PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1561, 1735 PRINTER'S NO. 1761
No. 1336 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MR. WOJDAK, JUNE 2, 1975
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 17, 1975
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 period July 1, 1975 to
4 June 30, 1976, and for the payment of bills incurred and
5 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
6 June 30, 1975.
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 1975."
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 employees
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 period
3 beginning July 1, 1975 and for the payment of bills incurred and
4 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
5 30, 1975.
6 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
7 To the Governor
8 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
9 expenses for the following purposes and
10 activities, including the maintenance of the
11 Executive Mansion, the expense of entertainment
12 of official guests and members of the General
13 Assembly and the Judiciary, participation in the
14 Governor's Conference, the expenses of the
15 Executive Board, and for the payment of traveling
16 expenses of persons other than employees of the
17 Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to represent
18 or otherwise serve the Commonwealth:
19 Administration of the Office of the Governor... $1,945,000
20 For the administration and operation of the
21 Office for Human Resources........................ 146,000
22 For the administration and operation of the
23 Office of Administration.......................... 3,565,000
24 For the administration of the Office of State
25 Planning and Development.......................... 1,130,000
26 For the administration and operation of the
27 Office of the Budget.............................. 1,364,000
28 For the Bicentennial Year - National Budget
29 Conference........................................ 25,000
30 For the salaries, wages and
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1 benefits for the proper administration of the
2 Human Relations Commission program................ 3,171,000
3 For all other necessary expenses for the
4 proper administration of the Human Relations
5 Commission program................................ 281,000
6 For the administration and operation of the
7 Pennsylvania Commission for Women................ 120,000
8 To the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
9 For the conduct of the work of the Pennsylvania
10 Council on the Arts, requisitions to be signed by
11 the Governor...................................... 1,558,000
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the proper administration of the
14 Governor's Energy Council......................... 280,000
15 For payment to the Office of State Planning
16 and Development for payment to the Delaware
17 Valley Regional Planning Commission under terms
18 and conditions as determined by the Office of
19 State Planning and Development.................... 75,000
20 To the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper conduct of the Governor's
23 Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse................. 2,688,000
24 For grants to counties and to private facilities
25 to finance drug and alcohol abuse treatment and
26 prevention programs.............................. 17,184,000
27 To the Lieutenant Governor
28 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
29 expenses for the proper conduct of the office of
30 the Lieutenant Governor, including payment of
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1 expenses of the residence at the Edward Martin
2 Military Reservation.............................. 235,000
3 For Portrait of the Lieutenant Governor....... 1,000
4 To the Department of the Auditor General
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the proper conduct of the following
7 purposes and activities:
8 Administration of the Department of the Auditor
9 General for auditing annually, periodically or
10 specially, the affairs of any department, board or
11 commission which are supported out of the General
12 Fund and for auditing Justices of the Peace, other
13 fining offices, Volunteer Firemen's Relief Associa-
14 tion Funds and the offices of elected State offi-
15 cials............................................. 8,537,000
16 Auditing appropriations for or relating to
17 public assistance including any Federal sums
18 supplementing such appropriations................. 2,267,000
19 Administration of the Board of Arbitration of
20 Claims............................................ 276,000
21 For payment of pensions to dependents of soldiers
22 of the Pennsylvania National Guard killed in the
23 line of duty...................................... 20,000
24 To the Treasury Department
25 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
26 expenses for the proper conduct of the following
27 purposes and activities:
28 Administration of the Treasury Department...... 3,726,000
29 For the administrative expenses in disbursing
30 appropriations for or relating to public assistance
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1 including any Federal sums supplementing such
2 appropriations.................................... 2,184,000
3 Administration of the Board of Finance and
4 Revenue........................................... 368,000
5 For the conduct of the work of the Commission
6 on Interstate Cooperation and the traveling expenses
7 of members to be paid in favor of the chairman or
8 treasurer of the commission on presentation of his
9 requisition and who shall file an accounting with
10 the Auditor General............................... 30,000
11 For the support of the Council of State Govern-
12 ments to be paid to the order of the Executive
13 Director of the Council of State Governments who
14 shall file an accounting of such expenses with the
15 Auditor General................................... 128,000
16 For the support of the Great Lakes Commission
17 to be paid on requisition of the commissioners who
18 shall file an accounting with the Auditor General 15,000
19 For the payment of replacement checks issued
20 in lieu of outstanding checks when presented and
21 to adjust errors.................................. 70,000
22 Payment of the difference between the interest
23 earned by the moneys in the Agricultural College
24 Land Scrip Fund and in the State College Experi-
25 mental Farm Fund and the interest guaranteed by
26 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania
27 State University.................................. 15,000
28 Publishing statements of the General Fund and
29 other funds of the Commonwealth................... 17,000
30 Compensation of the Commonwealth's Loan and
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1 Transfer Agent for services and expenses in con-
2 nection with the registration, transfer and payment
3 of interest on bonds of the Commonwealth and other
4 services required to be performed by the Loan and
5 Transfer Agent.................................... 70,000
6 Payment of legal fees, publication of advertise-
7 ments, costs of engraving and other expenses in-
8 curred in issuing of tax anticipation notes....... 80,000
9 For the payment into the Public Buildings Con-
10 struction Sinking Fund to meet the interest and
11 sinking fund requirements of bonds issued......... 2,041,000
12 For the payment into the Project 70 Land
13 Acquisition Sinking Fund to meet the principal and
14 interest requirements on notes and bonds issued... 4,986,000
15 For the payment into the Land and Water Develop-
16 ment Sinking Fund to meet the interest and sinking
17 fund requirements of notes and bonds issued and
18 to be issued...................................... 11,847,000
19 For the payment into the Capital Facilities
20 Redemption Fund to meet the principal and interest
21 requirements on notes and bonds issued and notes
22 and bonds to be issued............................ 66,296,000
23 For the payment into the proper fund to meet
24 the principal and interest requirements on notes
25 and bonds to be issued for payment of the Vietnam
26 Veterans' Bonus................................... 4,662,000
27 For payment into the Disaster Relief Redemption
28 Fund to meet principal and interest requirements
29 on bonds issued and bonds to be issued............ 4,343,000
30 For payment into the Nursing Home Loan Sinking
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1 Fund to meet principal and interest requirements
2 on bonds issued and bonds to be issued........... 2,125,000
3 To the Department of Agriculture
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
5 expenses for the proper administration of the
6 Department of Agriculture, including the following
7 programs: regulation of consumer products and
8 promotion of fair business practices, plant health,
9 animal health, rural services and agribusiness
10 development....................................... 13,189,000
11 ENFORCEMENT OF WEATHER MODIFICATION LAW <--
12 INCLUDING EXPENSES OF WEATHER MODIFICATION BOARD
13 AS TO HEARINGS, ETC............................... 25,000
14 For the control of stem rust of wheat, oats,
15 barley and rye by the eradication of rust spreading
16 barberry bushes and providing for payment thereof
17 to counties making like expenditures of county
18 funds............................................. 20,000
19 Payment of compensation to owners of animals
20 destroyed in disease eradication programs......... 360,000
21 Payment of reimbursement to legally constituted
22 law enforcement agencies for kennel construction.. 50,000
23 For payment into the State Farm Products Show
