PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 331, 371 PRINTER'S NO. 382
No. 329 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY DONOLOW, CIANFRANI, OESTERLING, MURRAY, McCREESH,
LAMB, SESLER, GERHART AND WADE, FEBRUARY 15, 1971
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, FEBRUARY 19, 1971
AN ACT
1 To provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and
2 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
3 for the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 1970 to
4 June 30, 1971, and for the payment of bills incurred and
5 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
6 June 30, 1970.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "The
10 General Appropriation Act of 1970."
11 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
12 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
13 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
14 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
15 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
16 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employes
17 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
18 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
19 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
20 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
1 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
2 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year
3 beginning July 1, 1970, and for the payment of bills incurred
4 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
5 June 30, 1970.
6 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
7 To the Governor
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
9 expenses for the following purposes and
10 activities, including the maintenance of the
11 executive mansion, the expense of entertainment
12 of official guests and members of the General
13 Assembly and the Judiciary, participation in the
14 Governor's Conference, the expenses of the
15 Executive Board, and for the payment of travel-
16 ing expenses of persons other than employes of
17 the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
18 represent the Commonwealth:
19 Administration of the office of the Governor.. $988,000
20 For the administration and operation of the
21 Office of Administration and for the adminis-
22 tration and operation of the Office of the
23 Budget Secretary.................................. 1,932,000
24 In addition to this amount all moneys received
25 from the Federal Government or from any other
26 source or as reimbursement for expenses in-
27 curred in the administration of the Civil
28 Service Act shall be paid into the General
29 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
30 For administration and operation of the State
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1 Planning Board................................... 790,000
2 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
3 from the Federal Government or from any other
4 source as contributions for this program shall
5 be paid into the General Fund and credited
6 to this appropriation.
7 For salaries, wages and all necessary
8 expenses for the proper administration of
9 the Human Relations Commission program............ 1,163,000
10 For salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the proper administration of the
12 Council for Human Services........................ 93,000
13 To the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
14 For the conduct of the work of the
15 Commonwealth of the Pennsylvania Council on
16 the Arts, requisitions to be signed by the
17 Governor.......................................... 205,000
18 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
19 from the Federal Government as contributions
20 for this program shall be paid into the
21 General Fund and credited to this
22 appropriation.
23 To the Lieutenant Governor
24 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
25 expenses for the proper conduct of the Office
26 of the Lieutenant Governor........................ 121,000
27 To the Department of the Auditor General
28 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
29 expenses for the proper conduct of the
30 following purposes and activities:
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1 Administration of the Department of the
2 Auditor General, for auditing, annually,
3 periodically or specially, the affairs of
4 any department, board or commission which
5 are supported out of the General Fund
6 and for auditing justices of the peace,
7 other fining offices, Volunteer Firemen's
8 Relief Association Funds and the offices
9 of elected State officials........................ 4,386,000
10 In addition to this amount, all moneys
11 received from any other source as contri-
12 butions to this program shall be paid into
13 the General Fund and credited to this
14 appropriation.
15 For transition of government to restore
16 funds vetoed from Act No. 266 of 1970............. 50,000
17 Auditing appropriations for or relating
18 to public assistance including any Federal
19 sums supplementing such appropriations............ 1,016,000
20 Administration of the Board of Arbi-
21 tration of Claims................................. 86,000
22 For payment of pensions to dependents
23 of soldiers of the Pennsylvania National
24 Guard killed in the line of duty.................. 6,000
25 To the Treasury Department
26 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
27 expenses for the proper conduct of the
28 following purposes and activities:
29 Administration of the Treasury Department...... 2,050,000
30 In addition to this amount, all moneys
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1 received from any other source as contributions
2 to this program, shall be paid into the
3 General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
4 Payment of the difference between the
5 interest earned by the moneys in the
6 Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and in
7 the State College Experimental Farm Fund
8 and the interest guaranteed by the Common-
9 wealth of Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania
10 State University.................................. 15,000
11 Publishing statements of the General Fund
12 and other funds of the Commonwealth............... 12,000
13 Compensation of the Commonwealth's Loan
14 and Transfer Agent for services and expenses
15 in connection with the registration, transfer
16 and payment of interest on bonds of the
17 Commonwealth and other services required to
18 be performed by the Loan and Transfer Agent....... 27,000
19 Payment of legal fees, publication of
20 advertisements, costs of engraving and other
21 expenses incurred in issuing of tax antici-
22 pation notes...................................... 60,000
23 For the payment of replacement checks
24 issued in lieu of outstanding checks when
25 presented and to adjust errors.................... 30,000
26 For the administrative expenses in dis-
27 bursing appropriations for or relating to
28 public assistance, including any Federal
29 sums supplementing such appropriations............ 1,465,000
30 Administration of the Board of Finance
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1 and Revenue....................................... 167,000
2 For the payment into the Public Buildings
3 Construction Sinking Fund to meet the interest
4 and sinking fund requirements of bonds
5 issued............................................ 2,179,000
6 For the payment into the Project 70 Land
7 Acquisition Sinking Fund to meet the prin-
8 cipal and interest requirements on notes and
9 bonds issued and notes and bonds to be
10 issued............................................ 2,163,000
11 For the payment into the Land and Water
12 Development Sinking Fund to meet the interest
13 and sinking fund requirements of notes
14 and bonds issued and to be issued................. 2,490,000
15 For the payment into the Capital Facilities
16 Redemption Fund to meet the principal and
17 interest requirements on notes and bonds
18 issued and notes and bonds to be issued........... 18,200,000
19 For the payment into the proper fund
20 to meet the principal and interest require-
21 ments on notes and bonds to be issued for
22 payment of the Vietnam Veterans' Bonus............ 3,000,000
23 To the Department of Agriculture
24 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
25 expenses for the proper administration of
26 the Department of Agriculture, including
27 the following programs: animal industry,
28 food regulation and testing, marketing
29 activities, plant industry, Dog Law enforce-
30 ment and meat and poultry inspections............. 6,993,000
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1 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
2 from the Federal Government or from any
3 other source as contributions for this
4 program shall be paid into the General Fund
5 and credited to this appropriation.
6 Payment of compensation to owners of
7 animals destroyed in disease eradication
8 programs.......................................... 130,000
9 For the control of stem rust of wheat,
10 oats, barley and rye by the eradication of
11 rust spreading barberry bushes and providing
12 for payment thereof to counties making
13 like expenditures of county funds................. 20,000
14 The following sum, or as much thereof as
15 may be necessary is hereby appropriated out
16 of the General Fund to be paid into the State
17 Farm Products Show Fund to pay for that
18 portion of the Farm Show and maintenance to
19 Farm Show Building that is not paid from
20 Farm Show revenues as provided in section
21 1709 of The Administrative Code of 1929........... 340,000
22 Development and operation of an open
23 livestock show, including cattle, swine, sheep
24 and horses: Provided, That the department
25 may make allocations of this appropriation
26 as it deems appropriate to an incorporated
27 association whose purposes are in accord
28 with the purposes and intent of this
29 appropriation, the funds so allocated to be
30 used for the development and operation
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1 of a livestock show in Pennsylvania:
2 And further provided, That the funds
3 allocated by the department shall only be
4 used for the specific items approved by
5 the department in advance of the expenditure...... 50,000
6 Planning and staging of an open dairy show:
7 Provided, That the department makes alloca-
8 tions of this appropriation as it deems
9 appropriate to an incorporated association
10 whose purposes are in accord with the
11 purposes and intent of this appropriation,
12 the funds so allocated to be used for the
13 planning and staging of a dairy show in
14 Pennsylvania: And further provided, That the
15 funds allocated by the department shall only
16 be used for the specific items approved by
17 the department in advance of the expenditure...... 50,000
18 Promotion and holding of annual local,
19 regional and State 4-H Clubs and Future
20 Farmers of America dairy shows: Provided,
21 That the department may make allocations of
22 this appropriation as it deems appropriate
23 to an association whose purposes are in
24 accord with the purposes and intent of this
25 appropriation, the funds so allocated to be
26 used for the development and operation of
27 Junior Dairy Shows: And further provided,
28 That the funds allocated by
29 the department shall only be used
30 for the specific items approved by the
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1 department in advance............................. 15,000
2 Payment of reimbursement to legally
3 constituted law enforcement agencies for
4 kennel construction............................... 15,000
5 To the Department of Banking
6 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the proper administration of the
8 Securities Commission............................. 276,000
9 To the State Council of Civil Defense
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the proper administration of the
12 State Council of Civil Defense, including
13 mobilization planning............................. 310,000
14 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
15 from the Federal Government as contributions
16 to this program shall be paid into the General
17 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
18 To the Department of Commerce
19 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
20 expenses for the proper administration of the
21 Department of Commerce including the following:
22 industrial development administration,
23 economic development, promotion of tourist
24 travel, business services and coal research....... 2,715,000
25 In addition to this amount all moneys received
26 from the Federal Government or from any other
27 source as contributions for this program
28 shall be paid into the General Fund and
29 credited to this appropriation.
