PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1089                      PRINTER'S NO. 1134

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 954 Session of 1971


        INTRODUCED BY DONOLOW, JULY 21, 1971

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JULY 23, 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, 1971 to
     4     June 30, 1972, and for the payment of bills incurred and
     5     remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
     6     June 30, 1971.

     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 1971."
    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, 1971, and for the payment of bills incurred
     4  and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
     5  June 30, 1971.
     6                      I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
     7                          To the Governor
     8     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     9  expenses for the following purposes and activities,
    10  including the maintenance of the executive mansion,
    11  the expense of entertainment of official guests and
    12  members of the General Assembly and the Judiciary,
    13  participation in the Governor's Conference, the
    14  expenses of the Executive Board, and for the
    15  payment of traveling expenses of persons other
    16  than employes of the Commonwealth appointed by
    17  the Governor to represent or otherwise serve the
    18  Commonwealth.
    19     Administration of the Office of Governor ......... $1,096,000
    20     For salaries, wages and all necessary
    21  expenses for the proper administration of
    22  the Council for Human Services.......................    110,000
    23     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    24  ceived from the Federal Government or from
    25  any other source as contributions for this pro-
    26  gram shall be paid into the General Fund and
    27  credited to this appropriation.
    28     For the administration and operation of
    29  the Office of Administration.........................  2,330,000
    30     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
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     1  ceived from the Federal Government or from
     2  any other source or as reimbursement for
     3  expenses incurred in the administration of the
     4  Civil Service Act shall be paid into the
     5  General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
     6     For the administration and operation
     7  of the Office of the Budget..........................    682,000
     8     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     9  expenses for the proper administration of
    10  the Human Relations Commission program...............  1,289,000
    11     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    12  received from the Federal Government or from
    13  any other source as contributions for this
    14  program shall be paid into the General
    15  Fund and credited to this appropriation.
    16     For the portrait of the former Governor...........      1,000
    17              To the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
    18     For the conduct of the work of the
    19  Commonwealth of the Pennsylvania Council on
    20  the Arts, requisitions to be signed by the
    21  Governor.............................................    235,000
    22     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    23  ceived from the Federal Government as contri-
    24  butions for this program shall be paid into the
    25  General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
    26                     To the Lieutenant Governor
    27     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    28  expenses for the proper conduct of the Office of
    29  the Lieutenant Governor..............................    170,000
    30     For portrait of former Lieutenant Governor........      1,000
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     1              To the Department of the Auditor General
     2     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     3  expenses for the proper conduct of the
     4  following purposes and activities:
     5     Administration of the Department of the
     6  Auditor General for auditing annually,
     7  periodically or specially, the affairs of any
     8  department, board or commission which are
     9  supported out of the General Fund and for
    10  auditing justices of the peace, other fining
    11  offices, Volunteer Firemen's Relief Asso-
    12  ciation Funds and the offices of elected
    13  State officials......................................  4,816,000
    14     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    15  received from any other source as con-
    16  tributions to this program shall be paid
    17  into the General Fund and credited to this
    18  appropriation.
    19     Auditing appropriations for or relating
    20  to public assistance including any Federal
    21  sums supplementing such appropriations...............  1,280,000
    22     Administration of the Board of
    23  Arbitration of Claims................................     94,000
    24     For payment of pensions to dependents of
    25  soldiers of the Pennsylvania National Guard
    26  killed in the line of duty...........................      6,000
    27                     To the Treasury Department
    28     For the salaries, wages and all
    29  necessary expenses for the proper conduct of
    30  the following purposes and activities:
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     1     Administration of the Treasury Department.........  2,660,000
     2     In addition to this amount, all moneys
     3  received from any other source as contri-
     4  butions to this program, shall be paid into
     5  the General Fund and credited to this
     6  appropriation.
     7     For the administrative expenses in dis-
     8  bursing appropriations for or relating to
     9  public assistance including any Federal sums
    10  supplementing such appropriations....................  1,383,000
    11     Administration of the Board of Finance and
    12  Revenue..............................................    180,000
    13     For the conduct of the work of the Com-
    14  mission on Interstate Cooperation and the
    15  traveling expenses of members to be paid in
    16  favor of the chairman or treasurer of the com-
    17  mission on presentation of his requisition and
    18  who shall file an accounting with the Auditor
    19  General..............................................     30,000
    20     For the support of the Council of State
    21  Governments and the Interstate Legislative
    22  Reference Bureau to be paid to the order of
    23  the Executive Director of the Council of
    24  State Governments who shall file an accounting
    25  of such expenses with the Auditor General............     73,000
    26     For the support of the Great Lakes Com-
    27  mission to be paid on requisition of the com-
    28  missioners who shall file an accounting
    29  with the Auditor General.............................     13,000
    30     For the payment of replacement checks
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     1  issued in lieu of outstanding checks when
     2  presented and to adjust errors.......................     30,000
     3     Payment of the difference between the
     4  interest earned by the moneys in the Agri-
     5  cultural College Land Scrip Fund and in the
     6  State College Experimental Farm Fund and the
     7  interest guaranteed by the Commonwealth of
     8  Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania State University........     15,000
     9     Publishing statements of the General Fund
    10  and other funds of the Commonwealth..................     12,000
    11     Compensation of the Commonwealth's Loan
    12  and Transfer Agent for services and ex-
    13  penses in connection with the registration,
    14  transfer and payment of interest on bonds
    15  of the Commonwealth and other services re-
    16  quired to be performed by the Loan and
    17  Transfer Agent.......................................     30,000
    18     Payment of legal fees, publication of
    19  advertisements, costs of engraving and other
    20  expenses incurred in issuing of tax antici-
    21  pation notes.........................................     60,000
    22     For the payment into the Public Buildings
    23  Construction Sinking Fund to meet the interest
    24  and sinking fund requirements of bonds issued........  2,152,000
    25     For the payment into the Project 70 Land
    26  Acquisition Sinking Fund to meet the prin-
    27  cipal and interest requirements on notes and
    28  bonds issued.........................................  5,050,000
    29     For the payment into the Land and Water
    30  Development Sinking Fund to meet the interest
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     1  and sinking fund requirements of notes and
     2  bonds issued and to be issued........................  8,000,000
     3     For the payment into the Capital Facilities
     4  Redemption Fund to meet the principal and
     5  interest requirements on notes and bonds
     6  issued and notes and bonds to be issued.............. 38,000,000
     7     For the payment into the proper fund to
     8  meet the principal and interest requirements
     9  on notes and bonds to be issued for payment
    10  of the Vietnam Veterans' Bonus.......................  3,860,000
    11                  To the Department of Agriculture
    12     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    13  expenses for the proper administration of the
    14  Department of Agriculture, including the
    15  following programs: animal industry, food
    16  regulation and testing, marketing activities,
    17  plant industry, meat and poultry inspections
    18  and dog law enforcement..............................  7,766,000
    19     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    20  ceived from the Federal Government or from
    21  any other source as contributions for this
    22  program shall be paid into the General Fund
    23  and credited to this appropriation.
    24     Payment of compensation to owners of
    25  animals destroyed in disease eradication programs....    115,000
    26     For the control of stem rust of wheat, oats,
    27  barley and rye by the eradication of rust
    28  spreading barberry bushes and providing for
    29  payment thereof to counties making like ex-
    30  penditures of county funds...........................     20,000
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     1     Payment of reimbursement to legally
     2  constituted law enforcement agencies for kennel
     3  construction.........................................     20,000
     4     For payment into the State Farm Products
     5  Show Fund to pay for that portion of the
     6  Farm Show and maintenance to Farm Show Building
     7  that is not paid from Farm Show revenues.............    350,000
     8     Development and operation of an open
     9  livestock show, including cattle, swine, sheep
    10  and horses: Provided, That the department may
    11  make allocations of this appropriation as it
    12  deems appropriate to an incorporated association
    13  whose purposes are in accord with the purposes
    14  and intent of this appropriation, the funds
    15  so allocated to be used for the development
    16  and operation of a livestock show in
    17  Pennsylvania: And, provided further, That
    18  the funds allocated by the department shall
    19  only be used for the specific items approved
    20  by the department in advance of the
    21  expenditure..........................................     50,000
    22     Planning and staging of an open dairy
    23  show: Provided, That the department makes
    24  allocations of this appropriation as it deems
    25  appropriate to an incorporated association
    26  whose purposes are in accord with the pur-
    27  poses and intent of this appropriation, the
    28  funds so allocated to be used for the planning
    29  and staging of a dairy show in Pennsylvania:
    30  And, provided further, That the funds allocated
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     1  by the department shall only be used for the
     2  specific items approved by the department in
     3  advance of the expenditure...........................     50,000
     4     Promotion and holding of annual local,
     5  regional and State 4-H Club and Future Farmers
     6  of America dairy shows: Provided, That the depart-
     7  ment may make allocations of this appropria-
     8  tion as it deems appropriate to an association
     9  whose purposes are in accord with the purposes
    10  and intent of this appropriation, the funds so
    11  allocated to be used for the development
    12  and operation of Junior Dairy Shows: And,
    13  provided further, That the funds allocated by
    14  the department shall only be used for the
    15  specific items approved by the department in
    16  advance..............................................     15,000
    17                    To the Department of Banking
    18     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    19  expenses for the proper administration of the
    20  Pennsylvania Securities Commission...................    302,000
    21               To the State Council of Civil Defense
    22     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    23  expenses for the proper administration of the
    24  State Council of Civil Defense, including
    25  mobilization planning................................    347,000
    26     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    27  received from the Federal Government as con-
    28  tributions to this program shall be paid into
    29  the General Fund and credited to this
    30  appropriation.
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     1                   To the Department of Commerce
     2     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     3  expenses for the proper administration of the
     4  Department of Commerce, including the following:
     5  industrial development, economic development,
     6  travel development, business services and
     7  statistics...........................................  3,015,000
     8     In addition to this amount all moneys received
     9  from the Federal Government or from any other
    10  source as contributions for this program
    11  shall be paid into the General Fund and
    12  credited to this appropriation.
    13     For the payment of grants to recognized
    14  industrial development agencies to assist such
    15  agencies in the financing of their operational
    16  costs for the purposes of making studies,
    17  surveys and investigations, the compilation of
    18  data and statistics and in the carrying out of
    19  planning and promotional programs....................    400,000
    20     For industrial construction loans through
    21  the Pennsylvania Industrial Development
    22  Authority............................................ 10,000,000
    23     For the purposes set forth in the act of
    24  May 6, 1968 (Act No. 61), known as the "Site
    25  Development Act".....................................    800,000
    26     For the Governor's Science Advisory Com-
    27  mittee to finance research and information
    28  dissemination projects to be conducted by
    29  the Pennsylvania State University for the bene-
    30  fit of Pennsylvania industry to insure more
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     1  jobs for Pennsylvania................................    100,000
     2     For the payment of grants to Appalachian
     3  Local Development Districts..........................     50,000
     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 to
     8  this appropriation.
     9     For the payment of the Commonwealth's
    10  share of the cost of the operation of the
    11  Appalachian Regional Commission and the office
    12  of the Appalachian State's Regional Repre-
    13  sentative............................................    192,000
    14     For the purpose of making grants and providing
    15  assistance to tourist promotion agencies.............    600,000
