PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1971, 1991, 2020, PRINTER'S NO. 3509
2027, 2454, 2887, 3044, 3046, 3068,
3471
No. 1623 Session of 1979
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of
considering House Bill No. 1623, entitled:
"An act providing additional funds to several agencies of the
Executive Department for bills incurred and remaining unpaid at
the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1979. AMENDING
THE ACT OF JULY 4, 1979 (NO.9A), ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
THE EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, * * *; CHANGING CERTAIN OTHER
APPROPRIATIONS AND LANGUAGE."
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
RICHARD A. McCLATCHY, Jr.
KENNETH E. BRANDT
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
JOSEPH F. SMITH
EDWARD M. EARLY
RICHARD A. TILGHMAN
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
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, 1980 to
4 June 30, 1981 and for the payment of bills incurred and
5 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
6 June 30, 1980; to provide supplemental appropriations from
7 the General Fund to the various departments of the
8 Commonwealth for the fiscal period July 1, 1979 to June 30,
9 1980.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 PART I
13 General Provisions
14 Section 101. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
15 "General Appropriation Act of 1980."
16 Section 102. For purposes of this act, the following words
17 and phrases shall have, unless the context clearly indicates
18 otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
19 "Employees." Includes all directors, superintendents, bureau
20 or division chiefs, assistant directors, assistant
21 superintendents, assistant chiefs, experts, scientists,
22 engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries,
23 auditors, inspectors, examiners, statisticians, marshals,
24 clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, messengers and other
25 assistants in any department, board or commission.
26 "Expenses" and "maintenance." Includes all printing, binding
27 and stationery, food and forage, materials and supplies,
28 traveling expenses, training, motor vehicle supplies and
29 repairs, freight, express and cartage, postage, telephones and
30 telegraph rentals and toll charges, newspaper advertising and
31 notices, fuel, light, heat, power and water, minor construction
32 and renovation, repairs or reconstruction of equipment,
1 buildings and facilities, rent of real estate and equipment,
2 premiums on workmen's compensation, insurance premiums on
3 policies of liability insurance, premiums on medical payment
4 insurance and surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on
5 employee group life insurance and employee and retired employee
6 group hospital and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth
7 share of social security taxes and unemployment compensation
8 costs for State employees, the purchase of replacement or
9 additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental
10 costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of
11 General Services of mileage and other charges for the use of
12 automobiles and rental payments for permanently assigned
13 automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred
14 through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall
15 include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State
16 institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside
17 hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution
18 pay more for patient care than that provided under the State
19 medical assistance program.
20 PART II
21 General Fund Appropriations 1980-1981
22 Section 201. The following sums, or as much thereof as may
23 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
24 General Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the
25 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
26 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
27 compensation and travel expense of the duly elected or appointed
28 officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees
29 of contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
30 goods, services, printing, equipment, land and buildings and for
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1 payment of any other expenses, as provided by law or by this
2 act, necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions
3 and activities and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for
4 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1980 and for the payment of
5 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
6 period ending June 30, 1980.
7 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
8 To the Governor
9 For the Office of the Governor: including the
10 maintenance of the Executive Mansion, the expense
11 of entertainment of official guests and members
12 of the General Assembly and the Judiciary, partici-
13 pation in the Governor's Conference, the expenses
14 of the Executive Board, and for the payment of
15 traveling expenses of persons other than employees
16 of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
17 represent or otherwise serve the Commonwealth.... $3,064,000
18 Executive Offices:
19 For the Governor's Action Center.............. 605,000
20 For the Office of Budget and Administration... 5,675,000
21 For the Office of Policy and Planning......... 503,000
22 For the Milrite Council....................... 200,000
23 For the Human Relations Commission............ 4,225,000
24 For Departmental Comptroller Operations....... 12,627,000
25 For the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts...... 517,000
26 For the Pennsylvania Commission for Women..... 196,000
27 For the Governor's Energy Council............. 1,143,000
28 For the Commission on Crime and Delinquency... 1,207,000
29 For payment of ceremonies in recognition of the
30 Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania.......... 4,000
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1 For Grants to Arts Organizations.............. 2,300,000
2 To the Lieutenant Governor
3 For the Office of the Lieutenant Governor,
4 including payment of expenses of the residence at
5 the Edward Martin Military Reservation........... $326,000
6 For the Board of Pardons...................... 175,000
7 To the Department of the Auditor General
8 For the Department of the Auditor General for
9 auditing annually, periodically or specially, the
10 affairs of any department, board or commission
11 which are supported out of the General Fund and
12 for auditing Federal Revenue Sharing funds, district
13 justices, other fining offices, Volunteer Firemen's
14 Relief Association Funds and the offices of elected
15 State officials.................................. $12,450,000
16 For the proper auditing of appropriations for
17 or relating to public assistance including any
18 Federal sums supplementing such appropriations... 3,639,000
19 For the Scranton Office....................... 1,442,000
20 For the Board of Claims....................... 526,000
21 To the Treasury Department
22 For general government operations of the
23 Treasury Department.............................. $6,049,000
24 For administrative expenses in disbursing
25 appropriations for or relating to public assist-
26 ance including any Federal sums supplementing such
27 appropriations................................... 2,933,000
28 For the Board of Finance and Revenue.......... 855,000
29 For the Commission on Interstate Cooperation
30 and the traveling expenses of members to be paid
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1 in favor of the chairman or treasurer of the com-
2 mission on presentation of his requisition and who
3 shall file an accounting with the Auditor General 30,000
4 For support of the Council of State Governments
5 to be paid to the order of the Executive Director
6 of the Council of State Governments who shall file
7 an accounting of such expenses with the Auditor
8 General.......................................... 98,000
9 For support of the Great Lakes Commission to be
10 paid on requisition of the commissioners who shall
11 file an accounting with the Auditor General...... 24,000
12 For payment of replacement checks issued in lieu
13 of outstanding checks when presented and to adjust
14 errors........................................... 60,000
15 For support of the National Conference of State
16 Legislatures to be paid on requisition of the
17 Executive Director who shall file an accounting
18 with the Auditor General......................... 91,000
19 For support of the Education Commission of the
20 States to be paid to the order of the Executive
21 Director of the Education Commission of the
22 States who shall file an accounting of such
23 expenses with the Auditor General................ 45,000
24 For payment of the difference between the interest
25 earned by the moneys in the Agricultural College
26 Land Scrip Fund and in the State College Experi-
27 mental Farm Fund and the interest guaranteed by
28 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Pennsylvania
29 State University................................. 15,000
30 For publishing statements of the General Fund
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1 and other funds of the Commonwealth.............. 22,000
2 For compensation of the Commonwealth's Loan
3 and Transfer Agent for services and expenses in
4 connection with the registration, transfer and pay-
5 ment of interest on bonds of the Commonwealth and
6 other services required to be performed by the
7 Loan and Transfer Agent.......................... 73,000
8 For payment of legal fees, publication of
9 advertisements, costs of engraving and other
10 expenses incurred in issuing of tax anticipation
11 notes............................................ 150,000
12 For payment into the Project 70 Land Acquisition
13 Sinking Fund to meet the principal and interest
14 requirements on notes and bonds issued........... 5,728,000
15 For payment into Land and Water Development
16 Sinking Fund to meet the interest and sinking
17 fund requirements of notes and bonds issued and
18 to be issued..................................... 33,012,000
19 For 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........................... 118,044,000
23 For payment into the proper fund to meet the
24 principal and interest requirements on notes and
25 bonds issued, and notes and bonds to be issued
26 for payment of the Vietnam Veterans' Bonus....... 4,619,000
27 For payment to the Disaster Relief Redemption Fund
28 to meet principal and interest requirements on
29 bonds issued and bonds to be issued.............. 10,787,000
30 For payment into the Nursing Home Loan Sinking Fund
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1 to meet principal and interest requirements on
2 bonds issued and bonds to be issued.............. 4,332,000
3 For payment into the Volunteer Fire and Rescue
4 Loan Sinking Fund to meet principal and interest
5 requirements on bonds issued and bonds to be
6 issued........................................... 821,000
7 For payment of law enforcement officers' death
8 benefits......................................... 500,000
9 To the Department of Aging
10 For general government operations of the Depart-
11 ment of Aging.................................... $634,000
12 For the Pennsylvania Council on Aging......... 264,000
13 For the payment of grants and for the purpose
14 of developing, operating and purchasing services
15 for the aged and other adults, including but not
16 limited to model projects, homemaking services,
17 community care services, foster care services,
18 protective care services and counseling services. 12,471,000
19 To the Department of Agriculture
20 For general government operations of the
21 Department of Agriculture........................ $15,146,000
22 For the program of vaccination for brucellosis 150,000
23 For payment of compensation to owners of animals
24 destroyed in disease eradication program......... 200,000
25 For payment of reimbursement to legally consti-
26 tuted law enforcement agencies for kennel con-
27 struction........................................ 50,000
28 For payment into the State Farm Products Show
29 Fund............................................. 950,000
30 For development and operation of an open live-
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1 stock show, including cattle, swine, sheep and
2 horses........................................... 75,000
3 For planning and staging of an open dairy show. 60,000
4 For promotion and holding of annual local,
5 regional and State 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers
6 of America dairy shows........................... 25,000
7 The department may make allocations of the
8 above three appropriations as it deems appropriate
9 to an association whose purposes are in accord with
10 the purposes and intent of the appropriations,
11 the funds so allocated to be used for the develop-
12 ment and operation of livestock, dairy and Junior
13 Dairy Shows in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex:
14 And provided further, That the funds allocated
15 by the department shall only be used for the
16 specific items approved by the department in
17 advance.