24 Fund to pay for that portion of the Farm Show and
25 maintenance to Farm Show Building that is not paid
26 from Farm Show revenues........................... 500,000
27 Development and operation of an open livestock
28 show, including cattle, swine, sheep and horses:
29 Provided, That the department may make allocations
30 of this appropriation as it deems appropriate to
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1 an incorporated association whose purposes are in
2 accord with the purposes and intent of this appro-
3 priation, the funds so allocated to be used for
4 the development and operation of a livestock show
5 in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex: And
6 provided further, That the funds allocated by the
7 department shall only be used for the specific
8 items approved by the department in advance of
9 the expenditure.................................. 60,000
10 Planning and staging of an open dairy show:
11 Provided, That the department makes allocations
12 of this appropriation as it deems appropriate to
13 incorporated associations whose purposes are in
14 accord with the purposes and intent of this appro-
15 priation, the funds so allocated to be used for
16 the planning and staging of a dairy show in the
17 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex: And provided
18 further, That the funds allocated by the
19 department shall only be used for the
20 specific items approved by the department in
21 advance of the expenditure........................ 60,000
22 Promotion and holding of annual local, regional
23 and State 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America
24 Dairy Shows: Provided, That the department may
25 make allocations of this appropriation as it deems
26 appropriate to an association whose purposes are
27 in accord with the purposes and intent of this
28 appropriation, the funds so allocated to be used
29 for the development and operation of Junior
30 Dairy Shows: And provided further, That the
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1 funds allocated by the department shall only be
2 used for the specific items approved by the
3 department in advance............................ 25,000
4 To the Department of Banking
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the proper administration of the
7 Pennsylvania Securities Commission................ 749,000 <--
8 746,000
9 To the State Council of Civil Defense
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the proper administration of the
12 State Council of Civil Defense, including emergency
13 disaster assistance............................... 418,000
14 To the State Civil Service Commission
15 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
16 expenses for the proper administration of the
17 Civil Service Commission including administration
18 of the merit system for employees under provisions
19 of the Civil Service Act.......................... 1,000
20 To the Department of Commerce
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
22 expenses for the proper administration of the
23 Department of Commerce including the following:
24 tourism and travel development, industrial develop-
25 ment, scientific and technological development,
26 and international trade........................... 4,728,000
27 For the Pennsylvania Industrial Development
28 Authority for construction loans.................. 5,000,000
29 For payment of grants to recognized indus-
30 trial development agencies to assist such agencies
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1 in the financing of their operational costs for
2 the purposes of making studies, surveys and inves-
3 tigations, the compilation of data and statistics
4 and in the carrying out of planning and promotional
5 programs.......................................... 500,000
6 For site development.......................... 1,000,000
7 For the payment of grants to Appalachian Local
8 Development Districts............................. 100,000
9 For the payment of the Commonwealth's share of
10 the cost of the operation of the Appalachian
11 Regional Commission and the office of the Appala-
12 chian State's Regional Representative............. 363,000
13 For payment of ceremonies in recognition of the
14 Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania........... 2,000
15 For the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering
16 Foundation to promote, stimulate, and encourage
17 basic and applied scientific research and develop-
18 ment and scientific and technological education in
19 Pennsylvania...................................... 950,000
20 For the Governor's Science Advisory Committee
21 to finance research and information dissemination
22 projects to be conducted by the Pennsylvania State
23 University for the benefit of Pennsylvania industry
24 to insure more jobs for Pennsylvania.............. 150,000
25 For tourist promotion assistance.............. 1,500,000
26 For transfer to Minority Business Development
27 Fund............................................. 2,000,000
28 For the Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission.. 5,000,000
29 To the Department of Community Affairs
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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1 expenses for the proper administration of the
2 Department of Community Affairs, including commu-
3 nity action assistance, housing and redevelopment,
4 area-wide services, municipal administrative
5 support capability, and local recreation areas and
6 facilities........................................ 5,579,000
7 For planning and administration of a Statewide
8 manpower employment assistance and training program 1,750,000
9 For payments of grants to community action
10 agencies as provided by the act of January 26, 1968
11 (P.L.48, No.9) and to political subdivisions and
12 organizations for social service programs......... 1,200,000
13 For the payment of grants to local governments
14 or regional councils of government to assist in
15 developing and implementing cooperative agreements
16 to supply municipal services...................... 75,000
17 For the payments of grants to counties, cities,
18 boroughs, townships, towns or regions for planning
19 assistance........................................ 200,000
20 To the Department of Education
21 For the salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
22 for the proper administration of the Department of
23 Education, including general instruction, special ed-
24 ucation, compensatory programs, vocational education,
25 higher education-professional support services, com-
26 munity training services, adult employment training
27 services and recreation services.................. 13,204,000
28 For the operation of the State Library, provid-
29 ing reference services and administering aid to
30 public libraries.................................. 1,374,000
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1 Payment of rental charges to The General State
2 Authority for capital improvements at State-aided
3 educational institutions.......................... 4,486,000
4 Operation, maintenance and administration of
5 the State colleges and State-owned university..... 150,873,000
6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this or
7 any other act every 30 days the Secretary of Education
8 shall transmit to the chairpersons of the House and
9 Senate Appropriations Committees and the chairpersons
10 of the House and Senate Education Committees a list
11 of persons who are proposed for employment in a
12 position whose salary exceeds $14,000 per year, within
13 the Department of Education at any State-owned college
14 or university.
15 In addition to the name of the proposed employees
16 and the proposed compensation, the list shall contain
17 a brief job description and a justification for the
18 proposed employment.
19 The list of proposed employees required under this
20 section shall be effective at the end of the first period
21 of 12 legislative days unless after the date of trans-
22 mittal and before the passage of the 12 legislative
23 days either house passes a resolution by a two-thirds
24 vote stating in substance the House or Senate does not
25 approve all or any of the proposed contracts of
26 employment listed therein.
27 There shall be no further disbursement of funds
28 appropriated for the State-owned colleges and
29 university after September 30, 1975, until the
30 Chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropriations
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1 Committees and the Chairpersons of the House and
2 Senate Education Committees have received copies
3 of letters notifying at least five per cent of the
4 current faculty members and at least five per cent
5 of the current administrators and one vice-presi-
6 dent at each of these institutions that they are
7 to be retrenched as of September 1, 1976. When
8 the Chairpersons of the respective Committees
9 have received proof of retrenchment notification
10 they shall then notify the Treasurer of the
11 Commonwealth who may authorize disbursements from
12 appropriated funds to these institutions.
13 As an additional condition precedent to the
14 disbursement of appropriated funds after September
15 30, 1975 to the State-owned colleges and university,
16 each of these institutions shall furnish satis-
17 factory evidence to the Chairpersons of the House
18 and Senate Appropriations Committees and the
19 Chairpersons of the House and Senate Education
20 Committees that, commencing with the academic year
21 that begins in September 1975, all programs of
22 academic fee remission and tuition waiver for
23 employees of these respective institutions are
24 abolished.
