PRINTER'S NO. 2663
No. 2058 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY RAVENSTAHL, PERRY, RENWICK, GEISLER, YAHNER AND
GREEN, JANUARY 27, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JANUARY 27, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
2 "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
3 providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
4 lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
5 Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
6 money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
7 any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
8 proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
9 disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
10 possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
11 against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
12 appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
13 the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
14 and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
15 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
16 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth and
17 imposing penalties; affecting every department, board,
18 commission, and officer of the State government, every
19 political subdivision of the State, and certain officers of
20 such subdivisions, every person, association, and corporation
21 required to pay, assess, or collect taxes, or to make returns
22 or reports under the laws imposing taxes for State purposes,
23 or to pay license fees or other moneys to the Commonwealth,
24 or any agency thereof, every State depository and every
25 debtor or creditor of the Commonwealth," providing for
26 issuance of replacement checks in lieu of outstanding checks.
27 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
28 hereby enacts as follows:
29 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 309, act of April 9,
30 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as "The Fiscal Code," added June
1 30, 1972 (P.L.717, No.165), is amended to read:
2 Section 309. Replacement Checks.--(a) Upon presentation for
3 payment of any check to the Treasury Department which is more
4 than one year [and not more than seven years] old, which remains
5 uncashed and for which no replacement check has previously been
6 issued, the Treasury Department shall requisition and issue a
7 replacement check to the person entitled thereto which shall be
8 paid from the appropriation made to the Treasury Department for
9 such purpose from each of the various funds.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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