30 For the payment of grants to recognized
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1 industrial development agencies to assist
2 such agencies in the financing of their
3 operational costs for the purposes of making
4 studies, surveys and investigations, the
5 compilation of data and statistics and in the
6 carrying out of planning and promotional
7 programs.......................................... 400,000
8 For industrial construction loans through
9 the Pennsylvania Industrial Development
10 Authority......................................... 10,000,000
11 For the Governor's Science Advisory
12 Committee to finance research and informa-
13 tion dissemination projects to be conducted
14 by the Pennsylvania State University for
15 the benefit of Pennsylvania industry to insure
16 more jobs for Pennsylvania........................ 100,000
17 For the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering
18 Foundation to promote, stimulate, and encourage
19 basic and applied scientific research and
20 development and scientific and technological
21 education in Pennsylvania......................... 700,000
22 For the payment of grants to Appalachian
23 Local Development Districts in accordance with
24 the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177), as amended.... 50,000
25 In addition to this amount, all moneys
26 received from the Federal Government or from
27 any other source as contributions for this
28 program shall be paid into the General Fund
29 and credited to this appropriation.
30 For the purpose of making grants and pro-
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1 viding assistance to tourist promotion
2 agencies.......................................... 500,000
3 For the payment of the Commonwealth's share
4 of the cost of the operation of the Appalachian
5 Regional Commission and the office of the
6 Appalachian State's Regional Representative....... 174,000
7 For the purposes set forth in the act of
8 May 6, 1968 (Act No. 61), known as the
9 "Site Development Act"............................ 800,000
10 For payment of ceremonies in recognition
11 of the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.... 1,100
12 To provide assistance to the Bicentennial
13 Commission of Pennsylvania to plan and develop
14 Pennsylvania's participation in the commemora-
15 tion of the American Revolution................... 900,000
16 To the Department of Community Affairs
17 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
18 expenses for the proper administration of the
19 Department of Community Affairs, including
20 community development, economic opportunity,
21 research and information services, community
22 services, community planning and land
23 records........................................... 2,339,000
24 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
25 from the Federal Government as contributions
26 for this program shall be paid into the General
27 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
28 For payment to the Pennsylvania Housing
29 Agency for the creation of a capital reserve
30 fund.............................................. 1,000,000
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1 Of the sum hereby appropriated, an amount equal
2 to two per cent of such appropriation may be
3 used by the agency for the payment of expenses
4 and costs of administration in carrying out
5 the purposes for which the agency was created
6 by law.
7 For payments of grants to community action
8 agencies as provided by the act of January
9 26, 1968 (Act No. 9).............................. 1,300,000
10 For the payments of grants for code enforce-
11 ment assistance as authorized by the act of
12 April 12, 1956 (P.L.1449)......................... 785,000
13 No more than twenty per cent of the
14 amount herein appropriated shall be allo-
15 cated or granted to any political subdivision.
16 For the payment of housing assistance grants
17 in accordance with section 4 of the
18 act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633), known
19 as the "Housing and Redevelopment Assistance
20 Law" and its amendments........................... 3,000,000
21 Of the sum hereby appropriated, an amount
22 equal to up to two per cent of such appropriation
23 may be used for the payment of the costs of
24 administering section 4 of the Housing
25 and Redevelopment Assistance Law.
26 For the payment of grants for housing
27 and redevelopment assistance as authorized
28 by the act of April 12, 1956 (P.L.1449) and
29 its amendments, and for the payment of the costs
30 of administering such act up to but not
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1 exceeding an amount equaling two per cent of
2 this appropriation. No more than
3 twenty per cent of the amount
4 appropriated shall be allocated or granted
5 any political subdivision......................... 20,000,000
6 For the payment of grants to local
7 governments or regional councils of govern-
8 ment to assist in developing and implementing
9 cooperative agreements to supply municipal
10 services.......................................... 20,000
11 To develop and administer an Urban Technical
12 Assistance Program including the establishment
13 of community planning, development and
14 research programs................................. 165,000
15 For the payments of grants to counties, cities,
16 boroughs, townships, towns or regions for
17 planning assistance in accordance with the act of
18 May 10, 1939 (P.L.111) and the Reorganization
19 Plan of 1966...................................... 130,000
20 To the Department of Education
21 For the salaries, wages, and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Department of Education, including research and
24 statistics, basic education, and higher
25 education......................................... 8,219,000
26 In addition to this amount, all moneys
27 received from the Federal Government, or from
28 any other source as contributions for this
29 program shall be paid into the General Fund
30 and credited to this appropriation.
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1 For the operation of the State library,
2 providing reference services and adminis-
3 tering aid to public libraries.................... 838,000
4 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
5 from the Federal Government, or from any other
6 source as contributions for this program shall
7 be paid into the General Fund and credited
8 to this appropriation.
9 Payment of rental charges to The General
10 State Authority for capital improvements at
11 State-aided educational institutions.............. 4,788,000
12 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
13 from the sublease of projects to State-aided
14 institutions shall be paid into the General
15 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
16 Operation, maintenance and administration
17 of the State colleges and State-owned
18 university........................................ 73,018,000
19 And in addition to the above amount, all
20 income and all moneys not subject to refund
21 collected at the several State colleges and
22 Indiana University or received from the
23 Federal Government or from any other source
24 and paid into the General Fund of the State
25 Treasury under existing laws are hereby
26 appropriated out of the General Fund to the
27 several State colleges and Indiana University
28 for the same purpose, each college and
29 university to receive from such appropriation
30 the exact amount which was collected at
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1 said college or university or received from
2 the Federal Government or from any other
3 source during the said fiscal period.
4 Operation, maintenance and administra-
5 tion of the Pennsylvania State Oral School
6 at Scranton....................................... 805,000
7 Operation, maintenance and administration
8 of Scotland School for Veterans' Children......... 2,200,000
9 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
10 from the Federal Government as contributions
11 for this program shall be paid into the
12 General Fund and credited to this appro-
13 priation.
14 Operation, maintenance and adminis-
15 tration of the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School
16 at Lancaster...................................... 1,021,000
17 And in addition to the above amount, all income
18 and all moneys collected at the Thaddeus
19 Stevens Trade School and paid into the
20 General Fund of the State Treasury under
21 existing laws are hereby appropriated out
22 of the General Fund to the Thaddeus Stevens
23 Trade School for the same purpose, the school
24 to receive from such appropriations, the exact
25 amount which was collected at said school
26 during the said fiscal period.
27 For payments of subsidies to school
28 districts and county boards of school
29 directors on account of basic instruction
30 and vocational education costs: Provided,
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1 That the Secretary of Education, with the
2 approval of the Governor, may make payments
3 from this appropriation in advance of the
4 due date prescribed by law to school
5 districts which are financially handicapped,
6 whenever he shall deem it necessary to make
7 such advanced payments to enable the school
8 districts to keep their public schools
9 open.............................................. 826,970,000
10 In addition to this amount, all moneys
11 received from the Federal Government or from
12 any other source as contributions for this
13 program shall be paid into the General Fund
14 and credited to this appropriation.
