PRINTER'S NO. 1823

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1555 Session of 1991


        INTRODUCED BY EVANS, JUNE 5, 1991

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 5, 1991

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of
     2     Pennsylvania.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  (a)  The following sums, or as much thereof as
     6  may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
     7  University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 1991, to
     8  June 30, 1992, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
     9     (1)  For instruction, excluding Veterinary
    10  Medicine programs and Doctor of Medicine..........   $12,475,000
    11     (2)  For dental clinics........................       800,000
    12     (3)  For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
    13  program...........................................     3,447,000
    14     (4)  For instruction in Veterinary Medicine
    15  programs only.....................................     8,005,000
    16     (5)  For the New Bolton Animal Center..........     3,924,000
    17     (6)  For the Center for Animal Health and


     1  Productivity......................................     1,290,000
     2     (7)  For food and animal clinics and services..     2,113,000
     3     (b)  The final payment totaling no less than 25% of the
     4  appropriation in subsection (a)(1) is contingent on the
     5  Secretary of Education certifying to the General Assembly that
     6  the University of Pennsylvania has fully cooperated in the
     7  Department of Education's efforts to fulfill the requirements of
     8  the higher education accountability appropriation to the
     9  Department of Education.
    10     Section 2.  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania on
    11  account of the appropriations for the items provided in section
    12  1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
    13  basis of costs during the fiscal year.
    14     Section 3.  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
    15  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
    16  the Department of Education or the Majority Chairman or the
    17  Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
    18  or the Majority Chairman or the Minority Chairman of the
    19  Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
    20     Section 4.  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
    21  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    22  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    23  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    24  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
    25  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    26  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    27  Related Colleges and Universities."
    28     Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1991, or
    29  immediately, whichever is later.

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