18 For planning and staging ten annual 4-H Club
19 Horse and Pony Shows and one Statewide show to be
20 held in the fall as preliminary to the Keystone
21 International Livestock Show..................... 30,000
22 To the State Civil Service Commission
23 For the general government operations of the
24 Civil Service Commission including administration
25 of the merit system for employees under provisions
26 of the Civil Service Act supra: Provided, That
27 in addition to the amount hereby appropriated,
28 any money collected by the commission by way of
29 reimbursement under the Civil Service Act shall
30 be paid into the General Fund through the Depart-
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1 ment of Revenue and shall be credited to this
2 appropriation.................................... $1,000
3 To the Department of Commerce
4 For general government operations of the
5 Department of Commerce........................... $5,231,000
6 For the purpose of advertising to attract
7 tourists and business and industry to the Common-
8 wealth........................................... 3,000,000
9 For the administration and operation of the
10 Navigation Commission for the Delaware River..... 86,000
11 For payment of grants to recognized industrial
12 development agencies to assist such agencies in the
13 financing of their operational costs for the pur-
14 poses of making studies, surveys and investigations,
15 the compilation of data and statistics and in the
16 carrying out of planning and promotional
17 programs......................................... 500,000
18 For the Pennsylvania Industrial Development
19 Authority........................................ 20,000,000
20 For site development.......................... 1,000,000
21 For the payment of grants to Appalachian Local
22 Development Districts............................ 100,000
23 For the payment of the Commonwealth's share
24 of the cost of the operation of the Appalachian
25 Regional Commission and the Office of the
26 Appalachian State's Regional Representative...... 561,000
27 For transfer to the Minority Business Develop-
28 ment Fund........................................ 2,000,000
29 For Minority Business Technical Assistance.... 250,000
30 For the Community Facilities Program.......... 1,000,000
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1 For tourist promotion assistance.............. 3,200,000
2 For the Pennsylvania Science and Engineering
3 Foundation to promote, stimulate, and encourage
4 basic and applied scientific research and develop-
5 ment and scientific and technological education
6 in Pennsylvania.................................. 350,000
7 For payment to the City of Philadelphia for the
8 maintenance, repair, improvement and administration
9 of the Port of Philadelphia...................... 1,000,000
10 For payment to the Erie Port Commission of the
11 City of Erie, for the maintenance, repair, improve-
12 ment and administration of the Port of Erie...... 375,000
13 For payment to the Port Authority of Allegheny
14 County for the maintenance, repair, improvement
15 and administration of the Port of Pittsburgh..... 250,000
16 For the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance
17 Program to disseminate current scientific and
18 technological information to Pennsylvania Industry 150,000
19 To the Department of Community Affairs
20 For general government operations of the Depart-
21 ment of Community Affairs........................ $5,974,000
22 For administration of the Volunteer Fire Company,
23 Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad Assistance
24 Act.............................................. 105,000
25 For planning and implementation of a Statewide
26 manpower employment assistance and training
27 program and for payments of grants to community
28 action agencies and to political subdivisions and
29 organizations for social service programs........ 2,736,000
30 For grants for housing and redevelopment
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1 assistance as authorized by the act of May 20,
2 1949 (P.L.1633, No.493), and for payment of the
3 costs of administering such act up to but not ex-
4 ceeding an amount equalling 2% of this appropriation.
5 No more than 20% of the amount herein appropriated
6 shall be allocated or granted to any one political
7 subdivision...................................... 16,000,000
8 For the payment of grants to local governments
9 or regional councils of government to assist in
10 developing and implementing cooperative agreements
11 to supply municipal services..................... 150,000
12 For the payments of grants to counties, cities,
13 boroughs, townships, towns or regions for planning
14 assistance....................................... 100,000
15 For grants for flood plain management......... 500,000
16 To the Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
17 For general government operations of the Council
18 on Drug and Alcohol Abuse........................ $2,174,000
19 For grants to counties and to private facilities
20 to finance drug and alcohol abuse treatment and
21 prevention programs ............................. 21,100,000
22 To the Department of Education
23 For general government operations of the Depart-
24 ment of Education................................ $12,875,000
25 To provide the necessary State match required
26 by the Federal Government to administer voca-
27 tional education programs........................ 1,844,000
28 For the operation and maintenance of the
29 Vocational Education Fire School................. 250,000
30 For the State Library, providing reference
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1 services and administering aid to public libraries 1,901,000
2 For payment of rental charges to The General
3 State Authority for capital improvements at State-
4 aided educational institutions................... 3,765,000
5 For the State colleges and State-owned
6 university including the McKeever Environmental
7 Center........................................... 206,457,000
8 Expenses of the McKeever Environmental Center
9 shall be paid by the State colleges and State-
10 owned university in amounts proportionate to the
11 use of the center by the colleges and university.
12 A report shall be submitted by each State
13 college and State-owned university to the Governor
14 and the appropriation and education committees
15 of the Senate and House of Representatives and
16 shall include data for all programs of the State
17 college or State-owned university. Each such
18 report, to be submitted prior to November 1, 1981,
19 shall cover the 12-month period beginning September
20 1, 1980 and shall include for each term during
21 the period:
22 (1) The following counts and distributions:
23 (i) The definitions and numbers of full-time
24 faculty members, of part-time faculty members,
25 of full-time students enrolled in graduate
26 courses, of full-time students enrolled in under-
27 graduate courses, of part-time students enrolled
28 in graduate courses, and of part-time students
29 enrolled in undergraduate courses.
30 (ii) A distribution of part-time faculty
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1 members by the percentage of full-time employment.
2 (iii) Total numbers of undergraduate student
3 credit hours, divided into lower division and upper
4 division levels, and of graduate student credit
5 hours divided into three levels--master's, first
6 professional and doctoral.
7 (iv) Number of different courses scheduled
8 by level of instruction, distributed by the
9 number of sections scheduled in each course and the
10 sections distributed by the number of students
11 enrolled in each section.
12 (v) Number of terms scheduled and the dates
13 thereof.
14 (2) A classification of faculty members or
15 other professional employees by title including:
16 professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
17 instructor, research associate, librarian and
18 academic administrator; faculty members or other
19 professional employees under each title to be sub-
20 divided by type of assignment: undergraduate
21 courses only, graduate courses only, or both
22 graduate and undergraduate courses; and each such
23 set of faculty members or other professional
24 employees to be further subdivided by type of
25 employment: full-time or part-time; and the
26 following aggregates for each such subdivided
27 classification:
28 (i) The number.
29 (ii) The sum of credits assigned to undergraduate
30 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate
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1 courses and the sum of credits assigned to graduate
2 courses taught, divided into lower division, upper
3 division, master's, first professional and doctoral
4 levels.
5 (iii) The sum of undergraduate student credit
6 hours and the sum of graduate student credit hours
7 generated: divided into lower division, upper
8 division, master's, first professional and doctoral
9 levels.
10 (iv) Total salary paid.
11 (v) Total salary paid from college or uni-
12 versity funds.
13 (vi) Total salary paid from Federal funds.
14 (vii) Total salary paid from other funds.
15 (3) For each term of the period covered for
16 each full-time faculty member identified by
17 school, department and title:
18 (i) An analysis of the average hours per week
19 spent in college or university-related activities,
20 stating specifically hours spent in undergraduate
21 classroom contact and graduate classroom con-
22 tact, hours spent in preparation, hours spent in
23 research and hours spent in public service.
24 (ii) The total salary paid and the salary paid
25 from college or university funds.
26 In addition to the above requirements relative
27 to this appropriation, each report covering the
28 12-month period beginning September 1, 1980, shall
29 include for all programs of the State college or
30 State-owned university:
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1 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a
2 baccalaureate degree and for a master's degree.
3 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's
4 degrees, first professional degrees and doctoral
5 degrees awarded in 1978, 1979, 1980 and estimated
6 1981.
7 The State colleges and State-owned university
8 shall report their revenues and expenditures
9 and present their financial statements required
10 under the provisions of this act in accordance
11 with the Higher Education Finance Manual (1975).
12 No moneys appropriated for the West Chester
13 State College shall be used for the administration,
14 operation or maintenance of the property known
15 as Welkinweir.
16 For the Scranton State School for the Deaf.... 2,121,000
17 For the Scotland School for Veterans' Children 4,414,000
18 For the Thaddeus Stevens State School of
19 Technology....................................... 2,056,000
20 For the Pennsylvania Conservatory Leadership
21 School at Stone Valley Recreation Area........... 30,000
22 For payment of subsidies to school districts
23 on account of basic instructional costs: Provided,
24 That the Secretary of Education, with the approval
25 of the Governor, may make payments from this
26 appropriation in advance of the due date prescribed
27 by law to school districts which are financially
28 handicapped, whenever he shall deem it necessary
29 to make such advanced payments to enable the
30 school districts to keep their public schools
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1 open............................................. 1,500,000,000
2 For payments on account of vocational educa-
3 tion programs.................................... 36,700,000
4 For payments to school districts on account
5 of annual rental or sinking fund charges on
6 school buildings................................. 158,800,000
7 For payments to school districts and inter-
8 mediate units on account of pupil transporta-
9 tion............................................. 117,190,000
10 For payments on account of nonpublic school
11 transportation................................... 5,600,000
12 For payments to school districts and inter-
13 mediate units on account of special education
14 of exceptional children in public schools........ 130,273,000
15 For payments to school districts on account
16 of homebound instruction......................... 650,000
17 For payment for tuition to school districts
18 providing education to nonresident orphaned
19 children placed in private homes by the court
20 and nonresident inmates of children's institu-
21 tions............................................ 11,660,000
22 For payments of annual fixed charges to
23 school districts in lieu of taxes for land ac-
24 quired by the Commonwealth for water conserva-
25 tion or flood prevention......................... 57,000
26 For payment to intermediate units for main-
27 tenance of summer schools for school age children
28 of migrant laborers.............................. 141,000
29 To provide grants to school districts to assist
30 in meeting the matching requirements of Federal
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1 grants received under Federal programs for the
2 education of the disadvantaged where such programs
3 meet criteria established by the Department of
4 Education........................................ 1,000,000
5 For special education - approved private
6 schools.......................................... 32,339,000
7 For annual payments not to exceed $500 per
8 student to institutions of higher learning for de-
9 fraying the expenses of deaf or blind students... 100,000
10 For payment of the Commonwealth's share of the
11 approved operating costs and lease payments of
12 intermediate units............................... 9,858,000
13 For grants to school districts to assist in
14 meeting Federal matching requirements for grants
15 received under the Federal Child Nutrition Act,
16 and to aid in providing a food program for needy
17 children......................................... 11,564,000
18 For payment into the Social Security Contribu-
19 tion Fund the Commonwealth's share of Federal Social
20 Security taxes for public school employees....... 109,027,000
21 For payment of required contribution into the
22 Contingent Reserve and Supplemental Accounts of
23 the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund..... 253,704,000
24 In addition to the regular contribution to
25 the Retirement Fund, this appropriation includes
26 $9,000,000 for continued repayment of past under-
27 funding of the Commonwealth's obligations. This
28 repayment will reduce the original deficit of
29 $90,000,000 to $34,000,000.
