PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 949, 1293, 1414 PRINTER'S NO. 1725
No. 847 Session of 1997
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. 847, entitled:
"An act to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the
Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for the
fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, * * * and for the
payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1997.
TO PROVIDE FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE
EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, THE PUBLIC DEBT AND FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1997, TO JUNE 30, 1998, * * * AND FOR THE
PAYMENT OF BILLS INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE CLOSE OF
THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1996,"
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
JOHN M. PERZEL
JOHN E. BARLEY
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
F. JOSEPH LOEPER
RICHARD A. TILGHMAN
VINCENT J. FUMO
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
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AN ACT
1 To provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the
2 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
3 Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for
4 the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for certain
5 institutions and organizations, and for the payment of bills
6 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
7 ending June 30, 1997; to provide appropriations from the
8 State Lottery Fund, the Energy Conservation and Assistance
9 Fund, the Hazardous Material Response Fund, The State Stores
10 Fund, the Milk Marketing Fund, the Home Investment Trust
11 Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the Ben
12 Franklin/IRC Partnership Fund, the Tuition Payment Fund, the
13 Banking Department Fund and the Firearm Ownership Fund to the
14 Executive Department; to provide appropriations from the
15 Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account to the Judicial
16 Department; to provide appropriations from the Motor License
17 Fund for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for
18 the proper operation of the several departments of the
19 Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police authorized to
20 spend Motor License Fund moneys; to provide for the
21 appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive and Judicial
22 Departments of the Commonwealth and for the establishment of
23 restricted receipt accounts for the fiscal year July 1, 1997,
24 to June 30, 1998, and for the payment of bills remaining
25 unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997;
26 and to provide for the additional appropriation of State and
27 Federal funds for the Executive and Judicial Departments of
28 the Commonwealth for the fiscal year July 1, 1996, to June
29 30, 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining
30 unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996.
31 TABLE OF CONTENTS
32 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
33 Section 101. Short title.
34 Section 102. Definitions.
35 Section 103. Abbreviations.
36 Section 104. State appropriations.
37 Section 105. Federal augmentation appropriations.
38 Section 106. Job Training Partnership Act appropriations.
39 Section 107. Block grants.
40 PART II. GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
41 FOR 1997-1998
42 SUBPART A. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
43 Section 201. Governor.
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1 Section 202. Executive Offices.
2 Section 203. Lieutenant Governor.
3 Section 204. Attorney General.
4 Section 205. Auditor General.
5 Section 206. Treasury Department.
6 Section 207. Department of Aging.
7 Section 208. Department of Agriculture.
8 Section 209. Department of Community and Economic Development.
9 Section 210. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
10 Section 211. Department of Corrections.
11 Section 212. Department of Education.
12 Section 213. Department of Environmental Protection.
13 Section 214. Department of General Services.
14 Section 215. Department of Health.
15 Section 216. Insurance Department.
16 Section 217. Department of Labor and Industry.
17 Section 218. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
18 Section 219. Department of Public Welfare.
19 Section 220. Department of Revenue.
20 Section 221. Department of State.
21 Section 222. Department of Transportation.
22 Section 223. Pennsylvania State Police.
23 Section 224. State Civil Service Commission.
24 Section 225. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
25 Section 226. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
26 Section 227. State System of Higher Education.
27 Section 228. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.
28 Section 229. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
29 Section 230. Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
30 Section 231. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.
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1 Section 232. Environmental Hearing Board.
2 Section 233. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
3 Section 234. Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission.
4 Section 235. Pennsylvania Securities Commission.
5 Section 236. State Employees' Retirement System.
6 Section 237. State Tax Equalization Board.
7 Section 238. Health Care Cost Containment Council.
8 Section 239. State Ethics Commission.
9 SUBPART B. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
10 Section 251. Senate.
11 Section 252. House of Representatives.
12 Section 253. Legislative Reference Bureau.
13 Section 254. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
14 Section 255. Legislative Data Processing Committee.
15 Section 256. Joint State Government Commission.
16 Section 257. Local Government Commission.
17 Section 258. Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control
18 and Conservation Committee.
19 Section 259. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.
20 Section 260. Independent Regulatory Review Commission.
21 Section 261. Capitol Preservation Committee.
22 Section 262. Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.
23 Section 263. Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
24 Section 264. Chief Clerks of Senate and House of
25 Representatives.
26 SUBPART C. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
27 Section 281. Supreme Court.
28 Section 282. Superior Court.
29 Section 283. Commonwealth Court.
30 Section 284. Courts of common pleas.
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1 Section 285. Community courts - district justices.
2 Section 286. Philadelphia Traffic Court.
3 Section 287. Philadelphia Municipal Court.
4 Section 288. Pittsburgh Magistrate Court.
5 Section 289. Judicial Conduct Board.
6 Section 290. Court of Judicial Discipline.
7 Section 291. Juror cost reimbursement.
8 Section 292. County court reimbursement.
9 PART III. STATE LOTTERY FUND
10 Section 301. Executive Offices.
11 Section 302. Department of Aging.
12 PART IV. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND
13 Section 401. Department of Environmental Protection.
14 Section 402. Department of Public Welfare.
15 PART V. JUDICIAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AUGMENTATION ACCOUNT
16 Section 501. Supreme Court.
17 PART VI. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATING FUND
18 Section 601. Department of Health.
19 PART VII. STATE STORES FUND
20 Section 701. Pennsylvania State Police.
21 PART VIII. MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
22 FOR 1997-1998
23 SUBPART A. MOTOR LICENSE FUND
24 Section 801. Department of Transportation.
25 Section 802. Executive Offices.
26 Section 803. Treasury Department.
27 Section 804. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
28 Section 805. Department of Education.
29 Section 806. Department of Environmental Protection.
30 Section 807. Department of General Services.
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1 Section 808. Department of Revenue.
2 Section 809. Pennsylvania State Police.
3 SUBPART B. AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT
4 Section 821. Department of Transportation.
5 Section 822. Treasury Department.
6 PART IX. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE FUND
7 Section 901. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
8 PART X. MILK MARKETING FUND
9 Section 1001. Milk Marketing Board.
10 PART XI. HOME INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
11 Section 1101. Department of Community and Economic Development.
12 PART XII. BEN FRANKLIN/IRC PARTNERSHIP FUND
13 Section 1201. Department of Community and Economic Development.
14 PART XIII. TUITION PAYMENT FUND
15 Section 1301. Treasury Department.
16 PART XIV. BANKING DEPARTMENT FUND
17 Section 1401. Department of Banking.
18 Section 1402. Department of General Services.
19 PART XV. FIREARM OWNERSHIP FUND
20 Section 1501. Pennsylvania State Police.
21 PART XVI. RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
22 Section 1601. General provisions.
23 Section 1602. Executive Offices.
24 Section 1603. Department of Community and Economic Development.
25 Section 1604. Department of Conservation and Natural
26 Resources.
27 Section 1605. Department of Education.
28 Section 1606. Department of Environmental Protection.
29 Section 1607. Department of Transportation.
30 Section 1608. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
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1 Section 1609. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2 PART XVII
3 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
4 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996-1997
5 SUBPART A
6 GENERAL PROVISIONS
7 Section 1701. State appropriations.
8 Section 1702. Federal augmentation appropriations.
9 Section 1703. Job Training Partnership Act appropriations.
10 Section 1704. Block grants.
11 SUBPART B
12 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
13 Section 1721. Executive Offices.
14 Section 1722. Treasury Department.
15 Section 1723. Department of Agriculture.
16 Section 1724. Department of Community and Economic Development.
17 Section 1725. Department of Education.
18 Section 1726. Department of Environmental Protection.
19 Section 1727. Department of Health.
20 Section 1728. Department of Public Welfare.
21 Section 1729. Department of Revenue.
22 Section 1730. Department of Transportation.
23 Section 1731. Pennsylvania State Police.
24 Section 1732. Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
25 Section 1733. Environmental Hearing Board.
26 SUBPART C
27 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
28 Section 1751. Supreme Court.
29 SUBPART D
30 ADDITIONAL MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
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1 FOR 1996-1997
2 Section 1771. Department of Transportation.
3 SUBPART E
4 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
5 Section 1791. Prior laws unaffected.
6 Section 1792. Compliance with other law before funds available.
7 Section 1793. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or
8 committing funds.
9 Section 1794. Minority business set-asides.
10 Section 1795. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous
11 sources.
12 Section 1796. Lapsing of unused funds.
13 Section 1797. Construction with prior appropriation acts.
14 Section 1798. Deduction of expended appropriations under prior
15 law.
16 PART XVIII. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL
17 FUNDS FOR 1997-1998
18 Section 1801. General Fund repository for Federal funds.
19 Section 1802. Limitation on encumbering or spending Federal
20 funds.
21 Section 1803. Appropriation of prior unspent Federal funds.
22 Section 1804. Subgrants between Federal fund appropriations.
23 Section 1805. Utilization of emergency Federal funds.
24 Section 1806. Transfer of Funds from TANFBG to CCDFBG.
25 PART XIX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 1997-1998
26 Section 1901. Prior laws unaffected.
27 Section 1902. Compliance with other law before funds available.
28 Section 1903. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or
29 committing funds.
30 Section 1904. Minority business set-asides.
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1 Section 1905. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous
2 sources.
3 Section 1906. Lapsing of unused funds.
4 Section 1907. Appellate courts appropriation contingency.
5 Section 1908. Transfer of excess funds.
6 Section 1909. Transfer of funds by the Supreme Court.
7 Section 1910. Transfer from Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund.
8 Section 1911. Transfer to Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund.
9 PART XX. EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 Section 2001. Effective date.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 PART I
14 GENERAL PROVISIONS
15 Section 101. Short title.--This act shall be known and may
16 be cited as the General Appropriation Act of 1997.
17 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
18 when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in
19 this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
20 "Employees." Includes all directors, superintendents, bureau
21 or division chiefs, assistant directors, assistant
22 superintendents, assistant chiefs, experts, scientists,
23 engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries,
24 auditors, inspectors, examiners, analysts, statisticians,
25 marshals, clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, messengers and
26 other assistants in any department, board or commission.
27 "Expenses" and "maintenance." Includes all printing, binding
28 and stationery, food and forage, materials and supplies,
29 traveling expenses, training, motor vehicle supplies and
30 repairs, freight, express and cartage, postage, telephones and
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1 telegraph rentals and toll charges, newspaper advertising and
2 notices, public advertising by or through any medium, fuel,
3 light, heat, power and water, minor construction and renovation,
4 repairs or reconstruction of equipment, buildings and
5 facilities, rent of real estate and equipment, premiums on
6 workers' compensation, insurance premiums on policies of
7 liability insurance, insurance premiums on medical payment
8 insurance and surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on
9 employee group life insurance and employee and retired employee
10 group hospital and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth
11 share of Social Security taxes and unemployment compensation
12 costs for State employees, the purchase of replacement or
13 additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental
14 costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of
15 General Services of mileage and other charges for the use of
16 automobiles and rental payments for permanently assigned
17 automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred
18 through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall
19 include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State
20 institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside
21 hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution
22 pay more for patient care than that provided under the State
23 medical assistance program.
