PRINTER'S NO. 1930
No. 1542 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY CIANFRANI, JUNE 1, 1976
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 1, 1976
AN ACT 1 Relating to the fiscal affairs of the Commonwealth concerning 2 duties of the Governor, the Secretary of Revenue and the 3 Budget Secretary, with respect to the submission of and 4 signing the budget for any fiscal year; and, after a budget 5 is enacted, regulating the issuance of warrants by the State 6 Treasurer for certain requisitioned funds and imposing duties 7 on persons authorized by law to issue requisitions for the 8 payment of moneys from the State Treasury. 9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 10 hereby enacts as follows: 11 Section 1. Any person authorized by law to issue 12 requisitions for the payment of moneys from the State Treasury 13 shall, when submitting any such requisition to the State 14 Treasury, indicate thereon whether any of the funds so requested 15 were derived, in whole or in part, from Federal funds. 16 Section 2. Any person authorized by law to issue 17 requisitions for the payment of moneys from the State Treasury 18 shall, when submitting any such requisition to the State 19 Treasurer, indicate thereon whether any of the funds so 20 requested will be used, directly or indirectly, as matching 21 funds to Federal funds.
1 Section 3. The State Treasurer is hereby specifically 2 prohibited from issuing any warrant for requisitioned funds 3 which were derived, in whole or in part, from Federal funds 4 unless such funds have been specifically appropriated by an act 5 of the General Assembly. 6 Section 4. The State Treasurer is hereby specifically 7 prohibited from issuing any warrants for requisitioned funds 8 which will be used, directly or indirectly, as matching funds to 9 Federal funds unless such Federal funds have been specifically 10 appropriated by an act of the General Assembly. 11 Section 5. Notwithstanding any thing in any law to the 12 contrary, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Revenue when 13 submitting to the Budget Secretary and to the Governor his 14 officially certified estimate of revenues and receipts from any 15 and all sources for use in the preparation of the Governor's 16 proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year to specifically 17 include therein an estimate of any and all funds received or 18 anticipated to be received from the Federal Government whether 19 such funds are designated as grants, augmentations, credits or 20 otherwise, together with the purposes for which such funds, as 21 aforesaid, are provided or to be provided. The Secretary of 22 Revenue shall provide a Federal funds estimate to the Governor 23 for use by the Governor in signing any appropriation bill. 24 The General Assembly hereby declares its legislative intent 25 not to enact any operating budget for any fiscal year unless and 26 until a budget is submitted in accordance with the provisions of 27 this act. 28 Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately. E28L53RC/19760S1542B1930 - 2 -