PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1429, 1474               PRINTER'S NO. 1484

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1187 Session of 1977


        INTRODUCED BY EARLY, STAPLETON, STOUT, MOORE AND KELLEY,
           OCTOBER 31, 1977

        AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, NOVEMBER 21, 1977

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of August 20, 1977 (No.11-A), entitled "An act
     2     to provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and
     3     Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
     4     for the public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1977 to
     5     June 30, 1978, and for the payment of bills incurred and
     6     remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
     7     June 30, 1977," changing certain appropriations.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  Section 2, act of August 20, 1977 (No.11-A),
    11  known as the "General Appropriation Act of 1977," is amended by
    12  changing certain items to read:
    13     Section 2.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
    14  necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
    15  Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
    16  Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
    17  payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
    18  expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
    19  of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
    20  rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,


     1  printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
     2  other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
     3  the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
     4  for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
     5  beginning July 1, 1977 and for the payment of bills incurred and
     6  remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
     7  30, 1977.
     8                      I.  EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
     9                          To the Governor
    10     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    11  expenses for the following purposes and activities,
    12  including the maintenance of the Executive Mansion,
    13  the expense of entertainment of official guests and
    14  members of the General Assembly and the Judiciary,
    15  participation in the Governor's Conference, the
    16  expenses of the Executive Board, and for the payment
    17  of traveling expenses of persons other than employees
    18  of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
    19  represent or otherwise serve the Commonwealth:
    20     Administration of the Office of the
    21  Governor.........................................$   [2,100,000]
    22                                                        2,060,000
    23     * * *
    24     For the administration and operation of the
    25  Office for Human Resources:  Provided, That no
    26  allocation may be made from this appropriation
    27  for the Nursing Home Ombudsman Project...........      [224,000]
    28                                                          168,000
    29     * * *
    30     For the administration and operation of the
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     1  Office of the Budget.............................    [1,690,000]
     2                                                        1,620,000
     3     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     4  expenses for the proper administration and operation
     5  of the Human Relations Commission................    [3,710,000]
     6                                                        3,672,000
     7     For the conduct of the work of the Pennsylvania
     8  Council on the Arts, requisitions to be signed by
     9  the Governor.....................................    [2,000,000]
    10                                                        1,980,000
    11     For the administration and operation of the
    12  Pennsylvania Commission for Women................      [154,000]
    13                                                          139,000
    14     * * *
    15                     To the Treasury Department
    16     * * *
    17     For the administration of the Board of Finance
    18  and Revenue......................................      [519,000]
    19                                                          500,000
    20     * * *
    21                  To the Department of Agriculture
    22     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    23  expenses for the proper administration of the
    24  Department of Agriculture, including the following
    25  programs:  regulation of consumer products and
    26  promotion of fair business practices, plant health,
    27  animal health, rural services and agribusiness
    28  development......................................   [14,152,000]
    29                                                       13,952,000
    30     * * *
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     1     For payment of compensation to owners of animals
     2  destroyed in disease eradication programs........      [370,000]
     3                                                          200,000
     4     * * *
     5               To the State Council of Civil Defense
     6     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
     7  expenses for the proper administration of the
     8  State Council of Civil Defense, including
     9  emergency disaster assistance....................      [554,000]
    10                                                          504,000
    11                               * * *
    12               To the Department of Community Affairs
    13     * * *
    14     For administration of the Volunteer Fire
    15  Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad
    16  Assistance Act...................................      [110,000]
    17                                                          100,000
    18     * * *
    19                   To the Department of Education
    20     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    21  expenses for the proper administration of the
    22  Department of Education, including criminal law
    23  enforcement, general instruction, special
    24  education, compensatory programs, vocational
    25  education, higher education-professional support
    26  services, achieving economic independence-socially
    27  and economically disadvantaged, local recreation
    28  areas and facilities.............................   [14,295,000]
    29                                                       13,295,000
    30     * * *
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     1     To provide additional complement for the
     2  Department of Education to carry out programmatic
     3  and fiscal programs..............................      [163,000]