24 Section 103. Abbreviations.--The following abbreviations
25 when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in
26 this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
27 "ADA." Americans with Disabilities.
28 "ARC." Appalachian Regional Commission.
29 "BG." Block grant.
30 "CCDBG." Child Care and Development Block Grant.
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1 "CCDFBG." Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant.
2 "CSBG." Community Services Block Grant.
3 "DCSI." Drug Control and Systems Improvement Formula Grant
4 Program.
5 "DFSC." Drug Free Schools and Communities Act.
6 "DOE." Department of Energy.
7 "EDA." Economic Development Administration.
8 "EEOC." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
9 "EPA." Environmental Protection Agency.
10 "EPCA." Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
11 "ESEA." Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
12 "FEMA." Federal Emergency Management Agency.
13 "FUTA." Federal Unemployment Tax Act.
14 "GED." General Education Development.
15 "HUD." Department of Housing and Urban Development.
16 "JTPA." Job Training Partnership Act.
17 "LIHEABG." Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.
18 "LSCA." Library Services Construction Act.
19 "LWCF." Land and Water Conservation Fund.
20 "MCHSBG." Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.
21 "MHSBG." Mental Health Services Block Grant.
22 "MH/MR." Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services.
23 "NCHS." National Center for Health Statistics.
24 "NPDES." National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
25 "NSF." National Science Foundation.
26 "PAFE." Pennsylvania Agricultural Foods Exposition.
27 "PEP." Pennsylvania Employment Program.
28 "PHHSBG." Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.
29 "PHRC." Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
30 "SABG." Substance Abuse Block Grant.
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1 "SCDBG." Small Communities Development Block Grant.
2 "SDA." Service Delivery Area.
3 "SSA." Social Security Act.
4 "SSBG." Social Services Block Grant.
5 "TANFBG." Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block
6 Grant.
7 "VA." Veterans' Administration.
8 "YDC." Youth Development Center.
9 Section 104. State appropriations.--(a) General Fund.--The
10 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
11 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
12 General Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the
13 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
14 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
15 compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
16 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the
17 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
18 purchase or rental of goods and services, printing, public
19 advertising by or through any medium, equipment, land and
20 buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided by
21 law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the
22 duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
23 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
24 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
25 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
26 (b) State Lottery Fund.--The following sums set forth in
27 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
28 specifically appropriated from the State Lottery Fund to the
29 several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department
30 of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
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1 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
2 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
3 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
4 goods and services and for payment of any other expenses, as
5 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
6 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
7 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
8 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
9 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
10 (c) Energy Conservation and Assistance Fund.--The following
11 sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be
12 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Energy
13 Conservation and Assistance Fund to the several hereinafter
14 named agencies of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth
15 for the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for
16 the purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment
17 of any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act,
18 necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and
19 activities and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the
20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills
21 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
22 ending June 30, 1997.
23 (d) Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account.--The
24 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
25 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
26 restricted receipt account established within the General Fund,
27 known as the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account, to
28 the Judicial Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of
29 salaries, wages or other compensation and travel expenses, for
30 the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
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1 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of
2 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary
3 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities
4 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year
5 beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred
6 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
7 30, 1997.
8 (e) Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund.--The
9 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
10 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
11 Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund to the several
12 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the
13 Commonwealth for the payment of fees for contractual services
14 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods and services and
15 for the payment of any other expenses, as provided by law or by
16 this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the duties,
17 functions and activities and for the purposes hereinafter set
18 forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for the
19 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of
20 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
21 (f) The State Stores Fund.--The following sums set forth in
22 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
23 specifically appropriated from The State Stores Fund to the
24 hereinafter named agency of the Executive Department of the
25 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
26 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
27 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
28 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
29 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
30 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
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1 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
2 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
4 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
5 (g) Motor License Fund.--The following sums, or as much
6 thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated from the
7 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
8 Executive Department for the payment of salaries, wages and
9 other compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
10 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
11 contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper
12 conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes
13 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
14 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
15 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
16 (h) Aviation Restricted Revenue Account.--The following
17 sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
18 appropriated from the Aviation Restricted Revenue Account in the
19 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
20 Executive Department for the purposes set forth herein for the
21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills
22 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year
23 ending June 30, 1997.
24 (i) Hazardous Material Response Fund.--The following sums
25 set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
26 are hereby specifically appropriated from the Hazardous Material
27 Response Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the
28 Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of fees
29 for contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
30 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
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1 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
2 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
3 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
4 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
5 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
6 (j) Milk Marketing Fund.--The following sums set forth in
7 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
8 specifically appropriated from the Milk Marketing Fund to the
9 several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department
10 of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
11 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
12 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
13 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
14 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
15 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
16 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
17 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
18 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
19 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
20 (k) Home Investment Trust Fund.--The following sums set
21 forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are
22 hereby specifically appropriated from the Home Investment Trust
23 Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive
24 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries,
25 wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the duly
26 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the
27 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
28 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of
29 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary
30 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities
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1 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year
2 beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred
3 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
4 30, 1997.
5 (l) Ben Franklin/IRC Partnership Fund.--The following sums
6 set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
7 are hereby specifically appropriated from the Ben Franklin/IRC
8 Partnership Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
9 Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of
10 salaries, wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the
11 duly appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
12 the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
13 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of
14 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary
15 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities
16 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year
17 beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred
18 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
19 30, 1997.
20 (m) Tuition Payment Fund.--The following sums set forth in
21 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
22 specifically appropriated from the Tuition Payment Fund to the
23 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the
24 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
25 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
26 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
27 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
28 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
29 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
30 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
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1 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
3 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
4 (n) Banking Department Fund.--The following sums set forth
5 in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
6 specifically appropriated from the Banking Department Fund to
7 the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of
8 the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
9 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
10 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
11 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
12 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
13 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
14 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
15 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
16 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
17 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
18 (o) Firearm Ownership Fund.--The following sums set forth in
19 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
20 specifically appropriated from the Firearm Ownership Fund to the
21 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the
22 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
23 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers
24 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for
25 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of
26 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as
27 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
28 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
29 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
30 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
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1 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997.
2 Section 105. Federal augmentation appropriations.--The
3 following Federal augmentation appropriations set forth in this
4 act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
5 specifically appropriated from the Federal augmentation funds to
6 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive and
7 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the payment of the
8 expenses of implementing and carrying out the programs stated
9 herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for the
10 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of
11 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997. Unless otherwise stated,
12 the appropriations include any carryovers from the prior fiscal
13 year.
14 Section 106. Job Training Partnership Act appropriations.--
15 The following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as
16 may be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
17 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds to the several
18 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the
19 Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses of implementing and
20 carrying out the program stated herein for the fiscal year
21 beginning July 1, 1997, and for the payment of bills incurred
22 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
23 30, 1997. Unless otherwise stated, the appropriations include
24 any carryover from the prior fiscal year.
25 Section 107. Block grants.--(a) Appropriation.--The
26 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
27 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
28 block grant (BG) funds to the several hereinafter named agencies
29 of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the
30 purposes, and under the restrictions, for which the funds are
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1 provided for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997.
2 (b) Small Communities Development Block Grant.--The Small
3 Communities Development Block Grant (SCDBG) is to assist small
4 cities and communities that have a high concentration of
5 impoverished citizens and substandard housing to expand their
6 low-income and moderate-income housing opportunities and to meet
7 community development needs.
8 (c) Community Services Block Grant.--The Community Services
9 Block Grant (CSBG) is to provide a range of services and
10 activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on
11 the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the
12 community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. In
13 addition, new focus may be placed on the unemployed, both old
14 and new. Local agencies may lower their eligibility requirements
15 for recipients to three months to allow greater flexibility to
16 assure proper consideration of each recipient.
17 (d) Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.--The
18 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) is
19 for the provision of preventive health and other health services
20 related to emergency medical systems, health initiative grants,
21 comprehensive public health, hypertension, fluoridation, health
22 education, risk reduction, home health, rape crisis, domestic
23 violence services and rodent control.
24 (e) Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.--The
25 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG) is to
26 enable states to maintain and strengthen their leadership in
27 planning, promoting, coordinating and evaluating health care for
28 pregnant women, mothers, infants and children, and children with
29 special health care needs, and in providing health services for
30 mothers and children who do not have access to adequate health
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1 care.
2 (f) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.--The Low-
3 Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant (LIHEABG) is to help
4 lessen the impact of the high cost of energy on low-income
5 families and individuals, including energy efficiency grants for
6 low-income dwellings. No less than 15% of the LIHEABG funds
7 received shall be used for weatherization. LIHEABG funds
8 received pursuant to a Presidential release of weather-related
9 contingency funds shall be exempt from the 15% requirement if
10 the weather emergency has an impact in Pennsylvania. Unexpended
11 weatherization funds which would result in LIHEABG funds being
12 returned to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services
13 may be spent for assistance grants at the discretion of the
14 Secretary of the Budget. The Secretary of the Budget shall
15 notify the Majority Chairman and the Minority Chairman of the
16 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Majority Chairman
17 and the Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
18 House of Representatives of the intent to reallocate any such
19 funds ten days prior to any reallocation.
20 (g) Social Services Block Grant.--The Social Services Block
21 Grant (SSBG) is for the provision of social services to eligible
22 persons.
23 (h) Child Care and Development Block Grant.--The Child Care
24 and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is for the provision of
25 direct child care or to increase the availability of child care
26 for low-income families.
27 (i) Mental Health Services Block Grant.--The Mental Health
28 Services Block Grant (MHSBG) provides funds for the provision of
29 services to adults with serious mental illness or children with
30 serious emotional disturbance.
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1 (j) Substance Abuse Block Grant.--The Substance Abuse Block
2 Grant (SABG) provides funds to establish and maintain programs
3 to combat alcohol and drug abuse.
4 (k) Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant.--The Child
5 Care and Development Fund Block Grant (CCDFBG) is for the
6 provision of direct child care or to increase the availability
7 of child care for low-income families.
8 (l) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant.--
9 The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANFBG)
10 provides funds for the provision of cash grants, child care,
11 training and support services, child welfare and administration
12 for eligible families and individuals.
13 PART II
14 GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
15 FOR 1997-1998
16 SUBPART A
17 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
18 Section 201. Governor.--The
19 following amounts are appropriated to
20 the Governor: Federal State
21 For the Office of the Governor:
22 including the maintenance of the
23 Governor's Home, the expense of
24 entertainment of official guests and
25 members of the General Assembly and
26 the Judiciary, participation in the
27 Governor's Conference, the expenses of
28 the Executive Board and the payment of
29 traveling expenses of persons other
30 than employees of the Commonwealth
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1 appointed by the Governor to represent
2 or otherwise serve the Commonwealth.
3 State appropriation........ 6,859,000
4 Section 202. Executive Offices.--
5 The following amounts are appropriated
6 to the Executive Offices: Federal State
7 For the Office of Administration.
8 State appropriation........ 7,041,000
9 The following Federal amounts are
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated to the Office of
12 Administration:
13 (1) "National Institute of
14 Justice."
15 Federal appropriation...... 619,000
16 For the Rural Development Council.
17 State appropriation........ 105,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated to the Rural Development
21 Council:
22 (1) "Rural Development."
