PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1702, 1709               PRINTER'S NO. 1712

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1222 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, SHUMAKER, WILT, SALVATORE, REGOLI,
           HELFRICK, CORMAN, REIBMAN, PECORA, AFFLERBACH, LYNCH,
           ANDREZESKI, O'PAKE, LEWIS, STEWART, JONES, ROMANELLI AND
           ZEMPRELLI, DECEMBER 23, 1987

        SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 19, 1988

                                  A SUPPLEMENT

     1  To the act of July 3, 1987 (P.L.    , No.9A), entitled "An act
     2     to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the
     3     Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
     4     Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for
     5     the fiscal year July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1988, and for the
     6     payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close
     7     of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1987; to provide
     8     appropriations from the Lottery Fund, the Pennsylvania
     9     Economic Revitalization Fund and the Energy Conservation and
    10     Assistance Fund to the Executive Department; to provide for
    11     the appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and
    12     Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth and for the
    13     establishment of restricted receipts accounts for the fiscal
    14     year July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1988, and for the payment of
    15     bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the
    16     fiscal year ending June 30, 1987; itemizing appropriations
    17     required from the Motor License Fund for the fiscal year July
    18     1, 1987, to June 30, 1988, for the proper operation of the
    19     several departments of the Commonwealth authorized to spend
    20     Motor License Fund moneys; and to further provide from the
    21     General Fund for the expenses of the Executive Department and
    22     Judicial Department of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
    23     for the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 1986, to
    24     June 30, 1987, and for the payment of bills incurred and
    25     remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
    26     30, 1986," making supplemental appropriations; and making a    <--
    27     repeal. IMPOSING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE                <--
    28     APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND; AND
    29     MAKING REPEALS.

    30     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


     1  hereby enacts as follows:
     2     Section 1.  The following amount AMOUNTS, or as much thereof   <--
     3  as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the indicated
     4  department DEPARTMENTS for the fiscal period July 1, 1987, to     <--
     5  June 30, 1988:
     6     (1)  Department of Health.--The
     7  following amounts are appropriated to
     8  the Department of Health:
     9     For a State supplement to the
    10  Federal Special Supplemental Food
    11  Service Program for Women, Infants and
    12  Children.
    13             State appropriation........               $15,000,000
    14     (2)  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC                                      <--
    15  WELFARE.--THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS ARE
    16  APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
    17  PUBLIC WELFARE:                            FEDERAL       STATE
    18     FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT
    19  FUND. THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION SHALL BE
    20  ALLOCATED TO COUNTIES AS FOLLOWS: 50%
    21  SHALL BE ALLOCATED BY PER CAPITA AND
    22  50% SHALL BE ALLOCATED BY POVERTY.
    23  POVERTY SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE
    24  AVERAGE NUMBER OF AID TO FAMILIES WITH
    25  DEPENDENT CHILDREN, GENERAL ASSISTANCE
    26  AND STATE BLIND PENSION RECIPIENTS IN
    27  FISCAL YEAR 1985-1986 AS A PROPORTION
    28  OF THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE NUMBER OF AID
    29  TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN,
    30  GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND STATE BLIND
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     1  PENSION RECIPIENTS IN THIS
     2  COMMONWEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985-
     3  1986. NO COUNTY SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT
     4  OF LESS THAN $50,000 IN STATE AND
     5  FEDERAL DOLLARS COMBINED. IN THE EVENT
     6  THAT THE TOTAL OF STATE AND FEDERAL
     7  DOLLARS COMBINED APPROPRIATED IN
     8  FISCAL 1987-1988 IS LESS THAN THE
     9  COMBINED TOTAL OF STATE AND FEDERAL
    10  DOLLARS APPROPRIATED IN THE 1986-1987
    11  FISCAL YEAR, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION TO
    12  COUNTIES FOR FISCAL 1987-1988 SHALL BE
    13  DETERMINED BY REDUCING EACH COUNTY'S
    14  FISCAL 1986-1987 TOTAL ALLOCATION BY
    15  THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THE PERCENTAGE
    16  REDUCTION OF THE COMBINED STATE AND
    17  FEDERAL FUNDING FROM FISCAL 1986-1987
    18  TO FISCAL 1987-1988.
    19             STATE APPROPRIATION........                13,069,000
    20     THE FOLLOWING SSBG AMOUNTS, OR AS
    21  MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, ARE
    22  HEREBY SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATED FOR
    23  THE HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND:
    24     (1)  "SOCIAL SERVICES - HUMAN
    25  SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND." THE TOTAL
    26  APPROPRIATION SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO
    27  COUNTIES AS FOLLOWS: 50% SHALL BE
    28  ALLOCATED BY PER CAPITA AND 50% SHALL
    29  BE ALLOCATED BY POVERTY. POVERTY SHALL
    30  BE DEFINED AS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF
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     1  AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT
     2  CHILDREN, GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND STATE
     3  BLIND PENSION RECIPIENTS IN FISCAL
     4  YEAR 1985-1986 AS A PROPORTION OF THE
     5  STATEWIDE AVERAGE NUMBER OF AID TO
     6  FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN,
     7  GENERAL ASSISTANCE AND STATE BLIND
     8  PENSION RECIPIENTS IN THIS
     9  COMMONWEALTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985-
    10  1986. NO COUNTY SHALL RECEIVE A GRANT
    11  OF LESS THAN $50,000 IN STATE AND
    12  FEDERAL DOLLARS COMBINED. IN THE EVENT
    13  THAT THE TOTAL OF STATE AND FEDERAL
    14  DOLLARS COMBINED APPROPRIATED IN
    15  FISCAL 1987-1988 IS LESS THAN THE
    16  COMBINED TOTAL OF STATE AND FEDERAL
    17  DOLLARS APPROPRIATED IN THE 1986-1987
    18  FISCAL YEAR, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION TO
    19  COUNTIES FOR FISCAL 1987-1988 SHALL BE
    20  DETERMINED BY REDUCING EACH COUNTY'S
    21  FISCAL 1986-1987 TOTAL ALLOCATION BY
    22  THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THE PERCENTAGE
    23  REDUCTION OF THE COMBINED STATE AND
    24  FEDERAL FUNDING FROM FISCAL 1986-1987
    25  TO FISCAL 1987-1988.
    26             FEDERAL APPROPRIATION......   14,339,000
    27     Section 2.  (a)  As much of section 215 of the act of July 3,  <--
    28  1987 (P.L.   , No.9A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
    29  1987, as relates to an appropriation for a State supplement to
    30  the Federal Special Supplemental Food Service Program for Women,
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     1  Infants and Children, is repealed.
     2     (B)  AS MUCH OF SECTION 219 OF THE ACT OF JULY 3, 1987 (P.L.   <--
     3  , NO.9A), KNOWN AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1987, AS
     4  RELATES TO A STATE APPROPRIATION AND A FEDERAL SSBG
     5  APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUND, IS
     6  REPEALED.
     7     SECTION 3.  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
















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