    16     To provide assistance to the Bicentennial
    17  Commission of Pennsylvania to plan and develop
    18  Pennsylvania's participation in the commemora-
    19  tion of the American Revolution......................    700,000
    20     For the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering
    21  Foundation to promote, stimulate, and encourage
    22  basic and applied scientific research and
    23  development and scientific and technological
    24  education in Pennsylvania............................    700,000
    25     For payment of ceremonies in recognition
    26  of the Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.......      1,000
    27               To the Department of Community Affairs
    28     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    29  expenses for the proper administration of the
    30  Department of Community Affairs, including
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     1  community programs, human resources, research,
     2  local government services, community planning,
     3  land records and model cities/partner cities.........  2,620,000
     4     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
     5  ceived from the Federal Government as contri-
     6  butions for this program shall be paid into the
     7  General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
     8     For the payment of housing assistance grants
     9  in accordance with section 4(d) and (e) of the
    10  act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633).......................  3,000,000
    11     For planning and administration of a State-
    12  wide manpower employment assistance and train-
    13  ing program..........................................  2,000,000
    14     For payments of grants to community action
    15  agencies as provided by the act of January
    16  26, 1968 (Act No. 9).................................  1,300,000
    17     For the payment of grants to local govern-
    18  ments or regional councils of government to
    19  assist in developing and implementing coopera-
    20  tive agreements to supply municipal services.........     25,000
    21     For the payments of grants to counties,
    22  cities, boroughs, townships, towns or
    23  regions for planning assistance......................    175,000
    24                   To the Department of Education
    25     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    26  expenses for the proper administration of the
    27  Department of Education, including research
    28  and statistics, basic education, and higher
    29  education............................................  9,403,000
    30     In addition to this amount, all moneys
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     1  received from the Federal Government, or from
     2  any other source as contributions for this
     3  program shall be paid into the General Fund
     4  and credited to this appropriation.
     5     For the operation of the State library,
     6  providing reference services and adminis-
     7  tering aid to public libraries.......................    908,000
     8     In addition to this amount, all moneys
     9  received from the Federal Government, or from
    10  any other source as contributions for this
    11  program shall be paid into the General Fund
    12  and credited to this appropriation.
    13     Payment of rental charges to The General
    14  State Authority for capital improvements at
    15  State-aided educational institutions.................  5,385,000
    16     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    17  received from the sublease of projects to
    18  State-aided institutions shall be paid into the
    19  General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
    20     Operation, maintenance and administration
    21  of the State colleges and State-owned
    22  university........................................... 83,332,000
    23     And in addition to the above amount, all income
    24  and all moneys not subject to refund collected
    25  at the several State colleges and Indiana
    26  University or received from the Federal Govern-
    27  ment or from any other source and paid into
    28  the General Fund of the State Treasury under
    29  existing laws are hereby appropriated out of
    30  the General Fund to the several State colleges
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     1  and Indiana University for the same purpose,
     2  each college and university to receive from
     3  such appropriation the exact amount which was
     4  collected at said college or university or re-
     5  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
     6  other source during the said fiscal period.
     7     Operation, maintenance and administration
     8  of the Pennsylvania State Oral School at Scranton....    903,000
     9     Operation, maintenance and administration
    10  of Scotland School for Veterans' Children............  2,294,000
    11     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    12  ceived from the Federal Government as contribu-
    13  tions for this program shall be paid into the
    14  General Fund and credited to this appropriation.
    15     Operation, maintenance and administration
    16  of the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School at
    17  Lancaster............................................  1,149,000
    18     And in addition to the above amount, all
    19  income and all moneys collected at the Thaddeus
    20  Stevens Trade School and paid into the
    21  General Fund of the State Treasury under exist-
    22  ing laws are hereby appropriated out of the
    23  General Fund to the Thaddeus Stevens Trade
    24  School for the same purpose, the school to re-
    25  ceive from such appropriations, the exact amount
    26  which was collected at said school during the
    27  said fiscal period.
    28     For payments of subsidies to school districts
    29  and intermediate units on account of basic
    30  instructional and vocational education costs:
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     1  Provided, That the Secretary of Education, with
     2  the approval of the Governor, may make payments
     3  from this appropriation in advance of the due
     4  date prescribed by law to school districts which
     5  are financially handicapped, whenever he shall
     6  deem it necessary to make such advanced payments
     7  to enable the school district to keep their
     8  public schools open..................................870,138,000
     9     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    10  ceived 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 additional payments to school districts
    15  through revisions in school subsidies................ 80,000,000
    16     To provide funds for matching grants in
    17  accordance with Federal requirements for
    18  training programs under the Federal Manpower
    19  Development and Training Act of 1962 where such
    20  programs are approved by the Department of
    21  Education............................................    500,000
    22     Payments to school districts on account of
    23  annual rental or sinking fund charges on
    24  school buildings..................................... 94,052,000
    25     Payments to school districts on account of
    26  pupil transportation................................. 45,015,000
    27     For grants to school districts to assist in
    28  meeting the matching requirements of Federal
    29  grants received under the Federal Child
    30  Nutrition Act........................................  1,176,000
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     1     For payments to school districts and inter-
     2  mediate units on account of special education
     3  of exceptional children.............................. 55,200,000
     4     For payments to school districts on account
     5  of home bound instruction...........................     614,000
     6     For the purpose of aiding financially handi-
     7  capped and distressed school districts in such
     8  sums and in such manner as the Secretary of
     9  Education shall determine............................    500,000
    10     For payments for tuition to school districts
    11  providing education to nonresident orphaned
    12  children placed in private homes by the court
    13  and nonresident inmates of children's insti-
    14  tutions..............................................  5,902,000
    15     For payments of annual fixed charges to school
    16  districts in lieu of taxes for land acquired by
    17  the Commonwealth for water conservation or flood
    18  prevention...........................................     43,000
    19     For payments to school districts for main-
    20  tenance of summer schools for school age
    21  children of migrant laborers.........................     31,000
    22     For grants to public libraries for the
    23  development and improvement of a State-
    24  wide system of libraries and library services,
    25  including State aid to local libraries, county
    26  libraries, district library centers and
    27  regional library resource centers....................  6,683,000
    28     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    29  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    30  other source as contributions for this program
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     1  shall be paid into the General Fund and
     2  credited to this appropriation.
     3     To provide aid to the Free Library of
     4  Philadelphia and the Carnegie Library of
     5  Pittsburgh, to meet the costs incurred in serv-
     6  ing as regional libraries in the distribution of
     7  blind reading materials and talking book
     8  machines.............................................    542,000
     9     To provide grants to school districts to
    10  assist in meeting the matching requirements
    11  of Federal grants received under Federal
    12  programs for the education of the dis-
    13  advantaged where such programs meet criteria
    14  established by the Department of Education...........  1,000,000
    15     For annual payments not to exceed five
    16  hundred dollars per student to institutions
    17  of higher learning for defraying the expenses
    18  of deaf or blind students............................     35,000
    19     For payments to schools for the deaf, blind
    20  and cerebral palsied................................. 21,800,000
    21     For payment of the Commonwealth's share
    22  of the approved operating costs and lease
    23  payments of intermediate units.......................  5,290,000
    24     For payment into the Social Security
    25  Contribution Fund the Commonwealth's share
    26  of Federal Social Security taxes for public
    27  school employes...................................... 33,300,000
    28     For payment of required contribution
    29  into the Contingent Reserve and Supplemental
    30  Accounts of the Public School Employes'
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     1  Retirement Fund...................................... 53,500,000
     2     For payment of required contribution into the
     3  former Teachers' Account of the Public School
     4  Employes' Retirement Fund............................     23,000
     5     For grants or for purchasing, producing,
     6  recording and distributing programming, or
     7  providing and procuring equipment and auxiliary
     8  services in connection with the establishment,
     9  operation and utilization of educational tele-
    10  vision and radio broadcasting networks
    11  facilities...........................................    850,000
    12     For regional educational broadcasting
    13  councils which have been approved in accordance
    14  with the State plan for educational broad-
    15  casting by the Department of Education...............    150,000
    16     The funds hereby appropriated shall be in
    17  addition to any other appropriation or alloca-
    18  tion of funds for educational broadcasting pur-
    19  poses and shall be used to establish educational
    20  program needs, to improve the utilization of
    21  educational television, to evaluate the effective-
    22  ness of educational television and to produce
    23  programming.
    24     For payment of approved operating expenses
    25  of community colleges and technical institutes....... 14,409,000
    26     For payment to community colleges and
    27  technical institutes on account of capital
    28  expenses.............................................  7,113,000
    29     For payments of forty scholarships at two
    30  hundred fifty dollars per year and fifty
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     1  scholarships of two hundred dollars per year
     2  to selected students attending institutions of
     3  higher learning in Pennsylvania......................     20,000
     4            To the Department of Environmental Resources
     5     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     6  expenses for the proper administration of the
     7  Department of Environmental Resources including
     8  water resources, land and forest resources, State
     9  parks, environmental protection and mines............ 36,813,000
    10     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    11  ceived from the Federal Government or from
    12  any other source as contributions for these
    13  programs shall be paid into the General Fund
    14  and credited to this appropriation.
    15     For the payment of the cost of manpower,
    16  equipment and materials used in the control
    17  and extinction of forest fires.......................    100,000
    18     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    19  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    20  other source as contributions for this program
    21  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    22  to this appropriation.
    23     For the support of the Susquehanna River
    24  Basin Commission, requisitions to be signed by
    25  the Secretary of Environmental Resources.............     75,000
    26     For the support of the Potomac River Basin
    27  Advisory Committee, requisitions to be signed
    28  by the Secretary of Environmental Resources..........      8,000
    29     For the support of the Ohio River Valley
    30  Water Sanitation Commission, requisitions to be
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     1  signed by the Secretary of Environmental
     2  Resources............................................     30,000
     3     For the support of the Interstate Commission
     4  on the Potomac River Basin requisitions to be
     5  signed by the Secretary of Environmental
     6  Resources............................................      9,000
     7     For payments to municipalities or municipal
     8  authorities for up to fifty per cent of the
     9  cost of acquiring lands and rights-of-way and
    10  relocating roads and utilities to qualify for
    11  Federal flood control projects.......................  1,100,000
    12     For payment to the Great Lakes Basin
    13  Commission as the Commonwealth's assessment
    14  and payment for participation in the programs and
    15  plans of the Great Lakes Basin Commission............     22,500
    16     Payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
    17  expenses of the River Master for the Delaware
    18  River................................................     19,000
    19     For payment to the Ohio River Basin
    20  Commission as the Commonwealth's assessment and
    21  payment for participation in the development
    22  of a water resources program for the Ohio River
    23  Basin................................................     18,700
    24     Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
    25  taxes to counties and townships on land acquired
    26  for water conservation and flood control.............      9,000
    27     For the conduct of the work of the Delaware
    28  River Basin Commission to be paid in favor of
    29  the chairman of said commission who shall file
    30  an accounting with the Auditor General...............    355,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 20 -

