HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1429, 1474, 1484 PRINTER'S NO. 1530
No. 1187 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY EARLY, STAPLETON, STOUT, MOORE AND KELLEY,
OCTOBER 31, 1977
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 7, 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
1 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
2 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
3 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
4 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
5 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
6 beginning July 1, 1977 and for the payment of bills incurred and
7 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
8 30, 1977.
9 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
10 To the Governor
11 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
12 expenses for the following purposes and activities,
13 including the maintenance of the Executive Mansion,
14 the expense of entertainment of official guests and
15 members of the General Assembly and the Judiciary,
16 participation in the Governor's Conference, the
17 expenses of the Executive Board, and for the payment
18 of traveling expenses of persons other than employees
19 of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
20 represent or otherwise serve the Commonwealth:
21 Administration of the Office of the
22 Governor.........................................$ [2,100,000]
23 2,060,000 <--
24 2,000,000 <--
25 * * *
26 For the administration and operation of the
27 Office for Human Resources: Provided, That no
28 allocation may be made from this appropriation
29 for the Nursing Home Ombudsman Project........... [224,000]
30 168,000
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1 * * *
2 For the administration and operation of the
3 Office of the Budget............................. [1,690,000]
4 1,620,000
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the proper administration and operation
7 of the Human Relations Commission................ [3,710,000]
8 3,672,000
9 For the conduct of the work of the Pennsylvania
10 Council on the Arts, requisitions to be signed by
11 the Governor..................................... [2,000,000]
12 1,980,000 <--
13 1,900,000 <--
14 For the administration and operation of the
15 Pennsylvania Commission for Women................ [154,000]
16 139,000
17 * * *
18 To the Treasury Department
19 * * *
20 For the administration of the Board of Finance
21 and Revenue...................................... [519,000]
22 500,000
23 * * *
24 To the Department of Agriculture
25 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
26 expenses for the proper administration of the
27 Department of Agriculture, including the following
28 programs: regulation of consumer products and
29 promotion of fair business practices, plant health,
30 animal health, rural services and agribusiness
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1 development...................................... [14,152,000]
2 13,952,000 <--
3 14,052,000 <--
4 [FOR PAYMENT OF REIMBURSEMENT TO LEGALLY <--
5 CONSTITUTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR KENNEL
6 CONSTRUCTION..................................... 50,000
7 FOR THE CONTROL OF STEM RUST OF WHEAT, OATS,
8 BARLEY AND RYE BY THE ERADICATION OF RUST SPREADING
9 BARBERRY BUSHES AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT THEREOF
10 TO COUNTIES MAKING LIKE EXPENDITURES OF COUNTY
11 FUNDS............................................ 20,000]
12 * * *
13 For payment of compensation to owners of animals
14 destroyed in disease eradication programs........ [370,000]
15 200,000
16 * * *
17 To the State Council of Civil Defense
18 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
19 expenses for the proper administration of the
20 State Council of Civil Defense, including
21 emergency disaster assistance.................... [554,000]
22 504,000
23 * * *
24 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <--
25 FOR SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY
26 EXPENSES FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE
27 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
28 TOURISM AND TRAVEL DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL
29 DEVELOPMENT, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
30 DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE.............. [4,759,000]
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1 4,459,000
2 * * *
3 FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT.......................... [1,000,000]
4 850,000
5 * * *
6 To the Department of Community Affairs
7 * * * <--
8 FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY <--
9 EXPENSES FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE
10 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, INCLUDING
11 COMMUNITY ACTION ASSISTANCE, HOUSING AND
12 REDEVELOPMENT, AREA-WIDE SERVICES, MUNICIPAL
13 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CAPABILITY, LOCAL
14 RECREATION AREAS AND FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY
15 DEVELOPMENT PLANNING............................. [5,900,000]
16 5,700,000
17 For administration of the Volunteer Fire
18 Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad
19 Assistance Act................................... [110,000]
20 100,000
21 * * *
22 TO THE COUNCIL ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE <--
23 FOR THE SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY
24 EXPENSES FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF THE COUNCIL ON
25 DRUG AND ALCOHOL................................. [2,250,000]
26 2,225,000
27 * * *
28 To the Department of Education
29 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
30 expenses for the proper administration of the
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1 Department of Education, including criminal law
2 enforcement, general instruction, special
3 education, compensatory programs, vocational
4 education, higher education-professional support
5 services, achieving economic independence-socially
6 and economically disadvantaged, local recreation
7 areas and facilities............................. [14,295,000]
8 13,295,000 <--
9 13,895,000 <--
10 * * *
11 FOR THE DISTRICT JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAM.... [200,000] <--
12 190,000
13 To provide additional complement for the
14 Department of Education to carry out programmatic
15 and fiscal programs.............................. [163,000]
16 88,000 <--
17 120,000 <--
18 For the operation of the State Library,
19 providing reference services and administering
20 aid to public libraries.......................... [1,493,000]
21 1.486,000
22 FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS FOR THE STATE <--
23 LIBRARY.......................................... [125,000]
24 100,000
25 * * *
26 For payments of subsidies to school districts
27 on account of basic instructional and vocational
28 education costs including money due to school
29 districts for claims prior to 1973 pursuant
30 to section 2605 of the act of March 10, 1949
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1 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School
2 Code of 1949," said moneys being obligated
3 but unpaid due to fund deficiencies as to
4 liabilities: Provided, That the Secretary
5 of Education, with the approval of the Governor,
6 may make payments from this appropriation in
7 advance of the due date prescribed by law to
8 school districts which are financially handicapped,
9 whenever he shall deem it necessary to make such
10 advanced payments to enable the school districts
11 to keep their public schools open: And, provided,
12 That the Secretary of Education shall forgive for
13 the 1977-1978 year only, the amount of $30,000,000
14 owed by the school districts or intermediate
15 units of the first class to the Commonwealth
16 on account of advance payments made for
17 vocational education during the 1976-1977
18 fiscal year, contingent upon a written agreement
19 by the school district that the school district
20 shall repay the $30,000,000 at the rate of $3,000,000
21 each year beginning with the 1978-1979 fiscal year
22 and each year thereafter until the full $30,000,000
23 has been repaid..................................[1,297,822,000]
24 1,294,822,000 <--
25 1,293,500,000 <--
26 * * *
27 For payments to school districts and <--
28 intermediate units on account of special
29 education of exceptional children in public
30 schools.......................................... [98,528,000]
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1 95,000,000
2 FOR PAYMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S SHARE OF THE <--
3 APPROVED OPERATING COSTS AND LEASE PAYMENTS OF
4 INTERMEDIATE UNITS............................... [7,452,000]
5 7,193,000
6 * * *
7 FOR PAYMENT OF REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION INTO THE
8 CONTINGENT RESERVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNTS OF
9 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT FUND..... [160,760,000]
10 158,760,000
11 [IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
12 RETIREMENT FUND, THIS APPROPRIATION INCLUDES
13 $2,000,000 FOR CONTINUED REPAYMENT OF PAST
14 UNDERFUNDING OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S OBLIGATIONS.
15 THIS REPAYMENT WILL REDUCE THE ORIGINAL DEFICIT
16 OF $90,000,000 TO $59,000,000.
17 IT IS THE SPECIFIC INTENT OF THE GENERAL
18 ASSEMBLY TO PAY THIS DEFICIT AT THE RATE OF
19 $9,000,000 A YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS AND $7,000,000
