PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3744 PRINTER'S No. 3828
No. 2742 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, JUNE 13, 1996
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 24, 1996
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. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
6 necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
7 University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 1996, to
8 June 30, 1997, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
9 (1) For instruction to Pennsylvania residents,
10 excluding Veterinary Medicine programs and Doctor
11 of Medicine....................................... $9,489,000 <--
12 OF MEDICINE....................................... $9,089,000 <--
13 (2) For dental clinics........................ 994,000
14 (3) For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
15 program........................................... 4,280,000
16 (4) For instruction in Veterinary Medicine
17 programs only..................................... 10,420,000
1 (5) For the New Bolton Animal Center.......... 7,118,000 <--
2 (5) FOR THE NEW BOLTON ANIMAL CENTER. OF THIS <--
3 AMOUNT $400,000 SHALL BE USED FOR RENOVATIONS TO
4 THE TOXICOLOGY LABORATORY......................... 7,518,000
5 (6) For the Center for Animal Health and
6 Productivity...................................... 1,201,000
7 (7) For food and animal clinics and services.. 1,968,000
8 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pennsylvania on
9 account of the appropriations for the items provided in section
10 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
11 basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary shall not
12 release more than the first quarterly payment until such time as
13 the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania agree in writing
14 to include a minimum of four members appointed by the General
15 Assembly. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
16 Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
17 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
18 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
19 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
20 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
21 with that of their appointing authority.
22 Section 3. The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
23 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
24 the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
25 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
26 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
27 Committee of the House of Representatives.
28 Section 4. The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
29 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
30 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
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1 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
2 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
3 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
4 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
5 Related Colleges and Universities."
6 Section 5. The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
7 shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
8 both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
9 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
10 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
11 by September 30, 1997, on how State-appropriated funds were
12 expended for fiscal year 1996-1997 to reduce the costs to
13 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
14 Pennsylvania residents.
15 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1996, or
16 immediately, whichever is later.
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