     1     Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
     2  taxes to counties, school districts and townships
     3  on forest lands......................................    395,000
     4     For payment by the State Soil and Water Con-
     5  servation Commission to local sponsors for
     6  support of small watershed projects..................     75,000
     7     For payments to the State Soil and Water
     8  Conservation Commission for employment of
     9  executive assistants for local soil and water
    10  conservation districts on a fifty per cent cost-
    11  sharing basis, not to exceed five thousand
    12  dollars per district for the State's share...........     50,000
    13     Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
    14  taxes to political subdivisions or school districts
    15  on lands acquired by the Commonwealth for
    16  Project 70...........................................    325,000
    17     For payments to municipalities and municipality
    18  authorities which have expended money to acquire
    19  and construct sewage treatment plants in
    20  accordance with the Clean Streams Program and
    21  for the repair, improvements or additions of
    22  certain sewage treatment plants......................  9,600,000
    23     For grants to counties, municipalities and
    24  authorities to assist them in preparing official
    25  plans for sewage systems, as required by the act
    26  of January 24, 1966 (P.L.1535), and in
    27  accordance with section 6 thereof....................    250,000
    28     For reimbursement to municipalities toward
    29  the costs incurred by them in the enforcement
    30  of the act of January 24, 1966 (P.L.1535), and
    19710S0954B1134                 - 21 -

     1  in accordance with section 9 thereof.................    210,000
     2     For grants to counties, municipalities and
     3  authorities to assist them in preparing official
     4  plans for solid waste disposal systems as
     5  required by the act of July 31, 1968 (Act No. 241)...    350,000
     6     To provide grants for rat control programs
     7  including, but not limited to, extermination
     8  measures, improvement of refuse collection
     9  and garbage collections, services and community
    10  educational activities designed to promote
    11  participation and support of the programs by
    12  residents and property owners........................    500,000
    13                To the Pennsylvania Fish Commission
    14     For the support of the Atlantic States
    15  Marine Fisheries Commission..........................      1,000
    16                    To the Department of Health
    17     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    18  for the proper administration of the Department
    19  of Health including planning, evaluation and
    20  research, educational activities, nursing programs
    21  and resources, special health services and local
    22  health services...................................... 15,353,000
    23     In addition to this amount all moneys
    24  received from the Federal Government or from any
    25  other source as contributions for this program
    26  shall be paid into the General Fund and
    27  accredited to this appropriation.
    28     For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
    29  tration of the State tuberculosis hospitals
    30  and the State Crippled Children's Hospital...........  8,750,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 22 -

     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 be
     4  paid into the General Fund and credited to this
     5  appropriation.
     6     Reimbursement to school districts on account
     7  of health services................................... 13,900,000
     8     Providing aid to counties in the establish-
     9  ment and maintenance of local health departments.....  6,450,000
    10                        To the Pennsylvania
    11                  Historical and Museum Commission
    12     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    13  expenses for the proper administration of the
    14  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Com-
    15  mission including research, publications and
    16  public information, records management and
    17  maintenance and operation of the State museums
    18  and historical properties............................  3,097,000
    19     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    20  received from the Federal Government or from
    21  any other source as contributions for this
    22  program shall be paid into the General Fund
    23  and credited to this appropriation.
    24     Administration of the Valley Forge Park
    25  Commission and operation and maintenance of the
    26  Valley Forge State Park..............................    402,000
    27     Administration of the Washington Crossing
    28  Park Commission and operation and main-
    29  tenance of the Washington Crossing State Park........    274,000
    30                   To the Department of Insurance
    19710S0954B1134                 - 23 -

     1     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     2  expenses for the proper administration of the
     3  Department of Insurance including policy-
     4  holder services and protection, regulation of
     5  rates and policies, liquidation of companies
     6  and regulation of companies..........................  3,082,000
     7     In addition to this amount, all moneys
     8  received from any source as contributions for
     9  this program shall be paid into the General
    10  Fund and credited to this appropriation.
    11                    To the Department of Justice
    12     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    13  expenses for the proper administration of the
    14  Department of Justice, including legal serv-
    15  ices, executive clemency, criminal justice,
    16  correctional institutions administration,
    17  consumer protection and standard weights and
    18  measures.............................................  4,910,000
    19     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    20  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    21  other source as contributions for this program
    22  shall be paid into the General Fund and
    23  credited to this appropriation.
    24     For salaries, wages and all necessary
    25  expenses of the Juvenile Court Judges'
    26  Commission...........................................    132,000
    27     In addition to this amount, moneys received
    28  from the Federal Government or from any other
    29  source as contributions for this program shall
    30  be paid into the General Fund and credited to
    19710S0954B1134                 - 24 -

