PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1429, 1474 PRINTER'S NO. 1484
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 19770S1187B1484 - 2 -
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 * * * 19770S1187B1484 - 3 -
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 * * * 19770S1187B1484 - 4 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 5 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 6 -
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] 19770S1187B1484 - 7 -
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 * * * 19770S1187B1484 - 8 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 9 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 10 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 11 -
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 19770S1187B1484 - 12 -
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. J31L56RLC/19770S1187B1484 - 13 -