30 It is the specific intent of the General
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1 Assembly to pay this deficit at the rate of
2 $9,000,000 a year for three years and $7,000,000
3 the fourth year to reduce the balance to zero.
4 For payment of required contribution into the
5 former Teachers' Account of the Public School
6 Employees' Retirement Fund....................... 6,000
7 For programs of education and training at
8 youth development centers........................ 3,383,000
9 For program of education and training at State
10 schools and hospitals, private licensed facilities,
11 and other child care facilities of the Department
12 of Public Welfare................................ 17,013,000
13 For services to nonpublic schools............. 28,833,000
14 For textbooks for nonpublic schools........... 7,753,000
15 For student supplies for nonpublic schools.... 3,273,000
16 For grants to public libraries for the develop-
17 ment and improvement of a Statewide system of
18 libraries and library services, including State
19 aid to local libraries, county libraries, district
20 library centers and regional library resource
21 centers.......................................... 9,768,000
22 To provide aid to the Free Library of Phila-
23 delphia and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
24 to meet the costs incurred in serving as regional
25 libraries in the distribution of braille reading
26 materials, talking book machines and other read-
27 ing materials, to persons who are blind or other-
28 wise handicapped................................. 1,066,000
29 For educational radio and television grants... 500,000
30 For educational and training programs at the
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1 State-owned adult correctional institutions...... 2,320,000
2 For payment of approved operating and capital
3 expenses of community colleges and technical in-
4 stitutes......................................... 52,953,000
5 Commonwealth allocations to the community
6 colleges from the funds appropriated herein shall
7 be separately calculated for community and public
8 services including noncredit continuing education
9 as defined by the Higher Education Finance Manual
10 and the higher education general information
11 survey.
12 An independent audit report for the preceding
13 fiscal year, which is consistent with the Higher
14 Education Finance Manual shall be submitted by
15 each community college to the Department of Edu-
16 cation not later than 120 days after the close
17 of the preceding fiscal year. The Department of
18 Education may withhold whatever funds appropriated
19 herein it feels necessary to ensure that such
20 audit reports are submitted in the prescribed
21 fashion.
22 For higher education equal opportunity program
23 grants........................................... 4,555,000
24 For the Ethnic Heritage Studies Center........ 50,000
25 To the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
26 For payment of all scholarships and education
27 assistance grants................................ $74,210,000
28 For matching payments for student aid funds... 1,348,000
29 For the purpose of administering the programs
30 of the agency including payment of lender partici-
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1 pation incentives................................ 2,500,000
2 For institutional assistance grants to be
3 allotted by the Pennsylvania Higher Education
4 Assistance Agency for the academic year begin-
5 ning on or about September 1, 1980 pursuant to
6 the criterion contained in the act of July 18,
7 1974 (P.L.483, No.174), except insofar as that
8 act imposes a ceiling of $400 for an assistance
9 grant which ceiling shall be increased to $450... 15,059,000
10 No college, university or institution receiving
11 a direct appropriation from the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania shall be eligible to participate
13 in the institutional assistance grants program.
14 To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
15 For the Pennsylvania Public Television Network
16 Commission including network station grants...... $4,554,000
17 For programming services...................... 2,397,000
18 To the Emergency Management Agency
19 For general government operations of the Emer-
20 gency Management Agency.......................... $1,414,000
21 To the Department of Environmental Resources
22 For general government operations of the De-
23 partment of Environmental Resources.............. $5,378,000
24 For the Office of Resources Management........ 8,007,000
25 For topographic and geologic survey........... 1,998,000
26 For stream improvement projects............... 500,000
27 For deep mine safety.......................... 2,530,000
28 For the Office of Protection.................. 24,951,000
29 For State forestry operations................. 12,387,000
30 For the gypsy moth laboratory................. 429,000
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1 For gypsy moth and other insect spraying op-
2 erations......................................... 250,000
3 For State parks............................... 23,024,000
4 For the payment of the cost of manpower, equip-
5 ment and materials used in the control and extinc-
6 tion of forest fires............................. 147,000
7 For dam safety, water obstructions and storm
8 water management programs........................ 1,400,000
9 For natural gas management.................... 235,000
10 For payments to municipalities or municipal
11 authorities for up to 50% of the cost of acquir-
12 ing lands and rights-of-way and relocating roads
13 and utilities to qualify for Federal flood con-
14 trol projects.................................... 500,000
15 For grants to counties, municipalities and
16 authorities to assist them in preparing official
17 plans for sewage systems......................... 450,000
18 For reimbursement to municipalities toward the
19 costs incurred by them in the enforcement of the
20 Sewage Facilities Act............................ 1,500,000
21 For payment to the Great Lakes Basin Commission
22 as the Commonwealth's assessment and payment for
23 participation in the programs and plans of the
24 Great Lakes Basin Commission..................... 15,000
25 For payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
26 expenses of the River Master for the Delaware
27 River............................................ 34,000
28 For payment to the Ohio River Basin Commission
29 as the Commonwealth's assessment and payment for
30 participation in the development of a water re-
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1 sources program for the Ohio River Basin......... 30,000
2 For the support of the Susquehanna River Basin
3 Commission....................................... 210,000
4 For the support of the Interstate Commission on
5 the Potomac River Basin.......................... 17,000
6 For the conduct of the work of the Delaware
7 River Basin Commission........................... 441,000
8 For the support of the Ohio River Valley Water
9 Sanitation Commission............................ 55,000
10 For payment by the State Conservation Commission
11 to local sponsors for support of small watershed
12 projects......................................... 100,000
13 For payment to conservation districts of up to
14 50% of the cost for employment of executive assist-
15 ants not to exceed $7,500 per district for the
16 State's share.................................... 200,000
17 For payment of Pennsylvania's share of the
18 costs of the Interstate Mining Commission........ 10,000
19 For payment of annual fixed charges in lieu of
20 taxes to counties and townships on land acquired
21 for water conservation and flood control......... 10,000
22 For payment of annual fixed charges in lieu
23 of taxes to political subdivisions or school dis-
24 tricts on lands acquired by the Commonwealth for
25 Project 70....................................... 30,000
26 For payment of annual fixed charges in lieu
27 of taxes to counties, school districts and town-
28 ships on forest lands............................ 784,000
29 For Millersville College Utilities............ 195,000
30 For Mayview State Hospital utilities.......... 1,150,000
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1 To provide grants for vector control programs. 500,000
2 For grants for stream wall rehabilitation..... 500,000
3 To the Pennsylvania Fish Commission
4 For the support of the Atlantic States Marine
5 Fisheries Commission............................. $3,000
6 To the Department of General Services
7 For general government operations of the
8 Department of General Services................... $33,882,000
9 For Harristown rental charges................. 7,823,000
10 For utility costs............................. 4,884,000
11 For Harristown utility and municipal charges.. 4,420,000
12 For replacement of fleet vehicles............. 550,000
13 For printing and distribution of the Pennsylvania
14 Manual........................................... 198,000
15 For the administrative and prelitigation cost
16 of tort claims against the Commonwealth.......... 261,000
17 For payment of rental charges to The General
18 State Authority.................................. 48,500,000
19 For payment of tort claims.................... 4,000,000
20 For fire protection services for the Capitol
21 Complex in Harrisburg............................ 125,000
22 To the Department of Health
23 For general government operations of the
24 Department of Health............................. $9,975,000
25 For the Office of Quality Assurance........... 3,272,000
26 For Bureau of Vital Statistics................ 3,512,000
27 For the State Laboratory...................... 2,439,000
28 For the State Health Care Centers, including
29 the district offices of the Department of Health. 11,463,000
30 For emergency health services................. 2,779,000
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1 For maternal and child health services--high
2 risk............................................. 742,000
3 For hemophilia services....................... 1,256,000
4 For sickle cell anemia services............... 650,000
5 For Cooley's anemia services.................. 200,000
6 For renal disease services.................... 4,400,000
7 For the purpose of funding the program for
8 the home use of ventilation for the case in a
9 home environment of children with chronic
10 respiratory problems............................. 350,000
11 For coal workers pneumoconiosis services...... 731,000
12 For health services for State employees....... 550,000
13 For Three Mile Island health related studies.. 600,000
14 For the Elizabethtown Hospital for Children
15 and Youth........................................ 3,114,000
16 For reimbursement to school districts on
17 account of health services....................... 20,550,000
18 For providing aid to counties in the establish-
19 ment and maintenance of local health departments. 12,632,000
20 For research into Lupus Erythematosus......... 75,000
21 For spina bifida services..................... 680,000
22 To the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
23 For general government operations of the
24 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.... $6,074,000
25 For the Washington Crossing Park Commission and
26 operation and maintenance of the Washington Cross-
27 ing State Park................................... 672,000
28 For the Brandywine Battlefield Park Commission
29 and operation and maintenance of Brandywine Battle-
30 field Park....................................... 157,000
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1 For the Anthracite Museum Complex............. 390,000
2 For the Somerset Historical Center............ 55,000
3 For the renovation of Bradford House.......... 20,000
4 For the restoration of Highlands.............. 75,000
5 For Pennsbury Manor........................... 300,000
6 To the Department of Insurance
7 For general government operations of the
8 Department of Insurance.......................... $5,979,000
9 To the Department of Justice
10 For general government operations of the
11 Department of Justice............................ $1,070,000
12 For Legal Services............................ 4,377,000
13 For Commonwealth Collections.................. 743,000
14 For the Medicaid Fraud Unit................... 144,000
15 For Consumer Protection....................... 782,000
16 For Consumer Protection - Allentown Office.... 227,000
17 For Consumer Protection - Scranton Office..... 282,000
18 For Consumer Protection - Erie Office......... 252,000
19 For Consumer Protection - Pittsburgh Office
20 Downtown......................................... 233,000
21 For Consumer Protection - Pittsburgh Hill
22 District......................................... 111,000
23 For the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission..... 283,000
24 For the Crime Victim's Compensation Board..... 291,000
25 For the State Correctional Institutions and
26 Community Treatment Centers...................... 92,850,000
27 For payments of grants to political subdivisions
28 to assist in the improvement of Juvenile Probation
29 Services......................................... 1,700,000