23 Federal appropriation...... 143,000
24 (2) "Rural Development through
25 Forestry"
26 Federal appropriation...... 54,000
27 (3) "Economic Development -
28 Technical Assistance"
29 Federal appropriation...... 50,000
30 To the Office of Administration for
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1 payment of Medicare Part B enrollment
2 penalties.
3 State appropriation........ 480,000
4 For Radio System Development.
5 State appropriation........ 370,000
6 For the Technology Investment
7 Program.
8 State appropriation........ 9,150,000
9 For the Integrated Criminal Justice
10 System.
11 State appropriation........ 11,030,000
12 For the Inspector General.
13 State appropriation........ 2,219,000
14 For welfare fraud activities.
15 State appropriation........ 11,122,000
16 The following Federal amounts are
17 appropriated to supplement the sum
18 appropriated for welfare fraud
19 activities:
20 (1) "TANFBG - Program
21 Accountability"
22 Federal appropriation...... 1,475,000
23 For the Office of the Budget.
24 State appropriation........ 26,925,000
25 The following Federal amounts are
26 appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated for the Office of the
28 Budget:
29 (1) "JTPA - Program
30 Accountability."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 400,000
2 For the Pennsylvania Human
3 Relations Commission.
4 State appropriation........ 8,549,000
5 The following Federal amounts are
6 appropriated to supplement the sum
7 appropriated for the Pennsylvania
8 Human Relations Commission:
9 (1) "EEOC - Special Project
10 Grant."
11 Federal appropriation...... 1,500,000
12 (2) "HUD - Special Project Grant."
13 Federal appropriation...... 1,200,000
14 For the Governor's Advisory
15 Commission on Latino Affairs.
16 State appropriations....... 200,000
17 For grants to the arts.
18 State appropriation........ 9,282,000
19 The following Federal amounts are
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated for grants to the arts:
22 (1) "National Endowment for the
23 Arts - Basic State Grant."
24 Federal appropriation...... 900,000
25 For the Council on the Arts.
26 State appropriation........ 878,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for the Council on the
30 Arts:
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1 (1) "National Endowment for the
2 Arts - Administration."
3 Federal appropriation...... 175,000
4 For the Pennsylvania Commission for
5 Women.
6 State appropriation........ 250,000
7 For the Juvenile Court Judges
8 Commission.
9 State appropriation........ 2,188,000
10 For the Public Employee Retirement
11 Commission.
12 State appropriation........ 575,000
13 For the Pennsylvania Commission on
14 Crime and Delinquency.
15 State appropriation........ 5,655,000
16 The following Federal amounts are
17 appropriated to supplement the sum
18 appropriated for the Pennsylvania
19 Commission on Crime and Delinquency:
20 (1) "Plan for Juvenile Justice."
21 Federal appropriation...... 290,000
22 (2) "DCSI - Administration."
23 Federal appropriation...... 1,262,000
24 (3) "DCSI - Program Grants."
25 Federal appropriation...... 19,800,000
26 (4) "DCSI - Criminal History
27 Records."
28 Federal appropriation...... 10,000
29 (5) "Juvenile Justice - Title V."
30 Federal appropriation...... 50,000
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1 (6) "National Criminal History
2 Improvement Program."
3 Federal appropriation...... 2,500,000
4 (7) "Crime Victims' Payments."
5 Federal appropriation...... 1,800,000
6 (8) "Statistical Analysis Center."
7 Federal appropriation...... 75,000
8 (9) "Violence Against Women
9 Formula Grant Program."
10 Federal appropriation...... 5,400,000
11 (10) "Violence Against Women
12 Formula Grant Program -
13 Administration."
14 Federal appropriation...... 265,000
15 (11) "Juvenile Justice State
16 Challenge Grants."
17 Federal appropriation...... 1,200,000
18 (12) "Local Law Enforcement Block
19 Grant."
20 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
21 (13) "Truth in Sentencing
22 Incentive Grants."
23 Federal appropriation...... 20,000,000
24 (14) "Residential Substance Abuse
25 Treatment Program."
26 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000
27 (15) "DFSC - Special Program."
28 Federal appropriation...... 4,300,000
29 (16) "Crime Victims Assistance
30 (VOCA) - Administration."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 550,000
2 (17) "Local Law Enforcement and
3 Community Policing."
4 Federal appropriation...... 700,000
5 (18) "State Identification System
6 (SIS)."
7 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
8 (19) "PHHSBG - Communities that
9 Care."
10 Federal appropriation...... 550,000
11 For community crime prevention.
12 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
13 For payments for grants-in-aid to
14 counties for providing intermediate
15 punishment programs. These funds shall
16 be distributed to the various counties
17 based on the following formula: 50%
18 shall be based on the proportion of
19 offenders diverted from the county
20 prison system to county intermediate
21 punishment programs and 50% shall be
22 based on the proportion of offenders
23 diverted from the State correctional
24 system to the county prison system.
25 State appropriation........ 5,331,000
26 For intermediate punishment grants
27 for drug and alcohol treatment.
28 State appropriation........ 10,000,000
29 For Drug Education and Law
30 Enforcement.
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1 State appropriation........ 3,500,000
2 For the Office of General Counsel.
3 State appropriation........ 3,190,000
4 For payments of grants to political
5 subdivisions to assist in the
6 improvement of juvenile probation
7 services.
8 State appropriation........ 5,513,000
9 The following Federal amounts are
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated for juvenile probation
12 services:
13 (1) "TANFBG - Juvenile Probation
14 Emergency Services."
15 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
16 For the African-American
17 Commission.
18 State appropriation........ 325,000
19 Section 203. Lieutenant
20 Governor.--The following amounts are
21 appropriated to the Lieutenant
22 Governor: Federal State
23 For the Office of the Lieutenant
24 Governor, including payment of
25 expenses of the residence at the
26 Edward Martin Military Reservation.
27 State appropriation........ 712,000
28 For the Board of Pardons.
29 State appropriation........ 279,000
30 Section 204. Attorney General.--
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1 The following amounts are appropriated
2 to the Attorney General: Federal State
3 For general government operations
4 of the Office of Attorney General.
5 State appropriation........ 32,858,000
6 The following Federal amounts are
7 appropriated to supplement the sum
8 appropriated for general government
9 operations:
10 (1) "State Medicaid Fraud Control
11 Units."
12 Federal appropriation...... 3,099,000
13 (2) "Middle Atlantic - Great Lakes
14 Organized Crime Law Enforcement
15 Network."
16 Federal appropriation...... 3,317,000
17 For trials resulting from
18 indictments by multicounty grand
19 juries.
20 State appropriation........ 150,000
21 For Drug Law Enforcement.
22 State appropriation........ 18,160,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for drug law enforcement:
26 (1) "High intensity drug
27 trafficking areas."
28 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
29 For local drug task forces.
30 State appropriation........ 6,798,000
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1 For a capital appeals case unit.
2 State appropriation........ 500,000
3 Section 205. Auditor General.--The
4 following amounts are appropriated to
5 the Auditor General: Federal State
6 For the Department of the Auditor
7 General for postauditing, annually,
8 periodically or specially, the affairs
9 of any department, board or commission
10 which is supported out of the General
11 Fund, district justices, other fining
12 offices, Volunteer Firemen's Relief
13 Association Funds and the offices of
14 Statewide elected officials and for
15 the proper auditing of appropriations
16 for or relating to public assistance,
17 including any Federal sums
18 supplementing such appropriations.
19 State appropriation........ 38,074,000
20 For the Board of Claims.
21 State appropriation........ 1,500,000
22 For transfer to the Supplemental
23 State Assistance Fund for Municipal
24 Pension System State Aid.
25 State appropriation........ 549,000
26 Section 206. Treasury
27 Department.--The following amounts are
28 appropriated to the Treasury
29 Department: Federal State
30 For general government operations
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1 of the Treasury Department.
2 State appropriation........ 19,994,000
3 For the Board of Finance and
4 Revenue.
5 State appropriation........ 1,826,000
6 For the payment of the
7 Commonwealth's portion of the expenses
8 of various councils, commissions,
9 conferences, boards, associations,
10 coalitions and institutes which are
11 multistate organizations of which the
12 Commonwealth is a member and which
13 membership enables the Commonwealth
14 government to represent the citizens
15 of Pennsylvania, such organizations
16 being designed to promote or protect
17 the member states' interests, or which
18 promote governmental financial
19 excellence or accountability. Any such
20 payment shall be made on requisition
21 of the Governor on behalf of the
22 organization which shall file an
23 accounting of expenses with the
24 Auditor General.
25 State appropriation........ 795,000
26 For publishing statements of the
27 General Fund and other funds of the
28 Commonwealth.
29 State appropriation........ 60,000
30 For compensation of the
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1 Commonwealth's Loan and Transfer Agent
2 for services and expenses in
3 connection with the registration,
4 transfer and payment of interest on
5 bonds of the Commonwealth and other
6 services required to be performed by
7 the Loan and Transfer Agent.
8 State appropriation........ 225,000
9 For payment of legal fees,
10 publication of advertisements, costs
11 of engraving and other expenses
12 incurred in issuing of tax
13 anticipation notes.
14 State appropriation........ 170,000
15 For general obligation debt service
16 or to pay all arbitrage rebates to the
17 Federal Government required under
18 section 148 of the Internal Revenue
19 Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26
20 U.S.C. § 148).
21 State appropriation........ 617,333,000
22 For payment of law enforcement
23 officers' and emergency response
24 personnel death benefits.
25 State appropriation........ 468,000
26 For advertising and promotional
27 activities related to the tuition
28 account program.
29 State appropriation........ 1,025,000
30 Section 207. Department of
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1 Aging.--The following amounts are
2 appropriated to the Department of
3 Aging: Federal State
4 For medical assistance support.
5 State appropriation........ 293,000
6 The following Federal amounts are
7 appropriated to supplement the sum
8 appropriated for medical assistance
9 support:
10 (1) "Medical Assistance Support."
11 Federal appropriation...... 4,629,000
12 For family caregiver support, which
13 includes $215,000 for elder abuse
14 prevention activities.
15 State appropriation........ 10,076,000
16 For preadmission assessment.
17 State appropriation........ 4,625,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for preadmission
21 assessment:
22 (1) "Medical Assistance -
23 Preadmission Assessment."
24 Federal appropriation...... 9,558,000
25 For grants to senior centers.
26 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
27 For legal advocacy for older
28 Pennsylvanians.
29 State appropriation........ 200,000
30 Section 208. Department of
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1 Agriculture.--The following amounts
2 are appropriated to the Department of
3 Agriculture: Federal State
4 For general government operations
5 of the Department of Agriculture. Of
6 this amount $15,000 shall go to
7 promotion of Pennsylvania farm
8 products at the 1997 annual NCSL
9 convention.
10 State appropriation........ 23,323,000
11 The following Federal amounts are
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated for general government
14 operations:
15 (1) "Pennsylvania Plant Pest
16 Detection System."
17 Federal appropriation...... 15,000
18 (2) "Poultry Grading Service."