15 For special emergency payments to school
16 districts of the first class...................... 15,000,000
17 For special emergency payments to school
18 districts of the first class A.................... 3,000,000
19 Payments to school districts on account
20 of annual rental or sinking fund charges
21 on school buildings............................... 87,500,000
22 Payments to school districts on account
23 of pupil transportation........................... 42,000,000
24 For payments to school districts and county
25 boards of school directors on account of
26 special education of exceptional children......... 48,000,000
27 For payments to school districts on
28 account of home bound instructions................ 558,000
29 For the purpose of aiding financially
30 handicapped and distressed school districts in
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1 such sums and in such manner as the Secretary
2 of Education shall determine...................... 500,000
3 For payments for tuition to school districts
4 providing education to nonresident orphaned
5 children placed in private homes by the court
6 and nonresident inmates of children's
7 institutions...................................... 4,917,000
8 For payments of annual fixed charges to
9 school districts in lieu of taxes for land
10 acquired by the Commonwealth for water con-
11 servation or flood prevention..................... 43,000
12 For payments to school districts for main-
13 tenance of summer schools for school age
14 children of migrant laborers...................... 31,000
15 For grants to public libraries for the
16 development and improvement of a Statewide
17 system of libraries and library services,
18 including State-aid to local libraries,
19 county libraries, district library centers
20 and regional library resource centers............. 5,215,000
21 In addition to this amount, all moneys
22 received from the Federal Government or from
23 any other source as contributions for this
24 program shall be paid into the General Fund
25 and credited to this appropriation.
26 For annual payments not to exceed five
27 hundred dollars ($500) per student to
28 institutions of higher learning for defraying
29 the expenses of deaf or blind students............ 35,000
30 For payments to schools for the deaf, blind
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1 and cerebral palsied.............................. 14,000,000
2 For payment of expenses and minimum salaries
3 of county superintendents, assistant county
4 superintendents and supervisors of special
5 education and for the payment of expenses
6 and legal fees of county boards of school
7 directors......................................... 4,500,000
8 For payment into the Social Security
9 Contribution Fund the Commonwealth's share of
10 Federal Social Security taxes for public
11 school employes................................... 32,536,000
12 For payment of required contribution into the
13 Contingent Reserve and Supplemental Accounts
14 of the Public School Employes' Retirement Fund.... 42,000,000
15 For payment of required contribution into
16 the former Teachers' Account of the Public School
17 Employes' Retirement Fund......................... 22,000
18 For payments of one hundred scholarships
19 at two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year
20 and one hundred twenty-five scholarships
21 of two hundred dollars ($200) per year to
22 selected students attending institutions of
23 higher learning in Pennsylvania................... 50,000
24 To provide grants to school districts to
25 assist in meeting the matching requirements
26 of Federal grants received under Federal
27 programs for the education of the dis-
28 advantaged where such programs meet criteria
29 established by the Department of Education........ 1,000,000
30 For regional educational broadcasting
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1 councils which have been approved in
2 accordance with the State plan for educational
3 broadcasting by the Department of Education....... 150,000
4 The funds hereby appropriated shall be in
5 addition to any other appropriation or
6 allocation of funds for educational broadcasting
7 purposes and shall be used to establish
8 educational program needs, to improve the
9 utilization of educational television, to
10 evaluate the effectiveness of educational
11 television and to produce programming.
12 To provide funds for matching grants in
13 accordance with Federal requirements for
14 training programs under the Federal Manpower
15 Development and Training Act of 1962 where
16 such programs are approved by the Department
17 of Education...................................... 500,000
18 To make grants or for purchasing, produc-
19 ing, recording and distributing programming,
20 or providing and procuring equipment and
21 auxiliary services in connection with the
22 establishment, operation and utilization
23 of educational television and radio
24 broadcasting networks facilities, as
25 authorized by sections 523 and 525 of the
26 act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30).................... 850,000
27 For payment to community colleges and
28 technical institutes on account of capital
29 expenses as provided by the act of August
30 24, 1963 (P.L.1132)............................... 5,720,000
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1 For payment of approved operating
2 expenses of community colleges and technical
3 institutes as provided by the act of
4 August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132)........................ 11,500,000
5 To provide aid to the Free Library of
6 Philadelphia and the Carnegie Library of
7 Pittsburgh, to meet the costs incurred in
8 serving as regional libraries in the dis-
9 tribution of blind reading materials and talk-
10 ing book machines................................. 425,000
11 To the Department of Environmental Resources
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the proper administration of the
14 Department of Environmental Resources............. 31,595,000
15 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
16 from the Federal Government as contributions
17 for this program shall be paid into the
18 General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
19 For payment by the State Soil and Water
20 Conservation Commission to local sponsors
21 for support of small water shed projects.......... 75,000
22 For the payment of the cost of manpower,
23 equipment and materials used in the control
24 and extinction of forest fires.................... 100,000
25 In addition to this amount, all moneys
26 received from the Federal Government as
27 contributions for this program shall be paid
28 into the General Fund and credited to this
29 appropriation.
30 For payment to the Great Lakes Basin
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1 Commission as the Commonwealth's assessment
2 and payment for participation in the programs
3 and plans of the Great Lakes Basin Commission..... 28,000
4 For payments to the State Soil and Water
5 Conservation Commission for employment of
6 executive assistants for local soil and water
7 conservation districts on a fifty per cent
8 cost - sharing basis, not to exceed five
9 thousand dollars ($5,000) per district for
10 the State's share................................. 35,000
11 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
12 taxes to counties, school districts and town-
13 ships on forest lands............................. 395,000
14 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
15 taxes to counties and townships on lands
16 acquired for water conservation and flood
17 control........................................... 8,000
18 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
19 taxes to political subdivisions or school
20 districts on lands acquired by the Commonwealth
21 for Project 70.................................... 213,000
22 Payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
23 expenses of the River Master for the Delaware
24 River............................................. 18,000
25 For payment to the Ohio River Basin
26 Commission as the Commonwealth's assessment
27 and payment for participation in the develop-
28 ment of a water resources program for the Ohio
29 River Basin....................................... 15,000
30 For payments to municipalities and munici-
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1 pality authorities which have expended money
2 to acquire and construct sewage treatment
3 plants in accordance with the Clean Streams
4 Program and for the repair, improvements or
5 additions of certain sewage treatment plants...... 9,300,000
6 For reimbursement to municipalities toward
7 the costs incurred by them in the enforce-
8 ment of the act of January 24, 1966 (P.L.1535),
9 known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
10 Act," in accordance with section 9 thereof........ 100,000
11 For grants to counties, municipalities
12 and authorities to assist them in preparing
13 official plans for sewage systems, as re-
14 quired by the act of January 24, 1966
15 (P.L.1535), and in accordance with section
16 6 thereof......................................... 200,000
17 For grants to counties, municipalities and
18 authorities to assist them in preparing
19 official plans for solid waste disposal
20 systems as required by the act of July 31,
21 1968 (Act No. 241), and in accordance
22 with section 5 of subsection (a) of section 12.... 350,000
23 To provide grants for rat control programs
24 including, but not limited to, extermination
25 measures, improvement of refuse collection
26 and garbage collections, services and
27 community educational activities designed
28 to promote participation and support of the
29 programs by residents and property owners......... 500,000
30 To the Department of Health
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1 For salaries, wages and all necessary
2 expenses for the proper administration of the
3 Department of Health, including planning,
4 evaluation and research, educational activities,
5 special projects, advisory and special health
6 services and local health services................ 10,856,000
7 In addition to this amount all moneys received
8 from the Federal Government or from any other
9 source as contributions for this program
10 shall be paid in the health sciences and
11 accredited to this appropriation.
12 For the operation, maintenance and
13 administration of the State Tuberculosis
14 Hospitals and the State Crippled Children's
15 Hospital.......................................... 8,220,000
16 In addition to this amount, all moneys
17 received from the Federal Government as
18 contributions for this program shall be paid
19 into the General Fund and credited to this
20 appropriation.
21 For payment to the Institute for Cancer
22 Research, Incorporated, Fox Chase,
23 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the operation
24 and maintenance of the cancer research
25 program........................................... 418,000
26 For payment to St. Christopher's Hospital
27 for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for
28 the diagnosis, treatment and study of cerebral
29 palsy............................................. 75,000
30 For payment to the Children's Hospital of
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1 Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for
2 treatment and diagnostic and other special
3 services for mentally retarded children and
4 those afflicted with other cerebral
5 dysfunctions...................................... 25,000
6 For payment to the Lankenau Hospital,
7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for research, both
8 clinical and basic, in the field of aging......... 75,000
9 For payment to the Wistar Institute,
10 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for research in the
11 field of cellular biology......................... 100,000
12 For the use of St. Francis Hospital and
13 Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh, for research
14 in the field of cardiovascular disease............ 60,000
15 For the use of Philadelphia General Hospital
16 for research in the field of cardiovascular
17 research.......................................... 60,000
18 Reimbursement to school districts on account
19 of health services................................ 13,609,000
20 Providing aid to counties in the establish-
21 ment and maintenance of local health departments.. 3,520,000
22 To the Pennsylvania Historical
23 and Museum Commission
24 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
25 expenses for the proper administration of the
26 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
27 including research, publications and public
28 information, records management and maintenance
29 and operation of the State museums and historical
30 properties........................................ 2,888,000
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1 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
2 from the Federal Government or from any other
3 source as contributions for this program shall
4 be paid into the General Fund and credited
5 to this appropriation.