30 For payment of awards made by the Crime Victim's
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1 Compensation Board............................... 1,060,000
2 For payment of the costs incurred in the
3 Johnston Trial................................... 200,000
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
5 of the Office of Drug Law Enforcement: Provided,
6 that funds expended from this appropriation are
7 approved by the Drug Law Enforcement Coordinating
8 Council.......................................... 3,521,000
9 For Criminal Law Enforcement.................. 1,876,000
10 For the State Health Facilities Hearing Board. 200,000
11 To the Pennsylvania Crime Commission
12 For general government operations of the
13 Pennsylvania Crime Commission................... 1,800,000
14 To the Department of Labor and Industry
15 For general government operations of the
16 Department of Labor and Industry................. $14,013,000
17 For occupational disease payments............. 12,000,000
18 For the payment to the Vocational Rehabilita-
19 tion Fund for work of the State Board of Voca-
20 tional Rehabilitation............................ 9,675,000
21 To carry out provisions of section 306(h) of
22 the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act...... 1,600,000
23 To the Department of Military Affairs
24 For general government operations of the
25 Department of Military Affairs................... $8,246,000
26 For maintenance of monuments to Pennsylvania
27 servicemen who died on foreign soil.............. 3,000
28 For armory maintenance and repair............. 500,000
29 For the operation and maintenance of the
30 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Erie.............. 1,599,000
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1 For the operation and maintenance of the
2 Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home..................... 3,121,000
3 For payment of gratuities for the education of
4 children of certain veterans..................... 66,000
5 For assistance to veterans who are ill or dis-
6 abled and without means of support............... 675,000
7 For pensions for veterans blinded through
8 service connected injuries or disease............ 170,000
9 For payment of pensions to dependents of
10 soldiers of the Pennsylvania National Guard killed
11 in the line of duty.............................. 10,000
12 To the Milk Marketing Board
13 For payment into the Milk Marketing Fund in the
14 State Treasury for the purpose for which such fund
15 is appropriated.................................. $875,000
16 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
17 For general government operations of the
18 Board of Probation and Parole.................... $15,064,000
19 Payments for grants-in-aid to counties for
20 providing improved adult probation services...... 3,000,000
21 To the Department of Public Welfare
22 For general government operations of the
23 Department of Public Welfare..................... $17,605,000
24 For the Office of Information Systems......... 8,023,000
25 For county administration of the public
26 assistance and medical assistance programs........ 126,000,000
27 For Program Accountability.................... 5,471,000
28 For services for the visually handicapped..... 2,298,000
29 For the Pennsylvania Employables Program...... 1,086,000
30 For boarding homes............................ 1,135,000
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1 For institutional and community-based programs
2 and facilities for youth offenders............... 25,670,000
3 For the State restoration centers............. 9,149,000
4 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
5 tion of the State medical and surgical hospitals
6 as follows:
7 Ashland....................................... 550,000
8 Coaldale...................................... 660,000
9 Connellsville................................. 1,100,000
10 Hazleton...................................... 600,000
11 Locust Mountain............................... 530,000
12 Nanticoke..................................... 640,000
13 Phillipsburg.................................. 340,000
14 Scranton...................................... 150,000
15 Shamokin...................................... 430,000
16 For the State mental hospitals and the care of
17 patients of such hospitals....................... 239,871,000
18 Retreat State Hospital........................ 8,357,000
19 Eastern Psychiatric Institute................. 9,600,000
20 Norristown State Hospital for 20-bed forensic
21 youth unit....................................... 1,332,000
22 For State centers for the mentally retarded and
23 for necessary habilitation services provided to the
24 residents of such facilities...................... 144,065,000
25 For cash assistance grants.................... 611,198,000
26 For medical assistance payments - non-institu-
27 tional........................................... 166,191,000
28 For medical assistance payments - institutional
29 non-nursing...................................... 342,422,000
30 The fee for the hospital component for out-
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1 patient visits at those hospital clinics and
2 emergency rooms and independent neighborhood
3 clinics meeting the special criteria for clinic
4 participation established in medical assistance
5 regulation 9412.11 shall be $15 a visit effective
6 July 1, 1980 and for the duration of the fiscal
7 period 1980-1981. A portion of the increase in
8 the appropriation for medical assistance payments
9 provided for in this act shall be used specifi-
10 cally for the outpatient fee.
11 For public nursing homes...................... 88,374,000
12 Effective January 1, 1981, in accordance with
13 Federal regulations, the Department of Public
14 Welfare shall replace the current Statewide
15 ceilings for county nursing homes. New ceil-
16 ings shall be calculated for each standard
17 metropolitan statistical area and nonstandard
18 metropolitan statistical area group within
19 the State and shall be paid retroactively to
20 July 1, 1980. The new ceilings shall provide
21 that no public nursing home shall have a
22 ceiling below its rate that was in effect
23 prior to implementation of the new ceilings.
24 This and any other change in the method of
25 county home reimbursement must be approved
26 in advance by the Federal Department of
27 Health and Human Services.
28 For private nursing homes..................... 127,294,000
29 For Supplemental Grants to the Aged, Blind
30 and Disabled..................................... 60,976,000
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1 Provided, That any rule, regulation or policy
2 for the above six appropriations adopted by the
3 Secretary of Public Welfare during the fiscal
4 period 1980-1981 which adds to the cost of any public
5 assistance programs shall be effective only from
6 and after the date upon which it is approved as to
7 the availability of funds by the Governor.
8 For community programs for the mentally ill,
9 exclusive of capital improvements, which shall
10 include grants to counties and county institution
11 districts........................................ 76,051,000
12 For community programs for the mentally retarded,
13 exclusive of capital improvements, which shall
14 include grants to counties and county institution
15 districts and payments to ICF-MR facilities certi-
16 fied to participate in the medical assistance
17 program.......................................... 128,366,000
18 For payment to the Philadelphia Association
19 of Retarded Citizens............................. 200,000
20 For intermediate care facilities/MR........... 3,100,000
21 For training courses to be given by accredited
22 graduate schools of public health, for the
23 personnel of county homes, nursing and convalescent
24 homes and nonprofit homes for the aged........... 50,000
25 For payment to counties for child welfare programs
26 and for the care of delinquent and deprived children
27 committed by the courts to a private or public
28 facility......................................... 88,245,000
29 Reimbursement for child welfare services made
30 pursuant to section 704.1 of the act of June 13,
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1 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the "Public Welfare
2 Code" shall not exceed the amount of State funds
3 appropriated.
4 For day-care services provided by State
5 approved facilities for children................. 16,020,000
6 For adult services............................ 235,000
7 For family planning........................... 350,000
8 For legal services............................ 2,022,000
9 To the Department of Revenue
10 For general government operations of the
11 Department of Revenue............................ $59,069,000
12 For the distribution of Public Utility
13 Realty Tax....................................... 42,000,000
14 To the Pennsylvania Securities Commission
15 For general government operations of the
16 Pennsylvania Securities Commission............... $1,214,000
17 To the Department of State
18 For general government operations of the
19 Department of State.............................. $3,304,000
20 For publication of proposed constitutional
21 amendments....................................... 59,000
22 For the expenses of the electoral college..... 7,000
23 For costs related to absentee voting by
24 persons in military services..................... 10,000
25 For costs incurred from the operation of the
26 voter registration by mail program............... 367,000
27 To the State Employees' Retirement System
28 For payment of medical/hospital insurance costs
29 for Commonwealth annuitants who have elected such
30 coverage......................................... $21,086,000
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1 For payment of the Commonwealth's share of
2 annuitants benefit increases to be allocated by
3 the Secretary of Budget and Administration....... 6,963,000
4 For payment of the employer's contribution
5 on behalf of members of the National Guard....... 1,157,000
6 To the Pennsylvania State Police
7 For general government operations of the
8 Pennsylvania State Police........................ $44,839,000
9 For the Municipal Police Officers Education
10 and Training Commission.......................... 1,225,000
11 To the State Tax Equalization Board
12 For general government operations of the
13 State Tax Equalization Board..................... $872,000
14 To the Department of Transportation
15 For general government operations of the
16 Department of Transportation including urban, rural
17 and intercity mass transportation, rail freight
18 transportation and port development.............. $1,362,000
19 For urban mass transportation assistance for
20 grants to local transportation organizations; to
21 be used only for purchase of service projects
22 and advertising and promotion programs and a bus
23 maintenance and repair program................... 112,800,000
24 For rural and intercity transportation: for
25 operating subsidies, lease payments and mainten-
26 ance projects on rail freight lines, for small
27 urban area purchase of service grants, and
28 operating subsidies and demonstration projects
29 for passenger rail and bus service, including
30 the Rural Highway Public Demonstration Program... 4,216,000
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1 For payment of services in connection with
2 the functions of the Civil Air Patrol............ 75,000
3 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
4 To the Senate
5 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
6 expenses for the following purposes:
7 Salaries for 50 Senators and extra compen-
8 sation to the President pro tempore of the
9 Senate........................................... $1,610,000
10 Salaries and wages for salaried employees of the
11 Senate and for per diem and session officers and
12 employees, including returning officers.......... 3,400,000
13 Salaries of employees of the President of the
14 Senate........................................... 85,000
15 Salaries and wages of employees of the Chief
16 Clerk and all necessary expenses to be allocated
17 and disbursed at the direction of the President pro
18 tempore........................................... 980,000
19 Mileage:
20 Fifty Senators, Officers and Employees........ 100,000
21 Postage:
22 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal........... 80,000
23 Librarian..................................... 9,000
24 Contingent Expenses:
25 (1) Chief Clerk................................. 40,000
26 The above appropriations for postage and for
27 contingent expenses of the Chief Clerk shall be paid
28 prior to the payment of such expenses on warrant of the
29 State Treasurer in favor of the officers above named
30 upon the presentation of their requisitions for
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1 the same: Provided, That the total amount of
2 requisitions for advancements less the total
3 amount of expenditures made as certified by such
4 officers to the State Treasurer shall not exceed
5 the amount of the bond of the officer having
6 control of the disbursement from the funds
7 advanced.