     4                                                           88,000
     5     For the operation of the State Library,
     6  providing reference services and administering
     7  aid to public libraries..........................    [1,493,000]
     8                                                        1.486,000
     9     * * *
    10     For payments of subsidies to school districts
    11  on account of basic instructional and vocational
    12  education costs including money due to school
    13  districts for claims prior to 1973 pursuant
    14  to section 2605 of the act of March 10, 1949
    15  (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School
    16  Code of 1949," said moneys being obligated
    17  but unpaid due to fund deficiencies as to
    18  liabilities:  Provided, That the Secretary
    19  of Education, with the approval of the Governor,
    20  may make payments from this appropriation in
    21  advance of the due date prescribed by law to
    22  school districts which are financially handicapped,
    23  whenever he shall deem it necessary to make such
    24  advanced payments to enable the school districts
    25  to keep their public schools open:  And, provided,
    26  That the Secretary of Education shall forgive for
    27  the 1977-1978 year only, the amount of $30,000,000
    28  owed by the school districts or intermediate
    29  units of the first class to the Commonwealth
    30  on account of advance payments made for
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     1  vocational education during the 1976-1977
     2  fiscal year, contingent upon a written agreement
     3  by the school district that the school district
     4  shall repay the $30,000,000 at the rate of $3,000,000
     5  each year beginning with the 1978-1979 fiscal year
     6  and each year thereafter until the full $30,000,000
     7  has been repaid..................................[1,297,822,000]
     8                                                    1,294,822,000
     9     * * *
    10     For payments to school districts and
    11  intermediate units on account of special
    12  education of exceptional children in public
    13  schools..........................................   [98,528,000]
    14                                                       95,000,000
    15     * * *
    16     For operation and administration of programs
    17  of education and training at State schools and
    18  hospitals........................................   [10,177,000]
    19                                                        7,350,000
    20     * * *                                                          <--
    21      FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY
    22     * * *
    23     FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOTTING INSTITUTIONAL
    24  ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING
    25  ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1, 1977, PURSUANT TO THE
    26  CRITERION CONTAINED IN THE ACT OF JULY 18, 1974
    27  (P.L.483, NO.174), KNOWN AS "THE INSTITUTIONAL
    28  ASSISTANCE GRANTS ACT"..........................      14,000,000
    29     * * *
    30            To the Department of Environmental Resources
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     1     * * *
     2     For deep mine safety..........................    [2,300,000]
     3                                                        2,144,000
     4     For occupational health.......................      [650,000]
     5                                                          633,000
     6     For surface mine reclamation..................    [2,180,000]
     7                                                        2,000,000
     8     * * *
     9     For community environmental control...........    [6,235,000]
    10                                                        5,835,000
    11     For radiological health.......................      [712,000]
    12                                                          622,000
    13     For State forestry operations.................   [10,300,000]
    14                                                       10,222,000
    15     For gypsy moth spraying operations............      [500,000]
    16                                                          400,000
    17     * * *
    18     For State parks...............................   [19,894,000]
    19                                                       18,894,000
    20     * * *
    21                    To the Department of Health
    22     * * *
    23     For the operation of Bureau of Vital
    24  Statistics.......................................    [3,113,000]
    25                                                        3,077,000
    26     For the operation of the State Laboratory.....    [2,164,000]
    27                                                        2,064,000
    28     For the operation of State Health Care
    29  Centers, including the district offices of the
    30  Department of Health.............................    [9,400,000]
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     1                                                        9,000,000
     2     * * *
     3     For maternal and child health.................      [607,000]
     4                                                          550,000
     5     * * *                                                          <--
     6        TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION
     7     * * *
     8     For administration of the Washington Crossing
     9  Park Commission and operation and maintenance of
    10  the Washington Crossing State Park...............      [592,000]
    11                                                          542,000
    12     For administration of the Brandywine Battle-
    13  field Park Commission and operation and mainten-
    14  ance of Brandywine Battlefield Park..............      [118,000]
    15                                                          112,000
    16     * * *
    17                   To the Department of Insurance
    18     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    19  expenses for the proper administration of the
    20  Department of Insurance including policyholder
    21  services and protection, regulation of rates and
    22  policies, liquidation of companies and regulation
    23  of companies.....................................    [5,347,000]
    24                                                        5,147,000
    25                    To the Department of Justice
    26     * * *
    27     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    28  of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.........      [249,000]
    29                                                          219,000
    30     * * *
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     1              To the Department of Labor and Industry
     2     * * *
     3     For occupational disease payments.............   [23,500,000]