     1  this appropriation.
     2     For the operation, maintenance and admin-
     3  istration of the State correctional institutions
     4  and regional correctional facilities................. 28,761,000
     5     In addition to this amount, moneys received
     6  from the Federal Government or from any other
     7  source as contributions for this program shall
     8  be paid into the General Fund and credited to
     9  this appropriation.
    10     For payments of grants to political sub-
    11  divisions to assist in the development of
    12  juvenile probation services..........................    720,000
    13     In addition to this amount, moneys received
    14  from the Federal Government or from any other
    15  source as contributions for this program shall
    16  be paid into the General Fund and credited to
    17  this appropriation.
    18              To the Department of Labor and Industry
    19     For salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    20  penses for the proper administration of the
    21  Department of Labor and Industry, including
    22  apprenticeship and prevailing wage, social
    23  security, labor standards, workmen's com-
    24  pensation, industrial safety, labor mediation,
    25  and labor relations.................................. 10,029,000
    26     Payment to employes and charges for
    27  medical services incurred in connection with
    28  the defense of claims against the Common-
    29  wealth under the Pennsylvania Occupational
    30  Disease Act.......................................... 25,000,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 25 -

     1     Payments of benefits to partially dis-
     2  abled employes who through subsequent injury
     3  became totally disabled..............................     35,000
     4     For the Commonwealth's share of the cost
     5  of the Work Incentive Program to provide
     6  permanent jobs at decent pay for eligible per-
     7  sons receiving aid to families with de-
     8  pendent children.....................................  1,610,000
     9     For the payment to Vocational Rehabilita-
    10  tion Fund for work of the State Board of
    11  Vocational Rehabilitation............................  7,445,000
    12               To the Department of Military Affairs
    13     For salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    14  penses for the proper administration of the
    15  Department of Military Affairs, including
    16  military reservation maintenance, armory
    17  planning and functions, National Guard ad-
    18  ministration and veterans' affairs administration....  4,297,000
    19     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    20  received from the Federal Government or from
    21  any other source as contributions for this
    22  program shall be paid into the General Fund
    23  and credited to this appropriation.
    24     Operation and maintenance of the Soldiers'
    25  and Sailors' Home at Erie............................    460,000
    26     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    27  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    28  other source as contributions for this program
    29  shall be paid into the General Fund and
    30  credited to this appropriation.
    19710S0954B1134                 - 26 -

     1     For assistance to veterans who are ill or
     2  disabled and without means of support................    600,000
     3     For payment of gratuities for the education
     4  of children of certain veterans......................     77,000
     5     For pensions for veterans blinded through
     6  services connected injuries or disease...............     79,000
     7                    To the Milk Marketing Board
     8     For payment into the Milk Marketing Fund in
     9  the State Treasury for the purpose for which such
    10  fund is appropriated.................................    550,000
    11                        To the Pennsylvania
    12                   Board of Probation and Parole
    13     For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    14  penses for the proper administration of the Board
    15  of Probation and Parole, including presentence,
    16  probation and parole services........................  3,994,000
    17     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    18  ceived from the Federal Government or from
    19  any other source as contributions for this program
    20  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    21  to this appropriation.
    22     Payments for grants-in-aid to counties for
    23  providing new or additional probation services.......    838,000
    24     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    25  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    26  other source as contributions for this program
    27  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    28  to this appropriation.
    29             To the Department of Property and Supplies
    30     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    19710S0954B1134                 - 27 -

     1  expenses for the proper administration of the
     2  Department of Property and Supplies including
     3  distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
     4  maintenance and disposition of State automotive
     5  equipment, editing, printing and distribution of
     6  State publications, purchase of commodities for
     7  State agencies, standards and specifications of
     8  commodities for State agencies, real estate and
     9  insurance, building, construction and engineer-
    10  ing, maintenance and custody of State office
    11  buildings and grounds, administrative services,
    12  general services, and distribution of Federal
    13  surplus commodities.................................. 15,765,000
    14     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    15  received from the Federal Government or from
    16  any other source as contributions for this
    17  program shall be paid into the General Fund
    18  and credited to this appropriation.
    19     For the conduct of the work of the Brandywine
    20  Battlefield Park Commission and to maintain the
    21  lands or structures acquired.........................     55,000
    22     For the printing and distribution of the
    23  Pennsylvania Bulletin and the Pennsylvania Code......    320,000
    24     Payment of rental charges to The General
    25  State Authority...................................... 57,601,000
    26     In addition to this amount, certain moneys
    27  received from the State colleges and Indiana
    28  University of Pennsylvania, as student community
    29  building fees and additional dormitory rental
    30  fees, shall be paid into the General Fund and
    19710S0954B1134                 - 28 -

     1  credited to this appropriation.
     2                  To the Public Utility Commission
     3     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     4  expenses for the proper administration of the
     5  Public Utility Commission including rates, re-
     6  search and transportation, and investigation,
     7  service and enforcement..............................  4,724,000
     8                To the Department of Public Welfare
     9     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    10  for the proper administration of the Department
    11  of Public Welfare including program and regional
    12  services, family services, medical services and
    13  facilities, and mental health and mental retarda-
    14  tion................................................. 11,603,000
    15     In addition to this amount, moneys received
    16  from the Federal Government or from any other
    17  source as contributions for this program shall
    18  be paid into the General Fund and credited to
    19  this appropriation.
    20     For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
    21  tration of State youth development centers,
    22  youth development day treatment centers, and
    23  youth forestry camps and for the maintenance of
    24  delinquent boys and girls in such camps, and for
    25  the purchase of foster home care for trainees
    26  boarded out by the aforementioned institutions....... 12,792,000
    27     In addition to this amount, all moneys
    28  received from the Federal Government or from
    29  any other source as contributions for this pro-
    30  gram shall be paid into the General Fund and
    19710S0954B1134                 - 29 -

     1  credited to this appropriation.
     2     For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
     3  tration of the State Restoration Centers.............    769,000
     4     All payments of public assistance for persons
     5  receiving care in restoration centers operated
     6  by the Department of Public Welfare and all
     7  other payments for such care from any other
     8  source shall be paid into the General Fund and
     9  credited to this appropriation.
    10     For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
    11  tration of the State medical and surgical
    12  hospitals............................................  1,500,000
    13     In addition to this amount, all income and
    14  all moneys not subject to refund and collected
    15  at the State General Hospitals or received from
    16  the Federal Government or from any other source
    17  and paid into the General Fund of the State
    18  Treasury under existing laws are hereby appro-
    19  priated out of the General Fund to the State
    20  General Hospitals for the same purpose.
    21     For the administration of the Mental Health
    22  and Mental Retardation Act of 1966, exclusive
    23  of construction of any new facilities, the
    24  operation, maintenance and administration of the
    25  State institutions for the mentally ill and the
    26  mentally retarded, for which Federal financial
    27  participation is available, for payments to re-
    28  imburse counties, county institution districts
    29  and private institutions for the care of mental
    30  patients boarded out by the State institutions
    19710S0954B1134                 - 30 -

     1  for the mentally ill and the mentally retarded,
     2  and for the operation and maintenance of the
     3  Eastern Mental Health Center which coordinates
     4  mental health activities for the Philadelphia
     5  region and maintains a reception and classifi-
     6  cation center and research unit......................224,175,000
     7     In addition, all moneys received from the
     8  Federal Government or from any other source
     9  to supplement State appropriations in connec-
    10  tion with the above programs shall be paid into
    11  the General Fund and credited to appropriations
    12  for mental health and mental retardation programs.
    13     For assistance payments and county adminis-
    14  tration of the public assistance programs and
    15  medical assistance...................................565,609,000  <--
    16                                                       509,009,000
    17     IF IT SHOULD APPEAR AT THE END OF ANY CALENDAR                 <--
    18  QUARTER THAT EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND
    19  ITS ADMINISTRATION ARE IN EXCESS OF ONE-FOURTH OF THE
    20  ANNUAL APPROPRIATION THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INVOKE AT
    21  THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEXT CALENDAR QUARTER A
    22  PRO-RATA DECREASE IN GRANTS TO RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC
    23  ASSISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO BRING SUCH EXPENDITURES
    24  WITHIN THE BALANCE OF THE APPROPRIATION WHICH
    25  REMAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
    26     THE MAXIMUM PAYMENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO ANY
    27  FAMILY UNIT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT WHICH MAY
    28  BE PAID NOW OR HEREAFTER FOR A FAMILY OF SIX.
    29  THIS SHALL IN NO WAY AFFECT THE GRANT TO WHICH
    30  THOSE FAMILIES WITH ONE TO FIVE MEMBERS MAY BE
    19710S0954B1134                 - 31 -