8 (2) Other contingent expenses:
9 Secretary..................................... 85,000
10 Librarian..................................... 18,000
11 President..................................... 29,000
12 President pro tempore......................... 20,000
13 Floor Leader (D).............................. 6,000
14 Floor Leader (R).............................. 6,000
15 Whip (D)...................................... 3,000
16 Whip (R)...................................... 3,000
17 Chairman of the Caucus (D).................... 3,000
18 Chairman of the Caucus (R).................... 3,000
19 Secretary of the Caucus (D)................... 3,000
20 Secretary of the Caucus (R)................... 3,000
21 Chairman of the Appropriations Committee (D).. 6,000
22 Chairman of the Appropriations Committee (R).. 6,000
23 Chairman of the Policy Committee (D).......... 2,000
24 Chairman of the Policy Committee (R).......... 2,000
25 Caucus Administrator (D)...................... 2,000
26 Caucus Administrator (R)...................... 2,000
27 Upon presentation of requisitions by any of the
28 leaders of the Senate set forth in this paragraph
29 for such compensation or expenses, such shall be
30 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer directly
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1 to and in favor of the persons designated in such
2 requisition as entitled to receive such compensa-
3 tion or expenses.
4 Miscellaneous Expenses:
5 Incidental Expenses for payment of maintenance,
6 charpersons and other expenses of the Senate
7 offices.......................................... 240,000
8 Expenses, Senators: In addition to annual
9 reimbursement for expenses heretofore authorized
10 by law for each member of the Senate, each member
11 shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual
12 expenses, not exceeding the sum of $2,500, incurred
13 for lodging and meals while away from home on
14 official legislative business, official postage,
15 staff and all other expenses incidental to legis-
16 lative duties. Such additional accountable expense
17 amount shall be available for all such accountable
18 expenses incurred during the fiscal year 1980-1981. 375,000
19 Legislative Printing and Expenses including furni-
20 ture, equipment, renovations and salaries of cer-
21 tain employees of the Senate Duplicating Room.... 1,859,000
22 Attending Meetings of the Council of State
23 Governments...................................... 6,000
24 The above appropriation for incidental expenses
25 shall be paid to the Chief Clerk of the Senate,
26 the appropriations for legislative printing
27 and expenses shall be paid to the Secretary of the
28 Senate and the appropriation for attending meetings
29 of the Council of State Governments shall be paid
30 to the President pro tempore in the same manner
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1 and under the same conditions as the appropriations
2 for postage and contingent expenses above.
3 For the payment of the expenses of the
4 Committee on Appropriations (D) of the Senate in inves-
5 tigating schools, colleges, universities,
6 correctional institutions, mental hospitals,
7 medical and surgical hospitals, homes and other
8 institutions and agencies supported, in whole or
9 in part, by appropriations from the State Treasury,
10 in analyzing reports, expenditures and the general
11 operation and administration of said institutions
12 and agencies, in examining and analyzing requests
13 of the same and of the various departments, boards
14 and commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
15 collection of data from other states, attending
16 seminars, conferences, and in cooperation and
17 exchanging information with legislative budget
18 and financial committees of other states, and for
19 the necessary clerical assistance and other
20 assistance, travel expense, and all other expenses
21 deemed necessary by the chairman in compiling data
22 and information connected with the work of the
23 Senate in compiling comparative costs and other fiscal
24 data and information for the use of the Senate
25 during legislative sessions to the discharge of
26 such duties. The committee shall have the authority
27 to examine and inspect all properties, equipment,
28 facilities, files, records and accounts of any
29 State office, department, institution, board,
30 committee, commission or agency or any institution
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1 or agency supported, in whole or in part, by appro-
2 priation from the State Treasury and to administer
3 oaths. The committee may issue subpoenas under
4 the hand and seal of the chairman to compel the
5 attendance of witnesses and the production of any
6 papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony
7 touching matters properly being inquired into by
8 the committee and to cause the deposition of
9 witnesses either residing within or without the
10 State to be taken in the manner prescribed by laws
11 for taking depositions in civil actions. Upon
12 presentation of requisitions by the chairman of
13 such committee of the Senate for such compensa-
14 tion or expenses, such shall be paid on warrant
15 of the State Treasurer directly to and in favor
16 of the persons designated in such requisition as
17 entitled to receive such compensation or expenses.
18 The Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
19 shall not later than 30 days after the termination
20 of his term of office, or until his successor is
21 elected and also within 30 days after the adjourn-
22 ment of any regular or special session, file an
23 account, together with supporting documents when-
24 ever possible in the office of the Appropriations
25 Committee of the committee's expenses since the
26 filing of the prior account...................... 420,000
27 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
28 on Appropriations (R) of the Senate designated by
29 a majority vote of the Minority Party Senate
30 Caucus for investigating schools, colleges,
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1 universities, correctional institutions, mental
2 hospitals, medical and surgical hospitals, homes
3 and other institutions and agencies supported,
4 in whole or in part, by appropriations from the
5 State Treasury in analyzing reports, expenditures,
6 and the general operation and administration of
7 said institutions and agencies in examining and
8 analyzing requests of the same and of the various
9 departments, boards and commissions of the Common-
10 wealth, and for the collection of data from other
11 states attending seminars, conferences, and in
12 cooperating and exchanging information with legis-
13 lative budget and financial committees of other
14 states, and for the necessary clerical assistance
15 and other assistance, travel expenses and all other
16 expenses deemed necessary by the chairman in
17 compiling data and information connected
18 with the work of said committee in compiling
19 comparative cost and other fiscal data and informa-
20 tion for the use of said committee and the Senate
21 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
22 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
23 such duties. Upon presentation of requisitions
24 by the chairman of such committee of the Senate
25 for such compensation or expenses, such shall be
26 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer directly
27 to and in favor of the persons designated in such
28 requisition as entitled to receive such compensation
29 or expenses. Such chairman shall, not later than
30 30 days after the termination of his term of office,
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1 or until his successor is elected, and also within
2 30 days after the adjournment of any regular or
3 special session, file an account together with
4 supporting documents whenever possible, in the
5 office of the minority party member of the Committee
6 on Appropriations of the Senate of his expenses
7 since the filing of the prior account............ 420,000
8 For the Special Leadership Account (D) for
9 payment 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. Upon presentation of requisitions
17 by the Majority Leader of the Senate for such
18 compensation or expenses, such shall be paid on
19 warrant of the State Treasurer directly to and in
20 favor of the persons designated in such requisi-
21 tion as entitled to receive such compensation or
22 expenses. The Majority Leader shall, not later
23 than 30 days after the termination of his term
24 of office or until his successor is elected and
25 also within 30 days after the adjournment of any
26 regular or special session, file an account
27 together with supporting documents whenever
28 possible in the office of the Majority Leader
29 of such expenses since the filing of the prior
30 account.......................................... 875,000
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1 For the Special Leadership Account (R) for
2 payment of salaries, wages and all other
3 incidental expenses incurred in hiring personnel
4 and staff for services which in the opinion
5 of the Minority Leader may be required or arise
6 during Legislative Sessions and during the
7 interim between Legislative Sessions and for the
8 payment of all other expenses related to the
9 performance of his duties and responsibilities.
10 Upon presentation of requisitions by the
11 Minority Leader of the Senate for such
12 compensation or expenses, such shall be paid on
13 warrant of the State Treasurer directly to and in
14 favor of the persons designated in such
15 requisition as entitled to receive such
16 compensation or expenses. The Minority Leader
17 shall, not later than 30 days after the
18 termination of his term of office or until
19 his successor is elected and also within 30
20 days after the adjournment of any regular or
21 special session, file an account together with
22 supporting documents whenever possible in the
23 office of the Minority Leader of such expenses
24 since the filing of the prior account............ 875,000
25 For allocation in such amounts as may be desig-
26 nated by the Legislative Management Committee (D)
27 to the several standing committees (other than the
28 Appropriations Committee) of the Senate for payment
29 of compensation of counsel, research assistants
30 and other staff personnel hired to assist the
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1 members (D) of the Senate or its standing commit-
2 tees of the Senate and for other necessary Senate
3 expenses incurred. Upon presentation of requisi-
4 tions by the Chief Clerk of the Senate for such
5 compensation or expenses, such shall be paid on
6 warrant of the State Treasurer directly to and
7 in favor of the persons designated in such requi-
8 sition as entitled to receive such compensation or
9 expenses. An accounting, together with supporting
10 documents whenever possible, shall be filed in the
11 office of the Chief Clerk of such expenses since
12 the filing of the prior account.................. 2,240,000
13 For allocation in such amounts as may be desig-
14 nated by the Legislative Management Committee (R)
15 to the several standing committees (other than the
16 Appropriations Committee) of the Senate for
17 payment of compensation of counsel, research
18 assistants and other staff personnel to assist
19 the members (R) of the Senate or its standing
20 committees of the Senate and for other necessary
21 Senate expenses incurred. Upon presentation of
22 requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the Senate for
23 such compensation or expenses, such shall be paid
24 on warrant of the State Treasurer directly to and
25 in favor of the persons designated in such requi-
26 sitions as entitled to receive such compensation
27 or expenses. An accounting, together with support-
28 ing documents whenever possible, shall be filed
29 in the office of the Chief Clerk of such expenses
30 since the filing of the prior account............ 1,760,000
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1 For the Commonwealth Emergency Medical
2 System........................................... 50,000
3 To the House of Representatives
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
5 expenses for the following purposes:
6 Salaries of Representatives and extra
7 compensation to the Speaker of the House of
8 Representatives.................................. $6,858,000
9 Salaries:
10 House employees (R)........................... 2,200,000
11 House employees (D)........................... 2,200,000
12 Speaker's Office.............................. 300,000
13 Bi-partisan Management Committee; Chief Clerk
14 and Comptroller........................... 2,781,000
15 Mileage:
16 Representatives, Officers and Employees....... 392,000
17 Postage:
18 Chief Clerk and Legislative Journal........... 343,000
19 Contingent Expenses:
20 Speaker....................................... 20,000
21 Chief Clerk................................... 290,000
22 Floor Leader (R).............................. 6,000
23 Floor Leader (D).............................. 6,000
24 Whip (R)...................................... 3,000
25 Whip (D)...................................... 3,000
26 Chairman - Caucus (R)......................... 3,000
27 Chairman - Caucus (D)......................... 3,000
28 Secretary - Caucus (R)........................ 3,000
29 Secretary - Caucus (D)........................ 3,000
30 Chairman - Appropriations Committee (R)....... 6,000
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1 Chairman - Appropriations Committee (D)....... 6,000
2 Chairman - Policy Committee (R)............... 2,000
3 Chairman - Policy Committee (D)............... 2,000
4 Caucus Administrator (R)...................... 2,000
5 Caucus Administrator (D)...................... 2,000
6 Administrator for Staff (D)................... 20,000
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 amount
14 of expenditures made as certified by such officers
15 to the State Treasurer shall not exceed the amount
16 of the bond of the officer having control of the
17 disbursement from the funds advanced.