6 Administration of the Valley Forge Park
7 Commission and operation and maintenance of
8 the Valley Forge Park............................. 353,000
9 Administration of the Washington Crossing
10 Park Commission and operation and maintenance
11 of the Washington Crossing Park................... 241,000
12 To the Department of Insurance
13 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
14 expenses for the proper administration of the
15 Department of Insurance including policyholder
16 services and protection, regulation of rates and
17 policies, liquidation of companies and regula-
18 tion of companies................................. 2,615,000
19 To the Department of Justice
20 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
21 expenses for the proper administration of the
22 Department of Justice including legal services,
23 executive clemency, criminal justice,
24 correctional institutions administration,
25 consumer protection and standard weights and
26 measures.......................................... 4,600,000
27 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
28 from the Federal Government or from any other
29 source as contributions for this program
30 shall be paid into the General Fund and
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1 credited to this appropriation.
2 For salaries, wages and all necessary
3 expenses of the Juvenile Court Judges'
4 Commission........................................ 114,000
5 For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
6 tration of the State Correctional Institutions
7 and Regional Correctional Facilities.............. 15,020,000
8 For payments of grants to political sub-
9 divisions to assist in the development of
10 Juvenile Probation Services....................... 720,000
11 To the Department of Labor and Industry
12 For salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the proper administration of the
14 Department of Labor and Industry, including
15 research and statistics, social security,
16 problems of older workers, workmen's compen-
17 sation, industrial safety, labor relations,
18 labor mediation, and labor standards.............. 8,745,000
19 Payment to employes and charges for
20 medical services incurred in connection with
21 the defense of claims against the Common-
22 wealth under the Pennsylvania Occupational
23 Disease Act....................................... 23,000,000
24 Payments of benefits to partially disabled
25 employes who through subsequent injury became
26 totally disabled.................................. 35,000
27 For the Commonwealth's share of the cost
28 of the Work Incentive Program to provide
29 permanent jobs at decent pay for eligible
30 persons receiving aid to families with
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1 dependent children................................ 1,367,000
2 For the payment to Vocational Rehabilitation
3 Fund for work of the State Board of
4 Vocational Rehabilitation......................... 7,395,000
5 To the Department of Military Affairs
6 For salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the proper administration of the
8 Department of Military Affairs including
9 military reservation maintenance, armory
10 planning and functions, National Guard adminis-
11 tration, and veterans' affairs administration..... 4,012,000
12 There is hereby appropriated for the same
13 purposes the full amount of all rentals and other
14 moneys paid into the State Treasury in connection
15 therewith, of armories and receipts from
16 public or private sources in payment of costs
17 and material expenses by the Pennsylvania
18 National Guard and the Pennsylvania Guard in
19 furnishing relief from disaster and all
20 receipts from the Federal Government or other
21 public or private sources for or in connection
22 with services performed by employes of the
23 Department of Military Affairs, or for, or in
24 connection with the use of property under the
25 control of said department, which shall be
26 collected as heretofore and paid into the
27 General Fund and credited to the appropriation
28 made by this paragraph. The expenditures
29 of such rentals of armories and other
30 moneys received in connection therewith is
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1 hereby authorized for the purchase of fur-
2 niture, furnishings and recreational equip-
3 ment, which may at the discretion of the
4 Armory Board of the Commonwealth be con-
5 sidered essential for the benefit, better-
6 ment and welfare of the Pennsylvania
7 National Guard or the Pennsylvania Guard.
8 Operation and maintenance of the
9 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie............... 432,000
10 For assistance to veterans who are ill
11 or disabled and without means of support.......... 588,000
12 For payment of gratuities for the
13 education of children of certain veterans......... 70,000
14 For pensions for veterans blinded through
15 services connected injuries or disease............ 75,000
16 To the Milk Marketing Board
17 For payment into the Milk Marketing Fund
18 in the State Treasury for the purpose for which
19 such fund is appropriated......................... 500,000
20 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Board of Probation and Parole including
24 presentence, probation and parole services........ 3,620,000
25 Payments for grants-in-aid to counties
26 for providing new or additional probation
27 services.......................................... 721,000
28 To the Department of Property and Supplies
29 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
30 expenses for the proper administration of the
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1 Department of Property and Supplies including
2 distribution of surplus State property,
3 purchase, maintenance and disposition of State
4 automotive equipment, editing, printing
5 and distribution of State publications,
6 purchase of commodities for State agencies,
7 standards and specifications of commodities
8 for State agencies, real estate and
9 insurance, building, construction and
10 engineering, maintenance and custody of State
11 office buildings and grounds, administrative
12 services, general services, and distribution
13 of Federal surplus commodities.................... 13,900,000 <--
14 13,915,000
15 In addition to this amount all moneys received
16 from rentals and from the sale of automobiles
17 and other vehicles and all other moneys from
18 any other source shall be paid into the
19 General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
20 For printing and distribution of the
21 Pennsylvania Manual............................... 105,000
22 Payment of rental charges to the General
23 State Authority................................... 57,601,000
24 In addition to this amount, certain moneys
25 received from the State colleges and Indiana
26 University of Pennsylvania, as student
27 community building fees and additional
28 dormitory rental fees, shall be paid into the
29 General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
30 To the Public Utility Commission
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1 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
2 expenses for the proper administration of the
3 Public Utility Commission including rates and
4 research, and investigation, services and
5 enforcement....................................... 4,250,000
6 To the Department of Public Welfare
7 For salaries, wages and all necessary
8 expenses for the proper administration of the
9 Department of Public Welfare including family
10 services, medical services and facilities
11 and mental health and mental retardation
12 services.......................................... 8,852,318
13 In addition to this amount, moneys received from
14 the Federal Government or from any other
15 source as contributions for this program
16 shall be paid into the General Fund and
17 credited to this appropriation.
18 For the operation, maintenance and
19 administration of the State medical and
20 surgical hospitals................................ 3,455,000
21 In addition to this amount, all income and
22 all moneys not subject to refund and collected
23 at the State general hospitals or received
24 from the Federal Government or from any
25 other source and paid into the General Fund
26 of the State Treasury under existing laws
27 are hereby appropriated out of the General
28 Fund to the State general hospitals for the
29 same purpose.
30 For the operation, maintenance and
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1 administration of the State institutions
2 for the mentally ill and the mentally retarded,
3 for which Federal financial participation
4 is available, and for payments to reimburse
5 counties, county institution districts and
6 private institutions for the care of mental
7 patients boarded out by the State insti-
8 tutions for the mentally ill and the
9 mentally retarded................................. 170,840,000
10 For the operation and maintenance of the
11 Eastern Mental Health Center which
12 coordinates mental health activities for the
13 Philadelphia region and maintains a recep-
14 tion and classification center and a
15 research unit, and for payments to Mercy
16 Douglass Hospital and the University of
17 Pennsylvania for mental care and treatment
18 given to the mentally ill referred by the
19 Eastern Mental Health Center...................... 870,000
20 In addition, moneys received from the
21 Federal Government to supplement State
22 appropriations in connection with the above
23 programs shall be paid into the General
24 Fund and credited to appropriations for
25 mental health and mental retardation
26 programs.
27 For the operation, maintenance and
28 administration of the State Restoration
29 Centers........................................... 495,000
30 All payments of public assistance for persons
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1 receiving care in restoration centers operated
2 by the Department of Public Welfare and
3 all other payments for such care from any
4 other source shall be paid into the General
5 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
6 For payments to Children's Heart Hospital,
7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Home for
8 Crippled Children, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
9 and the Lancaster Heart Association,
10 Lancaster, Pennsylvania for maintenance of
11 such hospitals in accordance with the rules
12 and regulations issued by the Department of
13 Public Welfare and the Department of the
14 Auditor General as prescribed by law.............. 375,000
15 The hospitals named above shall file a
16 report with the Department of the Auditor
17 General within ninety days of the last day of
18 each quarter. Failure to file the report
19 timely as required hereunder shall disqualify
20 the institution from receiving funds for
21 the quarter covered by the untimely
22 filed report.