     1  ENTITLED.
     2     To provide for upgrading per diem payments for
     3  nursing home care from $11.00 to $15.00 per diem.....  6,150,000
     4     To provide for upgrading nursing care in the
     5  home from $4.00 to $10.00............................    368,000
     6     In addition to this amount, all moneys received
     7  from the Federal Government, or from any other
     8  source as contributions for this program, shall
     9  be paid into the General Fund and credited to
    10  this appropriation.  The Department of Public
    11  Welfare shall allocate funds from time to time
    12  for administrative expenses of the several
    13  county boards of assistance, for such adminis-
    14  trative expenses incurred by the department
    15  which are chargeable to such boards and for the
    16  payment of attorney's fees and court costs
    17  necessary for the proper conduct of the public
    18  assistance programs and for the several assis-
    19  tance programs including medical assistance:
    20  Provided, That any rule or regulation adopted
    21  by the Secretary of Public Welfare during the
    22  fiscal year 1971-72 which adds to the cost of
    23  any public assistance programs shall be effec-
    24  tive only from and after the date upon which
    25  it is approved as to the availability of funds
    26  by the Governor.
    27     For payment of grants to political subdi-
    28  visions to finance services for the aging, in-
    29  cluding but not limited to homemaking services,
    30  day-care services and counseling services............    300,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 32 -

     1     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
     2  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
     3  other source as contributions for this program
     4  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
     5  to this appropriation.
     6     For the conduct, operation or contracting for
     7  training courses to be given at John J. Kane
     8  Hospital and cooperating institutions, for the
     9  personnel of county homes, nursing and convales-
    10  cent homes, and nonprofit homes for the aged.........     25,000
    11     For subsidy payments for services for the blind...    577,000
    12     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    13  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    14  other source as contributions for this program
    15  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    16  to this appropriation.
    17     For payment to counties for child welfare
    18  programs............................................. 20,067,000
    19     In addition to this amount, moneys received
    20  from the Federal Government for this program
    21  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    22  to this appropriation.
    23     For the purpose of developing, operating and
    24  purchasing day-care services for children............  1,900,000
    25     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    26  ceived from the Federal Government or from any
    27  other source as contributions for this program
    28  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    29  to this appropriation.
    30     For payment of grants to political subdivisions
    19710S0954B1134                 - 33 -

     1  to assist in the development of juvenile proba-
     2  tion services and special police and crime preven-
     3  tion programs for juveniles by providing a part
     4  of the cost..........................................  1,000,000
     5     For payments to Children's Heart Hospital,
     6  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Home for
     7  Crippled Children, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
     8  for maintenance of such hospitals in accor-
     9  dance with the rules and regulations issued
    10  by the Department of Public Welfare and the
    11  Department of the Auditor General as prescribed
    12  by law...............................................    400,000
    13     The hospitals named above shall file a report
    14  with the Department of the Auditor General within
    15  ninety days of the last day of each quarter.
    16  Failure to file the report timely as required
    17  hereunder shall disqualify the institution from
    18  receiving funds for the quarter covered by the
    19  untimely filed report.
    20                    To the Department of Revenue
    21     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    22  for the proper administration of the Department
    23  of Revenue including corporation taxes, county
    24  collections, cigarette and beverage taxes, educa-
    25  tion tax administration, and administration of
    26  the personal income tax.............................. 25,298,000
    27     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    28  ceived from any source as contributions for this
    29  program shall be paid into the General Fund and
    30  credited to this appropriation.
    19710S0954B1134                 - 34 -

     1     For payment of compensation to informers,
     2  escheators and others and for the payment of
     3  attorneys' fees and expenses arising by virtue
     4  of proceedings in escheat or by virtue of pro-
     5  ceedings to take without escheat.....................     50,000
     6     For the distribution of Public Utility Realty
     7  Tax.................................................. 29,000,000
     8                     To the Department of State
     9     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    10  for the proper administration of the Department
    11  of State including registration of corporations,
    12  commissions, elections and legislative services,
    13  regulation of solicitation and auction activities,
    14  and regulation of boxing and wrestling...............    827,000
    15     In addition to this amount, all moneys re-
    16  ceived as fees for the registration of charitable
    17  organizations shall be paid into the General Fund
    18  and credited to this appropriation.
    19     Publication of proposed constitutional
    20  amendments...........................................     75,000
    21     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    22  expenses for the proper administration of the
    23  Office of Professional and Occupational Affairs......  1,774,000
    24     For administration of the Municipal Employes'
    25  Retirement System....................................     25,000
    26     In addition to this amount, all moneys received
    27  from any source as contributions for this program
    28  shall be paid into the General Fund and credited
    29  to this appropriation.
    30     Performing powers and duties relating to
    19710S0954B1134                 - 35 -

     1  absentee voting by persons in military services......     15,000
     2     Payment of funds into the State Employes'
     3  Retirement Fund to provide supplemental retire-
     4  ment benefits to certain annuitants in addition
     5  to the regular superannuation retirement allowance
     6  provided by the State Employes' Retirement System....  2,031,000
     7     Payment of State contribution of the medical/
     8  hospital insurance costs for Commonwealth annu-
     9  itants who have elected such coverage................    893,000
    10                  To the Pennsylvania State Police
    11     For salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    12  penses for the proper administration of the
    13  Pennsylvania State Police, including criminal
    14  identification, fire protection, criminal and
    15  traffic law enforcement, communications, quarter-
    16  master and mechanical services, training, and
    17  operation and maintenance of traffic safety
    18  facilities........................................... 15,304,000
    19     In addition to the above amount, moneys re-
    20  ceived from the Federal Government and all sums
    21  from time to time transferred from the Motor
    22  License Fund or paid by the Pennsylvania Turn-
    23  pike Commission for policemen assigned to patrol
    24  the turnpike, sale of automobiles and training
    25  school fees received from municipalities and
    26  others are hereby appropriated to the Pennsyl-
    27  vania State Police for the purposes for which
    28  the same is transferred or paid.
    29                To the State Tax Equalization Board
    30     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    19710S0954B1134                 - 36 -

     1  expenses for the proper administration of the
     2  State Tax Equalization Board.........................    554,000
     3                To the Department of Transportation
     4     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     5  expenses for the proper administration of the
     6  Department of Transportation for mass transpor-
     7  tation and port development..........................    290,000
     8     For urban mass transportation assistance.......... 35,000,000
     9     For payment to the City of Philadelphia for
    10  the maintenance, repair and improvement of the
    11  Port of Philadelphia.................................  1,000,000
    12     For payment to the Erie Port Commission of
    13  the City of Erie, for the maintenance, repair,
    14  improvement, management, development and admin-
    15  istration of the Port of Erie........................    250,000
    16     For administration of the Navigation Commis-
    17  sion for the Delaware River and performance of
    18  duties and exercise of powers relating to
    19  navigation on the Delaware River.....................     79,000
    20      To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
    21     For the operation and maintenance of the
    22  Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission....  2,403,000
    23                    II.  LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
    24                           To the Senate
    25     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    26  expenses for the following purposes:
    27     Salaries of fifty Senators and extra compen-
    28  sation to the President Pro Tempore of the
    29  Senate...............................................    474,000
    30     Salaries and wages for per diem and session
    19710S0954B1134                 - 37 -

     1  officers and employes, including returning
     2  officers.............................................    420,000
     3     Salaries of employes of the President of
     4  the Senate...........................................     55,000
     5     Salaries of salaried employes of the Senate.......  2,150,000
     6     State share of retirement and social security--
     7  Senators.............................................     53,000
     8  Mileage:
     9     Fifty Senators, officers and employes.............    115,000
    10  Postage:
    11     Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal...............     30,000
    12     Lieutenant Governor...............................      6,000
    13     Librarian.........................................      4,000
    14  Contingent Expenses:
    15     Secretary.........................................     50,000
    16     Librarian.........................................     12,000
    17     President.........................................     25,000
    18     President Pro Tempore.............................     15,000
    19     Chief Clerk.......................................     30,000
    20     Majority Floor Leader.............................      6,000
    21     Minority Floor Leader.............................      6,000
    22     Majority Whip.....................................      3,000
    23     Minority Whip.....................................      3,000
    24     Chairman of Majority Caucus.......................      3,000
    25     Chairman of Minority Caucus.......................      3,000
    26     Secretary of Majority Caucus......................      3,000
    27     Secretary of Minority Caucus......................      3,000
    28     Chairman Majority Appropriations Committee........      5,000
    29     Chairman Minority Appropriations Committee........      5,000
    30     Chairman Minority Policy Committee................      2,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 38 -