18 Miscellaneous Expenses:
19 Legislative Office for Research Liaison........ 91,000
20 Incidental Expenses........................... 1,680,000
21 Expenses - Representatives: In addition to
22 annual reimbursement for expenses heretofore
23 authorized by law for each member of the House
24 of Representatives, each member shall be en-
25 titled to reimbursement for actual expenses, not
26 exceeding the sum of $2,500, incurred for lodging
27 and meals while away from home on official legis-
28 lative business, official postage, staff and all
29 other expenses incidental to legislative duties.
30 Such additional accountable expense amount shall
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1 be available for all such accountable expenses
2 incurred during the fiscal year 1980-1981........ 1,563,000
3 Legislative Printing and Expenses............. 3,000,000
4 Attending National Legislative Conference and
5 Council of State Governments - Expenses.......... 82,000
6 The above appropriation for attending National
7 Legislative Conference shall be paid to the Chief
8 Clerk of the House and the appropriation for
9 attending meetings of the Council of State Govern-
10 ments shall be paid to the Speaker of the House in
11 the same manner and under the same conditions as
12 the appropriations for postage and contingent
13 expenses above.
14 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
15 on Appropriations (R) of the House of Representa-
16 tives in investigating schools, colleges, universities,
17 correctional institutions, mental hospitals, medical
18 and surgical hospitals, homes and other institutions
19 and agencies supported, in whole or in part, by
20 appropriations from the State Treasury in analyzing
21 reports, expenditures and the general operation and
22 administration of said institutions and agencies in
23 examining and analyzing requests of the same and of
24 the various departments, boards and commissions of
25 the Commonwealth, and for the collection of data
26 from other states attending seminars, conferences,
27 and in cooperating and exchanging information with
28 legislative budget and financial committees of
29 other states, and any office expenses necessary
30 to serve the committee and its chairman, and
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1 for the necessary clerical assistance
2 and other assistance, travel expense and all
3 other expenses deemed necessary by the chairman
4 in compiling data and information connected with
5 the work of said committee in compiling compara-
6 tive cost and other fiscal data and information
7 for the use of said committee and the House of
8 Representatives during Legislative Sessions and
9 during the interim between Legislative Sessions
10 to the discharge of such duties. The committee
11 shall have the authority to examine and inspect
12 all properties, equipment, facilities, files,
13 records and accounts of any State office,
14 department, institution, board, committee,
15 commission or agency or any institution or agency
16 supported in whole or in part by appropriation
17 from the State Treasury and to administer oaths.
18 The committee may issue subpoenas under the
19 hand and seal of the chairman to compel the
20 attendance of witnesses and the production of any
21 papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony
22 touching matters properly being inquired into by
23 the committee and to cause the deposition of
24 witnesses either residing within or without the
25 State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law
26 for taking depositions in civil actions. The sum
27 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
28 Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said committee
29 on the presentation of his requisition for the same.
30 The Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
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1 shall, not later than 30 days after the termination
2 of his term of office or until his successor is
3 elected and also, within 30 days after the adjourn-
4 ment of any regular or special session, file an
5 account together with supporting documents when-
6 ever possible in the office of the Appropriation
7 Committee of the committee's expenses since the
8 filing of the prior account...................... 420,000
9 For the payment of the expenses of one minority
10 party member of the Committee on Appropriations (D)
11 of the House of Representatives designated by a
12 majority vote of the minority party House of
13 Representatives Caucus for investigating schools,
14 colleges, universities, correctional institutions,
15 mental hospitals, medical and surgical hospitals,
16 homes and other institutions and agencies supported,
17 in whole or in part, by appropriations from the
18 State Treasury in analyzing reports, expenditures,
19 and the general operation and administration of
20 said institutions and agencies in examining and
21 analyzing requests of the same and of the various
22 departments, boards and commissions of the Common-
23 wealth and for the collection of data from other
24 states attending seminars, conferences, and in
25 cooperating and exchanging information with
26 legislative budget and financial committees
27 of other states, and any office expenses
28 necessary to serve the committee and its chairman,
29 and for the necessary clerical assistance,
30 and other assistance, travel expense and all other
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1 expenses deemed necessary by the chairman in com-
2 piling data and information connected with the
3 work of said committee in compiling comparative
4 cost and other fiscal data and information for the
5 use of said committee and the House of Representa-
6 tives during Legislative Sessions and during the
7 interim between Legislative Sessions to the dis-
8 charge of such duties. The sum appropriated shall
9 be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
10 of the member so designated by the majority vote
11 of the minority party House of Representatives
12 Caucus on the presentation of his requisition for
13 the same. Such members so designated shall, not
14 later than 30 days after the termination of his term
15 of office, or until his successor is elected, and
16 also within 30 days after the adjournment of any
17 regular or special session, file an account together
18 with supporting documents whenever possible, in the
19 office of the minority party member of the Committee
20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
21 of his expenses since the filing of the prior
22 account.......................................... 420,000
23 For the payment to the Special Leadership
24 Account (R) for payment of salaries, wages and all
25 other incidental expenses incurred in hiring per-
26 sonnel and staff for services which in the opinion
27 of the Majority Leader may be required or arise
28 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
29 between Legislative Sessions and for the payment
30 of all other expenses related to the performance
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1 of his duties and responsibilities. The sum
2 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
3 Treasurer in favor of the Majority Leader on the
4 presentation of his requisition for the same.
5 The Majority Leader shall, not later than 30 days
6 after the termination of his term of office or
7 until his successor is elected and also within 30
8 days after the adjournment of any regular or
9 special session, file an account together with
10 supporting documents whenever possible in the
11 office of the Majority Leader of such expenses
12 since the filing of the prior account............ 1,139,000
13 For the payment to the Special Leadership
14 Account (D) for payment of salaries, wages and
15 all other incidental expenses incurred in hiring
16 personnel and staff for services which in the
17 opinion of the Minority Leader may be required or
18 arise during Legislative Sessions and during the
19 interim between Legislative Sessions and for the
20 payment of all other expenses related to the
21 performance of his duties and responsibilities.
22 The sum appropriated shall be paid on warrant of
23 the State Treasurer in favor of the Minority Leader
24 on the presentation of his requisition for the same.
25 The Minority Leader shall, not later than 30 days
26 after the termination of his term of office or
27 until his successor is elected and also within 30
28 days after the adjournment of any regular or
29 special session, file an account together with
30 supporting documents whenever possible in the
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1 office of the Minority Leader of such expenses
2 since the filing of the prior account............ 1,139,000
3 For allocation in such amounts as may be desig-
4 nated by the Legislative Management Committee (R)
5 to the several standing committees (other than the
6 Appropriations Committee) of the House for payment
7 of compensation of counsel, research assistance and
8 other staff personnel hired and assigned to work
9 on behalf of the chairman and the majority members
10 of such standing committees of the House and for
11 other necessary expenses incurred. Upon presenta-
12 tion of requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the
13 House for such compensation or expenses, such shall
14 be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer directly
15 to and in favor of the persons designated in such
16 requisitions as entitled to receive such compensa-
17 tion or expenses. An accounting, together with
18 supporting documents whenever possible, shall be
19 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk of such
20 expenses since the filing of the prior account... 2,403,000
21 For allocation in such amounts as may be desig-
22 nated by the Legislative Management Committee (D)
23 to the several standing committees (other than the
24 Appropriations Committee) of the House for payment
25 of compensation of counsel, research assistants
26 and other staff personnel hired and assigned to
27 work on behalf of the minority members of such
28 standing committees of the House and for other
29 necessary expenses incurred. Upon presentation of
30 requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the House for
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1 such compensation or expenses, such shall be paid
2 on warrant of the State Treasurer directly to and
3 in favor of the persons designated in such requisi-
4 tions as entitled to receive such compensation or
5 expenses. An accounting, together with supporting
6 documents whenever possible, shall be filed in the
7 office of the Chief Clerk of such expenses since
8 the filing of the prior account.................. 2,403,000
9 For the Commonwealth Emergency Medical System. 25,000
10 For the school for new members................ 10,000
11 All appropriations made in this act or in any other fiscal
12 year to any account of the House of Representatives remaining
13 unexpended and unencumbered on the effective date of this part,
14 may be transferred by the Bi-partisan Management Committee, in
15 its discretion, to such House accounts as the committee deems
16 necessary to implement the provisions of sections 21.1 through
17 21.13 inclusive of the act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925,
18 No.417), referred to as the Legislative Officers and Employes
19 Law, said sections added by the act of December 10, 1979
20 (P.L.488, No.104). Such power to transfer appropriations shall
21 be limited to the 1980-1981 fiscal year.