23 For the operation, maintenance and
24 administration of State youth development
25 centers, youth development day treatment
26 centers, and youth forestry camps and for
27 the maintenance of delinquent boys and
28 girls in such camps, and for the purchase
29 of foster home care for trainees boarded
30 out by the aforementioned institutions............ 8,815,000
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1 For assistance payments and county
2 administration of the public assistance
3 programs and medical assistance, amounts
4 in addition to those in Act No. 93A of 1970,
5 as amended........................................ 130,367,907
6 In addition to this amount, all moneys
7 received from the Federal Government, or
8 from any other source as contributions for
9 this program, shall be paid into the
10 General Fund and credited to this
11 appropriation. The Department of Public
12 Welfare shall allocate funds from time to
13 time for administrative expenses of the
14 several county boards of assistance, for such
15 administrative expenses incurred by the
16 department which are chargeable to such
17 boards and for the payment of attorney's
18 fees and court costs necessary for the
19 proper conduct of the public assistance
20 programs, for operation of the Governor's
21 branch offices and for the several
22 assistance programs including medical
23 assistance: Provided, That any rule or
24 regulation adopted by the Secretary of
25 Public Welfare during the fiscal year
26 1970-71 which adds to the cost of any
27 public assistance programs shall be
28 effective only from and after the date upon
29 which it is approved as to the availability
30 of funds by the Governor.
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1 For the administration of the Mental
2 Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966,
3 exclusive of the operations of State
4 facilities and of construction of any
5 new facilities.................................... 39,700,000
6 In addition to this amount, moneys received
7 from the Federal Government for this
8 program shall be paid into the General
9 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
10 For payment of grants to political
11 subdivisions to finance services for the
12 aging, including but not limited to home-
13 making services, day-care services and
14 counseling services............................... 250,000
15 In addition to this amount, moneys received
16 from the Federal Government or from any
17 other source as contributions for this
18 program shall be paid into the General
19 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
20 For subsidy payments for services for
21 the blind......................................... 510,000
22 In addition to this amount, moneys received
23 from the Federal Government for this program
24 shall be paid into the General Fund and
25 credited to this appropriation.
26 For payment to counties for child
27 welfare programs.................................. 24,300,000
28 In addition to this amount, moneys received
29 from the Federal Government for this program
30 shall be paid into the General Fund and
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1 credited to this appropriation.
2 For payment of grants to political sub-
3 divisions to assist in the development
4 of juvenile probation services and special
5 police and crime prevention programs for
6 juveniles by providing a part of the cost......... 750,000
7 For the purpose of developing, operating
8 and purchasing day-care services for children..... 1,000,000
9 In addition to this amount all moneys received
10 from the Federal Government or from any
11 other source as contributions for this program
12 shall be paid into the General Fund and
13 credited to this appropriation.
14 For the conduct, operation or contract-
15 ing for training courses to be given at John
16 J. Kane Hospital and cooperating institutions,
17 for the personnel of county homes, nursing
18 and convalescent homes, and nonprofit homes
19 for the aged...................................... 25,000
20 To the Department of Revenue
21 For salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Department of Revenue including corporation
24 taxes, institutional collections, county
25 collections, cigarette and beverage taxes,
26 and education tax administration.................. 21,040,000
27 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
28 from any source as contributions for this
29 program shall be paid into the General Fund
30 and credited to this appropriation.
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1 For payment of compensation to informers,
2 escheators and others and for the payment
3 of attorneys' fees and expenses arising by
4 virtue of proceedings in escheat, or by virtue
5 of proceedings to take without escheat............ 50,000
6 To the Department of State
7 For salaries, wages and all necessary
8 expenses for the proper administration of the
9 Department of State including registration of
10 corporations, commissions, elections and
11 legislation services, regulation of solicitation
12 and auction activities, and regulation of
13 boxing and wrestling.............................. 627,000
14 In addition to this amount, all moneys received
15 as fees for the registration of charitable
16 organizations shall be paid into the General
17 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
18 Publication of proposed constitutional
19 amendments........................................ 64,000
20 For administration of the Municipal
21 Employes' Retirement System....................... 36,000
22 In addition to this amount, all moneys
23 received from any source as contributions
24 for this program shall be paid into the General
25 Fund and credited to this appropriation.
26 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
27 expenses for the proper administration of
28 the Office of Professional and Occupational
29 Affairs........................................... 1,638,000
30 Performing powers and duties relating to
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1 absentee voting by persons in military
2 services.......................................... 30,000
3 Payment of State contribution of the
4 medical/hospital insurance costs for
5 Commonwealth annuitants who have elected such
6 coverage.......................................... 500,000
7 Payment of funds into the State Employes'
8 Retirement Fund to provide supplemental retirement
9 benefits to certain annuitants in addition to the
10 regular superannuation retirement allowance
11 provided by the State Employes' Retirement
12 System............................................ 1,638,000
13 To the Pennsylvania State Police
14 For salaries, wages and all necessary
15 expenses for the proper administration of the
16 Pennsylvania State Police, including criminal
17 identification, fire protection, criminal and
18 traffic law enforcement, communications, quarter-
19 master and mechanical services, training,
20 and operation and maintenance of traffic
21 safety facilities................................. 10,600,000
22 And in addition to the above amount, moneys
23 received from the Federal Government and
24 all sums from time to time transferred from
25 the Motor License Fund or paid by the
26 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for policemen
27 assigned to patrol the turnpike, sale of
28 automobiles and training school fees received
29 from municipalities and others are hereby
30 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State Police
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1 for the purposes for which the same is trans-
2 ferred or paid.
3 To the State Tax Equalization Board
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
5 expenses for the proper administration of the
6 State Tax Equalization Board...................... 514,000
7 To the Department of Transportation
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
9 expenses for the proper administration of the
10 Department of Transportation including the rail
11 demonstration project............................ 117,000
12 To provide for urban mass transportation
13 assistance as authorized by the Pennsylvania
14 Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Law
15 of 1967........................................... 10,944,000
16 For payment to the City of Philadelphia
17 for the maintenance, repair and improvement
18 of the Port of Philadelphia....................... 600,000
19 For payment to the Erie Port Commission
20 of the City of Erie, for the maintenance,
21 repair, improvement, management, development
22 and administration of the Port of Erie............ 250,000
23 Administration of the Navigation Commission
24 for the Delaware River and performance of
25 duties and exercise of powers relating to
26 navigation on the Delaware River.................. 75,000
27 To the Atlantic States Marine
28 Fisheries Commission
29 For the support of the Atlantic States
30 Marine Fisheries Commission....................... 1,000
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1 To the Brandywine Battlefield
2 Park Commission
3 For the conduct of the work of the Brandywine
4 Battlefield Park Commission and to maintain the
5 lands or structures acquired...................... 49,000
6 To the Commission on
7 Interstate Cooperation
8 For the conduct of the work of the Commission
9 on Interstate Cooperation and the traveling
10 expenses of members to be paid in favor of the
11 chairman or treasurer of the commission on
12 presentation of his requisition and who shall
13 file an accounting with the Auditor General....... 25,000
14 To the Council of State Governments
15 For the support of the Council of State
16 Governments and the Interstate Legislative
17 Reference Bureau to be paid to the
18 Executive Director of the Council of State
19 Governments who shall file an accounting
20 of such expenses with the Auditor General......... 60,000
21 To the Susquehanna River Basin Commission
22 For the support of the Susquehanna River
23 Basin Commission, requisitions to be signed
24 by the Secretary of Environmental
25 Resources......................................... 40,000
26 To the Interstate Commission on the
27 Potomac River Basin
28 For the support of the Interstate
29 Commission on the Potomac River Basin
30 requisitions to be prepared and signed by the
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1 Secretary of Environmental Resources.............. 3,000
2 To the Advisory Commission on
3 Intergovernmental Relations
4 For the support of the Advisory Commission
5 on Intergovernmental Relations, requisitions
6 to be signed by the Governor...................... 1,000
7 To the Interstate Oil Compact Commission
8 For the support of the Interstate Oil
9 Compact Commission, and for the expenses
10 of the Governor or his delegate in representing
11 Pennsylvania, requisitions to be signed by
12 the Governor...................................... 3,000
13 To the Ohio River Valley Water
14 Sanitation Commission
15 For the support of the Ohio River Valley
16 Water Sanitation Commission, requisitions
17 to be prepared and signed by the Secretary
18 of Environmental Resources........................ 28,000
19 To the Great Lakes Commission
20 For the support of the Great Lakes Com-
21 mission, to be paid on requisition of the
22 commissioners who shall file an accounting with
23 the Auditor General............................... 12,000
24 To the Potomac River Basin Advisory Committee
25 For the support of the Potomac River Basin
26 Advisory Committee, requisitions to be signed
27 by the Secretary of Environmental Resources....... 9,000
28 To the Delaware River Basin Commission
29 For the conduct of the work of the Delaware
30 River Basin Commission to be paid in favor of the
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1 chairman of said commission who shall file an
2 accounting with the Auditor General............... 316,000
3 To the Pennsylvania Public
4 Television Network Commission
5 For the operation and maintenance of the
6 Pennsylvania Public Television Network