     1     The above appropriations for postage and for
     2  contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
     3  payment of such expenses on warrant of the State
     4  Treasurer in favor of the officers above named
     5  upon the presentation of their requisitions for
     6  the same: Provided, That the total amount of
     7  requisitions for advancements less the total
     8  amount of expenditures made as certified by
     9  such officers to the State Treasurer shall not
    10  exceed the amount of the bond of the officer
    11  having control of the disbursements from the
    12  funds advanced.
    13  Miscellaneous Expenses:
    14     Incidental Expenses...............................    110,000
    15     For maintenance and operation; professional and special
    16  services; printing; postage, shipping and freight costs;
    17  communications - telephone and telegraph; travel; memberships,
    18  dues and subscriptions; purchase of books and pamphlets;
    19  insurance; motorized equipment supplies and repairs; contracted
    20  repairs; contracted maintenance services; equipment rental;
    21  medical supplies; uniforms and other accessories; specialties;
    22  contingencies; housekeeping and janitorial supplies; office
    23  supplies; educational, information and religious supplies;
    24  maintenance materials and supplies; equipment and machinery;
    25  furniture and furnishings; engineering, design and architectural
    26  services; alterations and repairs including the Senate Chamber,
    27  rooms and facilities of the Senate including affiliated offices,
    28  corridors, elevators, lobbies, toilets and parking areas
    29  adjacent thereto in and about the Main Capitol Building; and
    30  other costs incidental to the affairs of the Senate,
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     1  notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any
     2  general or special law.
     3     Expenses, Senators................................    478,000
     4     Legislative Printing and Expenses.................    632,000
     5     For maintenance and operation; professional and special
     6  services; printing; postage, shipping and freight costs;
     7  communications - telephone and telegraph; travel; memberships,
     8  dues and subscriptions; purchase of books and pamphlets;
     9  insurance; motorized equipment supplies and repairs; contracted
    10  repairs; contracted maintenance services; equipment rental;
    11  medical supplies; uniforms and other accessories; specialties;
    12  contingencies; housekeeping and janitorial supplies; office
    13  supplies; educational, information and religious supplies;
    14  maintenance materials and supplies; equipment and machinery;
    15  furniture and furnishings; engineering, design and architectural
    16  services; alterations and repairs including the Senate Chamber,
    17  rooms and facilities of the Senate including affiliated offices,
    18  corridors, elevators, lobbies, toilets and parking areas
    19  adjacent thereto in and about the Main Capitol Building; and
    20  other costs incidental to the affairs of the Senate,
    21  notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any
    22  general or special law.
    23     Attending National Legislative Conference.........     10,000
    24     For Registration, Travel and Other Costs in
    25  connection with attending Meetings of the Council
    26  of State Governments................................       5,000
    27     State Share Retirement and Social Security
    28  Majority and Minority Committees.....................     68,000
    29     The above appropriations for incidental
    30  expenses shall be paid to the Chief Clerk
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     1  of the Senate, the appropriation for attending
     2  National Legislative Conference shall be paid
     3  to the Secretary of the Senate and the appro-
     4  priation for attending meetings of the Council
     5  of State Governments shall be paid to the Presi-
     6  dent Pro Tempore in the same manner and under
     7  the same conditions as the appropriations for
     8  postage and contingent expenses above.
     9     For the payment of the expenses of the Com-
    10  mittee on Appropriations of the Senate in in-
    11  vestigating schools, colleges, universities,
    12  correctional institutions, mental hospitals,
    13  medical and surgical hospitals, homes and
    14  other institutions, and agencies supported, in
    15  whole or in part, by appropriations from the
    16  State Treasury in analyzing reports, ex-
    17  penditures and the general operation and
    18  administration of said institutions and
    19  agencies, in examining and analyzing requests
    20  of the same and of the various departments,
    21  boards and commissions of the Commonwealth
    22  and for the necessary clerical assistance
    23  and other assistance, travel expense and
    24  all other necessary expenses in compiling
    25  data and information connected with the
    26  work of said committee in compiling
    27  comparative costs and other fiscal data
    28  and information for the use of said committee and
    29  the Senate during Legislative Sessions to the
    30  discharge of such duties. The committee shall
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     1  have the authority to examine and inspect all
     2  properties, equipment, facilities, files, records
     3  and accounts of any State office, department,
     4  institution, board, committee, commission or
     5  agency or any institution or agency supported,
     6  in whole or in part, by appropriation from the
     7  State Treasury and to administer oaths.  The
     8  committee may issue subpoenas under the hand
     9  and seal of the chairman to compel the atten-
    10  dance of witnesses and the production of any
    11  papers, books, accounts, documents and testi-
    12  mony touching matters properly being inquired
    13  into by the committee and to cause the deposi-
    14  tion of witnesses either residing within or
    15  without the State to be taken in the manner
    16  prescribed by laws for taking depositions in
    17  civil actions. The sum appropriated shall be
    18  paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
    19  of the chairman of said committee on the pre-
    20  sentation of his requisition for the same. The
    21  Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
    22  shall not later than thirty days after the
    23  termination of his term of office, or until
    24  his successor is elected and also within thirty
    25  days after the adjournment of any regular or
    26  special session, file an account, together with
    27  supporting documents whenever possible in the
    28  office of the Appropriation Committee of the
    29  committee's expenses since the filing of the
    30  prior account........................................    171,000
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     1     For the payment of the expenses of one
     2  minority party member of the Committee on Appro-
     3  priations of the Senate designated by a majority
     4  vote of the minority party Senate Caucus for
     5  clerical and other assistance and all other
     6  necessary expenses and necessary
     7  travel expense in compiling data and information
     8  for his use and in examining and inspecting all
     9  properties, equipment, facilities, files, records
    10  and accounts of any State office, department, in-
    11  stitution, board, committee, commission or agency
    12  or any institution or agency, supported in whole
    13  or in part, by appropriation from the State
    14  Treasury in connection with his work during Legis-
    15  lative Sessions and during the interim between
    16  Legislative Sessions to the discharge of his
    17  duties. The sum appropriated shall be paid on
    18  warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of the
    19  member so designated by the majority vote of the
    20  minority party Senate Caucus on the presentation
    21  of his requisition for the same. Such member so
    22  designated shall, not later than thirty days after
    23  the termination of his term of office, or until
    24  his successor is elected, and also within thirty
    25  days after the adjournment of any regular or
    26  special session, file an account, together with
    27  supporting documents whenever possible, in the
    28  office of the minority party members of the Com-
    29  mittee on Appropriations of the Senate of his
    30  expenses since filing of the prior account...........    171,000
    19710S0954B1134                 - 43 -

     1     For the payment to a Committee of the Senate
     2  composed of the President Pro Tempore, the Major-
     3  ity Leader, the Majority Whip, the Majority
     4  Caucus Chairman, and Majority Caucus Secretary
     5  for allocation in its discretion to the several
     6  committees of the Senate for payment of the ex-
     7  penses of hiring such additional personnel and
     8  staff and for conducting such research and study
     9  projects as may be required or arise in connec-
    10  tion with the work of such committees during
    11  Legislative Sessions and during the interim
    12  between Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
    13  shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
    14  in favor of the Majority Leader on the presenta-
    15  tion of his requisition for the same. The Majority
    16  Leader shall, not later than thirty days after
    17  the termination of his term of office or until
    18  his successor is elected and also within thirty
    19  days after the adjournment of any regular or
    20  special session, file an account together with
    21  supporting documents whenever possible in the
    22  office of the Majority Leader of such expenses
    23  since the filing of the prior account................    300,000
    24     For the payment to a Committee of the Senate
    25  composed of the Minority Leader, the Minority
    26  Whip, the Minority Caucus Chairman, and the
    27  Minority Caucus Secretary for allocation in its
    28  discretion to the several committees of the
    29  Senate for payment of the expenses of hiring
    30  such additional personnel and staff and for
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     1  conducting such research and study projects as
     2  may be required or arise in connection with the
     3  work of such committees during Legislative
     4  Sessions and during the interim between Legisla-
     5  tive Sessions. The sum appropriated shall be paid
     6  on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of the
     7  Minority Leader on the presentation of his requisi-
     8  tion for the same. The Minority Leader shall, not
     9  later than thirty days after the termination of
    10  his office or until his successor is elected and
    11  also within thirty days after the adjournment of
    12  any regular or special session, file an account
    13  together with supporting documents whenever pos-
    14  sible in the office of the Minority Leader of
    15  such expenses since the filing of the prior
    16  accounts.............................................    300,000
    17                  To the House of Representatives
    18     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    19  expenses for the following purposes:
    20     Salaries of Representatives and extra compen-
    21  sation to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
    22  sentatives...........................................  1,850,000
    23     Salaries and wages for per diem and session
    24  officers and employes, including returning
    25  officers.............................................  1,322,000
    26     Salaries of salaried employes of the House
    27  of Representatives...................................  2,329,000
    28     State share of retirement and social security--
    29  officers, per diem and salaried employes.............    375,000
    30  Mileage:
    19710S0954B1134                 - 45 -