25 Operation, maintenance and administration of the
26 Pennsylvania State Oral School at Scranton........ 1,522,000
27 Operation, maintenance and administration of
28 Scotland School for Veterans' Children............ 3,587,000
29 Operation, maintenance and administration of
30 the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School at Lancaster.... 1,701,000
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1 For payments of subsidies to school districts
2 on account of basic instructional and vocational
3 education costs: Provided, That the Secretary of
4 Education, with the approval of the Governor, may
5 make payments from this appropriation in advance of
6 the due date prescribed by law to school districts
7 which are financially handicapped, whenever
8 he shall deem it necessary to make such advanced
9 payments to enable the school districts to keep
10 their public schools open......................... 1,253,022,775
11 For payments on account of poverty and for
12 additional special assistance grants on account
13 of low income families to school districts of the
14 first class to be maintained by such school
15 district in a separate account and used solely
16 and exclusively for education of the children
17 of low income families............................ 47,349,225
18 Payments to school districts on account of
19 annual rental or sinking fund charges on school
20 buildings......................................... 159,877,000
21 Payments to school districts and intermediate
22 units on account of pupil transportation.......... 60,500,000
23 For payments to school districts and inter-
24 mediate units on account of special education of
25 exceptional children.............................. 78,000,000
26 For payments to school districts on account of
27 homebound instruction............................. 500,000
28 For payments for tuition to school districts
29 providing education to nonresident orphaned children
30 placed in private homes by the court and nonresident
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1 inmates of children's institutions................ 9,000,000
2 For payments of annual fixed charges to school
3 districts in lieu of taxes for land acquired by
4 the Commonwealth for water conservation or flood
5 prevention........................................ 35,000
6 For payments to intermediate units for mainte-
7 nance of summer schools for school age children of
8 migrant laborers.................................. 36,000
9 To provide grants to school districts to assist
10 in meeting the matching requirements of Federal
11 grants received under Federal programs for the
12 education of the disadvantaged where such programs
13 meet criteria established by the Department of
14 Education......................................... 1,000,000
15 For Special Education - Approved Private
16 Schools........................................... 24,700,000
17 For annual payments not to exceed $500 per
18 student to institutions of higher learning for
19 defraying the expenses of deaf or blind students.. 35,000
20 For payment of the Commonwealth's share of the
21 approved operating costs and lease payments of
22 intermediate units................................ 6,917,000
23 For grants to school districts to assist in
24 meeting Federal matching requirements for grants
25 received under the Federal Child Nutrition Act,
26 and to aid in providing a food program for needy
27 children.......................................... 5,760,000
28 For payment into the Social Security Contribu-
29 tion Fund the Commonwealth's share of Federal
30 Social Security taxes for public school employees. 58,100,000
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1 For payment of required contribution into the
2 Contingent Reserve and Supplemental Accounts of
3 the Public School Employes' Retirement Fund...... 143,356,000
4 For payment of required contribution into the
5 Former Teachers' Account of the Public School
6 Employes' Retirement Fund........................ 11,000
7 For operation and administration of programs
8 of education and training at youth development
9 centers........................................... 3,306,000
10 For operation and administration of programs
11 of education and training at State schools and
12 hospitals......................................... 8,274,000
13 For text books for nonpublic schools.......... 8,688,000
14 For auxiliary services to nonpublic school
15 students......................................... 19,547,000
16 For grants to public libraries for the develop-
17 ment and improvement of a Statewide system of li-
18 braries and library services, including State aid
19 to local libraries, county libraries, district
20 library centers and regional library resource
21 centers........................................... 8,220,000
22 For student school supplies.................... 2,172,000
23 To provide aid to the Free Library of Phila-
24 delphia and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
25 to meet the costs incurred in serving as regional
26 libraries in the distribution of braille reading
27 materials, talking book machines and other reading
28 materials, to persons who are blind or otherwise
29 handicapped....................................... 806,000
30 For grants for the establishment, operation and
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1 utilization of educational television and radio broad-
2 casting networks facilities....................... 780,000
3 For regional educational broadcasting councils
4 which have been approved in accordance with the
5 State plan for educational broadcasting by the
6 Department of Education........................... 175,000
7 For development, administration and coordination
8 of educational and training programs at the State-
9 owned correctional institutions................... 2,000,000
10 For higher education equal opportunity program
11 grants............................................ 3,362,000
12 For payment of approved operating and capital
13 expenses of community colleges and technical
14 institutes........................................ 37,000,000
15 For the operation of the Ethnic Heritage
16 Studies Center................................... 50,000
17 For the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assist-
18 ance Agency and for payment of all scholarships
19 and education assistance grants, including those
20 to veterans, and dependents of prisoners of war
21 or missing in action soldiers, and for death and
22 disability hardship cases........................ 68,440,000
23 For the purpose of being held in reserve to
24 guarantee loans granted for payment of possible
25 losses of such loans granted and for the payment
26 of lender participation incentives............... 3,200,000
27 For the purpose of administering the programs
28 of the agency including payment of lender partici-
29 pation incentives................................ 3,600,000
30 For the purpose of assisting approved institu-
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1 tions of higher learning in securing and obtaining
2 maximum participation in Federal student aid funds
3 to be used as financial aid to students in meeting
4 their costs of attendance at such institutions... 1,500,000
5 For institutional assistance grants to be
6 allotted by the Pennsylvania Higher Education
7 Assistance Agency for the academic year beginning
8 on or about September 1, 1975 pursuant to the
9 criterion contained in the act of July 18, 1974
10 (No.174)......................................... 12,000,000
11 To the Department of Environmental Resources
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the proper administration of the
14 Department of Environmental Resources including
15 flood control, prevention, control and extinction
16 of forest fires, reduction of disease and insect
17 damage to forests, air pollution control, water
18 quality management, community environment manage-
19 ment, occupational health and safety, radiological
20 health, development, utilization and regulation of
21 water, land and mineral resources, and develop-
22 ment, operation and maintenance of recreational
23 areas and facilities............................. 65,802,000 <--
24 65,358,000
25 For the payment of the cost of manpower,
26 equipment and materials used in the control and
27 extinction of forest fires........................ 100,000
28 For payments to municipalities or municipal
29 authorities for up to 50% of the cost of
30 acquiring lands and rights-of-way and reloca-
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1 ting roads and utilities to qualify for Federal
2 flood control projects............................ 975,000
3 For grants to counties, municipalities and
4 authorities to assist them in preparing official
5 plans for sewage systems.......................... 250,000
6 For reimbursement to municipalities toward the
7 costs incurred by them in the enforcement of the
8 Sewage Facilities Act............................. 600,000
9 For the support of the Ohio River Valley Water
10 Sanitation Commission, requisitions to be signed
11 by the Secretary of Environmental Resources....... 55,000
12 For grants to counties, municipalities and
13 authorities to assist them in preparing official
14 plans for solid waste disposal systems............ 150,000
15 To provide grants for rat control programs
16 including, but not limited to, extermination
17 measures, improvement of refuse collection and
18 garbage collections, services and community
19 educational activities designed to promote
20 participation and support of the programs by
21 residents and property owners..................... 500,000
22 For payment to the Great Lakes Basin Commission
23 as the Commonwealth's assessment and payment for
24 participations in the programs and plans of the
25 Great Lakes Basin Commission...................... 15,000
26 Payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
27 expenses of the River Master for the Delaware
28 River............................................. 22,000
29 For payment to the Ohio River Basin Commission
30 as the Commonwealth's assessment and payment for
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1 participation in the development of a water
2 resources program for the Ohio River Basin........ 29,000
3 For the support of the Susquehanna River Basin
4 Commission, requisitions to be signed by the
5 Secretary of Environmental Resources.............. 150,000
6 For the support of the Potomac River Basin
7 Advisory Committee, requisitions to be signed by
8 the Secretary of Environmental Resources.......... 8,000
9 For the support of the Interstate Commission
10 on the Potomac River Basin, requisitions to be
11 signed by the Secretary of Environmental
12 Resources......................................... 16,000
13 For the conduct of the work of the Delaware
14 River Basin Commission to be paid in favor of the
15 chairman of said commission who shall file an
16 accounting with the Auditor General............... 408,000
17 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
18 taxes to counties, school districts and townships
19 on forest lands................................... 399,000
20 For payment by the State Conservation
21 Commission to local sponsors for support of
22 small watershed projects.......................... 75,000
23 For payments to conservation districts for
24 employment of executive assistants on a 50%
25 cost-sharing basis, not to exceed $5,000 per
26 district for the State's share.................... 100,000
27 For payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
28 costs of the Interstate Mining Commission......... 10,000
29 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
30 taxes to counties and townships on land acquired
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1 for water conservation and flood control.......... 9,000
2 Payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
3 taxes to political subdivisions or school
4 districts on lands acquired by the Commonwealth
5 for Project 70.................................... 225,000
6 FOR FREE FISH LICENSE SETTLEMENT FOR VIETNAM <--
