PRINTER'S NO. 1264
No. 1088 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY DONOLOW, OCTOBER 5, 1971
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 5, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 31, 1971 (Act No. 27-A), entitled "An
2 act to provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative
3 and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt
4 and for the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 1971
5 to June 30, 1972, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1971," providing additional appropriations for the
8 Departments of Property and Supplies and State, and making
9 changes in appropriations to the Department of Property and
10 Supplies and to the General Assembly.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 2, act of August 31, 1971 (Act No. 27-A),
14 known as "The General Appropriation Act of 1971," by amending
15 the first item and adding an item thereafter under the
16 Department of Property and Supplies, adding an item after the
17 second item under the Department of State and amending the
18 thirty-second item under the Senate to read:
19 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
20 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
21 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
22 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
1 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
2 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employes
3 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
4 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
5 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
6 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
7 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
8 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year
9 beginning July 1, 1971, and for the payment of bills incurred
10 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
11 June 30, 1971.
12 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
13 * * *
14 To the Department of Property and Supplies
15 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
16 expenses for the proper administration of the
17 Department of Property and Supplies including
18 distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
19 maintenance and disposition of State automotive
20 equipment, editing, printing and distribution of
21 State publications, purchase of commodities for
22 State agencies, standards and specifications of
23 commodities for State agencies, real estate and
24 insurance, building, construction and engineer-
25 ing, maintenance and custody of State office
26 buildings and grounds, administrative services,
27 general services, and distribution of Federal
28 surplus commodities.................................. 15,765,000
29 In addition to this amount, all moneys
30 received from the Federal Government, from
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1 the various departments, boards and commissions
2 as rental charges for permanently assigned
3 automobiles or from any other source as
4 contributions for this program shall be paid
5 into the General Fund and credited to this
6 appropriation.
7 For the payment of expenses incurred by
8 moving various departments in order to make
9 additional space in the Capitol Building
10 available for legislative uses, including the
11 purchase of shelving, dismantling and re-
12 assembling vaults and purchasing permanent
13 shelves and cases for the Department of
14 Community Affairs, renovation of the base-
15 ment rooms of the Capitol for the Depart-
16 ment of Environmental Resources, and any
17 other necessary moving expenses involved............. 90,150
18 * * *
19 To the Department of State
20 * * *
21 For the payment of expenses incurred in
22 publishing any reapportionment plan filed by
23 the Legislative Reapportionment Commission,
24 pursuant to Article II, section 17, subsection
25 (h) of the Pennsylvania Constitution................. 500,000
26 * * *
27 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
28 To the Senate
29 * * *
30 For State Share Retirement, [and] Social
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1 Security Majority and Minority Committees,
2 hospitalization and incidental expenses.............. 68,000
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Section 6 of the act is amended to read:
5 Section 6. The term "expenses" and "maintenance" shall
6 include all printing, binding and stationery, food and forage,
7 materials and supplies, traveling expenses, training, motor
8 vehicle supplies and repairs, freight, express, and cartage,
9 postage, telephones and telegraph rentals and toll charges,
10 newspaper advertising and notices, fuel, light, heat, power and
11 water, repairs or reconstruction of equipment, buildings and
12 facilities, rent of real estate and equipment, premiums on
13 workmen's compensation, insurance premiums on policies of
14 liability insurance, premiums on medical payment insurance and
15 surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on employe group
16 life insurance, and employe and retired employe group hospital
17 and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth share of social
18 security taxes for State employes, the purchase of replacement
19 or additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental
20 costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of
21 Property and Supplies of mileage and other charges for the use
22 of automobiles and rental payments for permanently assigned
23 automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred
24 through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall
25 include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State
26 institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside
27 hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution
28 pay more for patient care than that provided under the State
29 medical assistance program.
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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