7 Commission........................................ 1,500,000
8 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
9 To the Senate
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the following purposes:
12 Salaries of fifty Senators and extra com-
13 pensation to the President Pro Tempore of the
14 Senate............................................ 474,000
15 Salaries and wages for per diem and session
16 officers and employes, including returning
17 officers.......................................... 370,000
18 Salaries of employes of the President of
19 the Senate........................................ 50,000
20 Salaries of salaried employes of the Senate.... 2,117,000
21 Mileage:
22 Fifty Senators, officers and employes.......... 95,000
23 Postage:
24 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal............ 20,000
25 Lieutenant Governor............................ 3,000
26 Secretary of Senate............................ 6,000
27 Librarian...................................... 2,000
28 Contingent Expenses:
29 Secretary...................................... 25,000
30 Librarian...................................... 12,000
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1 President...................................... 15,000
2 President Pro Tempore.......................... 11,000
3 Chief Clerk.................................... 20,000
4 Majority Floor Leader.......................... 6,000
5 Minority Floor Leader.......................... 6,000
6 Majority Whip.................................. 3,000
7 Minority Whip.................................. 3,000
8 Chairman of Majority Caucus.................... 2,500
9 Chairman of Minority Caucus.................... 2,500
10 Secretary of Majority Caucus................... 2,000
11 Secretary of Minority Caucus................... 2,000
12 Chairman Majority Appropriations Committee..... 6,000
13 Chairman Minority Appropriations Committee..... 6,000
14 Chairman Minority Policy Committee............. 2,000
15 The above appropriations for postage and for
16 contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
17 payment of such expenses on warrant of the Auditor
18 General in favor of the officers above named upon
19 the presentation of their requisitions for the
20 same: Provided, That the total amount of
21 requisitions for advancements less the total
22 amount of expenditures made as certified by such
23 officers to the Auditor General shall not exceed
24 the amount of the bond of the officer having
25 control of the disbursements from the funds
26 advanced.
27 Miscellaneous Expenses:
28 Incidental Expenses............................ 85,000
29 History of Legislation, Extra Services......... 4,000
30 Issuing Certificates of Election............... 1,000
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1 Expenses, Senators............................. 395,000
2 Legislative Printing and Expenses.............. 625,000
3 Attending National Legislative Conference...... 5,000
4 Attending Meetings of the Council of
5 State Governments................................. 3,000
6 The above appropriation for incidental
7 expenses shall be paid to the Chief Clerk of the
8 Senate, the appropriations for history of legis-
9 lation, extra services and attending National
10 Legislative Conference shall be paid to the
11 Secretary of the Senate and the appropriation
12 for attending meetings of the Council of State
13 Governments shall be paid to the President
14 Pro Tempore in the same manner and under the
15 same conditions as the appropriations for
16 postage and contingent expenses above.
17 For the payment of the expenses of the
18 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in
19 investigating schools, colleges, universities,
20 correctional institutions, mental hospitals,
21 medical and surgical hospitals, homes and
22 other institutions, and agencies supported,
23 in whole or in part, by appropriations from
24 the State Treasury in analyzing requests of
25 the same and of the various departments, boards
26 and commissions of the Commonwealth for
27 appropriations and for the necessary clerical
28 assistance and other necessary expenses in
29 connection with the work of said committee
30 in compiling data and information for the
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1 use of said committee and the Senate during
2 Legislative Sessions and during the interim
3 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge
4 of such duties. The committee shall have
5 the authority to examine and inspect all
6 properties, equipment, facilities, files,
7 records and accounts of any State office,
8 department, institution, board, committee,
9 commission or agency or any institution or
10 agency supported in whole or in part, by
11 appropriation from the State Treasury and to
12 administer oaths. The committee may issue
13 subpoenas under the hand and seal of the
14 chairman to compel the attendance of witnesses
15 and the production of any papers, books,
16 accounts, documents and testimony touching
17 matters properly being inquired into by the
18 committee and to cause the deposition of
19 witnesses either residing within or
20 without the State to be taken in the
21 manner prescribed by laws for taking
22 depositions in civil actions. The sum
23 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of
24 the Auditor General in favor of the chairman
25 of said committee on the presentation
26 of his requisition for the same. The
27 Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
28 shall not later than thirty days after
29 the termination of his term of office, or
30 until his successor is elected and also
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1 within thirty days after the adjournment of
2 any regular or special session, file an
3 account, together with supporting
4 documents whenever possible in the office
5 of the Appropriation Committee of the
6 committee's expenses since the filing
7 of the prior account.............................. 160,000
8 For the payment of the expenses
9 of one minority party member of the
10 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
11 designated by a majority vote of the
12 minority party Senate Caucus for clerical
13 and other assistance and necessary
14 travel expense in compiling data and
15 information for his use and in examining
16 and inspecting all properties, equipment,
17 facilities, files, records and accounts
18 of any State office, department,
19 institution, board, committee, commission
20 or agency or any institution or agency,
21 supported in whole or in part, by
22 appropriation from the State Treasury in
23 connection with his work during Legis-
24 lative Sessions and during the interim
25 between Legislative Sessions to the
26 discharge of his duties. The sum
27 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of
28 the Auditor General in favor of the
29 member so designated by the majority
30 vote of the minority party Senate Caucus
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1 on the presentation of his requisition
2 for the same. Such member so designated
3 shall, not later than thirty days after
4 the termination of his term of office,
5 or until his successor is elected, and
6 also within thirty days after the
7 adjournment of any regular or special
8 session, file an account, together with
9 supporting documents whenever possible, in
10 the office of the minority party members of
11 the Committee on Appropriations of the
12 Senate of his expenses since the filing
13 of the prior account.............................. 160,000
14 For the payment to a Committee of the
15 Senate composed of the President Pro Tempore,
16 the Majority Leader, the Majority Whip,
17 the Majority Caucus Chairman, and Majority
18 Caucus Secretary for allocation in its
19 discretion to the several committees of
20 the Senate for payment of the expenses of hiring
21 such additional personnel and staff and
22 for conducting such research and study projects
23 as may be required or arise in connection
24 with the work of such committees during
25 Legislative Sessions and during the interim
26 between Legislative Sessions. The sum
27 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of
28 the Auditor General in favor of the Majority
29 Leader on the presentation of his requisition
30 for the same. The Majority Leader shall,
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1 not later than thirty days after the
2 termination of his term of office or until
3 his successor is elected and also within
4 thirty days after the adjournment of any
5 regular or special session, file an account
6 together with supporting documents whenever
7 possible in the office of the Majority
8 Leader of such expenses since the filing
9 of the prior account.............................. 200,000
10 For the payment to a Committee of the
11 Senate composed of the Minority Leader, the
12 Minority Whip, the Minority Caucus
13 Chairman, and the Minority Caucus Secretary
14 for allocation in its discretion to the
15 several committees of the Senate for payment
16 of the expenses of hiring such additional
17 personnel and staff and for conducting such
18 research and study projects as may be required
19 or arise in connection with the work of such
20 committees during Legislative Sessions and
21 during the interim between Legislative
22 Sessions. The sum appropriated shall be
23 paid on warrant of the Auditor General in
24 favor of the Minority Leader on the presenta-
25 tion of his requisition for the same. The
26 Minority Leader shall, not later than thirty
27 days after the termination of his term of
28 office or until his successor is elected
29 and also within thirty days after the
30 adjournment of any regular or special session,
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1 file an account together with supporting
2 documents whenever possible in the office
3 of the Minority Leader of such expenses since
4 the filing of the prior accounts.................. 200,000
5 To the House of Representatives
6 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the following purposes:
8 Salaries of Representatives and extra com-
9 pensation to the Speaker of the House of
10 Representatives................................... 1,829,000
11 Salaries and wages for per diem and session
12 officers and employes, including returning
13 officers.......................................... 1,202,000
14 Salaries of salaried employes of the House
15 of Representatives................................ 2,018,000
16 Mileage:
17 Representatives, Officers and Employes......... 227,000
18 Postage:
19 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal............ 30,000
20 Contingent Expenses:
21 Speaker........................................ 11,000
22 Chief Clerk.................................... 55,000
23 Secretary...................................... 20,000
24 Majority Floor Leader.......................... 6,000
25 Minority Floor Leader.......................... 6,000
26 Majority Whip.................................. 3,000
27 Minority Whip.................................. 3,000
28 Chairman of Majority Caucus.................... 2,500
29 Chairman of Minority Caucus.................... 2,500
30 Secretary of Majority Caucus................... 2,000
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1 Secretary of Minority Caucus................... 2,000
2 Chairman of Majority Appropriation Committee... 6,000
3 Chairman of Minority Appropriation Committee... 6,000
4 Chairman of Minority Policy Committee.......... 1,000
5 Administrator for Minority Staff............... 20,000
6 The above appropriations for postage and for
7 contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
8 payment of such expenses on warrant of the Auditor
9 General in favor of the officers above named upon
10 the presentation of their requisitions for the
11 same: Provided, That the total amount of requisi-
12 tions for advancements less the total amount of
13 expenditures made as certified by such officers to
14 the Auditor General shall not exceed the amount of
15 the bond of the officer having control of the dis-
16 bursements from the funds advanced.