20 THE SIXTH YEAR TO REDUCE THE BALANCE TO ZERO.]
21 * * *
22 For operation and administration of programs
23 of education and training at State schools and
24 hospitals........................................ [10,177,000]
25 7,350,000 <--
26 9,500,000 <--
27 * * *
28 For the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
29 * * *
30 For the purpose of allotting institutional
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1 assistance grants for the academic year beginning
2 on or about September 1, 1977, pursuant to the
3 criterion contained in the act of July 18, 1974
4 (P.L.483, No.174), known as "The Institutional
5 Assistance Grants Act".......................... 14,000,000
6 * * *
7 To the Department of Environmental Resources
8 * * *
9 FOR TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC SURVEY........... [1,500,000] <--
10 1,400,000
11 * * *
12 For deep mine safety.......................... [2,300,000]
13 2,144,000
14 For occupational health....................... [650,000]
15 633,000
16 For surface mine reclamation.................. [2,180,000]
17 2,000,000
18 FOR LAND PROTECTION........................... [2,409,000] <--
19 2,309,000
20 * * *
21 FOR AIR QUALITY AND NOISE CONTROL............. [2,980,000] <--
22 2,830,000
23 For community environmental control........... [6,235,000]
24 5,835,000
25 For radiological health....................... [712,000]
26 622,000
27 For State forestry operations................. [10,300,000]
28 10,222,000 <--
29 10,000,000 <--
30 For gypsy moth spraying operations............ [500,000]
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1 400,000
2 * * *
3 For State parks............................... [19,894,000]
4 18,894,000
5 * * *
6 TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR RAT CONTROL PROGRAMS <--
7 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXTERMINATION
8 MEASURES, IMPROVEMENT OF REFUSE COLLECTION AND
9 GARBAGE COLLECTIONS, SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
10 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE
11 PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS BY
12 RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.................... [500,000]
13 350,000
14 FOR APPALACHIAN TRAIL PRESERVATION............ [500,000]
15 100,000
16 * * *
17 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
18 * * *
19 FOR REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES................... [784,000]
20 200,000
21 * * *
22 To the Department of Health
23 * * *
24 For the operation of Bureau of Vital
25 Statistics....................................... [3,113,000]
26 3,077,000
27 For the operation of the State Laboratory..... [2,164,000]
28 2,064,000 <--
29 2,140,000 <--
30 For the operation of State Health Care
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1 Centers, including the district offices of the
2 Department of Health............................. [9,400,000]
3 9,000,000
4 * * *
5 For maternal and child health................. [607,000]
6 550,000
7 * * *
8 To the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
9 * * *
10 For administration of the Washington Crossing
11 Park Commission and operation and maintenance of
12 the Washington Crossing State Park............... [592,000]
13 542,000
14 For administration of the Brandywine Battle-
15 field Park Commission and operation and mainten-
16 ance of Brandywine Battlefield Park.............. [118,000]
17 112,000
18 * * *
19 To the Department of Insurance
20 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
21 expenses for the proper administration of the
22 Department of Insurance including policyholder
23 services and protection, regulation of rates and
24 policies, liquidation of companies and regulation
25 of companies..................................... [5,347,000]
26 5,147,000 <--
27 5,250,000 <--
28 To the Department of Justice
29 FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS: <--
30 ATTORNEY GENERAL.............................. [464,000]
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1 439,000
2 COMPTROLLER................................... [301,000]
3 276,000
4 REGIONAL OFFICES.............................. [1,386,000]
5 1,346,000
6 COMMUNITY ADVOCATE............................ [373,000]
7 348,000
8 MANAGEMENT SERVICES........................... [691,000]
9 666,000
10 CRIMINAL LAW.................................. [176,000]
11 166,000
12 INVESTIGATIONS................................ [575,000]
13 550,000
14 GOVERNOR'S JUSTICE COMMISSION................. [510,000]
15 485,000
16 CIVIL LAW..................................... [1,793,000]
17 1,768,000
18 CONSUMER PROTECTION........................... [1,185,000]
19 1,085,000
20 * * *
21 CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICE - SCRANTON......... 100,000
22 * * *
23 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
24 of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission......... [249,000]
25 219,000 <--
26 209,000 <--
27 * * *
28 FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRA- <--
29 TION OF THE STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS...... [71,540,000]
30 71,000,000
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1 * * *
2 FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRA-
3 TION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS............ [2,100,000]
4 2,050,000
5 * * *
6 To the Department of Labor and Industry
7 * * *
8 For occupational disease payments............. [23,500,000]
9 21,200,000
10 * * *
11 To the Department of Military Affairs
12 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
13 for the proper administration of the Department
14 of Military Affairs including emergency disaster
15 assistance, financial assistance to students and
16 income maintenance............................... [7,800,000]
17 7,600,000
18 FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE <--
19 HOLLIDAYSBURG VETERANS' HOME..................... [917,000]
20 800,000
21 * * *
22 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses for the proper administration of the
25 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
26 offenders........................................ [9,839,000]
27 9,689,000
28 * * *
29 To the Department of Public Welfare
30 FOR SALARIES, WAGES AND ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES <--
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1 FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
2 OF PUBLIC WELFARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
3 HEALTH SERVICES SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT, MENTAL
4 HEALTH SYSTEMS, SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITIES,
5 FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, MENTAL RETARDATION
6 SYSTEMS AND INCOME MAINTENANCE................... [18,500,000]
7 18,000,000
8 * * *
9 FOR THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS
10 AND FACILITIES FOR YOUTH OFFENDERS............... [1,812,000]
11 1,712,000
12 * * *
13 FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND ADMINIS-
14 TRATION OF THE STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY
15 ILL AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED.................... [347,102,000]
16 347,000,000
17 * * *
18 For assistance payments and county administra-
19 tion of the public assistance programs and medical
20 assistance programs:
21 Cash Assistance............................... [494,180,000]
22 491,780,000
23 After January 1, 1978 no part of this
24 appropriation shall be used to pay general
25 assistance to any full-time student at a college
26 or university.
