Constitution of Pennsylvania. This may necessitate changes to
sources of funding and enactment of statutes to achieve full
compliance with these constitutional provisions.
(6) For the reasons set forth in paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (4) and (5), it is the intent of the General Assembly
through this act to provide for the implementation of the
2017-2018 Commonwealth budget.
(7) Every provision of this act relates to the
implementation of the operating budget of the Commonwealth
for this fiscal year, addressing in various ways the fiscal
operations, revenues and potential liabilities of the
Commonwealth. To that end, this act is intended to implement
the 2017-2018 Commonwealth budget without specifically
appropriating public money from the General Fund. This act
provides accountability for spending and makes transfers or
other changes necessary to impact the availability of revenue
in order to meet the requirements of section 13 of Article
VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and to implement the
act of July 11, 2017 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the General
Appropriation Act of 2017.
Section 1.1. The title of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection and for the Joint
Underwriting Association, 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 appeals to the courts, refunds
of moneys erroneously paid to the Commonwealth, auditing the
accounts of the Commonwealth and all agencies thereof, of all
public officers collecting moneys payable to the
Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, and all receipts of
appropriations from the Commonwealth, authorizing the
Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes 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
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