17 Miscellaneous Expenses:
18 Incidental Expenses............................ 288,000
19 Expenses, Representatives...................... 1,583,400
20 Legislative Printing and Expenses.............. 650,000
21 Attending National Legislative Conference...... 5,000
22 Attending Meetings of the Council of State
23 Governments....................................... 3,000
24 The above appropriation for attending National
25 Legislative Conference shall be paid to the Chief
26 Clerk of the House and the appropriation for
27 attending meetings of the Council of State Govern-
28 ments shall be paid to the Speaker of the House
29 in the same manner and under the same conditions
30 as the appropriations for postage and contingent
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1 expenses above.
2 For the payment of the expenses of the Commit-
3 tee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
4 tives in investigating schools, colleges, universi-
5 ties, correctional institutions, mental hospitals,
6 medical and surgical hospitals, homes and other
7 institutions and agencies supported, in whole or
8 in part, by appropriations from the State Treasury
9 in analyzing reports, expenditures and the general
10 operation and administration of said institutions
11 and agencies in examining and analyzing request of
12 the same and of the various departments, boards
13 and commissions of the Commonwealth for appropria-
14 tions and for the necessary clerical assistance
15 and other necessary expenses in connection with the
16 work of said committee in compiling comparative cost
17 and other fiscal data and information for the use
18 of said committee and the House of Representatives
19 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
20 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
21 such duties. The committee shall have the
22 authority to examine and inspect all properties,
23 equipment, facilities, files, records and accounts
24 of any State office, department, institution,
25 board, committee, commission or agency or any
26 institution or agency supported in whole or in
27 part by appropriation from the State Treasury
28 and to administer oaths. The committee may
29 issue subpoenas under the hand and seal of the
30 chairman to compel the attendance of witnesses
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1 and the production of any papers, books, accounts,
2 documents and testimony touching matters properly
3 being inquired into by the committee and to cause
4 the deposition of witnesses either residing within
5 or without the State to be taken in the manner
6 prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil
7 actions. The sum appropriated shall be paid on
8 warrant of the Auditor General in favor of the
9 chairman of said committee on the presentation of
10 his requisition for the same. The Chairman of
11 the Committee on Appropriations shall, not later
12 than thirty days after the termination of his
13 term of office or until his successor is elected
14 and also within thirty days after the adjourn-
15 ment of any regular or special session, file an
16 account together with supporting documents when-
17 ever possible in the office of the Appropriation
18 Committee of the committee's expenses since the
19 filing of the prior account....................... 160,000
20 For payment of the expenses of one minority
21 party member of the Committee on Appropriations
22 of the House of Representatives designated by a
23 majority vote of the minority party House of
24 Representatives Caucus for clerical and other
25 assistance and necessary travel expense in com-
26 piling data and information for his use and in
27 examining and inspecting all properties, equip-
28 ment facilities, files, records and accounts of
29 any State office, department, institution, board,
30 committee, commission or agency or any institu-
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1 tion or agency supported in whole or in part by
2 appropriation from the State Treasury in connec-
3 tion with his work during Legislative Sessions
4 and during the interim between Legislative
5 Sessions to the discharge of his duties. The
6 sum appropriated shall be paid on warrant of
7 the Auditor General in favor of the member so
8 designated by the majority vote of the minority
9 party House of Representatives Caucus on the
10 presentation of his requisition for the same.
11 Such member so designated shall, not later than
12 thirty days after the termination of his term
13 of office, or until his successor is elected,
14 and also within thirty days after the adjourn-
15 ment of any regular or special session, file
16 an account, together with supporting documents
17 whenever possible, in the office of the minority
18 party member of the Committee on Appropriations
19 of the House of Representatives of his expenses
20 since the filing of the prior account............. 160,000
21 For the payment to a Committee of the House
22 of Representatives composed of the Speaker of
23 the House of Representatives, the Majority
24 Leader, the Majority Whip, the Majority Caucus
25 Chairman and the Majority Caucus Secretary of
26 the House of Representatives for allocation in
27 its discretion to the several committees of the
28 House of Representatives for payment of the ex-
29 penses of hiring such additional personnel and
30 staff and for conducting such research and study
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1 projects as may be required or arise in connec-
2 tion with the work of such committees during
3 Legislative Sessions and during the interim be-
4 tween Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
5 shall be paid on warrant of the Auditor General
6 in favor of the Majority Leader on the presenta-
7 tion of his requisition for the same. The
8 Majority Leader shall, not later than thirty days
9 after the termination of his term of office or
10 until his successor is elected and also within
11 thirty days after the adjournment of any regular
12 or special session, file an account together
13 with supporting documents whenever possible in
14 the office of the Majority Leader of such ex-
15 penses since the filing of the prior account...... 200,000
16 For the payment to a Committee of the House
17 of Representatives composed of the Minority Leader,
18 the Minority Whip, the Minority Caucus Chairman,
19 and the Minority Caucus Secretary for allocation
20 in its discretion to the several committees of
21 the House of Representatives for the payment of
22 the expenses of hiring such additional personnel
23 and staff and for conducting such research and
24 study projects as may be required or arise in
25 connection with the work of such committees during
26 Legislative Sessions and during the interim be-
27 tween Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
28 shall be paid on warrant of the Auditor General in
29 favor of the Minority Leader on the presentation
30 of his requisition for the same. The Minority
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1 Leader shall, not later than thirty days after
2 the termination of his term of office or until
3 his successor is elected and also within thirty
4 days after the adjournment of any regular or
5 special session, file an account together with
6 supporting documents whenever possible in the
7 office of the Minority Leader of such expenses
8 since the filing of the prior account............. 200,000
9 To the Legislative Reference Bureau
10 For salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
11 penses for the work of the Legislative Ref-
12 erence Bureau..................................... 444,000
13 For salaries, wages and all necessary
14 expenses for the work of the Documents
15 Law Section....................................... 43,000
16 Contingent expenses connected with the work
17 of the Legislative Reference Bureau to be paid
18 on warrants of the Auditor General in favor of
19 the director on the presentation of his requisi-
20 tions for the same. The director shall file
21 accounting of said expenses together with sup-
22 porting documents whenever possible in the office
23 of the Legislative Reference Bureau............... 10,000
24 Printing expenses.............................. 70,000
25 To the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
26 For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
27 penses for the work of the Legislative Budget
28 and Finance Committee............................. 207,000
29 To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives <--
30 and the Secretary of the Senate Jointly <--
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1 For the establishment and operation of a Legis- <--
2 lative Data Processing Committee.................. 670,000 <--
3 TO THE LEGISLATIVE DATA PROCESSING <--
4 COMMITTEE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION
5 OF THE LEGISLATIVE DATA PROCESSING CENTER............. 670,000
6 To the Joint State Government Commission
7 For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
8 penses for the work of the Joint State Government
9 Commission to be paid on warrants of the Auditor
10 General in favor of the chairman of said commis-
11 sion on the presentation of his requisition for
12 the same the chairman shall file an accounting of
13 said expenses together with supporting documents
14 whenever possible in the office of the Joint State
15 Government Commission............................. 703,000
16 To the Local Government Commission
17 For the salaries, wages and all expenses neces-
18 sary for the work of the Local Government Com-
19 mission........................................... 150,000
20 To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
21 For the payment of premiums on surety bonds for
22 chairmen and officials of the Senate and House of
23 Representatives................................... 1,000
24 To the General Assembly for the payment of
25 the expenses of its Inaugural Committee in mak-
26 ing and carrying out the arrangements for the
27 inauguration of the Governor-elect January 19,
28 1971.............................................. 25,000
29 To the National Society of State Legislators
30 For the support of the National Society of
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1 State Legislators to be paid on requisition of
2 the Auditor General and warrant for such pay-
3 ment to be drawn to the order of the Executive
4 Director of the National Society of State Legis-
5 lators who shall file an accounting of such ex-
6 penses with the Auditor General................... 1,000
7 To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
8 and the Secretary of the Senate Jointly
9 For the purchase of Pennsylvania flags to
10 be sent to residents of Pennsylvania serving
11 in the armed forces of the United States, over-
12 seas, who request such flags...................... 10,000
13 To the State Legislative Air and Water Pollution
14 Control Commission
15 For the salaries and expenses of the State
16 Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
17 Commission........................................ 50,000 <--
18 70,000
19 Any officer, commission, agency or committee
20 of the Legislative Department having received an
21 advance appropriation hereunder shall:
22 (1) At the end of the appropriation period,
23 return to the State Treasury all unexpended, un-
24 committed and unencumbered balances of such ad-
25 vances before any advance shall be made out of
26 any succeeding appropriation.