19 Federal appropriation...... 116,000
20 (3) "Medicated Feed Mill
21 Inspection."
22 Federal appropriation...... 16,000
23 (4) "State Administrative Expenses
24 - Donated Foods."
25 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
26 (5) "Household Commodity Program."
27 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
28 (6) "Pesticide Enforcement,
29 Certification, Training and Control
30 Program."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 630,000
2 (7) "Farmers' Market Food
3 Coupons."
4 Federal appropriation...... 760,000
5 (8) "Commodity Grader."
6 Federal appropriation...... 24,000
7 For Farmers' Market Food Coupons.
8 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
9 For the administration of the
10 Agricultural Conservation Easement
11 Program.
12 State appropriation........ 340,000
13 For the Animal Health Commission.
14 State appropriation........ 3,000,000
15 For agricultural research. At least
16 $50,000 of this appropriation shall be
17 used for the development of an
18 agriculture law research center.
19 State appropriation........ 2,500,000
20 For agricultural promotion,
21 education and exports.
22 State appropriation........ 600,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for agricultural
26 promotion, education and exports:
27 (1) "Market improvement."
28 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
29 For animal indemnities payments to
30 farmers for animals destroyed in
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1 disease eradication programs.
2 State appropriation........ 50,000
3 For payment into the State Farm
4 Products Show Fund. As a condition for
5 the use of these funds, no
6 expenditures may be made from this
7 appropriation or from the State Farm
8 Products Show Fund for any activities
9 associated with the Pennsylvania
10 Agricultural Foods Exposition (PAFE)
11 unless such activities take place on
12 the premises of the Farm Show Complex,
13 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
14 State appropriation........ 800,000
15 For payments to county fairs.
16 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
17 For development and operation of an
18 open livestock show, including cattle,
19 swine, sheep and horses.
20 State appropriation........ 152,000
21 For planning and staging of an open
22 dairy show.
23 State appropriation........ 100,000
24 For promotion and holding of annual
25 local, regional and State 4-H Clubs
26 and Future Farmers of America dairy
27 shows.
28 State appropriation........ 36,000
29 The department may make allocations
30 of the above three appropriations, as
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1 it deems appropriate, to an
2 association whose purposes are in
3 accord with the purposes and intent of
4 the appropriations, the funds so
5 allocated to be used for the
6 development and operation of
7 Livestock, Dairy and Junior Dairy
8 Shows in the Pennsylvania Farm Show
9 Complex: Provided, That the funds
10 allocated by the department shall only
11 be used for the specific items
12 approved by the department in advance.
13 For planning and staging ten annual
14 4-H Club horse and pony shows and one
15 Statewide show to be held in the fall
16 as preliminary to the Keystone
17 International Livestock Show.
18 State appropriation........ 41,000
19 For grants to counties for the
20 purchase of food to be provided to
21 needy persons in this Commonwealth.
22 Counties shall submit a completed
23 application for funds or designate a
24 regional food bank or county
25 coordinating agency to complete the
26 application process. If a county
27 chooses not to participate in the
28 program or designate a regional food
29 bank or county coordinating agency to
30 participate on its behalf by December
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1 31, 1997, then the county's allocation
2 shall be granted to the regional food
3 bank or county coordinating agency
4 serving that county.
5 State appropriation........ 13,650,000
6 For product promotion and
7 marketing. At least $100,000 of this
8 appropriation shall be expended for
9 mushroom promotion.
10 State appropriation........ 350,000
11 For programs to encourage
12 development of future farmers.
13 State appropriation........ 50,000
14 For the administration of the
15 Nutrient Management Program.
16 State appropriation........ 250,000
17 For payment into the Nutrient
18 Management Fund.
19 State appropriation........ 750,000
20 For hardwoods research and
21 promotion.
22 State appropriation........ 490,000
23 For a farm safety program.
24 State appropriation........ 115,000
25 Section 209. Department of
26 Community and Economic Development.--
27 The following amounts are appropriated
28 to the Department of Community and
29 Economic Development: Federal State
30 For general government operations
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1 of the Department of Community and
2 Economic Development.
3 State appropriation........ 13,122,000
4 The following Federal amounts are
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated for general government
7 operations:
8 (1) "ARC - State Technical
9 Assistance."
10 Federal appropriation...... 450,000
11 (2) "DOE Weatherization -
12 Administration."
13 Federal appropriation...... 392,000
14 (3) "SCDBG - Administration."
15 Federal appropriation...... 773,000
16 (4) "CSBG - Administration and
17 Audit Costs."
18 Federal appropriation...... 1,075,000
19 (5) "LIHEABG - Administration."
20 Federal appropriation...... 440,000
21 (6) "ARC - Regional Initiative."
22 Federal appropriation...... 526,000
23 For promotion of a historical and
24 educational tourist activity in cities
25 of the first class.
26 State appropriation........ 400,000
27 For computer acquisition.
28 State appropriation........ 852,000
29 For the purpose of increasing
30 international trade.
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1 State appropriation........ 5,196,000
2 For a multistate consortium to
3 improve export opportunities.
4 State appropriation........ 55,000
5 For the purpose of marketing to
6 attract tourists to this Commonwealth.
7 State appropriation........ 10,950,000
8 For the purpose of marketing to
9 attract business to this Commonwealth.
10 State appropriation........ 3,000,000
11 For the purpose of marketing to
12 attract film business to this
13 Commonwealth.
14 State appropriation........ 261,000
15 For transfer to the Ben
16 Franklin/IRC Partnership Fund.
17 State appropriation........ 39,700,000
18 For cultural expositions in
19 Pennsylvania.
20 State appropriation........ 700,000
21 For transfer to the Financially
22 Distressed Municipalities Revolving
23 Loan Fund.
24 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
25 For transfer to the Pennsylvania
26 Industrial Development Authority.
27 State appropriation........ 15,000,000
28 For transfer to the Small Business
29 First Fund.
30 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
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1 For the Opportunity Grant Program.
2 State appropriation........ 35,000,000
3 For a housing research center.
4 State appropriation........ 200,000
5 For customized job training
6 program.
7 State appropriation........ 18,050,000
8 For infrastructure development.
9 State appropriation........ 20,000,000
10 For grants for housing and
11 redevelopment assistance as authorized
12 by the act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633,
13 No.493), known as the Housing and
14 Redevelopment Assistance Law. No more
15 than 20% of the amount herein
16 appropriated shall be allocated or
17 granted to any one political
18 subdivision.
19 State appropriation........ 15,575,000
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for housing and
23 redevelopment:
24 (1) "DOE Weatherization."
25 Federal appropriation...... 8,800,000
26 (2) "Emergency Shelter For The
27 Homeless."
28 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000
29 (3) "SCDBG Programs."
30 Federal appropriation...... 75,000,000
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1 (4) "LIHEAP - Weatherization."
2 Federal appropriation...... 12,300,000
3 For Team Pennsylvania.
4 State appropriation........ 1,700,000
5 The following Federal amounts are
6 appropriated to supplement the sum
7 appropriated for Team Pennsylvania.
8 (1) " United States Department of
9 Commerce Telecommunication and
10 Information Infrastructure Program."
11 Federal appropriation...... 750,000
12 For a business retention program.
13 State appropriation........ 800,000
14 For a business resource center.
15 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
16 For a community development bank.
17 No funds from this appropriation may
18 be expended until enabling legislation
19 is enacted.
20 State appropriation........ 15,000,000
21 For business quality partnership.
22 State appropriation........ 250,000
23 For individual learning accounts.
24 State appropriation........ 250,000
25 For family savings accounts. No
26 funds from this appropriation may be
27 expended until enabling legislation is
28 enacted.
29 State appropriation........ 1,250,000
30 For shared municipal services.
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1 State appropriation........ 600,000
2 For grants for housing and
3 redevelopment assistance as authorized
4 by the act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633,
5 No.493), known as the Housing and
6 Redevelopment Assistance Law, in areas
7 designated as enterprise zones. No
8 funds from this appropriation shall be
9 distributed to any organization or
10 agency other than a municipal
11 government or a certified
12 redevelopment authority created by a
13 municipal government or governments
14 under the provisions of the act of May
15 24, 1945 (P.L.991, No.385), known as
16 the Urban Redevelopment Law, unless
17 specifically authorized by such
18 government or redevelopment authority.
19 State appropriation........ 6,996,000
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for enterprise
23 development.
24 (1) " Enterprise Communities -
25 SSBG."
26 Federal appropriation...... 87,041,000
27 For the payment of the
28 Commonwealth's share of the costs of
29 the operation of the Appalachian
30 Regional Commission and the Office of
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1 the Appalachian States' regional
2 representative.
3 State appropriation........ 360,000
4 For the payment of grants to
5 counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
6 towns or regions for planning
7 assistance.
8 State appropriation........ 175,000
9 For payment of grants to recognized
10 industrial development agencies to
11 assist such agencies in the financing
12 of their operational costs for the
13 purposes of making studies, surveys
14 and investigations, the compilation of
15 data and statistics and in the
16 carrying out of planning and
17 promotional programs.
18 State appropriation........ 1,100,000
19 For payment of grants to
20 Appalachian local development
21 districts.
22 State appropriation........ 2,555,000
23 For small business development
24 centers.
25 State appropriation........ 2,700,000
26 For tourist promotion assistance.
27 State appropriation........ 8,500,000
28 For community revitalization and
29 assistance. For grants for community
30 revitalization and improvement
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1 projects which in the judgment of the
2 department will improve the stability
3 of the community; promote economic
4 development; improve existing and
5 develop new civic, cultural,
6 recreational, industrial and other
7 facilities; assist in business
8 retention, expansion, stimulation and
9 attraction; promote the creation of
10 jobs and employment opportunities; or
11 enhance the health, welfare and
12 quality of life of Pennsylvania
13 citizens. Grants shall be awarded only
14 after program guidelines, schedules
15 and application procedures are
16 established by the department and
17 published in the Pennsylvania
18 Bulletin.
19 State appropriation........ 35,000,000
20 For Pennports. A five year
21 strategic business plan shall be
22 prepared by the Philadelphia Regional
23 Port Authority with this
24 appropriation. This business plan
25 shall be completed by June 30, 1998.
26 State appropriation........ 11,733,000
27 For rural leadership training
28 program.
29 State appropriation........ 200,000
30 For flood plain management.
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1 State appropriation........ 60,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for flood plain
5 management:
6 (1) "FEMA Technical Assistance."
7 Federal appropriation...... 80,000
8 For community conservation and
9 employment.
10 State appropriation........ 10,000,000
11 The following Federal amounts are
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated for community
14 conservation and employment:
15 (1) "CSBG - Program." In addition,
16 new focus may be placed on the
17 unemployed, both old and new. Local
18 agencies may lower their eligibility
19 requirements for recipients to three
20 months to allow greater flexibility to
21 assure proper consideration of each
22 recipient.