22 To the Legislative Reference Bureau
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses for the work of the Legislative
25 Reference Bureau including the Documents Law
26 Section.......................................... $1,657,000
27 For contingent expenses connected with the
28 work of the Legislative Reference Bureau to be
29 paid on warrants of the State Treasurer in favor
30 of the director on the presentation of his requisi-
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1 tions for the same. The director shall file
2 accounting of said expenses together with support-
3 ing documents whenever possible in the office of
4 the Legislative Reference Bureau................. 10,000
5 For the editing, printing and distribution of
6 laws (including the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes) and related expenses................... 155,000
8 Advance copies of statutes and volumes of the
9 Laws of Pennsylvania shall be printed under con-
10 tracts entered into by the Legislative Reference
11 Bureau (without the intervention of any other
12 State agency or officer and without regard to any
13 other statute regulating printing contracts) and
14 distributed (without regard to any other statute
15 regulating distribution of laws) as determined by
16 the Bureau and moneys from sales shall be made to
17 the Bureau or the Department of General Services,
18 as the Bureau shall determine, which shall pay the
19 same into the State Treasury to the credit of the
20 General Fund. Such moneys are hereby appropriated
21 from the General Fund to the Legislative Reference
22 Bureau for the editing, printing and distribution
23 of such laws and related expenses.
24 For the printing of Pennsylvania Bulletin and
25 Pennsylvania Code................................ 775,000
26 To the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
27 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
28 expenses for the work of the Legislative Budget
29 and Finance Committee upon presentation of requi-
30 sitions for the same from the chairman to be paid
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1 on warrants of the State Treasurer directly to
2 and in favor of the person named in said
3 requisitions..................................... $365,000
4 To the Legislative Data Processing Committee
5 For the operation of the Legislative Data
6 Processing Center upon presentation of requisi-
7 tions for the same from the chairman to be paid
8 on warrants of the State Treasurer directly to
9 and in favor of the person named in said
10 requisitions..................................... $1,000,000
11 To the Joint State Government Commission
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the work of the Joint State Government
14 Commission upon presentation of requisitions for
15 the same from the chairman to be paid on warrants
16 of the State Treasurer directly to and in favor of
17 the person named in said requisition, the chairman
18 shall file an accounting of said expenses together
19 with supporting documents whenever possible in the
20 office of the Joint State Government Commission.. $1,185,000
21 To the Local Government Commission
22 For the salaries, wages and all expenses
23 necessary for the work of the Local Government
24 Commission upon presentation of requisitions for
25 the same from the chairman to be paid on warrants
26 of the State Treasurer directly to and in favor
27 of the person named in said requisitions......... $192,000
28 For the compilation and distribution of various
29 municipal codes.................................. 18,000
30 To the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution
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1 Control Commission
2 For the salaries and expenses of the State
3 Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
4 Commission upon presentation of requisitions for
5 the same from the chairman to be paid on warrants
6 of the State Treasurer directly to and in favor
7 of the person named in said requisitions......... $162,000
8 To the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
9 and the Secretary of the Senate Jointly
10 For the purchase of Pennsylvania and National
11 flags to be sent to residents of Pennsylvania.... $40,000
12 To the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission
13 For the salaries, wages and all expenses
14 necessary for the work of the commission......... $343,000
15 To the Ethics Commission
16 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
17 expenses for the work of the Ethics Commission... $359,000
18 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
19 Supreme Court
20 For the Supreme Court: including the
21 salaries and expenses for the Supreme Court
22 judges, for the office of prothonotary and for
23 the library in the Eastern District and
24 Western District, for the office of prothonotary
25 in the Middle District, for criers, tipstaves,
26 official stenographers, court officers and the law
27 secretary of the Chief Justice in Eastern, Middle
28 and Western Districts and Workmen's Compensation
29 Insurance Premiums for all Supreme Court employees,
30 for the office of State reporters; including the
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1 salaries and compensation of employees and expenses
2 of judges; including the fees for prothonotaries
3 of the Supreme Court of the Eastern, Middle and
4 Western Districts on assignment to judges to
5 counties other than their own; including the
6 salaries and expenses of the State Board of Law
7 Examiners including the Judicial Inquiry and
8 Review Board; including printing and miscellaneous
9 expenses; including the expenses of procedural
10 rules committees................................. $3,310,000
11 Court Administrator, including the expenses of
12 the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania and the
13 District Justice Administrator................... 1,700,000
14 For District Justices Education............... 258,000
15 For the Commission on Sentencing.............. 193,000
16 Superior Court
17 For the salaries and expenses of the Superior
18 Court: including the salary and expenses of the
19 Superior Court judges, for criers, tipstaves,
20 official stenographers, court officers and law
21 secretary of the president judge and Workmen's
22 Compensation Insurance Premiums for all employees
23 of the Superior Court, for the Prothonotary's
24 Office in the Philadelphia District; including
25 salaries and compensation for employees and
26 expenses of judges; including the expenses of
27 dockets, stationery, supplies, books for the
28 library and other costs of the Superior Court and
29 its offices...................................... $4,100,000
30 For the panelization of judges................ 600,000
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1 Commonwealth Court
2 For the salaries and expenses of judges and
3 employees........................................ $2,708,000
4 Courts of Common Pleas
5 For the Courts of Common Pleas: including the
6 salaries and expenses of judges; including the
7 expenses of traveling judges; including the mileage
8 in divided judicial districts; including the
9 salaries and mileage of associate judges and for
10 the payment of a per diem salary, mileage and
11 miscellaneous expenses to retired or active visit-
12 ing judges for the performance of their official
13 duties........................................... $19,807,000
14 Community Courts - District Justices of the Peace
15 For the salaries of Community Court Judges and
16 District Justices of the Peace................... $15,534,000
17 Philadelphia Traffic Court
18 For the salaries and expenses of judges....... $184,000
19 Philadelphia Municipal Court
20 For the salaries and expenses of judges....... $1,336,000
21 For law clerks, one for each judge, excluding
22 the president judge.............................. 133,000
23 Miscellaneous
24 For the payment to the counties in reimbursement
25 of the direct costs incurred by the counties in the
26 administration and operation of all courts and for
27 offices of justices and judges of the Supreme,
28 Superior and Commonwealth Courts in the county of
29 their residence. Costs incurred by the counties
30 in the administration and operation of all courts
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1 means costs as reported to the Department of
2 Community Affairs in the county's annual financial
3 report forms under the heading (a) "Judicial," but
4 confined to the subheading: (160) courts, excluding
5 capital outlay. If a city coterminous with a
6 county does not report on the Department of
7 Community Affairs' form, its figures from the
8 same subheading, set forth in the department
9 forms, shall be used: Provided, That such
10 payments shall be made to the county treasurer
11 and in cities of the first class coterminous with
12 counties of the first class to the city treasurer:
13 And provided further, That in the event the amount
14 herein appropriated is not sufficient to reimburse
15 all such costs, payments shall be made to the
16 counties in the proportion which the costs of each
17 county bears to the total costs of all counties
18 during the most recently completed fiscal year:
19 And provided further, That in making allocations
20 and payments hereunder, the Court Administrator of
21 Pennsylvania shall, except for county offices of
22 justices and judges of the Supreme, Superior and
23 Commonwealth Courts, exclude all costs which are
24 not properly reportable under the heading herein-
25 above specified.................................. $24,000,000
26 PART III
27 Supplemental General Fund Appropriations 1979-1980
28 Section 301. The following sums, or as much thereof as may
29 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
30 General Fund to supplement the appropriation received pursuant
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1 to the act of July 4, 1979 (P.L.626, No.9A), known as the
2 "General Appropriation Act of 1979," by the several hereinafter
3 named agencies of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial
4 Departments of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries,
5 wages or other compensation and travel expense of the duly
6 elected or appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth,
7 for payment of fees of contractual services rendered, for the
8 purchase of rental of goods, services, printing, equipment, land
9 and buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided
10 by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the
11 duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
12 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
13 1979 and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
14 at the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1979. These
15 sums are in addition to or replacement for any amount received
16 under the "General Appropriation Act of 1979," and shall be
17 subject to the same restrictions and limitations as contained in
18 that act.