7 VETERANS.......................................... 301,583
8 To the Pennsylvania Fish Commission
9 For the support of the Atlantic States Marine
10 Fisheries Commission.............................. 3,000
11 To the Department of Health
12 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
13 for the proper administration of the Department
14 of Health including research and health informa-
15 tion, medical facilities review, health services
16 development, disease prevention, detection and
17 diagnosis, outpatient treatment, inpatient treat-
18 ment and life maintenance......................... 28,707,000
19 For emergency health services................. 1,100,000
20 For maternal and child health................. 500,000
21 For health rehabilitation services - institu-
22 tions............................................ 3,930,000
23 Reimbursement to school districts on account
24 of health services................................ 13,570,000
25 Providing aid to counties in the establishment
26 and maintenance of local health departments....... 6,812,000
27 For payment to the Institute for Cancer
28 Research Incorporated, Fox Chase, Philadelphia,
29 Pennsylvania for the operation and maintenance
30 of the Cancer Research Program.................... 418,000
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1 For payment to the Wistar Institute of
2 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for research in the
3 field of cellular biology......................... 200,000
4 For the following research programs:
5 Lankenau Hospital - Research................... 75,000
6 Cardio-vascular Studies - Philadelphia
7 General Hospital.................................. 60,000
8 Cardio-vascular Studies - St. Francis Hospital,
9 Pittsburgh........................................ 60,000
10 For outpatient-inpatient treatment:
11 Cerebral Palsy - St. Christophers Hospital..... 75,000
12 Cerebral Dysfunction - Children's Hospital,
13 Pittsburgh........................................ 25,000
14 Lancaster Cleft Palate......................... 30,000
15 Pittsburgh Cleft Palate........................ 30,000
16 To the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
17 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
18 expenses for the proper administration of the
19 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
20 including development and promotion of
21 Pennsylvania State and local history, museum
22 development and operations, and development and
23 preservation of historical sites and properties... 5,073,000
24 Administration of the Valley Forge Park
25 Commission and operation and maintenance of the
26 Valley Forge State Park........................... 628,000
27 Administration of the Washington Crossing Park
28 Commission and operation and maintenance of the
29 Washington Crossing State Park.................... 482,000
30 Administration of the Brandywine Battlefield
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1 Park Commission and operation and maintenance of
2 Brandywine Battlefield Park....................... 105,000
3 To the Department of Insurance
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
5 expenses for the proper administration of the
6 Department of Insurance including policyholder
7 services and protection, regulation of rates and
8 policies, liquidation of companies and regulation
9 of companies...................................... 4,685,000
10 To the Department of Justice
11 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
12 expenses for the proper administration of the
13 Department of Justice including revenue
14 collection and administration, criminal law
15 enforcement, and regulation of consumer products
16 and promotion of fair business practices.......... 7,623,000
17 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
18 expenses of the Bureau of Drug Control and the
19 Office of Drug Law Enforcement.................... 3,032,000
20 For the operation and administration of the
21 Pennsylvania Crime Commission..................... 263,000
22 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
23 of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.......... 201,000
24 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
25 tion of the State Correctional Institutions and
26 Community Treatment Centers, not including funds
27 for the establishment, maintenance or operation
28 of a maximum security facility at Farview State
29 Hospital......................................... 63,120,000
30 For payments of grants to political subdivisions
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1 to assist in the improvement of Juvenile Probation
2 Services.......................................... 1,452,000
3 For aid for local law enforcement.............. 1,110,000
4 To the Department of Labor and Industry
5 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
6 for the proper administration of the Department
7 of Labor and Industry, including regulation of
8 consumer products and promotion of fair business
9 practice, accident prevention, occupational health
10 and safety, income maintenance, and industrial
11 relations stability............................... 10,031,000
12 For the Commonwealth's share of the cost of
13 the Work Incentive Program to provide permanent
14 jobs at decent pay for eligible persons receiving
15 aid to families with dependent children........... 375,000
16 For the payment to the Vocational Rehabilitation
17 Fund for work of the State Board of Vocational
18 Rehabilitation.................................... 8,708,000
19 To the Department of Military Affairs
20 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
21 for the proper administration of the department... 7,282,000
22 Operation and maintenance of the Soldiers' and
23 Sailors' Home at Erie............................. 670,000
24 For payment of gratuities for the education of
25 children of certain veterans...................... 65,000
26 For assistance to veterans who are ill or
27 disabled and without means of support............. 650,000
28 For pensions for veterans blinded through
29 service-connected injuries or disease............. 80,000
30 To the Milk Marketing Board
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1 For payment into the Milk Marketing Fund in the
2 State Treasury for the purpose for which such fund
3 is appropriated................................... 660,000
4 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the proper administration of the
7 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
8 offenders......................................... 7,759,000 <--
9 7,509,000
10 Payments for grants-in-aid to counties for
11 providing improved adult probation services....... 1,526,000
12 To the Department of Property and Supplies
13 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
14 expenses for the proper administration of the
15 Department of Property and Supplies including
16 distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
17 maintenance and disposition of State automotive
18 equipment, standards and specifications of
19 commodities for State agencies, purchase of
20 commodities for State agencies, real estate and
21 insurance, building, construction and engineering,
22 maintenance and custody of State office buildings
23 and grounds, general services, Federal surplus
24 property, and distribution of Federal surplus
25 commodities....................................... 26,144,000 <--
26 25,640,000
27 Payment of rental charges to The General State
28 Authority......................................... 56,000,000
29 To the Department of Public Welfare
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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1 expenses for the proper administration of the
2 Department of Public Welfare including medical
3 facilities review, health services support and
4 development, mental health systems, services to
5 the communities, family support services, mental
6 retardation systems and income maintenance....... 20,029,000 <--
7 19,729,000
8 Notwithstanding any other provision of
9 this or any other act every 30 days the
10 Secretary of Welfare shall transmit to the
11 chairpersons of the House and Senate Appropri-
12 ations Committees and the chairpersons of the
13 House and Senate Health and Welfare Committees
14 a list of persons proposed to be employed at
15 an annual salary exceeding $14,000 by either
16 the Department of Welfare, any State mental
17 hospital, any local office of the Department
18 of Public Welfare or any other institutions
19 administered by the Department of Welfare.
20 The list shall contain the names of the
21 proposed employees, the proposed annual
22 salary and a brief job description including
23 a brief statement of the reason for filling
24 the position.
25 The list transmitted under this section
26 shall be effective at the end of the passage
27 of 12 legislative days subsequent to the
28 submission of the proposed list, unless
29 between the date of the transmittal and
30 before the passage of 12 legislative days
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1 either House passes a resolution by a
2 two-thirds vote stating in substance that
3 the House or Senate does not approve any
4 or all of the proposed contracts of employ-
5 ment.
6 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
7 tion of State youth development centers, youth
8 development day treatment centers, and youth
9 forestry camps and for the maintenance of delin-
10 quent boys and girls in such camps, and for
11 the purchase of Community Residential Care for
12 trainees boarded out by the aforementioned
13 institutions..................................... 20,241,000
14 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
15 tion of the State restoration centers............. 5,620,000
16 For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
17 tration of the State medical and surgical
18 hospitals......................................... 6,222,000
19 For payment of grants to political subdivisions
20 to provide services for the aging, including but
21 not limited to homemaking services, community care
22 services, foster care services, protective care
23 services and counseling services.................. 5,094,000
24 For the conduct, operation of or contracting
25 for training courses to be given by accredited
26 graduate schools of public health, for the
27 personnel of county homes, nursing and convales-
28 cent homes, and nonprofit homes for the aged..... 50,000
29 For subsidy payments for services for the
30 blind............................................. 840,000
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1 For payment to counties for child welfare
2 programs and for the care of delinquent and
3 deprived children committed by the courts to a
4 private or public facility....................... 46,039,000
5 For the purpose of developing, operating and
6 purchasing day-care services for children........ 6,856,000
7 For payment of grants to political subdivisions
8 to assist in the development of juvenile probation
9 services and special police and crime prevention
10 programs for juveniles by providing a part of the
11 cost............................................. 1,750,000
12 For payment to Children's Heart Hospital, Phila-
13 delphia, Pennsylvania for maintenance in accord-
14 ance with the rules and regulations issued by the
15 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of
16 the Auditor General as prescribed by law......... 750,000
17 For payment to the Home for Crippled Children,
18 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for maintenance in
19 accordance with the rules and regulations issued
20 by the Department of Public Welfare and the Depart-
21 ment of the Auditor General as prescribed by law. 375,000
22 The hospitals named above shall file a report
23 with the Department of the Auditor General within
24 90 days of the last day of each quarter.
25 Failure to file the report timely as required
26 hereunder shall disqualify the institution from
27 receiving funds for the quarter covered by the
28 untimely filed report.
