PRINTER'S NO. 2238
No. 1748 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY FISHER, PETERSON, SHAFFER AND TILGHMAN,
MAY 22, 1992
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 22, 1992
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3),
2 entitled "An act providing for the establishment and
3 operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an
4 instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-
5 related university in the higher education system of the
6 Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the
7 composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and
8 the power and duties of such trustees; authorizing
9 appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General
10 Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of
11 expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public
12 support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of
13 bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring
14 the chancellor to make an annual report of the operations of
15 the University of Pittsburgh," making appropriations for
16 carrying the same into effect; providing for a basis for
17 payments of such appropriations; and providing a method of
18 accounting for the funds appropriated.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
22 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
23 University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 1992, to
24 June 30, 1993, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
25 (1) For educational and general expenses...... $119,314,000
1 (2) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine only. 6,239,000
2 (3) For operation of dental clinics in the
3 school of dentistry............................... 1,030,000
4 (4) To enhance the recruitment and retention
5 of disadvantaged students......................... 300,000
6 (5) For general maintenance and operation of
7 the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic...... 7,693,000
8 (6) For the teen suicide center at the Western
9 Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.................. 497,000
10 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on
11 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
12 section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal
13 year.
14 Section 3. If necessary, the University of Pittsburgh may
15 transfer funds between the appropriations listed in section 1(1)
16 and (2): Provided, That the aggregate amount transferred into or
17 out of each appropriation during the fiscal year shall not
18 exceed 5% of the amount specifically appropriated for that
19 purpose.
20 Section 4. (a) Payments to the University of Pittsburgh of
21 the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
22 during the fiscal year.
23 (b) Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
24 the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
25 estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of
26 Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly
27 and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
28 on which such payment is to be made.
29 Section 5. (a) The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
30 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
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1 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
2 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
3 120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
4 relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
5 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
6 General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
7 branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
8 purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
9 this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
10 as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
11 appropriation during said fiscal year.
12 (b) Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be
13 reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
14 shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by
15 this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
16 not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
17 and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
18 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
19 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
20 shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
21 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
22 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of
23 Section 6. The report covering the 12-month period beginning
24 with the summer term 1992 shall include for all programs of the
25 university:
26 (1) Minimum number of credits required for a baccalaureate
27 degree and for a master's degree.
28 (2) Number of bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, first
29 professional degrees and doctoral degrees awarded in 1990, 1991,
30 1992 and estimated 1993.
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1 Section 7. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide full,
2 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
3 Department of Education or the Majority Chairman or the Minority
4 Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
5 Majority Chairman or the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations
6 Committee of the House of Representatives.
7 Section 8. The University of Pittsburgh shall report its
8 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
9 required under the provisions of this act in accordance with
10 generally accepted accounting principles and procedures for
11 educational institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education
12 Finance Manual, United States Department of Health, Education
13 and Welfare (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
14 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
15 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
16 Universities."
17 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 1992, or
18 immediately, whichever is later.
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