23 Federal appropriation...... 23,000,000
24 An amount equal to 90% of this
25 appropriation shall be used to fund
26 agencies meeting the requirements of
27 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
28 of 1981. In areas not served by
29 agencies meeting these requirements,
30 the department will utilize an
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1 eligible agency to pass funds through
2 to local service agencies. The
3 department will continue to phase in a
4 formula distribution of funds. These
5 funds will be distributed on the basis
6 of prior year funding level, number of
7 persons whose income is at or below
8 125% of the Federal poverty line and
9 the number of unemployed persons. No
10 agency receiving funds under the
11 formula shall receive less than 90% of
12 its prior year funding level. If
13 insufficient funds are available,
14 distribution shall be on a pro rata
15 basis. The department may require
16 agencies to submit work plans to the
17 department to determine that only
18 eligible services will be provided
19 with these funds. All decisions
20 regarding which of the qualified
21 services shall be provided shall be
22 made by the local agency. The
23 department shall not require nor
24 prohibit the offering of any specific
25 service or type of service.
26 For the super computer center.
27 State appropriation........ 2,000,000
28 For the Pennsylvania Infrastructure
29 Technology Assistance Program.
30 State appropriation........ 2,500,000
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1 Section 210. Department of
2 Conservation and Natural Resources.--
3 The following amounts are appropriated
4 to the Department of Conservation and
5 Natural Resources: Federal State
6 For general government operations
7 of the Department of Conservation and
8 Natural Resources.
9 State appropriation........ 11,145,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for general government
13 operations:
14 (1) "Surface Mining Control and
15 Reclamation."
16 Federal appropriation...... 150,000
17 (2) "Topographic and Geologic
18 Survey Grants."
19 Federal appropriation...... 175,000
20 (3) "Bituminous Coal Resources."
21 Federal appropriation...... 205,000
22 (4) "Intermodal Surface
23 Transportation Act."
24 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000
25 (5) "Land and Water Conservation
26 Fund." In addition to these funds, any
27 contingency funds made available to
28 the Commonwealth under the Federal
29 Land and Water Conservation Act are
30 hereby appropriated.
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1 Federal appropriation...... 1,100,000
2 For State Parks Operations.
3 State appropriation........ 48,201,000
4 The following Federal amounts are
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated for State Parks:
7 (1) "Recreational Trails."
8 Federal appropriation...... 500,000
9 (2) "Heritage Preservation."
10 Federal appropriation...... 450,000
11 For State Forests Operations.
12 State appropriation........ 13,737,000
13 The following Federal amounts are
14 appropriated to supplement the sum
15 appropriated for State Forests:
16 (1) "Forest Fire Protection and
17 Control."
18 Federal appropriation...... 315,000
19 (2) "Forestry Incentives and
20 Agricultural Conservation."
21 Federal appropriation...... 70,000
22 (3) "Forest Management and
23 Processing."
24 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
25 (4) "Cooperative Forest Insect and
26 Disease Control."
27 Federal appropriation...... 250,000
28 (5) "Tree Planting."
29 Federal appropriation...... 75,000
30 For Gypsy Moth and other insect
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1 control.
2 State appropriation........ 3,260,000
3 The following Federal amounts are
4 appropriated to supplement the sum
5 appropriated for gypsy moth and other
6 insect and disease control:
7 (1) "Forest Insect and Disease
8 Control."
9 Federal appropriation...... 1,220,000
10 For Heritage and other parks.
11 State appropriation........ 4,100,000
12 For payment of annual fixed charges
13 in lieu of taxes to counties and
14 townships on land acquired for Water
15 Conservation and Flood Control.
16 State appropriation........ 42,000
17 For payment of annual fixed charges
18 in lieu of taxes to political
19 subdivisions for school districts on
20 lands acquired by the Commonwealth for
21 Project 70.
22 State appropriation........ 35,000
23 For payment of annual fixed charges
24 in lieu of taxes to counties, school
25 districts and townships on forest
26 lands.
27 State appropriation........ 2,450,000
28 For payment of annual fixed charges
29 in lieu of taxes to counties, school
30 districts and local municipalities on
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1 State park lands.
2 State appropriation........ 450,000
3 Section 211. Department of
4 Corrections.--The following amounts
5 are appropriated to the Department of
6 Corrections: Federal State
7 For general government operations
8 of the Department of Corrections.
9 State appropriation........ 28,543,000
10 For inmate medical care.
11 State appropriation........ 124,800,000
12 For inmate training.
13 State appropriation........ 9,914,000
14 For the State correctional
15 institutions, including sufficient
16 funds for lease payments on certain
17 prison facilities.
18 State appropriation........ 808,192,000
19 The following Federal amounts are
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated for the State
22 correctional institutions:
23 (1) "Federal Inmates."
24 Federal appropriation...... 25,000
25 (2) "Library Services."
26 Federal appropriation...... 50,000
27 (3) "Reimbursement for Alien
28 Inmates."
29 Federal appropriation...... 3,750,000
30 (4) "Teleconference Legal
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1 Services."
2 Federal appropriation...... 215,000
3 Section 212. Department of
4 Education.--The following amounts are
5 appropriated to the Department of
6 Education: Federal State
7 For general government operations
8 of the Department of Education.
9 State appropriation........ 18,070,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for general government
13 operations:
14 (1) "Adult Basic Education -
15 Administration."
16 Federal appropriation...... 1,400,000
17 (2) "Education of Exceptional
18 Children - Administration."
19 Federal appropriation...... 6,000,000
20 (3) "ESEA - Title 1 -
21 Administration."
22 Federal appropriation...... 5,782,000
23 (4) "State Approving Agency (VA)."
24 Federal appropriation...... 865,000
25 (5) "Food and Nutrition Service -
26 Administration."
27 Federal appropriation...... 3,409,000
28 (6) "Migrant Education -
29 Administration."
30 Federal appropriation...... 467,000
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1 (7) "Emergency Immigrant Education
2 Assistance - Administration."
3 Federal appropriation...... 10,000
4 (8) "Vocational Education -
5 Administration."
6 Federal appropriation...... 3,910,000
7 (9) "Professional Development -
8 Title II - Administration/State."
9 Federal appropriation...... 2,239,000
10 (10) "Byrd Scholarship -
11 Administration."
12 Federal appropriation...... 1,646,000
13 (11) "Project Learning Tree."
14 Federal appropriation...... 5,000
15 (12) "JTPA - Linkage."
16 Federal appropriation...... 868,000
17 (13) "ESEA - Title VI -
18 Administration/State."
19 Federal appropriation...... 2,552,000
20 (14) "Homeless Assistance."
21 Federal appropriation...... 1,385,000
22 (15) "Preschool Grant -
23 Administration."
24 Federal appropriation...... 850,000
25 (16) "DFSC - Administration."
26 Federal appropriation...... 1,584,000
27 (17) "State Literacy Resource
28 Center."
29 Federal appropriation...... 125,000
30 (18) "School Health Education
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1 Program."
2 Federal appropriation...... 455,000
3 (19) "School to Work
4 Opportunities."
5 Federal appropriation...... 15,739,000
6 (20) "Appalachian Regional
7 Education Program."
8 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
9 (21) "Learn and Serve America -
10 School Based."
11 Federal appropriation...... 1,013,000
12 (22) "Educate America Act -
13 Administration/State."
14 Federal appropriation...... 3,228,000
15 (23) "Environmental Education
16 Workshop."
17 Federal appropriation...... 25,000
18 (24) "Research in Education of
19 Individuals with Disabilities."
20 Federal appropriation...... 144,000
21 The following Federal amounts are
22 appropriated for basic education:
23 (1) "ESEA - Title VI - School
24 Districts."
25 Federal appropriation...... 9,878,000
26 (2) "ESEA - Title I - Local."
27 Federal appropriation...... 378,000,000
28 (3) "Educate America Act - Local."
29 Federal appropriation...... 33,028,000
30 (4) "Professional Development -
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1 Title II - Local."
2 Federal appropriation...... 13,185,000
3 (5) "DFSC - School Districts."
4 Federal appropriation...... 13,389,000
5 (6) "Technology Literacy Challenge
6 - Local."
7 Federal appropriation...... 16,374,000
8 (7) "Technology Literacy Challenge
9 - Administration."
10 Federal appropriation...... 862,000
11 (8) "Personalized Transition
12 Project."
13 Federal appropriation...... 140,000
14 For the State Library, providing
15 reference services and administering
16 aid to public libraries.
17 State appropriation........ 3,752,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for the State Library:
21 (1) "Library Services -
22 Administration LSCA (I)."
23 Federal appropriation...... 1,420,000
24 (2) "Nuclear Regulatory Commission
25 Documents Support Program."
26 Federal appropriation...... 9,000
27 For the Scranton State School for
28 the Deaf.
29 State appropriation........ 4,822,000
30 The following Federal amounts are
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1 appropriated to supplement the sum
2 appropriated for the Scranton State
3 School for the Deaf:
4 (1) "ESEA - Education for the
5 Disabled - Scranton."
6 Federal appropriation...... 85,000
7 (2) "National School Milk Lunch
8 Program - Scranton."
9 Federal appropriation...... 45,000
10 (3) "Life-Long Learning -
11 Scranton."
12 Federal appropriation...... 11,000
13 (4) "Adult Basic Education -
14 Disabled Adults."
15 Federal appropriation...... 10,000
16 For the Thaddeus Stevens State
17 School of Technology.
18 State appropriation........ 5,782,000
19 The following Federal amounts are
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated for the Thaddeus Stevens
22 State School of Technology:
23 (1) "Vocational Education -
24 Thaddeus Stevens."
25 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
26 For Instructional Support Teams.
27 State appropriation........ 5,336,000
28 For payment of basic education
29 funding to school districts: Provided,
30 That the Secretary of Education, with
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1 the approval of the Governor, may make
2 payments from this appropriation in
3 advance of the due date prescribed by
4 law to school districts which are
5 financially handicapped, whenever the
6 Secretary of Education shall deem it
7 necessary to make such advance
8 payments to enable the school
9 districts to keep their public schools
10 open.
11 State appropriation........ 3,449,457,000
12 For performance incentives. No
13 funds from this appropriation may be
14 expended until disbursement guidelines
15 have been published by the department
16 in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
17 State appropriation........ 10,415,000
18 For the technology initiative,
19 including $3,000,000 for vocational-
20 technical schools.
21 State appropriation........ 36,333,000
22 For support of a basic education-
23 higher education science partnership.
24 State appropriation........ 350,000
25 For adult literacy programs.
26 State appropriation........ 8,781,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for adult literacy
30 programs:
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1 (1) "Adult Basic Education -
2 Local."
3 Federal appropriation...... 14,518,000
4 For payments on account of annual
5 rental or sinking fund charges on
6 school buildings.
7 State appropriation........ 239,906,000
8 The following Federal amounts are
9 appropriated to supplement the sum
10 appropriated for school buildings:
11 (1) "School Construction."
12 Federal appropriation...... 113,000,000
13 For payments on account of pupil
14 transportation.
15 State appropriation........ 344,748,000
16 For payments on account of
17 nonpublic school transportation.
18 State appropriation........ 38,272,000
19 For payments on account of special
20 education of exceptional children.
21 This amount includes $563,000 for
22 community support services which is
23 not to be included in the base
24 calculations of the special education
25 program components.
26 State appropriation........ 631,715,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for special education:
30 (1) "Individuals with Disabilities
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1 Education - Local."