     1     Representatives, officers and employes............    235,000
     2  Postage:
     3     Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal...............     50,000
     4  Contingent Expenses:
     5     Speaker...........................................     15,000
     6     Chief Clerk.......................................    100,000
     7     Secretary.........................................     25,000
     8     Majority Floor Leader.............................      6,000
     9     Minority Floor Leader.............................      6,000
    10     Majority Whip.....................................      3,000
    11     Minority Whip.....................................      3,000
    12     Chairman of Majority Caucus.......................      3,000
    13     Chairman of Minority Caucus.......................      3,000
    14     Secretary of Majority Caucus......................      3,000
    15     Secretary of Minority Caucus......................      3,000
    16     Chairman of Majority Appropriation Committee......      6,000
    17     Chairman of Minority Appropriation Committee......      6,000
    18     Chairman of Minority Policy Committee.............      2,000
    19     Administrator for Minority Staff..................     10,000
    20     The above appropriations for postage and for
    21  contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
    22  payment of such expenses on warrant of the State
    23  Treasurer in favor of the officers above named
    24  upon the presentation of their requisitions for
    25  the same: Provided, That the total amount of
    26  requisitions for advancement less the total amount
    27  of expenditures made as certified by such officers
    28  to the State Treasurer shall not exceed the amount
    29  of the bond of the officer having control of the
    30  disbursements from the funds advanced.
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     1  Miscellaneous Expenses:
     2     Incidental Expenses...............................    300,000
     3     For maintenance and operation; professional and special
     4  services; printing; postage, shipping and freight costs;
     5  communications - telephone and telegraph; travel; memberships,
     6  dues and subscriptions; purchase of books and pamphlets;
     7  insurance; motorized equipment supplies and repairs; contracted
     8  repairs; contracted maintenance services; equipment rental;
     9  medical supplies; uniforms and other accessories; specialties;
    10  contingencies; housekeeping and janitorial supplies; office
    11  supplies; educational, information and religious supplies;
    12  maintenance materials and supplies; equipment and machinery;
    13  furniture and furnishings; engineering, design and architectural
    14  services; alterations and repairs including the Senate Chamber,
    15  rooms and facilities of the Senate including affiliated offices,
    16  corridors, elevators, lobbies, toilets and parking areas
    17  adjacent thereto in and about the Main Capitol Building; and
    18  other costs incidental to the affairs of the Senate,
    19  notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any
    20  general or special law.
    21     Expenses, Representatives.........................  1,939,000
    22     Legislative Printing and Expenses.................    675,000
    23     For maintenance and operation; professional and special
    24  services; printing; postage, shipping and freight costs;
    25  communications - telephone and telegraph; travel; memberships,
    26  dues and subscriptions; purchase of books and pamphlets;
    27  insurance; motorized equipment supplies and repairs; contracted
    28  repairs; contracted maintenance services; equipment rental;
    29  medical supplies; uniforms and other accessories; specialties;
    30  contingencies; housekeeping and janitorial supplies; office
    19710S0954B1134                 - 47 -

     1  supplies; educational, information and religious supplies;
     2  maintenance materials and supplies; equipment and machinery;
     3  furniture and furnishings; engineering, design and architectural
     4  services; alterations and repairs including the Senate Chamber,
     5  rooms and facilities of the Senate including affiliated offices,
     6  corridors, elevators, lobbies, toilets and parking areas
     7  adjacent thereto in and about the Main Capitol Building; and
     8  other costs incidental to the affairs of the Senate,
     9  notwithstanding and unrestricted by the provisions of any
    10  general or special law.
    11     National Society of State Legislators, National
    12  Conference to be held in Pennsylvania................     25,000
    13     Attending National Legislative Conference.........     20,000
    14     Attending Meetings of the Council of State
    15  Governments..........................................      5,000
    16     State Share of Retirement and Social
    17  Security -- Majority and Minority Committees.........     68,000
    18     The above appropriation for attending
    19  National Legislative Conference shall be paid to
    20  the Chief Clerk of the House and the appropria-
    21  tion for attending meetings of the Council of
    22  State Governments shall be paid to the Speaker
    23  of the House in the same manner and under the
    24  same conditions as the appropriations for postage
    25  and contingent expenses above.
    26     For the payment of the expenses of the Com-
    27  mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represen-
    28  tatives in investigating schools, colleges, univer-
    29  sities, correctional institutions, mental hospitals,
    30  medical and surgical hospitals, homes and other
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     1  institutions and agencies supported, in whole or
     2  in part, by appropriations from the State Treasury
     3  in analyzing reports, expenditures and the general
     4  operation and administration of said institutions
     5  and agencies in examining and analyzing requests
     6  of the same and of the various departments, boards
     7  and commissions of the Commonwealth and for the
     8  necessary clerical assistance and other assistance,
     9  travel expense and all other necessary expenses
    10  in compiling data and information connected with
    11  the work of said committee in compiling compara-
    12  tive cost and other fiscal data and information
    13  for the use of said committee and the House of
    14  Representatives during Legislative Sessions and
    15  during the interim between Legislative Sessions
    16  to the discharge of such duties. The committee
    17  shall have the authority to examine and inspect
    18  all properties, equipment, facilities, files,
    19  records and accounts of any State office, de-
    20  partment, institution, board, committee, com-
    21  mission or agency or any institution or agency
    22  supported in whole or in part by appropriation
    23  from the State Treasury and to administer oaths.
    24  The committee may issue subpoenas under the hand
    25  and seal of the chairman to compel the atten-
    26  dance of witnesses and the production of any
    27  papers, books, accounts, documents and testi-
    28  mony touching matters properly being inquired
    29  into by the committee and to cause the deposition
    30  of witnesses either residing within or without the
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     1  State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law
     2  for taking depositions in civil actions. The sum
     3  appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
     4  Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said com-
     5  mittee on the presentation of his requisition
     6  for the same. The Chairman of the Committee on
     7  Appropriations shall, not later than thirty days
     8  after the termination of his term of office or
     9  until his successor is elected and also within
    10  thirty days after the adjournment of any regular
    11  or special session, file an account together with
    12  supporting documents whenever possible in the
    13  office of the Appropriation Committee of the
    14  committee's expenses since the filing of the
    15  prior account........................................    200,000
    16     For the payment of the expenses of one minority
    17  party member of the Committee on Appropriations
    18  of the House of Representatives designated by a
    19  majority vote of the minority party House of Rep-
    20  resentatives Caucus for clerical and other assis-
    21  tance and all other necessary expenses, and
    22  necessary travel expense in compiling
    23  data and information for his use and in examining
    24  and inspecting all properties, equipment, facilities,
    25  files, records and accounts of any State office,
    26  department, institution, board, committee, com-
    27  mission or agency or any institution or agency
    28  supported in whole or in part by appropriation
    29  from the State Treasury in connection with his
    30  work during Legislative Sessions and during the
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     1  interim between Legislative Sessions to the dis-
     2  charge of his duties. The sum appropriated shall
     3  be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
     4  of the member so designated shall, not later than
     5  thirty days after the termination of his term of
     6  office, or until his successor is elected, and
     7  also within thirty days after the adjournment of
     8  any regular or special session, file an account,
     9  together with supporting documents whenever
    10  possible, in the office of the minority party
    11  member of the Committee on Appropriations of the
    12  House of Representatives of his expenses since
    13  the filing of the prior account......................    200,000
    14     For the payment to a committee of the House of
    15  Representatives composed of the Speaker of the
    16  House of Representatives, the Majority Leader,
    17  the Majority Whip, the Majority Caucus Chairman
    18  and the Majority Caucus Secretary of the House
    19  of Representatives for allocation in its dis-
    20  cretion to the several committees of the House
    21  of Representatives for payment of the expenses
    22  of hiring such additional personnel and staff
    23  and for conducting such research and study proj-
    24  ects as may be required or arise in connection
    25  with the work of such committees during Legisla-
    26  tive Sessions and during the interim between
    27  Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated shall
    28  be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
    29  of the Majority Leader on the presentation of his
    30  requisition for the same. The Majority Leader shall,
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     1  not later than thirty days after the termination of
     2  his term of office or until his successor is elected
     3  and also within thirty days after the adjournment
     4  of any regular or special session, file an account
     5  together with supporting documents whenever possible
     6  in the office of the Majority Leader of such ex-
     7  penses since the filing of the prior account.........    300,000
     8     For the payment to a committee of the House
     9  of Representatives composed of the Minority
    10  Leader, the Minority Whip, the Minority Caucus
    11  Chairman, and the Minority Caucus Secretary for
    12  allocation in its discretion to the several com-
    13  mittees of the House of Representatives for the
    14  payment of the expenses of hiring such additional
    15  personnel and staff and for conducting such re-
    16  search and study projects as may be required or
    17  arise in connection with the work of such committees
    18  during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
    19  between Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
    20  shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in
    21  favor of the Minority Leader on the presentation
    22  of his requisition for the same. The Minority
    23  Leader shall, not later than thirty days after
    24  the termination of his term of office or until
    25  his successor is elected and also within thirty
    26  days after the adjournment of any regular or
    27  special session, file an account together with
    28  supporting documents whenever possible in the
    29  office of the Minority Leader of such expenses
    30  since the filing of the prior account................    300,000
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     1                To the Legislative Reference Bureau
     2     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
     3  for the work of the Legislative Reference Bureau
     4  including the Document Law Section...................    518,000
     5     Contingent expenses connected with the work
     6  of the Legislative Reference Bureau to be paid
     7  on warrants of the State Treasurer in favor of
     8  the director on the presentation of his requisi-
     9  tions for the same. The director shall file
    10  accounting of said expenses together with support-
    11  ing documents whenever possible in the office of
    12  the Legislative Reference Bureau.....................     10,000
    13     Printing expenses.................................     70,000
    14          To the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
    15     For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    16  penses for the work of the Legislative Budget
    17  and Finance Committee................................    207,000
    18            To the Legislative Data Processing Committee
    19     For the operation of the Legislative Data
    20  Processing Center....................................    670,000
    21              To the Joint State Government Commission
    22     For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
    23  penses for the work of the Joint State Government
    24  Commission to be paid on warrants of the State
    25  Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said commis-
    26  sion on the presentation of his requisition for
    27  the same, the chairman shall file an accounting
    28  of said expenses together with supporting docu-
    29  ments whenever possible in the office of the Joint
    30  State Government Commission..........................    703,000
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     1                 To the Local Government Commission
     2     For the salaries, wages and all expenses neces-
     3  sary for the work of the Local Government Com-
     4  mission..............................................    150,000
     5         To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
     6     For the payment of premiums on surety bonds
     7  for chairmen and officials of the Senate and House
     8  of Representatives...................................      1,000
     9            To the National Society of State Legislators
    10     For the support of the National Society of
    11  State Legislators to be paid on requisition of
    12  the State Treasurer and warrant for such payment
    13  to be drawn to the order of the Executive Director
    14  of the National Society of State Legislators who
    15  shall file an accounting of such expenses with the
    16  proper officer.......................................      1,000
    17          To the State Legislative Air and Water Pollution
    18                         Control Commission
    19     For the salaries and expenses of the State
    20  Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
    21  Commission...........................................     70,000
    22     Any officer, commission, agency or committee
    23  of the Legislative Department having received
    24  an advance appropriation hereunder shall:
    25     (1)  At the end of the appropriation period,
    26  return to the State Treasury all unexpended, un-
    27  committed and unencumbered balances of such ad-
    28  vances before any advance shall be made out of
    29  any succeeding appropriation.
    30     (2)  Deposit all moneys advanced in the name
    19710S0954B1134                 - 54 -