27 (2) Deposit all moneys advanced in the name
28 of the Commonwealth in a State depository and
29 certify the name thereof to the State Treasurer.
30 (3) Not later than thirty days after the
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1 termination of his term of office, or until his
2 successor is elected and also within thirty days
3 after the adjournment of any regular or special
4 session, file in the office receiving such ad-
5 vance an account of the expenditures of such funds
6 together with supporting documents whenever possi-
7 ble.
8 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
9 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
10 expenses for the following purposes:
11 Supreme Court
12 Salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court
13 Judges............................................ 303,000
14 Salaries and compensation of employes and
15 expenses of judges................................ 49,000
16 Salaries and expenses for the office of pro-
17 thonotary and for the library in the Eastern
18 District.......................................... 162,000
19 Salaries and expenses for the prothonotary's
20 office in the Middle District..................... 24,000
21 Salaries and expenses for the prothonotary's
22 office and for the library in the Western
23 District.......................................... 80,000
24 Salaries and expenses for criers, tipstaves,
25 official stenographers, court officers and the
26 law secretary of the Chief Justice in Eastern,
27 Middle and Western Districts and Workmen's Com-
28 pensation Insurance Premiums for all Supreme
29 Court Employes.................................... 335,000
30 Salaries and expenses for the office of State
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1 reporters......................................... 60,000
2 Fees for prothonotaries of the Supreme Court
3 of the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts on
4 assignment to judges to counties other than their
5 own............................................... 8,000
6 Expenses of Board of Governors of the Penn-
7 sylvania Bar...................................... 7,000
8 Expenses of the Civil Procedural Rules Com-
9 mittee............................................ 38,000
10 Salaries and expenses of the State Board of
11 Law Examiners..................................... 120,000
12 Judicial Inquiry and Review Board.............. 15,000
13 Court Administrator............................ 400,000
14 Expenses of Procedural Rules Committee......... 27,000
15 Printing and Miscellaneous Expenses............ 100,000
16 Superior Court
17 Salaries and expenses of the Superior Court
18 Judges............................................ 288,000
19 Salaries and compensation for employes and
20 expenses of judges................................ 46,000
21 Salaries and expenses of criers, tipstaves,
22 official stenographers, court officers and law
23 secretary of the president judge and Workmen's
24 Compensation Insurance Premiums for all em-
25 ployes of the Superior Court...................... 257,000
26 Expenses of dockets, stationery, supplies,
27 books for the library and other costs of the
28 Superior Court and its officers................... 22,000
29 For the payment of salaries and expenses for
30 the Prothonotary's Office in the Philadelphia
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1 District.......................................... 75,000
2 Commonwealth Court
3 Salaries and expenses of judges and em-
4 ployes............................................ 750,000
5 Courts of Common Pleas
6 Salaries and expenses of judges................ 8,101,000
7 Expenses of traveling judges................... 150,000
8 Mileage in divided judicial districts.......... 4,000
9 Clerk Hire in Dauphin County................... 69,000
10 Community Courts - District Justices of the Peace
11 Salaries of Community Court Judges and Dis-
12 trict Justices of the Peace....................... 6,090,000
13 Philadelphia Municipal Court
14 Salaries and expenses of judges................ 486,000
15 Philadelphia Traffic Court
16 Salaries and expenses of judges................ 133,000
17 Miscellaneous
18 Salaries of associate judges................... 99,000
19 Mileage for associate judges................... 4,000
20 Section 3. This act is not intended to be inconsistent with
21 or to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or any
22 prior session of the General Assembly regulating the purchase of
23 supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the purchase,
24 maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of making
25 payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the
26 functioning of any administrative department, board or
27 commission.
28 Section 4. No appropriation made by this act to any
29 department, board, commission or agency of the Executive
30 Department shall be available unless and until such department,
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1 board, commission or agency shall have complied with sections
2 604, 605 and 606 of the Administrative Code of 1929.
3 Section 5. The term "employes" as used in this act shall
4 include all directors, superintendents, bureau or division
5 chiefs, assistant directors, assistant superintendents,
6 assistant chiefs, experts, scientists, engineers, surveyors,
7 draftsmen, accountants, secretaries, auditors, inspectors,
8 examiners, statisticians, marshals, clerks, stenographers,
9 bookkeepers, messengers and other assistants in any department,
10 board or commission.
11 Section 6. The term "expenses" and "maintenance" shall
12 include all printing, binding and stationery, food and forage,
13 materials and supplies, traveling expenses, training, motor
14 vehicle supplies and repairs, freight, express and cartage,
15 postage, telephones and telegraph rentals and toll charges,
16 newspaper advertising and notices, fuel, light, heat, power and
17 water, repairs or reconstruction of equipment, buildings and
18 facilities, rent of real estate and equipment, premiums on
19 workmen's compensation, insurance premiums on policies of
20 liability insurance, premiums on medical payment insurance and
21 surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on employe group
22 life insurance, and employe and retired employe group hospital
23 and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth share of social
24 security taxes for State employes, the purchase of replacement
25 or additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental
26 costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of
27 Property and Supplies of mileage and other charges for the use
28 of automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred
29 through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall
30 include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State
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1 institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside
2 hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution
3 pay more for patient care than that provided under the State
4 medical assistance program.
5 Section 7. Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment
6 shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered until
7 contracts covering said purchase have been entered into with the
8 vendors.
9 Section 8. In addition to the amounts appropriated by this
10 act, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies
11 furnished to employes and other persons, except inmates by an
12 institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the sale
13 of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber, or other
14 materials sold by the department shall be paid into the General
15 Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the
16 several respective institutions for the operation and
17 maintenance of said institutions.
18 Further, in addition to the amounts appropriated by this act,
19 all moneys received from the Federal Government, or from any
20 other source as contributions for the programs provided herein,
21 or as payment for services or materials furnished by one
22 institution to another, except those collections designated as
23 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby
24 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the
25 respective appropriations.
26 Section 9. That part of all appropriations in this act
27 unexpended, uncommitted and unencumbered as of June 30, 1971
28 shall automatically lapse as of that date.
29 Section 10. The provisions of this act shall be severable.
30 If any provision of this act is found by a court of record to be
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1 unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the act
2 shall nevertheless, remain valid unless the court finds the
3 valid provisions of the law are so essentially inseparably
4 connected with and depend upon the void provision that it cannot
5 be presumed the General Assembly would have enacted the
6 remaining valid provisions without the void one, or unless the
7 court finds the remaining valid provisions standing alone are
8 incompleted and are incapable of being executed in accordance
9 with the legislative intent.
10 Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 1970.
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