2 Federal appropriation...... 135,000,000
3 For payments for Early Intervention
4 Services.
5 State appropriation........ 76,648,000
6 For payment on account of homebound
7 instruction.
8 State appropriation........ 574,000
9 For payment for tuition to school
10 districts providing education to
11 nonresident orphaned children placed
12 in private homes by the court and
13 nonresident inmates of children's
14 institutions.
15 State appropriation........ 35,045,000
16 For payments of annual fixed
17 charges to school districts in lieu of
18 taxes for land acquired by the
19 Commonwealth for water conservation or
20 flood prevention.
21 State appropriation........ 172,000
22 For payment for maintenance of
23 summer schools for school-age children
24 of migrant laborers.
25 State appropriation........ 222,000
26 For payments to Pennsylvania
27 Charter Schools for the Deaf and
28 Blind.
29 State appropriation........ 20,573,000
30 For special education - approved
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1 private schools.
2 State appropriation........ 56,375,000
3 For annual payments, not to exceed
4 $500 per student, to institutions of
5 higher learning for defraying the
6 expenses of deaf or blind students.
7 State appropriation........ 52,000
8 For payment of the Commonwealth's
9 share of the approved operating costs
10 and lease payments of intermediate
11 units.
12 State appropriation........ 5,500,000
13 For grants to school districts to
14 assist in meeting Federal matching
15 requirements for grants received under
16 the Federal Child Nutrition Act and to
17 aid in providing a food program for
18 needy children.
19 State appropriation........ 16,961,000
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for school food services:
23 (1) "Food and Nutrition - Local."
24 Federal appropriation...... 253,000,000
25 For payment of the Commonwealth's
26 share of Federal Social Security taxes
27 for public school employees.
28 State appropriation........ 328,100,000
29 For payment of required
30 contribution for public school
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1 employees' retirement.
2 State appropriation........ 391,718,000
3 For programs of education and
4 training at youth development centers.
5 State appropriation........ 11,234,000
6 For educational and training
7 programs at adult correctional
8 institutions.
9 State appropriation........ 14,873,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for education and
13 training at adult correctional
14 institutions:
15 (1) "Correctional Education."
16 Federal appropriation...... 1,800,000
17 (2) "JTPA - Correctional
18 Education."
19 Federal appropriation...... 258,000
20 For education of indigent children
21 at charitable hospitals.
22 State appropriation........ 103,000
23 For dropout prevention programs.
24 State appropriation........ 1,089,000
25 For services to nonpublic schools.
26 State appropriation........ 62,404,000
27 For textbooks and instructional
28 material for nonpublic schools.
29 State appropriation........ 19,100,000
30 For programs to meet the needs of
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1 pregnant and parenting teenagers.
2 State appropriation........ 1,423,000
3 For a comprehensive reading
4 program.
5 State appropriation........ 300,000
6 For school district demonstration
7 projects.
8 State appropriation........ 800,000
9 For grants to public libraries for
10 the development and improvement of a
11 Statewide system of libraries and
12 library services, including State aid
13 to local libraries, county libraries,
14 district library centers and regional
15 library resource centers.
16 State appropriation........ 29,407,000
17 To provide aid to the Free Library
18 of Philadelphia and the Carnegie
19 Library of Pittsburgh to meet the
20 costs incurred in serving as regional
21 libraries in the distribution of
22 braille reading materials, talking
23 book machines and other reading
24 materials to persons who are blind or
25 otherwise disabled.
26 State appropriation........ 2,381,000
27 For library access.
28 State appropriation........ 3,245,000
29 For the school library catalog
30 network.
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1 State appropriation........ 420,000
2 For PA assessment.
3 State appropriation........ 6,000,000
4 The following Federal amounts are
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated for PA assessment:
7 (1) "PA Assessment Through
8 Themes."
9 Federal appropriation...... 731,000
10 For payment of approved operating
11 and capital expenses of community
12 colleges and the Northwest
13 Pennsylvania Technical Institute. An
14 independent audit report for the
15 preceding fiscal year, which is
16 consistent with the Higher Education
17 Finance Manual, shall be submitted by
18 each community college to the
19 Department of Education not later than
20 120 days after the close of the
21 preceding fiscal year. The Department
22 of Education may withhold whatever
23 funds appropriated herein it feels
24 necessary to ensure that such audit
25 reports are submitted in the
26 prescribed fashion.
27 State appropriation........ 155,192,000
28 For one-time instructional
29 equipment grants to be distributed to
30 community colleges and the Northwest
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1 Pennsylvania Technical Institute based
2 on the distribution formula for
3 nonmandated capital. Payments of
4 instructional equipment grant
5 allocations shall be made by the
6 Secretary of Education in equal
7 semiannual payments. One half of a
8 college's/technical institute's
9 allocation will be paid upon receipt
10 and approval of documentation as
11 required by the Department of
12 Education. The remaining payment will
13 be made to the institution during the
14 calendar quarter following approval by
15 the department of required
16 documentation. These funds will not be
17 subject to a local sponsor match.
18 State appropriation........ 5,000,000
19 For community colleges and the
20 Northwest Pennsylvania Technical
21 Institute special projects.
22 State appropriation........ 1,521,000
23 For purchase of regional community
24 college services.
25 State appropriation........ 200,000
26 For higher education equal
27 opportunity program grants.
28 State appropriation........ 7,828,000
29 For higher education technology
30 grants.
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1 State appropriation........ 7,000,000
2 For ethnic heritage studies.
3 State appropriation........ 100,000
4 For payments on account of
5 vocational education, including
6 $1,198,000 for an incentive grant
7 program.
8 State appropriation........ 44,626,000
9 The following Federal amounts are
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated for vocational education:
12 (1) "Vocational Education -
13 Local."
14 Federal appropriation...... 50,000,000
15 For the Governor's Schools for
16 Excellence.
17 State appropriation........ 1,266,000
18 For Job Training Partnership Act
19 matching funds.
20 State appropriation........ 3,857,000
21 The following Federal amounts are
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated for job training
24 partnership matching funds:
25 (1) "JTPA - Job Training
26 Partnership Act."
27 Federal appropriation...... 3,237,000
28 For higher education - rural
29 initiatives.
30 State appropriation........ 550,000
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1 For operation of the Keystone
2 Games.
3 State appropriation........ 220,000
4 For a school-to-work opportunities
5 program.
6 State appropriation........ 500,000
7 For higher education equipment
8 grants to be distributed to
9 institutions of higher education,
10 including State-owned and State-
11 related institutions based on
12 guidelines adopted by the Department
13 of Education consistent with the
14 former provisions of Article XXVI-C of
15 the Public School Code of 1949.
16 State appropriation........ 6,000,000
17 For job training programs in
18 counties of the second class.
19 State appropriation........ 3,500,000
20 For charter schools.
21 State appropriation........ 1,400,000
22 For safe schools.
23 State appropriation........ 500,000
24 For alternative schools.
25 State appropriation........ 4,700,000
26 For grants to engineering degree
27 granting schools. This appropriation
28 shall be allocated consistent with the
29 definitions and other provisions
30 formerly contained in the act of July
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1 2, 1984 (P.L.553, No.110), known as
2 the Engineering School Equipment Act.
3 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
4 For osteopathic education.
5 State appropriation........ 750,000
6 Section 213. Department of
7 Environmental Protection.--The
8 following amounts are appropriated to
9 the Department of Environmental
10 Protection: Federal State
11 For general government operations
12 of the Department of Environmental
13 Protection:
14 State appropriation........ 19,697,000
15 The following Federal amounts are
16 appropriated to supplement the sum
17 appropriated for general government
18 operations:
19 (1) "Surface Mine Conservation."
20 Federal appropriation...... 451,000
21 (2) "Surface Mine Control and
22 Reclamation - Laboratories."
23 Federal appropriation...... 922,000
24 For payment of grants to political
25 subdivisions to assist in the cleanup
26 of scrap tires.
27 State appropriation........ 2,000,000
28 For Environmental Program
29 Management.
30 State appropriation........ 31,139,000
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1 The following Federal amounts are
2 appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated for Environmental Program
4 Management:
5 (1) "Coastal Zone Management."
6 Federal appropriation...... 1,532,000
7 (2) "Construction Management
8 Assistance Grants - Administration."
9 Federal appropriation...... 250,000
10 (3) "Safe Drinking Water Act -
11 Management."
12 Federal appropriation...... 2,500,000
13 (4) "Water Pollution Control
14 Grants - Management."
15 Federal appropriation...... 1,700,000
16 (5) "Air Pollution Control Grants
17 - Management."
18 Federal appropriation...... 2,800,000
19 (6) "Surface Mine Conservation."
20 Federal appropriation...... 4,084,000
21 (7) "Delaware Estuary Management
22 Conference."
23 Federal appropriation...... 25,000
24 (8) "Wetland Protection Fund."
25 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
26 (9) "Training and Education of
27 Underground Coal Miners."
28 Federal appropriation...... 550,000
29 (10) "Radiation Regulation and
30 Monitoring."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 130,000
2 (11) "Diagnostic X-ray Equipment
3 Testing."
4 Federal appropriation...... 330,000
5 (12) "Water Quality Outreach
6 Operator Training."
7 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
8 (13) "Water Quality Management
9 Planning Grants."
10 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000
11 (14) "Small Operator's
12 Assistance."
13 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
14 (15) "Wellhead Protection Fund."
15 Federal appropriation...... 110,000
16 (16) "Indoor Radon Abatement."
17 Federal appropriation...... 550,000
18 (17) "Non-Point Source
19 Implementation 319(H)."
20 Federal appropriation...... 6,500,000
21 (18) "Pollution Prevention."
22 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
23 (19) "Heavy Duty Vehicle Program."
24 Federal appropriation...... 190,000
25 (20) "Alternative Fuels."
26 Federal appropriation...... 175,000
27 (21) "Hydroelectric Power
28 Conservation Fund."
29 Federal appropriation...... 51,000
30 (22) "National Industrial
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1 Competitiveness."
2 Federal appropriation...... 425,000
3 (23) "State Energy Program (SEP)."
4 Federal appropriation...... 3,700,000
5 (24) "Limestone Demonstration."
6 Federal appropriation...... 30,000
7 (25) "Commercialization Ventures
8 Program."
9 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000
10 For the Chesapeake Bay Pollution
11 Abatement Program.
12 State appropriation........ 3,121,000
13 The following Federal amounts are
14 appropriated to supplement the sum
15 appropriated for the Chesapeake Bay
16 Pollution Abatement Program:
17 (1) "Chesapeake Bay Pollution
18 Abatement."
19 Federal appropriation...... 4,814,000
20 For the Office of Pollution
21 Prevention and Compliance Assistance.
22 State appropriation........ 773,000
23 For Environmental Protection
24 Operations.
25 State appropriation........ 64,093,000
26 The following Federal amounts are
27 appropriated to supplement the sum
28 appropriated for Environmental
29 Protection Operations:
30 (1) "EPA - Planning Grant -
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1 Administration."
