PRINTER'S NO.  1307

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1124

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, JUNE 8, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 8, 2011  

  

  

  

A SUPPLEMENT

  

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To the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An

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act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple

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University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve

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as a State-related university in the higher education system

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of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing

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for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of

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trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;

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providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in

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tuition; providing for public support and capital

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improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be

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fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the

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auditing of accounts of expenditures from said

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appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from

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taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to

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make an annual report of the operations of Temple

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University," making appropriations for carrying the same into

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effect; providing for a basis for payments of such

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appropriations; and providing a method of accounting for the

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funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information

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disclosure.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The following sum, or as much thereof as may be

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necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Temple

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University for the fiscal year July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012,

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for the purposes and in the amount as shown:

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For general support...........$146,826,000

 


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Section 2.  Payments to Temple University on account of the

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appropriations for all items as provided in section 1 shall be

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made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.

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Section 3.  (a)  Payment to Temple University of the

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appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly

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during the fiscal year.

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(b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with

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the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The

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estimate of costs shall be submitted by Temple University to the

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Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State

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Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such

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payment is to be made.

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Section 4.  (a)  Temple University shall apply the moneys

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appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are permitted

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in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records

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showing the application of such moneys. Not later than 120 days

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after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,

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Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,

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the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the

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Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes

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of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act

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and other university accounts during said fiscal year, as

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provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any

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appropriation during said fiscal year.

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(b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be

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reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he

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shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by

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this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes

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not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered

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and paid by Temple University to the State Treasurer. In respect

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to expenditures made by the university from moneys other than

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those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall have

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the right to review only, and he shall file annually with the

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General Assembly such information concerning said expenditures

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as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.

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Section 5.  Temple University shall provide full, complete

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and accurate information as may be required by the Department of

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Education or the chairman or the minority chairman of the

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Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the

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minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House

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of Representatives.

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Section 6.  Temple University shall present and report its

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financial statements required under the provisions of this act

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in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles

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as prescribed by the National Association of College and

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University Business Officers, the American Institute of

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Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any

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other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of

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Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher

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Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related

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Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies

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and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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and by the Federal Government that apply to Temple University.

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Section 7.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, or

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immediately, whichever is later.

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