29 For the purpose of developing, operating and
30 purchasing social services........................ 2,944,000
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1 For payment to the Arsenal Family and Children's
2 Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the develop-
3 ment and operation of new and innovative types of
4 child care services.............................. 100,000
5 For assistance payments and county administra-
6 tion of the public assistance programs and medical
7 assistance; for cash assistance, including an
8 increase of seven per cent for cash grants by
9 September 1, 1975; supplemental assistance to
10 the aged, blind and disabled, including a grant
11 increase of seven per cent by January 1, 1976;
12 county administration; and medical assistance.... 910,194,000
13 Claims Settlement............................. 2,133,000
14 Provided, That any rule or regulation adopted
15 by the Secretary of Public Welfare during the
16 fiscal period 1975-76 which adds to the cost of any
17 public assistance programs shall be effective
18 only from and after the date upon which it is
19 approved as to the availability of funds by the
20 Governor.
21 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
22 tion of the State institutions for the mentally
23 ill and the mentally retarded, excluding the
24 Southeastern State School and Hospital........... 310,794,000
25 For Southeastern State School and Hospital to
26 be utilized by at least 300 in-patients by
27 October 30, 1975 and be utilized to at least 80%
28 of its original rated capacity by June 30, 1976.. 7,500,000
29 For administration of the Mental Health and
30 Mental Retardation Act of 1966 exclusive of con-
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1 struction of any new facilities, for payments to
2 reimburse counties, county institution districts
3 and private institutions for the care of mental
4 patients boarded out by the State institutions
5 for the mentally ill and mentally retarded....... 75,542,000
6 For grants to counties to purchase community
7 based residential care, treatment and training
8 for the mentally retarded and to develop and
9 provide specialized services for the mentally
10 retarded......................................... 14,611,000
11 To the Department of Revenue
12 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
13 for the proper administration of the Department
14 of Revenue including corporation taxes, county
15 collections, cigarette and beverage taxes, education
16 tax administration, and administration of the
17 personal income tax............................... 44,643,000 <--
18 43,670,000
19 For payment of compensation to informers,
20 escheators and others and for the payment of
21 attorneys' fees and expenses arising by virtue
22 of proceedings in escheat or by virtue of pro-
23 ceedings to take without escheat.................. 5,000
24 For the distribution of Public Utility Realty
25 Tax............................................... 22,000,000
26 To the Department of State
27 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
28 for the proper administration of the Department of
29 State including regulation of consumer products
30 and promotion of fair business practice, mainten-
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1 ance of the electoral process.................... 1,916,000
2 For the proper administration of the Bureau of
3 Professional and Occupational Affairs............ 2,967,000
4 Publication of proposed constitutional
5 amendments........................................ 40,000
6 Performing powers and duties relating to
7 absentee voting by persons in military services... 8,000
8 To the State Employees' Retirement System
9 Payment of State contribution of the medical/
10 hospital insurance costs for Commonwealth annuitants
11 who have elected such coverage.................... 2,100,000
12 To the Pennsylvania State Police
13 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
14 for the proper administration of the Pennsylvania
15 State Police, including juvenile crime prevention,
16 criminal law enforcement, prevention and control
17 of civil disorders, emergency disaster assistance,
18 and fire prevention............................... 27,048,000
19 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
20 for the proper administration of the Municipal
21 Police Officers Education and Training Commission 1,000,000
22 To the State Tax Equalization Board
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses for the proper administration of the State
25 Tax Equalization Board............................ 756,000
26 To the Department of Transportation
27 For the salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
28 for the proper administration of the Department
29 of Transportation for urban mass transportation -
30 mass transit, and port and waterway development... 1,211,000
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1 For urban mass transportation assistance....... 74,200,000
2 For payment to the City of Philadelphia for the
3 maintenance, repair and improvement of the Port of
4 Philadelphia...................................... 1,000,000
5 For payment to the Erie Port Commission of the
6 City of Erie, for the maintenance, repair, improve-
7 ment, management, development and administration
8 of the Port of Erie.............................. 250,000
9 For payment of services in connection with the
10 functions of the Civil Air Patrol................. 25,000
11 To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
12 For operation of the Pennsylvania Public
13 Television Network Commission..................... 4,500,000
14 For programming services....................... 1,700,000
15 To the Governor
16 For distribution to the various departments
17 and agencies of the Commonwealth financed wholly
18 or partially by the General Fund to meet the
19 increased costs of employees' salaries, wages and
20 benefits resulting from labor negotiations, and
21 for any related general increase in salaries, wages
22 and benefits granted to non-union employees.
23 Included in this appropriation are funds required
24 to meet all pay increases for the professional
25 and nonprofessional employees of the State-owned
26 colleges and university during the 1975-1976
27 fiscal year...................................... 27,500,000
28 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
29 To the Senate
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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1 expenses for the following purposes:
2 Salaries of 50 Senators and extra compensa-
3 tion to the President pro tempore of the Senate.. 1,500,000
4 Salaries and wages for per diem and session
5 officers and employees, including returning
6 officers......................................... 725,000
7 Salaries of employees of the President of the
8 Senate........................................... 80,000
9 Salaries of salaried employees of the Senate.. 3,600,000
10 Salaries and wages of employees of the Chief
11 Clerk to be allocated and disbursed at the
12 direction of the President pro tempore........... 375,000
13 Mileage:
14 Fifty Senators, officers and employees........ 120,000
15 Postage:
16 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal........... 80,000
17 Lieutenant Governor........................... 7,000
18 Librarian..................................... 7,000
19 Contingent Expenses:
20 Secretary..................................... 80,000
21 Librarian..................................... 15,000
22 President..................................... 28,000
23 President pro tempore......................... 20,000
24 Chief Clerk................................... 35,000
25 Majority Floor Leader......................... 6,000
26 Minority Floor Leader......................... 6,000
27 Majority Whip................................. 3,000
28 Minority Whip................................. 3,000
29 Chairman of Majority Caucus................... 3,000
30 Chairman of Minority Caucus................... 3,000
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1 Secretary of Majority Caucus.................. 3,000
2 Secretary of Minority Caucus.................. 3,000
3 Chairman Majority Appropriations Committee.... 6,000
4 Chairman Minority Appropriations Committee.... 6,000
5 Chairman Minority Policy Committee............ 2,000
6 Administrator-Minority Staff.................. 15,000
7 The above appropriations for postage and for
8 contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
9 payment of such expenses on warrant of the State
10 Treasurer in favor of the officers above named
11 upon the presentation of their requisitions for
12 the same: Provided, That the total amount of
13 requisitions for advancements less the total
14 amount of expenditures made as certified by such
15 officers to the State Treasurer shall not exceed
16 the amount of the bond of the officer having
17 control of the disbursement from the funds
18 advanced.
19 Miscellaneous Expenses:
20 Incidental Expenses........................... 195,000
21 Expenses, Senators............................ 250,000
22 Legislative Printing and Expenses............. 1,144,000
23 Attending National Legislative Conference..... 11,000
24 Attending meetings of the Council of State
25 Governments...................................... 5,000
26 The above appropriation for incidental expenses
27 shall be paid to the Chief Clerk of the Senate,
28 the appropriations for history of legislation,
29 extra services and attending National Legislative
30 Conference shall be paid to the Secretary of the
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1 Senate and the appropriation for attending meet-
2 ings of the Council of State Governments shall be
3 paid to the President pro tempore in the same
4 manner and under the same conditions as the appro-
5 priations for postage and contingent expenses
6 above.
7 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
8 on appropriations of the Senate in investigating
9 schools, colleges, universities, correctional
10 institutions, mental hospitals, medical and
11 surgical hospitals, homes and other institutions,
12 and agencies supported, in whole or in part, by
13 appropriations from the State Treasury, in analyz-
14 ing reports, expenditures and the general operation
15 and administration of said institutions and
16 agencies, in examining and analyzing requests of
17 the same and of the various departments, boards
18 and commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
19 collection of data from other states, attending
20 seminars, conferences, and in cooperation and ex-
21 changing information with legislative budget and
22 financial committees of other states, and for the
23 necessary clerical assistance and other assistance,
24 travel expense, and all other expenses in compiling
25 data and information connected with the work of
26 said committee in compiling comparative costs and
27 other fiscal data and information for the use of
28 said committee and the Senate during Legislative
29 Sessions to the discharge of such duties. The
30 committee shall have the authority to examine and
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1 inspect all properties, equipment, facilities,
2 files, records and accounts of any State office,
3 department, institution, board, committee, commis-
4 sion or agency or any institution or agency
5 supported, in whole or in part, by appropriation
6 from the State Treasury and to administer oaths.