2 Federal appropriation...... 6,400,000
3 (2) "Water Pollution Control
4 Grants."
5 Federal appropriation...... 2,500,000
6 (3) "Air Pollution Control Grants"
7 - For the conduct and administration
8 of a Statewide program for the
9 control, abatement and prevention of
10 air pollution and achievement of
11 Federal ambient air quality standards.
12 Federal appropriation...... 2,800,000
13 (4) "Surface Mine Control and
14 Reclamation."
15 Federal appropriation...... 7,336,000
16 (5) "Construction Management
17 Assistance Grants."
18 Federal appropriation...... 410,000
19 (6) "Safe Drinking Water."
20 Federal appropriation...... 1,650,000
21 (7) "Storm Water Permitting
22 Initiative."
23 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
24 (8) "Oil Pollution Spills
25 Removal."
26 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000
27 (9) "Great Lakes National
28 Program."
29 Federal appropriation...... 75,000
30 For transfer to the low-level waste
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1 fund.
2 State appropriation........ 575,000
3 For the black fly control project.
4 State appropriation........ 2,799,000
5 For flood control projects.
6 State appropriation........ 1,766,000
7 For storm water management grants.
8 State appropriation........ 595,000
9 For sewage facilities planning
10 grants.
11 State appropriation........ 1,500,000
12 For sewage facilities enforcement
13 grants.
14 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
15 For sewage treatment plant
16 operation grants.
17 State appropriation........ 41,700,000
18 For payment of Pennsylvania's share
19 of the expenses of the River Master
20 for the Delaware River.
21 State appropriation........ 84,000
22 For support of the Ohio River Basin
23 Commission.
24 State appropriation........ 13,000
25 For support of the Susquehanna
26 River Basin Commission.
27 State appropriation........ 380,000
28 For support of the Interstate
29 Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
30 State appropriation........ 37,000
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1 For conduct of the Delaware River
2 Basin Commission.
3 State appropriation........ 978,000
4 For support of the Ohio River
5 Valley Water Sanitation Commission.
6 State appropriation........ 150,000
7 For support of the Chesapeake Bay
8 Commission.
9 State appropriation........ 265,000
10 For payment to conservation
11 districts.
12 State appropriation........ 2,850,000
13 For payment of Pennsylvania's share
14 of the costs of the Interstate Mining
15 Commission.
16 State appropriation........ 20,000
17 For the Appalachian States Low-
18 Level Waste Compact.
19 State appropriation........ 96,000
20 For small water systems
21 regionalization.
22 State appropriation........ 500,000
23 Section 214. Department of General
24 Services.--The following amounts are
25 appropriated to the Department of
26 General Services: Federal State
27 For general government operations
28 of the Department of General Services.
29 State appropriation........ 53,184,000
30 For the Capitol Annex renovation.
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1 State appropriation........ 9,660,000
2 For the administration and
3 operation of the Capitol Police.
4 State appropriation........ 6,483,000
5 For Harristown rental charges.
6 State appropriation........ 6,581,000
7 For utility costs, including
8 implementation of third-party shared
9 savings programs.
10 State appropriation........ 12,840,000
11 For Harristown utility and
12 municipal charges, including
13 implementation of third-party shared
14 savings programs.
15 State appropriation........ 9,797,000
16 For fire protection services for
17 the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg.
18 State appropriation........ 750,000
19 For asbestos and hazardous
20 materials needs.
21 State appropriation........ 450,000
22 For excess insurance coverage.
23 State appropriation........ 1,802,000
24 Section 215. Department of
25 Health.--The following amounts are
26 appropriated to the Department of
27 Health: Federal State
28 For general government operations
29 of the Department of Health.
30 State appropriation........ 18,954,000
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1 The following Federal amounts are
2 appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated for general government
4 operations:
5 (1) "WIC - Administration and
6 Operation."
7 Federal appropriation...... 9,658,000
8 (2) "Health Assessment."
9 Federal appropriation...... 484,000
10 (3) "PHHSBG - Administration and
11 Operation."
12 Federal appropriation...... 3,356,000
13 (4) "SABG - Administration and
14 Operation."
15 Federal appropriation...... 4,688,000
16 (5) "MCHSBG - Administration and
17 Operation."
18 Federal appropriation...... 12,645,000
19 (6) "Center for Disease Control
20 Conferences."
21 Federal appropriation...... 63,000
22 (7) "Pediatric Prehospital
23 Emergency Care."
24 Federal appropriation...... 400,000
25 (8) "TB - Administration and
26 Operation."
27 Federal appropriation...... 495,000
28 (9) "Lead - Administration and
29 Operation."
30 Federal appropriation...... 650,000
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1 (10) "AIDS Health Education
2 Administration and Operation."
3 Federal appropriation...... 2,269,000
4 (11) "Community Migrant Health."
5 Federal appropriation...... 262,000
6 (12) "Tobacco Control."
7 Federal appropriation...... 355,000
8 (13) "Breast and Cervical Cancer
9 Administration and Operation."
10 Federal appropriation...... 695,000
11 (14) "HIV Care Administration and
12 Operation."
13 Federal appropriation...... 916,000
14 (15) "Tobacco Regulation
15 Enforcement."
16 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000
17 For the Organ Donation Awareness
18 Program.
19 State appropriation........ 120,000
20 For Diabetes Programs.
21 State appropriation........ 461,000
22 The following Federal amounts are
23 appropriated to supplement the sum
24 appropriated for diabetes programs:
25 (1) "Diabetes Control."
26 Federal appropriation...... 280,000
27 For Quality Assurance.
28 State appropriation........ 7,387,000
29 The following Federal amounts are
30 appropriated to supplement the sum
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1 appropriated for the Quality Assurance
2 Program:
3 (1) "Medicare - Health Service
4 Agency Certification."
5 Federal appropriation...... 5,280,000
6 (2) "Medicaid Certification."
7 Federal appropriation...... 5,423,000
8 For Vital Statistics.
9 State appropriation........ 5,404,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for vital statistics:
13 (1) "Cooperative Health
14 Statistics."
15 Federal appropriation...... 2,452,000
16 (2) "Traumatic Brain Injury."
17 Federal appropriation...... 800,000
18 For the State Laboratory.
19 State appropriation........ 3,088,000
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for the State Laboratory:
23 (1) "Clinical Laboratory
24 Improvement."
25 Federal appropriation...... 800,000
26 (2) "Epidemiology and Laboratory
27 Surveillance and Response."
28 Federal appropriation...... 323,000
29 (3) "Emerging Infections Program."
30 Federal appropriation...... 484,000
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1 For the State health care centers.
2 This appropriation and related Federal
3 appropriations may be used to continue
4 the operation of the review program
5 contracts through June 30, 1998.
6 State appropriation........ 16,180,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for State health care
10 centers:
11 (1) "Indo-Chinese Refugee
12 Program."
13 Federal appropriation...... 60,000
14 (2) "Disease Control Immunization
15 Program - Project Grants."
16 Federal appropriation...... 12,489,000
17 (3) "Chronic Disease Prevention
18 and Control."
19 Federal appropriation...... 160,000
20 (4) "PHHSBG - Block Program
21 Services."
22 Federal appropriation...... 7,198,000
23 For coal workers' pneumoconiosis
24 services.
25 State appropriation........ 200,000
26 The following Federal amounts are
27 appropriated to supplement the sum
28 appropriated for coal workers'
29 pneumoconiosis services:
30 (1) "Black Lung Clinic Program."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 751,000
2 For venereal disease screening and
3 treatment.
4 State appropriation........ 1,108,000
5 The following Federal amounts are
6 appropriated to supplement the sum
7 appropriated for venereal disease
8 screening and testing:
9 (1) "Survey and Follow-up -
10 Venereal Diseases."
11 Federal appropriation...... 3,297,000
12 For the primary health care
13 practitioner program.
14 State appropriation........ 3,088,000
15 The following Federal amounts are
16 appropriated to supplement the sum
17 appropriated for the primary health
18 care practitioner program:
19 (1) "Loan Repayment Program."
20 Federal appropriation...... 242,000
21 For cancer control programs.
22 State appropriation........ 3,595,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for cancer control,
26 prevention and research:
27 (1) "Breast and Cervical Cancer
28 Program."
29 Federal appropriation...... 2,580,000
30 For AIDS Programs.
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1 State appropriation........ 6,528,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for AIDS programs:
5 (1) "AIDS Health Education."
6 Federal appropriation...... 4,480,000
7 (2) "HIV Care."
8 Federal appropriation...... 13,666,000
9 (3) "Housing Opportunities for
10 People with AIDS."
11 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
12 For regional cancer institutes.
13 State appropriation........ 1,550,000
14 For reimbursement to school
15 districts on account of health
16 services.
17 State appropriation........ 39,279,000
18 For maintenance of local health
19 departments.
20 State appropriation........ 26,247,000
21 For local health departments for
22 environmental health services.
23 State appropriation........ 7,294,000
24 For maternal and child health
25 services, including $1,050,000 to
26 provide abstinence education,
27 training, counseling and programs to
28 promote abstinence from sexual
29 activity.
30 State appropriation........ 3,150,000
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1 The following Federal amounts are
2 appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated for maternal and child
4 health:
5 (1) "MCH Lead Poisoning Prevention
6 and Abatement."
7 Federal appropriation...... 4,332,000
8 (2) "MCHSBG - Program Services,"
9 including $150,000 for epilepsy
10 services.
11 Federal appropriation...... 15,364,000
12 (3) "Special Supplemental Food
13 Service Program for Women, Infants and
14 Children (WIC)."
15 Federal appropriation...... 156,093,000
16 In addition to the specific amounts
17 appropriated herein, all other moneys
18 received from the Federal Government
19 for the Special Supplemental Food
20 Service Program for Women, Infants and
21 Children are hereby appropriated to
22 such program.
23 (4) "Abstinence Education."
24 Federal appropriation...... 1,400,000
25 (5) "Birth Defects Registry."
26 Federal appropriation...... 175,000
27 For grants to counties and private
28 facilities to finance drug and alcohol
29 abuse treatment and prevention
30 programs.
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1 State appropriation........ 37,160,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for alcohol and drug
5 grant programs:
6 (1) "SABG - Drug and Alcohol
7 Services."
8 Federal appropriation...... 57,206,000
9 (2) "Substance Abuse Program
10 Support Service Grants."
11 Federal appropriation...... 3,300,000
12 (3) "Substance Abuse Special
13 Project Grants."
14 Federal appropriation...... 1,197,000
15 For tuberculosis screening and
16 treatment.
17 State appropriation........ 1,013,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for tuberculosis
21 screening and treatment:
22 (1) "Tuberculosis Control
23 Program."
24 Federal appropriation...... 189,000
25 For renal dialysis services.
26 State appropriation........ 10,255,000
27 For services to children with
28 special needs. This appropriation
29 includes funding for spina bifida
30 services and $944,000 for the
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1 Ventilator Assisted Childrens Home
2 Program including case management and
3 respite care services.
4 State appropriation........ 1,732,000
5 For adult cystic fibrosis.
6 State appropriation........ 391,000
7 For diagnosis and treatment for
8 Cooley's anemia.
9 State appropriation........ 198,000
10 For hemophilia services.
11 State appropriation........ 1,594,000
12 For sickle cell anemia services,
13 including camps for children with
14 sickle cell anemia.