19 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
20 To the Governor
21 For the administration and operation of the
22 Governor's Energy Council......................... $220,000
23 For the administration and operation of the
24 Commission on Crime and Delinquency............... 727,000
25 To the Treasury Department
26 For payment of legal fees, publication of
27 advertisements, costs of engraving and other
28 expenses incurred in issuing of tax anticipation
29 notes............................................ $80,000
30 To the Department of Agriculture
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1 For payment into the State Farm Products Show
2 Fund to pay for that portion of the Farm Show and
3 maintenance to Farm Show Building that is not
4 paid from Farm Show revenues...................... $285,000
5 For payment of compensation to owners of animals
6 destroyed in disease eradication program......... 187,000
7 To the Department of Commerce
8 For the purpose of contracting to provide
9 advertising for attracting tourists and
10 business and industry to the Commonwealth........ $1,000,000
11 To the Department of Education
12 For the operation, maintenance and admini-
13 stration of the State colleges and State-owned
14 university including the McKeever Environmental
15 Center........................................... $2,759,000
16 For payment of subsidies to school districts on
17 account of basic instructional and vocational edu-
18 cation costs: Provided, That the Secretary of
19 Education, with the approval of the Governor, may
20 make payments from this appropriation in advance
21 of the due date prescribed by law to school dis-
22 tricts which are financially handicapped, whenever
23 he shall deem it necessary to make such advanced
24 payments to enable the school districts to keep
25 their public schools open........................ 8,432,000
26 For payments to school districts and inter-
27 mediate units on account of pupil transporta-
28 tion............................................. 3,313,000
29 For payment for tuition to school districts
30 providing education to nonresident orphaned
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1 children placed in private homes by the court
2 and nonresident inmates of children's institu-
3 tions............................................ 2,275,000
4 For payment into the Social Security Contribu-
5 tion Fund the Commonwealth's share of Federal Social
6 Security taxes for public school employees....... 2,300,000
7 For payment of required contribution into the
8 contingent reserve and supplemental accounts of
9 the Public School Employees' Retirement Fund for
10 Federally funded teachers positions.............. 12,495,000
11 To the Department of Environmental Resources
12 For State forestry operations................. $200,000
13 For payment of annual fixed charges in lieu
14 of taxes to counties, school districts and town-
15 ships on forest lands............................ 14,000
16 To the Department of General Services
17 Harristown rental charges..................... $157,000
18 For payments to the City of Philadelphia for
19 municipal overburden resulting from police and
20 fire protection for State facilities located within
21 Philadelphia and for the reimbursement of expenses
22 incurred by the police department for highway patrol
23 and traffic regulation on interstate highways within
24 the boundaries of Philadelphia................... 6,000,000
25 For payments to Allegheny County for municipal
26 overburden resulting from police protection to
27 State facilities located within Allegheny County
28 and in lieu of taxes for State facilities located
29 in Allegheny County.............................. 4,000,000
30 For payments in lieu of taxes to the City of
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1 Scranton for the State office building and the
2 Bureau of Employment Security Office located
3 within the city.................................. 428,000
4 For payments in lieu of taxes to the City of
5 Altoona for the State office building............ 45,000
6 For payments in lieu of taxes to the following
7 municipalities for Bureau of Employment Security
8 Offices located within such municipalities:
9 City of Butler............................ 5,000
10 City of Coatesville....................... 8,000
11 City of Easton............................ 28,000
12 City of Erie.............................. 35,000
13 City of Pittston.......................... 10,000
14 City of Sharon............................ 2,000
15 City of Uniontown......................... 6,000
16 Township of Loyalsock..................... 5,000
17 For payments in lieu of taxes to the cities,
18 boroughs, towns or townships in which are located
19 the State-owned university and the State-owned
20 colleges at the rate of $50,000 per city, borough,
21 town or township.................................. 700,000
22 To the Department of Health
23 For the operation of Bureau of Vital
24 Statistics....................................... $100,000
25 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
26 tion of the Elizabethtown Hospital for Children
27 and Youth........................................ 350,000
28 Three Mile Island health related studies...... 102,000
29 To the Department of Justice
30 For Legal Services............................ $12,000
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1 For the operation and administration of the
2 Pennsylvania Crime Commission.................... 154,000
3 For the operation, maintenance and adminis-
4 tration of the State Correctional Institutions
5 and Community Treatment Centers.................. 389,000
6 For Consumer Protection....................... 7,000
7 For Consumer Protection - Scranton Office..... 31,000
8 To the Department of Labor and Industry
9 For the migrant labor camp regulation
10 program.......................................... $270,000
11 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the proper administration of the
14 Board of Probation and Parole for reintegration
15 of offenders..................................... $98,000
16 Payments for grants-in-aid to counties for
17 providing improved adult probation services...... 10,000
18 To the Department of Public Welfare
19 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
20 tion of the State institutions for the mentally
21 ill and the mentally retarded.................... $14,785,000
22 For medical assistance payments............... 465,856,000
23 The fee for the hospital component for out-
24 patient visits at those hospital clinics and
25 emergency rooms and independent neighborhood
26 clinics meeting the special criteria for clinic
27 participation established in medical assistance
28 regulation 9412.11 shall be $15 a visit effec-
29 tive July 1, 1979 and for the duration of the
30 fiscal period 1979-1980. A portion of the in-
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1 crease in this appropriation for medical assis-
2 tance payments provided for in this supple-
3 mentary part shall be used specifically for the
4 increase in the outpatient fee which increase
5 in such outpatient fee shall be retroactive
6 to July 1, 1979.
7 For public nursing home payments.............. 8,466,000
8 For payment to private nursing homes for
9 obligations incurred as a result of skilled
10 nursing care and intermediate care for persons
11 eligible for medical assistance services pay-
12 ment required to be made within 30 days for
13 obligations incurred as a result of reimburse-
14 ment and ceilings published on November 24,
15 1979 for purposes of complying with Federal
16 requirements..................................... 18,146,000
17 For payment to counties for child welfare
18 programs and for the care of delinquent and
19 deprived children committed by the courts to a
20 private or public facility....................... 26,200,000
21 To the Department of Transportation
22 For urban mass transportation assistance for
23 grants to local transportation organizations to
24 be used only for purchase of service projects
25 and advertising and promotion programs........... $6,000,000
26 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
27 To the Senate
28 Legislative Printing and Expenses including
29 furniture, equipment, renovations and salaries
30 of certain employees of the Senate Duplicating
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1 Room............................................. $1,859,000
2 To the House of Representatives
3 Expenses - Representatives: In addition to
4 annual reimbursement for expenses heretofore
5 authorized by law for each member of the House of
6 Representatives, each member shall be entitled to
7 reimbursement for actual expenses, not exceeding
8 the sum of $2,500, incurred for lodging and meals
9 while away from home on official legislative
10 business, official postage, staff and all other
11 expenses incidental to legislative duties. Such
12 additional accountable expense amount shall be
13 available for all such accountable expenses
14 incurred during the fiscal year 1979-1980........ $1,563,000
15 To the Local Government Commission
16 For the salaries, wages and all expenses
17 necessary for the work of the Local Government
18 Commission upon presentation of requisitions
19 for the same from the chairman to be paid on
20 warrants of the State Treasurer directly to
21 and in favor of the person named in said
22 requisitions..................................... $192,000
23 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
24 Supreme Court
25 Court Administrator, including the expenses
26 of the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania and the
27 District Justice Administrator created by the act
28 of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1014, No.204)............... $164,000
29 Section 302. The following appropriations set forth in the
30 act of July 4, 1979 (P.L.626, No.9A), known as the "General
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1 Appropriation Act of 1979," are repealed as hereinafter set
2 forth:
3 (1) Except for $280,000, the remainder of the appropriation
4 to the Governor to provide matching funds for a Federal grant
5 for energy conservation is repealed.
6 (2) The appropriation to the Governor to provide for the
7 payment of State matching funds to local units for local law
8 enforcement is repealed in its entirety.
9 (3) The appropriation to the Department of Commerce to
10 provide for contracts for advertising for tourists and business
11 and industry allocation to the Commonwealth is repealed in its
12 entirety.
13 (4) Except for $22,271,000, the remainder of the
14 appropriation to the Department of Environmental Resources for
15 State parks is repealed.
16 (5) Except for $300,000, the remainder of the appropriation
17 to the Department of Environmental Resources for grants to
18 counties, municipalities and authorities to assist them in
19 preparing official plans for sewage systems is repealed.
20 (6) The appropriation to the Department of Labor and
21 Industry for the migrant labor camp inspection program is
22 repealed in its entirety.
23 (7) The appropriation to the Department of Public Welfare
24 for medical assistance payments and its attendant fee language
25 is repealed in its entirety.
26 (8) The appropriation to the Senate for legislative printing
27 and expenses including furniture, equipment and renovations is
28 repealed in its entirety.
29 (9) The appropriation to the House of Representatives for
30 expenses for Representatives is repealed in its entirety.
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1 (10) The appropriation to the Local Government Commission
2 for the salaries, wages and all expenses necessary for the work
3 of the Local Government Commission is repealed in its entirety.
4 (11) Except for $16,937,000, the remainder of the
5 appropriation to the Courts of Common Pleas including the
6 salaries and expenses of judges; including the expenses of
7 traveling judges; including the mileage in divided judicial
8 districts; including the salaries and mileage of associate
9 judges and for the payment of a per diem salary, mileage and
10 miscellaneous expenses to retired or active visiting judges for
11 the performance of their official duties is repealed.
12 PART IV
13 Miscellaneous Provisions
14 Section 401. This act is not intended to be inconsistent
15 with or to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or
16 any prior session of the General Assembly regulating the
17 purchase of supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the
18 purchase, maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of
19 making payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the
20 functioning of any administrative department, board or
21 commission.
22 Section 402. No appropriation made by this act to any
23 department, board, commission or agency of the Executive
24 Department shall be available unless and until such department,
25 board, commission or agency shall have complied with sections
26 615 and 616 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27 as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
28 Section 403. Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment
29 shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered until
30 contracts covering said purchase have been entered into with the
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1 vendors.
2 Section 404. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by
3 this act, moneys received in payment for food and household
4 supplies furnished to employees and other persons, except
5 inmates, by an institution, and moneys received from the
6 proceeds from the sale of any products of the soil, meats,
7 livestock, timber, or other materials sold by the department
8 shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby appropriated
9 out of the General Fund to the several respective institutions
10 for the operation and maintenance of said institutions.
11 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this act, all
12 moneys received from any other source, except the Federal
13 Government, as contributions for the programs provided herein,
14 or as payment for services or materials furnished by one
15 institution to another, except those collections designated as
16 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby
17 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the
18 respective appropriations.
19 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by
20 this act, all moneys received by a department or agency of the
21 Commonwealth from any other sources, except the Federal
22 Government, as contributions or supplements to the department or
23 agency for a program or administration of an act included in
24 this act shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to the
25 appropriation for that program or administration of the act.
26 Section 405. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), that
27 part of all appropriations in this act unexpended, uncommitted
28 and unencumbered as of June 30, 1981 shall automatically lapse
29 as of that date.
30 (b) The appropriations to the Department of Community
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1 Affairs for grants for housing and redevelopment pursuant to the
2 act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633, No.493), known as the "Housing
3 and Redevelopment Assistance Law," and to the Legislative
4 Department shall be continuing appropriations.
5 PART V
6 Effective Dates
7 Section 501. (a) Parts I and III of this act shall take
8 effect immediately.
9 (b) The remainder of the act shall take effect July 1, 1980.
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