7 The committee may issue subpoenas under the hand
8 and seal of the chairman to compel the attendance
9 of witnesses and the production of any papers,
10 books, accounts, documents and testimony touching
11 matters properly being inquired into by the commit-
12 tee and to cause the deposition of witnesses either
13 residing within or without the State to be taken
14 in the manner prescribed by laws for taking deposi-
15 tions in civil actions. The sum appropriated shall be
16 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of
17 the chairman of said committee on the presentation
18 of his requisition for the same. The Chairman of
19 the Committee on Appropriations shall not later
20 than 30 days after the termination of his term
21 of office, or until his successor is elected and
22 also within 30 days after the adjournment of
23 any regular or special session, file an account,
24 together with supporting documents
25 in the office of the Appropriation Committee of the
26 committee's expenses since the filing of the prior
27 account.......................................... 298,000
28 For the payment of the expenses of one minority
29 party member of the Committee on Appropriations of
30 the Senate designated by a majority vote of the
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1 minority party Senate Caucus for investigating
2 schools, colleges, universities, correctional
3 institutions, mental hospitals, medical and sur-
4 gical hospitals, homes and other institutions and
5 agencies supported, in whole or in part, by appro-
6 priations from the State Treasury in analyzing
7 reports, expenditures, and the general operation
8 and administration of said institutions and
9 agencies in examining and analyzing requests of the
10 same and of the various departments, boards and
11 commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
12 collection of data from other states attending
13 seminars, conferences, and in cooperating and
14 exchanging information with legislative budget and
15 financial committees of other states, and for the
16 necessary clerical assistance and other assistance,
17 travel expense and all other expenses in compiling
18 data and information connected with the work of
19 said committee in compiling comparative cost and
20 other fiscal data and information for the use of
21 said committee and the Senate during Legislative
22 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
23 Sessions to the discharge of such duties. The sum
24 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
25 Treasurer in favor of the member so designated by
26 the majority vote of the minority party Senate
27 Caucus on the presentation of his requisition for
28 the same. Such member so designated shall, not
29 later than 30 days after the termination of
30 his term of office, or until his successor is
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1 elected, and also within 30 days after the
2 adjournment of any regular or special session,
3 file an account together with supporting
4 documents, in the office of the minority
5 party member of the Committee on Appropriations
6 of the Senate of his expenses since the filing of
7 the prior account................................ 298,000
8 For the payment to the Majority Leader for pay-
9 ment of salaries, wages and all other incidental
10 expenses incurred in hiring personnel and staff
11 for services which in the opinion of the Majority
12 Leader may be required or arise during Legislative
13 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
14 Sessions and for the payment of all other expenses
15 related to the performance of his duties and
16 responsibilities. The sum appropriated shall be
17 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
18 of the Majority Leader on the presentation of his
19 requisition for the same. The Majority Leader
20 shall, not later than 30 days after the termina-
21 tion of his term of office or until his successor
22 is elected and also within 30 days after the
23 adjournment of any regular or special session, file
24 an account together with supporting documents
25 in the office of the Majority Leader
26 of such expenses since the filing of the prior
27 account.......................................... 650,000
28 For the payment to the Minority Leader for pay-
29 ment of salaries, wages and all other incidental
30 expenses incurred in hiring personnel and staff
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1 for services which in the opinion of the Minority
2 Leader may be required or arise during Legislative
3 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
4 Sessions and for the payment of all other expenses
5 related to the performance of his duties and
6 responsibilities. The sum appropriated shall be
7 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of
8 the Minority Leader on the presentation of his
9 requisition for the same. The Minority Leader
10 shall, not later than 30 days after the
11 termination of his term of office or until his
12 successor is elected and also within 30 days
13 after the adjournment of any regular or special
14 session, file an account together with supporting
15 documents in the office of the Minority
16 Leader of such expenses since the filing
17 of the prior account............................. 650,000
18 For allocation in such amounts as may be des-
19 ignated by the Majority Legislative Management
20 Committee to the several standing committees (other
21 than the Appropriations Committee) of the Senate
22 for payment of compensation of counsel, research
23 assistants and other staff personnel hired and
24 assigned to work on behalf of the chairman and
25 the majority members of such standing committees
26 of the Senate and for other necessary expenses
27 incurred. Upon presentation of requisitions by
28 the Chief Clerk of the Senate for such compensation
29 or expenses, such shall be paid on warrant of the
30 State Treasurer directly to and in favor of the
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1 persons designated in such requisition as entitled
2 to receive such compensation or expenses. An
3 accounting, together with supporting documents,
4 shall be filed in the office of the
5 Chief Clerk of such expenses since the filing
6 of the prior account............................. 930,000
7 For allocation in such amounts as may be des-
8 ignated by the Minority Legislative Management
9 Committee to the several standing committees (other
10 than the Appropriations Committee) of the Senate
11 for payment of compensation of counsel, research
12 assistants and other staff personnel hired and
13 assigned to work on behalf of the minority members
14 of such standing committees of the Senate and for
15 other necessary expenses incurred. Upon presenta-
16 tion of requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the
17 Senate for such compensation or expenses, such
18 shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
19 directly to and in favor of the persons designated
20 in such requisitions as entitled to receive such
21 compensation or expenses. An accounting, together
22 with supporting documents, shall be filed
23 in the office of the Chief Clerk of such
24 expenses since the filing of the prior account... 930,000
25 To the House of Representatives
26 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
27 expenses for the following purposes:
28 Salaries of Representatives and extra
29 compensation to the Speaker of the House of
30 Representatives.................................. 4,275,000
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1 Salaries and wages for per diem and session
2 officers and employees, including returning
3 officers......................................... 2,678,000
4 Salaries of salaried employees of the House
5 of Representatives............................... 4,275,000
6 Mileage:
7 Representatives, Officers and Employees....... 350,000
8 Postage:
9 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal........... 150,000
10 Contingent Expenses:
11 Speaker....................................... 15,000
12 Chief Clerk................................... 125,000
13 Secretary..................................... 50,000
14 Majority Floor Leader......................... 6,000
15 Minority Floor Leader......................... 6,000
16 Majority Whip................................. 3,000
17 Minority Whip................................. 3,000
18 Chairman of Majority Caucus................... 3,000
19 Chairman of Minority Caucus................... 3,000
20 Secretary of Majority Caucus.................. 3,000
21 Secretary of Minority Caucus.................. 3,000
22 Chairman of Majority Appropriation Committee.. 6,000
23 Chairman of Minority Appropriation Committee.. 6,000
24 Chairman of Majority Policy Committee......... 2,000
25 Chairman of Minority Policy Committee......... 2,000
26 Majority Caucus Administrator................. 2,000
27 Minority Caucus Administrator................. 2,000
28 Administrator for Minority Staff.............. 17,000
29 The above appropriations for postage and for
30 contingent expenses shall be paid prior to the
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1 payment of such expenses on warrant of the State
2 Treasurer in favor of the officers above named upon
3 the presentation of their requisitions for the
4 same: Provided, That the total amount of requisi-
5 tions for advancements less the total amount of
6 expenditures made as certified by such officers to
7 the State Treasurer shall not exceed the amount of
8 the bond of the officer having control of the dis-
9 bursement from the funds advanced.
10 Miscellaneous Expenses:
11 Incidental Expenses........................... 475,000
12 Expenses, Representatives..................... 1,015,000
13 Legislative Printing and Expenses............. 1,000,000
14 Attending Meetings of the Council of State
15 Governments...................................... 5,000
16 The above appropriation for attending
17 meetings of the Council of State Governments
18 shall be paid to the Speaker of the House in
19 the same manner and under the same conditions as
20 the appropriations for postage and contingent
21 expenses above.