27 County Administration......................... [22,362,000]
28 20,862,000 <--
29 21,600,000 <--
30 * * *
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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....................... [70,000,000]
5 65,000,000
6 * * *
7 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING, OPERATING <--
8 AND PURCHASING SOCIAL SERVICES................... [2,533,000]
9 2,483,000
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 48,810,000 <--
20 * * * <--
21 FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY <--
22 REALTY TAX....................................... [28,500,000]
23 28,575,000
24 To the Pennsylvania Securities Commission
25 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
26 expenses for the proper administration of the
27 Pennsylvania Securities Commission............... [900,000]
28 890,000
29 To the Department of State
30 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
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1 for the proper administration of the Department
2 of State including regulation of consumer products
3 and promotion of fair business practice, mainten-
4 ance of the electoral process, and for the proper
5 administration of the Bureau of Professional and
6 Occupational Affairs............................. [5,831,000]
7 5,506,000
8 * * *
9 To the Pennsylvania State Police
10 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
11 for the proper administration of the Pennsylvania
12 State Police, including juvenile crime prevention,
13 criminal law enforcement, prevention and control
14 of civil disorders, emergency disaster assistance
15 and fire prevention and including $640,000
16 which shall be used for a cadet class to
17 begin in the 1977-1978 fiscal year............... [59,135,000]
18 28,535,000 <--
19 29,000,000 <--
20 * * *
21 To the State Tax Equalization Board
22 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
23 expenses for the proper administration of the
24 State Tax Equalization Board..................... [823,000]
25 789,000
26 To the Department of Transportation
27 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
28 expenses for the proper administration of the
29 Department of Transportation including urban,
30 rural and intercity mass transportation, rail
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1 freight transportation and port development...... [1,089,000]
2 1,040,000
3 * * *
4 To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the proper administration of the
7 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
8 including network station grants................. [4,473,000]
9 4,317,000
10 No allocations may be made from this
11 appropriation for the support of instructional
12 television by either the commission or its member
13 stations.
14 For programming services...................... [2,000,000]
15 1,700,000
16 No allocations may be made from this
17 appropriation for the support of instructional
18 television by either the commission or its member
19 stations.
20 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
21 * * *
22 To the House of Representatives
23 * * *
24 Salaries and wages for per diem and sessions
25 officers and employees, including returning
26 officers......................................... [2,500,000]
27 2,912,000
28 Salaries of salaried employees of the House
29 of Representatives............................... [3,000,000]
30 4,386,000
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1 * * *
2 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT <--
3 * * *
4 COURT ADMINISTRATOR, INCLUDING THE EXPENSES OF
5 THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE
6 DISTRICT JUSTICE ADMINISTRATOR CREATED BY THE ACT
7 OF JULY 15, 1976 (P.L.1014, NO.204).............. [1,198,000]
8 1,098,000
9 * * *
10 Section 2. Section 10 of the act is amended to read:
11 Section 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), that
12 part of all appropriations, INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE <--
13 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, in this act unexpended, uncommitted and
14 unencumbered as of June 30, 1978 shall automatically lapse as of
15 that date.
16 (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that all moneys
17 made available to the Legislative Department AND THE JUDICIAL <--
18 DEPARTMENT remaining unspent and unencumbered from
19 appropriations made for all prior fiscal [year 1975-1976] years
20 shall lapse into the General Fund.
21 (c) The appropriations to the Legislative Department shall
22 be continuing appropriations.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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