HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2 PRINTER'S NO. 29
No. 2 Special Session No. 2 of 1995-1996
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, MOWERY, HUGHES, LOEPER, MELLOW,
JUBELIRER, MUSTO, LEMMOND, PORTERFIELD, DELP, STAPLETON,
PUNT, STEWART, WENGER, STOUT, FISHER, TARTAGLIONE, SALVATORE,
ANDREZESKI, CORMAN, GERLACH, BELAN, HECKLER, BODACK, PICCOLA,
FUMO, THOMPSON, LAVALLE, PETERSON, MADIGAN, RHOADES, ROBBINS,
HELFRICK, TOMLINSON, O'PAKE AND AFFLERBACH, MARCH 12, 1996
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 29, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, increasing the amount of unexpended
3 Commonwealth appropriations available for transfer for
4 disaster assistance; AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL POWERS <--
5 OF LOCAL AGENCIES.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 7307 SECTIONS 7307 AND 7705(C) of Title <--
9 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is ARE amended to <--
10 read:
11 § 7307. Use and appropriation of unused Commonwealth funds.
12 Whenever the Governor has declared a disaster emergency, he
13 may transfer any unused funds which may have been appropriated
14 for the ordinary expenses of the Commonwealth Government in the
15 General Fund to such Commonwealth agencies as the Governor may
16 direct to be expended for relief of disaster in such manner as
1 the Governor shall approve, and the funds are hereby
2 appropriated to the Governor for such purposes. The total of
3 such transfers shall not exceed [$5,000,000] $10,000,000 in any
4 one year except by action of the General Assembly.
5 § 7705. SPECIAL POWERS OF LOCAL AGENCIES. <--
6 * * *
7 (C) REIMBURSEMENT.--WHENEVER THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE
8 PROCLAIMED A DISASTER EMERGENCY UNDER SECTION 7301(C), HE SHALL
9 HAVE POWER TO TRANSFER ANY UNUSED FUNDS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN
10 APPROPRIATED FOR THE ORDINARY EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT IN THE
11 GENERAL FUND TO SUCH COMMONWEALTH AGENCIES AS HE MAY DIRECT TO
12 BE EXPENDED FOR REIMBURSEMENTS AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (A)
13 AND (B). SUCH REIMBURSEMENTS SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
14 AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY REGULATIONS ISSUED BY SUCH AGENCY
15 OR AGENCIES AS THE GOVERNOR MAY DESIGNATE TO ADMINISTER THE
16 REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B).
17 THE TOTAL OF SUCH TRANSFERS SHALL NEVER EXCEED [$1,000,000]
18 $2,000,000 IN ANY ONE YEAR EXCEPT BY ACTION OF THE GENERAL
19 ASSEMBLY.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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