22 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
24 in investigating schools, colleges, universities,
25 correctional institutions, mental hospitals, med-
26 ical and surgical hospitals, homes and other insti-
27 tutions and agencies supported, in whole or in
28 part, by appropriations from the State Treasury in
29 analyzing reports, expenditures and the general
30 operation and administration of said institutions
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1 and agencies in examining and analyzing requests
2 of the same and of the various departments, boards
3 and commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
4 collection of data from other states attending
5 seminars, conferences, and in cooperating and
6 exchanging information with legislative budget and
7 financial committees of other states, and for the
8 necessary clerical assistance and other assistance,
9 travel expense and all other expenses in compiling
10 data and information connected with the work of
11 said committee in compiling comparative cost and
12 other fiscal data and information for the use of
13 said committee and the House of Representatives
14 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
15 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
16 such duties. The committee shall have the author-
17 ity to examine and inspect all properties, equip-
18 ment, facilities, files, records and accounts of
19 any State office, department, institution, board,
20 committee, commission or agency or any institution
21 or agency supported, in whole or in part, by appro-
22 priation from the State Treasury and to administer
23 oaths. The committee may issue subpoenas under
24 the hand and seal of the chairman to compel the
25 attendance of witnesses and the production of any
26 papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony
27 touching matters properly being inquired into by
28 the committee and to cause the deposition of wit-
29 nesses either residing within or without the State
30 to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for
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1 taking depositions in civil actions. The sum
2 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
3 Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said commit-
4 tee on the presentation of his requisition for the
5 same. The Chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
6 tions shall, not later than 30 days after the
7 termination of his term of office or until his
8 successor is elected and also within 30 days
9 after the adjournment of any regular or special
10 session, file an account together with supporting
11 documents in the office of the
12 Appropriation Committee of the committee's expenses
13 since the filing of the prior account............ 298,000
14 For the payment of the expenses of one minority
15 party member of the Committee on Appropriations of
16 the House of Representatives designated by a
17 majority vote of the minority party House of
18 Representatives Caucus for investigating schools,
19 colleges, universities, correctional institutions,
20 mental hospitals, medical and surgical hospitals,
21 homes and other institutions and agencies sup-
22 ported, in whole or in part, by appropriations
23 from the State Treasury in analyzing reports,
24 expenditures, and the general operation and ad-
25 ministration of said institutions and agencies in
26 examining and analyzing requests of the same and
27 of the various departments, boards and commissions
28 of the Commonwealth and for the collection of data
29 from other states attending seminars, conferences,
30 and in cooperating and exchanging information with
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1 legislative budget and financial committees of
2 other states, and for the necessary clerical
3 assistance, and other assistance, travel expense
4 and all other expenses in compiling data and
5 information connected with the work of said
6 committee in compiling comparative cost and
7 other fiscal data and information for the use
8 of said committee and the House of Representatives
9 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
10 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
11 such duties. The sum appropriated shall be paid
12 on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of the
13 member so designated by the majority vote of the
14 minority party House of Representative Caucus on
15 the presentation of his requisition for the same.
16 Such member so designated shall, not later than
17 30 days after the termination of his term
18 of office, or until his successor is elected,
19 and also within 30 days after the adjournment
20 of any regular or special session, file an account
21 together with supporting documents
22 in the office of the minority party member
23 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
24 of Representatives of his expenses since the fil-
25 ing of the prior account......................... 298,000
26 For the payment to a committee of the House of
27 Representatives composed of the Speaker of the
28 House of Representatives, the Majority Leader,
29 the Majority Whip, the Majority Caucus Chairman
30 and the Majority Caucus Secretary of the House
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1 of Representatives for allocation in its discre-
2 tion to the several committees of the House of
3 Representatives for payment of the expenses of
4 hiring such additional personnel and staff and
5 for conducting such research and study projects
6 as may be required or arise in connection with
7 the work of such committees during Legislative
8 Sessions and during the interim between Legisla-
9 tive Sessions. The sum appropriated shall be
10 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
11 of the Majority Leader on the presentation of
12 his requisition for the same. The Majority
13 Leader shall, not later than 30 days after
14 the termination of his term of office or until
15 his successor is elected and also within 30
16 days after the adjournment of any regular or
17 special session, file an account together with
18 supporting documents in the
19 office of the Majority Leader of such expenses
20 since the filing of the prior account............ 650,000
21 For the payment to a Committee of the House
22 of Representatives composed of the Minority
23 Leader, the Minority Caucus Chairman, and the
24 Minority Caucus Secretary for allocation in its
25 discretion to the several committees of the
26 House of Representatives for the payment of the
27 expenses of hiring such additional personnel and
28 staff and for conducting such research and study
29 projects as may be required or arise in connec-
30 tion with the work of such committees during
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1 Legislative Sessions and during the interim be-
2 tween Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
3 shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
4 in favor of the Minority Leader on the presenta-
5 tion of his requisition for the same. The Minority
6 Leader shall, not later than 30 days after the
7 termination of his term of office or until his
8 successor is elected and also within 30 days
9 after the adjournment of any regular or special
10 session, file an account together with supporting
11 documents in the office of the
12 Minority Leader of such expenses since the filing
13 of the prior account............................. 650,000
14 For allocation in such amounts as may be
15 designated by the Majority Legislative Manage-
16 ment Committee to the several standing committees
17 (other than the Appropriation Committee) of the
18 House for payment of compensation of counsel,
19 research assistants and other staff personnel
20 hired and assigned to work on behalf of the
21 chairman and the majority members of such stand-
22 ing committees of the House and for other neces-
23 sary expenses incurred. Upon presentation of
24 requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the House for
25 such compensation or expense, such shall be paid
26 on warrant of the State Treasurer directly to
27 and in favor of the persons designated in such
28 requisition as entitled to receive such compen-
29 sation or expenses. An accounting, together with
30 supporting documents, shall be
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1 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk of such
2 expenses since the filing of the prior account... 985,000
3 For allocation in such amounts as may be
4 designated by the Minority Legislative Management
5 Committee to the several standing committees
6 (other than the Appropriations Committee) of the
7 House for payment of compensation of counsel, re-
8 search assistants and other staff personnel hired
9 and assigned to work on behalf of the minority
10 members of such standing committees of the House
11 and for other necessary expenses incurred. Upon
12 presentation of requisitions by the Chief Clerk
13 of the House for such compensation or expenses,
14 such shall be paid on warrant of the State Treas-
15 urer directly to and in favor of the persons
16 designated in such requisitions as entitled to
17 receive such compensation or expenses. An account-
18 ing, together with supporting documents,
19 shall be filed in the office of the
20 Chief Clerk of such expenses since the filing of
21 the prior account................................ 985,000
22 National Conference of State Legislators...... 150,000
23 To the Legislative Reference Bureau
24 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
25 for the work of the Legislative Reference Bureau
26 including the Document Law Section............... 967,000
27 Contingent expenses connected with the work of
28 the Legislative Reference Bureau to be paid on
29 warrants of the State Treasurer in favor of the
30 Director on the presentation of his requisitions
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1 for the same. The Director shall file accounting
2 of said expenses together with supporting docu-
3 ments in the office of the
4 Legislative Reference Bureau..................... 10,000
5 Printing of Laws.............................. 169,000
6 Printing of Pennsylvania Bulletin and Penn-
7 sylvania Code.................................... 500,000
8 To the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
9 For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
10 penses for the work of the Legislative Budget and
11 Finance Committee................................ 270,000
12 To the Legislative Data Processing Committee
13 For the operation of the Legislative Data
14 Processing Center................................ 750,000
15 To the Joint State Government Commission
16 For the salaries, wages and all necessary ex-
17 penses for the work of the Joint State Government
18 Commission to be paid on warrants of the State
19 Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said com-
20 mission on the presentation of his requisition
21 for the same, the chairman shall file an account-
22 ing of said expenses together with supporting
23 documents in the office of the
24 Joint State Government Commission................ 918,000
25 To the Local Government Commission
26 For the salaries, wages and all expenses neces-
27 sary for the work of the Local Government Commis-
28 sion............................................. 182,000
29 To the State Legislative Air and Water
30 Pollution Control Commission
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1 For the salaries and expenses of the State
2 Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control Com-
3 mission.......................................... 105,000
4 To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
5 and the Secretary of the Senate Jointly
6 For the purchase of Pennsylvania and National
7 flags to be sent to residents of Pennsylvania.... 20,000
8 To the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission
9 For the salaries, wages and all expenses neces-
10 sary for the work of the commission.............. 55,000
11 Any officer, commission, agency or committee
12 of the Legislative Department having received an
13 advance appropriation hereunder shall,
14 (1) At the end of the appropriation period,
15 return to the State Treasury all unexpended, un-
16 committed and unencumbered balances of such ad-
17 vances before any advance shall be made out of
18 any succeeding appropriation.