     4                                                       21,200,000
     5     * * *
     6               To the Department of Military Affairs
     7     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
     8  for the proper administration of the Department
     9  of Military Affairs including emergency disaster
    10  assistance, financial assistance to students and
    11  income maintenance...............................    [7,800,000]
    12                                                        7,600,000
    13     * * *
    14         To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
    15     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    16  expenses for the proper administration of the
    17  Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
    18  offenders........................................    [9,839,000]
    19                                                        9,689,000
    20     * * *
    21                To the Department of Public Welfare
    22     * * *
    23     For assistance payments and county administra-
    24  tion of the public assistance programs and medical
    25  assistance programs:
    26     Cash Assistance...............................  [494,180,000]
    27                                                      491,780,000
    28     After January 1, 1978 no part of this
    29  appropriation shall be used to pay general
    30  assistance to any full-time student at a college
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     1  or university.
     2     County Administration.........................   [22,362,000]
     3                                                       20,862,000
     4     * * *
     5     For payment to counties for child welfare
     6  programs and for the care of delinquent and
     7  deprived children committed by the courts to a
     8  private or public facility.......................   [70,000,000]
     9                                                       65,000,000
    10     * * *
    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,
    16  education tax administration and administration
    17  of the personal income tax.......................   [49,310,000]
    18                                                       49,110,000
    19     * * *
    20             To the Pennsylvania Securities Commission
    21     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    22  expenses for the proper administration of the
    23  Pennsylvania Securities Commission...............      [900,000]
    24                                                          890,000
    25                     To the Department of State
    26     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
    27  for the proper administration of the Department
    28  of State including regulation of consumer products
    29  and promotion of fair business practice, mainten-
    30  ance of the electoral process, and for the proper
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     1  administration of the Bureau of Professional and
     2  Occupational Affairs.............................    [5,831,000]
     3                                                        5,506,000
     4     * * *
     5                  To the Pennsylvania State Police
     6     For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
     7  for the proper administration of the Pennsylvania
     8  State Police, including juvenile crime prevention,
     9  criminal law enforcement, prevention and control
    10  of civil disorders, emergency disaster assistance
    11  and fire prevention and including $640,000
    12  which shall be used for a cadet class to
    13  begin in the 1977-1978 fiscal year...............   [59,135,000]
    14                                                       28,535,000
    15     * * *
    16                To the State Tax Equalization Board
    17     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    18  expenses for the proper administration of the
    19  State Tax Equalization Board.....................      [823,000]
    20                                                          789,000
    21                To the Department of Transportation
    22     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
    23  expenses for the proper administration of the
    24  Department of Transportation including urban,
    25  rural and intercity mass transportation, rail
    26  freight transportation and port development......    [1,089,000]
    27                                                        1,040,000
    28     * * *
    29      To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
    30     For the salaries, wages and all necessary
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     1  expenses for the proper administration of the
     2  Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
     3  including network station grants.................    [4,473,000]
     4                                                        4,317,000
     5     No allocations may be made from this
     6  appropriation for the support of instructional
     7  television by either the commission or its member
     8  stations.
     9     For programming services......................    [2,000,000]
    10                                                        1,700,000
    11     No allocations may be made from this
    12  appropriation for the support of instructional
    13  television by either the commission or its member
    14  stations.
    15                    II.  LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
    16                               * * *
    17                  To the House of Representatives
    18                               * * *
    19     Salaries and wages for per diem and sessions
    20  officers and employees, including returning
    21  officers.........................................    [2,500,000]
    22                                                        2,912,000
    23     Salaries of salaried employees of the House
    24  of Representatives...............................    [3,000,000]
    25                                                        4,386,000
    26     * * *
    27     Section 2.  Section 10 of the act is amended to read:
    28     Section 10.  (a)  Except as provided in subsection (c), that
    29  part of all appropriations in this act unexpended, uncommitted
    30  and unencumbered as of June 30, 1978 shall automatically lapse
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     1  as of that date.
     2     (b)  It is the intent of the General Assembly that all moneys
     3  made available to the Legislative Department remaining unspent
     4  and unencumbered from appropriations made for all prior fiscal
     5  [year 1975-1976] years shall lapse into the General Fund.
     6     (c)  The appropriations to the Legislative Department shall
     7  be continuing appropriations.
     8     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.















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