     1  of the Commonwealth in a State depository and
     2  certify the name thereof to the State Treasurer.
     3     (3)  Not later than thirty days after the
     4  termination of his term of office, or until his
     5  successor is elected and also within thirty days
     6  after the adjournment of any regular or special
     7  session, file in the office receiving such ad-
     8  vance an account of the expenditures of such
     9  funds together with supporting documents whenever
    10  possible.
    11         To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
    12              and the Secretary of the Senate Jointly
    13     For the purchase of Pennsylvania flags to be
    14  sent to residents of Pennsylvania serving in the
    15  armed forces of the United States, overseas, who
    16  request such flags...................................     20,000
    17            To the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission
    18     For the salaries, wages and all expenses
    19  necessary for the work of the Commission.............     35,000
    20                     III.  JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    21     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    22  expenses for the following purposes:
    23                           Supreme Court
    24     Salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court
    25  Judges...............................................    312,000
    26     Salaries and compensation of employes and
    27  expenses of judges...................................     49,000
    28     Salaries and expenses for the office of
    29  prothonotary and for the library in the Eastern
    30  District.............................................    162,000
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     1     Salaries and expenses for the prothonotary's
     2  office in the Middle District........................     24,000
     3     Salaries and expenses for the prothonotary's
     4  office and for the library in the Western District...     90,000
     5     Salaries and expenses for criers, tipstaves,
     6  official stenographers, court officers and the
     7  law secretary of the Chief Justice in Eastern,
     8  Middle and Western Districts and Workmen's Com-
     9  pensation Insurance Premiums for all Supreme
    10  Court employes.......................................    399,000
    11     Salaries and expenses for the office of State
    12  reporters............................................     88,000
    13     Fees for prothonotaries of the Supreme Court
    14  of the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts on
    15  assignment to judges to counties other than
    16  their own............................................      8,000
    17     Expenses of Board of Governance of the
    18  Pennsylvania Bar.....................................     10,000
    19     Expenses of the Civil Procedural Rules
    20  Committee............................................     38,000
    21     Salaries and expenses of the State Board of
    22  Law Examiners........................................    140,000
    23     Judicial Inquiry and Review Board.................     25,000
    24     Printing and Miscellaneous Expenses...............    100,000
    25     Expenses of Procedural Rules Committee............     38,000
    26     Court Administrator...............................    500,000
    27     Expenses of the Minor Court Rules Committee.......     10,000
    28                           Superior Court
    29     Salaries and expenses of the Superior Court
    30  Judges...............................................    288,000
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     1     Salaries and compensation for employes and
     2  expenses of judges...................................     46,000
     3     Salaries and expenses of criers, tipstaves,
     4  official stenographers, court officers and law
     5  secretary of the president judge and Workmen's
     6  Compensation Insurance Premiums for all employes
     7  of the Superior Court................................    345,000
     8     Expenses of dockets, stationery, supplies, books
     9  for the library and other costs of the Superior
    10  Court and its officers...............................     25,000
    11     For the payment of salaries and expenses for
    12  the Prothonotary's Office in the Philadelphia
    13  District.............................................    100,000
    14                         Commonwealth Court
    15     Salaries and expenses of judges and employes......  1,008,000
    16                       Courts of Common Pleas
    17     Salaries and expenses of judges...................  9,657,000
    18     Expenses of traveling judges......................    165,000
    19     Mileage in divided judicial districts.............      4,000
    20     Clerk hire in Dauphin County......................     31,000
    21          Community Courts--District Justices of the Peace
    22     Salaries of Community Court Judges and District
    23  Justices of the Peace................................  6,116,000
    24                     Philadelphia Traffic Court
    25     Salaries and expenses of judges...................    116,000
    26                    Philadelphia Municipal Court
    27     Salaries and expenses of judges...................    450,000
    28                           Miscellaneous
    29     Salaries of associate judges......................     69,000
    30     Mileage for associate judges......................      5,000
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     1     Section 3.  This act is not intended to be inconsistent with
     2  or to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or any
     3  prior session of the General Assembly regulating the purchase of
     4  supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the purchase,
     5  maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of making
     6  payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the
     7  functioning of any administrative department, board or
     8  commission.
     9     Section 4.  No appropriation made by this act to any
    10  department, board, commission or agency of the Executive
    11  Department shall be available unless and until such department,
    12  board, commission or agency shall have complied with sections
    13  604, 605, and 606 of "The Administrative Code of 1929."
    14     Section 5.  The term "employes" as used in this act shall
    15  include all directors, superintendents, bureau or division
    16  chiefs, assistant directors, assistant superintendents,
    17  assistant chiefs, experts, scientists, engineers, surveyors,
    18  draftsmen, accountants, secretaries, auditors, inspectors,
    19  examiners, statisticians, marshals, clerks, stenographers,
    20  bookkeepers, messengers and other assistants in any department,
    21  board or commission.
    22     Section 6.  The term "expenses" and "maintenance" shall
    23  include all printing, binding and stationery, food and forage,
    24  materials and supplies, traveling expenses, training, motor
    25  vehicle supplies and repairs, freight, express, and cartage,
    26  postage, telephones and telegraph rentals and toll charges,
    27  newspaper advertising and notices, fuel, light, heat, power and
    28  water, repairs or reconstruction of equipment, buildings and
    29  facilities, rent of real estate and equipment, premiums on
    30  workmen's compensation, insurance premiums on policies of
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     1  liability insurance, premiums on medical payment insurance and
     2  surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on employe group
     3  life insurance, and employe and retired employe group hospital
     4  and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth share of social
     5  security taxes for State employes, the purchase of replacement
     6  or additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental
     7  costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of
     8  Property and Supplies of mileage and other charges for the use
     9  of automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred
    10  through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall
    11  include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State
    12  institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside
    13  hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution
    14  pay more for patient care than that provided under the State
    15  medical assistance program.
    16     Section 7.  Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment
    17  shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered until
    18  contracts covering said purchase have been entered into with the
    19  vendors.
    20     Section 8.  In addition to the amounts appropriated by this
    21  act, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies
    22  furnished to employes and other persons, except inmates by an
    23  institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the sale
    24  of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber, or other
    25  materials sold by the department shall be paid into the General
    26  Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the
    27  several respective institutions for the operation and
    28  maintenance of said institutions.
    29     Further, in addition to the amounts appropriated by this act,
    30  all moneys received from the Federal Government, or from any
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     1  other source as contributions for the programs provided herein,
     2  or as payment for services or materials furnished by one
     3  institution to another, except those collections designated as
     4  revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and hereby
     5  appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the
     6  respective appropriations.
     7     Section 9.  That part of all appropriations in this act
     8  unexpended, uncommitted and unencumbered as of June 30, 1972,
     9  shall automatically lapse as of that date.
    10     Section 10.  The provisions of this act shall be severable.
    11  If any provision of this act is found by a court of record to be
    12  unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the act
    13  shall nevertheless, remain valid unless the court finds the
    14  valid provisions of the law are so essentially inseparable
    15  connected with and depend upon the void provision that it cannot
    16  be presumed the General Assembly would have enacted the
    17  remaining valid provisions without the void one, or unless the
    18  court finds the remaining valid provisions standing alone are
    19  incompleted and are incapable of being executed in accordance
    20  with the legislative intent.
    21     Section 11.  This act shall take effect immediately.






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