19 (2) Deposit all moneys advanced in the name
20 of the Commonwealth in a State depository and
21 certify the name thereof to the State Treasurer.
22 (3) Not later than 30 days after the
23 termination of his term of office, or until his
24 successor is elected and also within 30 days
25 after the adjournment of any regular or special
26 session, file in the office receiving such ad-
27 vance an account of the expenditures of such
28 funds together with supporting documents.
29 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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1 expenses for the following purposes:
2 Supreme Court
3 For the salaries and expenses of the Supreme
4 Court; including the salaries and expenses for the
5 Supreme Court judges, for the office of prothono-
6 tary and for the library in the Eastern District
7 and Western District, for the office of prothono-
8 tary in the Middle District, for criers, tipstaves,
9 official stenographers, court officers and the law
10 secretary of the Chief Justice in Eastern, Middle
11 and Western Districts and Workmen's Compensation
12 Insurance Premiums for all Supreme Court Employees,
13 for the office of State reporters; including the
14 salaries and compensation of employees and ex-
15 penses of judges; including the fees for prothono-
16 taries of the Supreme Court of the Eastern, Middle
17 and Western Districts on assignment to judges to
18 counties other than their own; including the sal-
19 aries and expenses of the State Board of Law
20 Examiners; including the Judicial Inquiry and
21 Review Board; including printing and miscellaneous
22 expenses; including the expenses of procedural
23 rules committees................................. 2,202,000
24 Court Administrator, including the expenses of
25 the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania............. 868,000
26 Superior Court
27 For the salaries and expenses of the Superior
28 Court; including the salary and expenses of the
29 Superior Court judges, for criers, tipstaves,
30 official stenographers, court officers and law
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1 secretary of the president judge and Workmen's
2 Compensation Insurance Premiums for all employees
3 of the Superior Court, for the Prothonotary's
4 Office in the Philadelphia District; including
5 salaries and compensation for employees and ex-
6 penses of judges; including the expenses of
7 dockets, stationery, supplies, books for the
8 library and other costs of the Superior Court
9 and its offices.................................. 1,360,000
10 Commonwealth Court
11 Salaries and expenses of judges and
12 employees........................................ 1,500,000
13 Courts of Common Pleas
14 Courts of Common Pleas; including the salaries
15 and expenses of judges; including the expenses of
16 traveling judges; including the mileage in divided
17 judicial districts; including the salaries and
18 mileage of associate judges...................... 13,690,000
19 Community Courts - District Justices of the Peace
20 Salaries of Community Court Judges and District
21 Justices of the Peace............................ 9,028,000
22 Philadelphia Traffic Court
23 Salaries and expenses of judges............... 132,000
24 Philadelphia Municipal Court
25 Salaries and expenses of judges............... 888,000
26 Law clerks, one for each judge, excluding the
27 president judge.................................. 112,000
28 Miscellaneous
29 For the payment to the counties in reimburse-
30 ment of the direct costs incurred by the counties
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1 in the administration and operation of all courts
2 established pursuant to Article V, section 1 of
3 The Pennsylvania Constitution and for offices
4 justices and judges of the Supreme and Superior
5 Courts in the county of their residence. Costs
6 incurred by the counties in the administration and
7 operation of all courts means costs as reported to the
8 Department of Community Affairs in the county's
9 annual financial report forms under the hearing
10 (a) "Judicial," but confined to subheadings:
11 (125) orphans' court, (126) courts - all other,
12 and (127) justices and aldermen, excluding under
13 all subheadings capital outlay. If a city coter-
14 minous with a county does not report on the De-
15 partment of Community Affairs' form, its figures
16 from the same subheading, set forth in the depart-
17 ment forms, shall be used: Provided, That such
18 payments shall be made to the County Treasurer
19 and in cities of the first class coterminous with
20 counties of the first class to the City Treasurer:
21 And, provided further, That in the event the amount
22 herein appropriated is not sufficient to reimburse
23 all such costs, payments shall be made to the
24 counties in the proportion which the costs of
25 each county bears to the total costs of all counties
26 during the most recently completed fiscal year:
27 And provided further, That in making allocations
28 and payments hereunder, the Court Administrator of
29 Pennsylvania shall, except for county offices
30 of justices and judges of the Supreme and Superior
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1 Courts, exclude all costs which are not
2 properly reportable under the heading herein-
3 above specified.................................. 14,000,000
4 Section 3. This act is not intended to be inconsistent with
5 or to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or any
6 prior session of the General Assembly regulating the purchase of
7 supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the purchase,
8 maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of making
9 payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the
10 functioning of any administrative department, board or
11 commission.
12 Section 4. No appropriation made by this act to any
13 department, board, commission or agency of the Executive
14 Department shall be available unless and until such department,
15 board, commission or agency shall have complied with sections
16 604, 605 and 606 of The Administrative Code of 1929.
17 Section 5. The term "employees" as used in this act shall
18 include all directors, superintendents, bureau or division
19 chiefs, assistant directors, assistant superintendents,
20 assistant chiefs, experts, scientists, engineers, surveyors,
21 draftsmen, accountants, secretaries, auditors, inspectors,
22 examiners, statisticians, marshals, clerks, stenographers,
23 bookkeepers, messengers and other assistants in any department,
24 board or commission.
25 Section 6. The term "expenses" and "maintenance" shall
26 include all printing, binding and stationery, food and forage,
27 materials and supplies, traveling expenses, training, motor
28 vehicle supplies and repairs, freight, express, and cartage,
29 postage, telephones and telegraph rentals and toll charges,
30 newspaper advertising and notices, fuel, light, heat, power and
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1 water, minor construction and renovation, repairs or
2 reconstruction of equipment, buildings and facilities, rent of
3 real estate and equipment, premiums on workmen's compensation,
4 insurance premiums on policies of liability insurance, premiums
5 on medical payment insurance and surety bonds for volunteer
6 workers, premiums on employee group life insurance, and employee
7 and retired employee group hospital and medical insurance,
8 payment of Commonwealth share of social security taxes and
9 unemployment compensation costs for State employees, the
10 purchase of replacement or additional equipment and machinery
11 and all other incidental costs and expenses, including payment
12 to the Department of Property and Supplies of mileage and other
13 charges for the use of automobiles and rental payments for
14 permanently assigned automobiles and of expenses or costs of
15 services incurred through the Purchasing Fund. The term
16 "expenses" also shall include the medical costs for the
17 treatment of inmates of State institutions when the inmate must
18 be transferred to an outside hospital: Provided, That in no case
19 shall the State institution pay more for patient care than that
20 provided under the State medical assistance program.
21 Section 7. Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment
22 shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered until
23 contracts covering said purchase have been entered into with the
24 vendors.
25 Section 8. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by
26 this act, moneys received in payment for food and household
27 supplies furnished to employees and other persons, except
28 inmates, by an institution, and moneys received from the
29 proceeds from the sale of any products of the soil, meats,
30 livestock, timber, or other materials sold by the department
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1 shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby appropriated
2 out of the General Fund to the several respective institutions
3 for the operation and maintenance of said institutions.
4 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this act, all
5 moneys received from the Federal Government, or from any other
6 source as contributions for the programs provided herein, or as
7 payment for services or materials furnished by one institution
8 to another, except those collections designated as revenues,
9 shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby appropriated
10 out of the General Fund for the purposes of the respective
11 appropriations.
12 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by
13 this act, all moneys received by a department or agency of the
14 Commonwealth from the Federal Government or from any other
15 source as contributions or supplements to the department or
16 agency for a program or administration of an act included in
17 this act shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to the
18 appropriation for that program or administration of the act.
19 Section 9. That part of all appropriations in this act
20 unexpended, uncommitted and unencumbered as of June 30, 1976
21 shall automatically lapse as of that date.
22 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 1975.
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