonds and obligations of the Commonwealth which have

never been presented for redemption, shall continue to be

credited to the Sinking Fund.

14. State College Experimental Farm Fund.--All moneys

derived from the sale of eastern and western experimental farms

of State College, which were originally purchased from Federal

moneys appropriated by the act of Congress, approved July

second, one thousand eight hundred sixty-two (Chapter one

hundred thirty, twelve Statutes, five hundred three), entitled

15. State Employes' Retirement Fund.--All moneys in the

State Employes' Contingent Reverse Fund, the State Employes'

Annuity Reserve Fund, the State Employes' Annuity Savings Fund,

the State Employes' State Annuity Reserve Fund, and the State

Employes' State Annuity Reserve Fund Number Two, shall, upon the

effective date of this act, be consolidated into one fund to be

known as the State Employes' Retirement Fund, and thereafter the

Treasury Department shall credit to the State Employes'

Retirement Fund all moneys received by it from the Department of

Revenue, arising from (a) payments by the Commonwealth of such

values of all retiring original members in the State Employes'

Retirement System.

16. State Farm Products Show Fund.--All moneys received by

the Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue, arising

from the leasing or sub-leasing, by the State Farm Products Show

Commission, of space to exhibitors, including the departments,

boards, and commissions of the State Government, the leasing of

the State Farm Show Building for exhibitions, conventions, or

other proper purposes, admission and entry fees, and any other

moneys received or collected by the Department of Revenue as

shall be credited to the State Insurance Fund.

18. State School Fund.--All moneys received by the Treasury

Department from all real estate owned by this Commonwealth which

is not used for State or other public purposes, from all

escheated estates in this Commonwealth, and from all other

property or money which shall in any way accrue to such fund,

whether by devise, gift, or otherwise, shall be credited to the

State School Fund.

19. State [Workmen's] Workers' Insurance Fund.--All moneys

received by the Treasury Department from the Department of

21. Surplus Commodities Stamp Fund.--All moneys received by

the Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue arising

from appropriations by the several counties, cities, boroughs,

incorporated towns and townships for participation in the

Federal Surplus Commodities Stamp plans, all receipts and

proceeds resulting from the sale of Federal Surplus Commodities

Stamps, and all moneys received from insurance covering losses

of such stamps or the proceeds from the sale of such stamps

shall be credited to the Surplus Commodities Stamp Fund.

22. Historical Preservation Fund.--All moneys received by

fees to historical buildings, shall be credited to the

Historical Preservation Fund.

23. Vocational Rehabilitation Fund.--All moneys received by

the Treasury Department from the Department of Revenue, arising

from moneys received from the Federal Government and from moneys

contributed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for vocational

rehabilitation services and from all other moneys received as a

result of vocational rehabilitation services or for the

promotion of vocational rehabilitation services, shall be

credited to the Vocational Rehabilitation Fund.

of the State Treasurer as custodian, upon the effective date of

this act, shall be credited to the funds to which they would be

credited if thereafter received, and the Treasury Department

shall notify the Department of Revenue and the Department of the

Auditor General of the balances in each fund as of such date.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all

fees charged and collected by a Commonwealth agency, and all

administrative fines and penalties assessed and collected by a

Commonwealth agency for violations and acts subject to the

enforcement authority of the Commonwealth agency, shall be paid