15 State appropriation........ 1,203,000
16 For regional poison control
17 centers.
18 State appropriation........ 1,250,000
19 For trauma programs.
20 State appropriation........ 200,000
21 For trauma systems.
22 State appropriation........ 50,000
23 For epilepsy support services.
24 State appropriation........ 150,000
25 For bio-technology research.
26 State appropriation........ 1,500,000
27 For Tourette's Syndrome.
28 State appropriation........ 100,000
29 For emergency care research.
30 State appropriation........ 200,000
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1 Section 216. Insurance
2 Department.--The following amounts are
3 appropriated to the Insurance
4 Department: Federal State
5 For general government operations
6 of the Insurance Department including
7 the Children's Health Insurance
8 Management Team.
9 State appropriation........ 16,475,000
10 Section 217. Department of Labor
11 and Industry.--The following amounts
12 are appropriated to the Department of
13 Labor and Industry: Federal State
14 For general government operations
15 of the Department of Labor and
16 Industry.
17 State appropriation........ 14,247,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for general government
21 operations:
22 (1) "National Occupational
23 Information Coordinating Committee."
24 Federal appropriation...... 311,000
25 (2) "JTPA - Administration."
26 Federal appropriation...... 5,500,000
27 (3) "Community Service and Corps."
28 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000
29 (4) "Disability Determination."
30 Federal appropriation...... 64,102,000
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1 For occupational and industrial
2 safety.
3 State appropriation........ 8,720,000
4 The following Federal amounts are
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated for Occupational and
7 Industrial Safety:
8 (1) "Asbestos Certification."
9 Federal appropriation...... 227,000
10 For the operation of a Worker and
11 Community Right-To-Know Program
12 pursuant to the act of October 5, 1984
13 (P.L.734, No.159), known as the Worker
14 and Community Right-to-Know Act.
15 State appropriation........ 1,099,000
16 For occupational disease payments.
17 State appropriation........ 3,706,000
18 For the payment to the Vocational
19 Rehabilitation Fund for work of the
20 State Board of Vocational
21 Rehabilitation.
22 State appropriation........ 24,030,000
23 For supported employment.
24 State appropriation........ 899,000
25 For centers for independent living,
26 including independent living services
27 purchased by Office of Vocational
28 Rehabilitation District Offices.
29 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
30 To carry out the provisions of
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1 section 306(h) of the act of June 2,
2 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the
3 Workers' Compensation Act.
4 State appropriation........ 420,000
5 For needs-based payments for
6 dislocated workers and other services
7 authorized by the act of July 13, 1987
8 (P.L.346, No.66), known as the
9 Dislocated Worker Training Assistance
10 Act.
11 State appropriation........ 2,500,000
12 For employment services.
13 State appropriation........ 6,500,000
14 The following Federal amounts are
15 appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated for employment services:
17 (1) "JTPA Grants to Service
18 Delivery Areas."
19 Federal appropriation...... 60,000,000
20 (2) "JTPA Summer Youth Programs."
21 Federal appropriation...... 44,000,000
22 (3) "JTPA Incentive Grants" - For
23 incentive grants and technical
24 assistance to SDA's. Funds from this
25 appropriation awarded to SDA's
26 pursuant to section 202(b) of Public
27 Law 87-300 (October 13, 1982) as
28 incentive grants shall be used to
29 increase the number of welfare
30 assistance recipients and high school
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1 dropouts receiving job training and
2 assistance services, and to provide
3 employment and training services to
4 prevent individuals from dropping out
5 of high school. Funds not needed for
6 incentive grants or technical
7 assistance may be used to provide
8 employment and training assistance to
9 hard-to-serve individuals.
10 Federal appropriation...... 3,321,000
11 (4) "JTPA - Older Workers."
12 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000
13 (5) "JTPA - Dislocated Workers."
14 Federal appropriation...... 94,616,000
15 For the Pennsylvania Conservation
16 Corps, which includes up to $200,000
17 for matching funds for the National
18 and Community Service Trust Act.
19 State appropriation........ 5,899,000
20 Section 218. Department of
21 Military and Veterans Affairs.--The
22 following sums are appropriated to the
23 Department of Military and Veterans
24 Affairs: Federal State
25 For general government operations
26 of the Department of Military and
27 Veterans Affairs.
28 State appropriation........ 14,193,000
29 The following Federal amounts are
30 appropriated to supplement the sum
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1 appropriated for general government
2 operations:
3 (1) "National Guard - Maintenance
4 Facilities and Training Sites."
5 Federal appropriation...... 9,200,000
6 (2) "Employee Support - National
7 Guard."
8 Federal appropriation...... 2,279,000
9 (3) "Communications System - For
10 Telecommunications Costs."
11 Federal appropriation...... 760,000
12 (4) "Fort Indiantown Gap Base
13 Alignment."
14 Federal appropriation...... 1,228,000
15 For maintenance of monuments to
16 Pennsylvania servicemen who died on
17 foreign soil.
18 State appropriation........ 4,000
19 For armory maintenance and repair.
20 State appropriation........ 700,000
21 For the operation and maintenance
22 of the Erie Soldiers' and Sailors'
23 Home.
24 State appropriation........ 5,695,000
25 The following Federal amounts are
26 appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated for the Erie Soldiers'
28 and Sailors' Home:
29 (1) "Operations and Maintenance -
30 Erie."
19970H0847B1725 - 90 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 1,510,000
2 (2) "Medicare Services - Erie."
3 Federal appropriation...... 50,000
4 For the operation and maintenance
5 of the Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home.
6 State appropriation........ 19,900,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for the Hollidaysburg
10 Veterans' Home:
11 (1) "Operations and Maintenance -
12 Hollidaysburg."
13 Federal appropriation...... 5,047,000
14 (2) "Medicare Services -
15 Hollidaysburg."
16 Federal appropriation...... 183,000
17 For the operation and maintenance
18 of the Southeastern Veterans' Home.
19 State appropriation........ 12,605,000
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for the Southeastern
23 Veterans' Home:
24 (1) "Operations and Maintenance -
25 Southeastern."
26 Federal appropriation...... 2,947,000
27 (2) "Medicare Services -
28 Southeastern."
29 Federal appropriation...... 70,000
30 For the operation and maintenance
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1 of the Northeastern Veterans' Home.
2 State appropriation........ 7,478,000
3 The following Federal amounts are
4 appropriated to supplement the sum
5 appropriated for the Northeastern
6 Veterans' Home:
7 (1) "Operations and Maintenance -
8 Northeastern."
9 Federal appropriation...... 2,850,000
10 (2) "Medicare Services -
11 Northeastern."
12 Federal appropriation...... 70,000
13 For Southwestern Veterans Home.
14 State appropriation........ 4,849,000
15 The following Federal amounts are
16 appropriated to supplement the sum
17 appropriated for the Southwestern
18 Veterans' Home:
19 (1) "Operations and Maintenance -
20 Southwestern."
21 Federal appropriation...... 615,000
22 (2) "Medicare Services -
23 Southwestern."
24 Federal appropriation...... 5,000
25 For the Scotland School for
26 Veterans' Children.
27 State appropriation........ 6,442,000
28 For payment of gratuities for the
29 education of children of certain
30 veterans.
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1 State appropriation........ 145,000
2 For payment of education credits
3 for members of the National Guard.
4 State appropriation........ 2,200,000
5 For assistance to veterans who are
6 ill or disabled and without means of
7 support.
8 State appropriation........ 1,266,000
9 For pensions for veterans blinded
10 through service-connected injuries or
11 disease.
12 State appropriation........ 145,000
13 To provide for pensions for
14 paralyzed veterans as required by 51
15 Pa.C.S. § 7702.
16 State appropriation........ 293,000
17 For payment of pensions to
18 dependents of soldiers of the
19 Pennsylvania National Guard killed in
20 the line of duty.
21 State appropriation........ 5,000
22 For drug interdiction.
23 State appropriation........ 62,000
24 For the prevention of military base
25 realignment and closure.
26 State appropriation........ 75,000
27 For special State duty costs for
28 missions which are performed to
29 alleviate disasters or emergencies.
30 State appropriation........ 100,000
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1 For the Pennsylvania Air National
2 Guard.
3 State appropriation........ 25,000
4 Section 219. Department of Public
5 Welfare.--The following sums are
6 appropriated to the Department of
7 Public Welfare: Federal State
8 For general government operations
9 of the Department of Public Welfare.
10 State appropriation........ 36,907,000
11 The following Federal amounts are
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated for general government
14 operations:
15 (1) "Child Welfare Services -
16 Administration."
17 Federal appropriation...... 2,070,000
18 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E."
19 Federal appropriation...... 2,064,000
20 (3) "Child Welfare Training and
21 Certification."
22 Federal appropriation...... 8,362,000
23 (4) "CCDBG - Administration."
24 Federal appropriation...... 1,519,000
25 (5) "CCDFBG - Administration."
26 Federal appropriation...... 1,519,000
27 (6) "Rehabilitation Services -
28 Administration."
29 Federal appropriation...... 439,000
30 (7) "Medical Assistance -
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1 Administration."
2 Federal appropriation...... 19,388,000
3 (8) "TANFBG - Administration."
4 Federal appropriation...... 4,663,000
5 (9) "Food Stamp Program -
6 Administration."
7 Federal appropriation...... 3,896,000
8 (10) "Developmental Disabilities -
9 Basic Support."
10 Federal appropriation...... 4,090,000
11 (11) "Refugees and Persons Seeking
12 Asylum - Administration."
13 Federal appropriation...... 1,182,000
14 (12) "Homeless Mentally Ill -
15 Administration."
16 Federal appropriation...... 23,000
17 (13) "Education of Children with
18 Disabilities - Administration."
19 Federal appropriation...... 1,178,000
20 (14) "Child Abuse Prevention
21 Challenge Grant."
22 Federal appropriation...... 1,357,000
23 (15) "MHSBG - Administration."
24 Federal appropriation...... 87,000
25 (16) "SSBG Administration."
26 Federal appropriation...... 4,042,000
27 (17) "Community-Based Family
28 Resource and Support."
29 Federal appropriation...... 800,000
30 For information systems.
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1 State appropriation........ 26,562,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for the Office of
5 Information Systems:
6 (1) "Medical Assistance -
7 Information Systems."
8 Federal appropriation...... 17,593,000
9 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E -
10 Information Systems."
11 Federal appropriation...... 13,000
12 (3) "TANFBG - Information
13 Systems."
14 Federal appropriation...... 3,369,000
15 (4) "Food Stamp Program -
16 Information Systems."
17 Federal appropriation...... 5,920,000
18 (5) "Child Support Enforcement -
19 Information Systems."
20 Federal appropriation...... 685,000
21 (6) "Rehabilitation Services -
22 Information Systems."
23 Federal appropriation...... 81,000
24 For Statewide operations related to
25 county administration of the public
26 assistance and medical assistance
27 programs.
28 State appropriation........ 37,621,000
29 The following Federal amounts are
30 appropriated to supplement the sum
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1 appropriated for Statewide operations
2 relating to county administration:
3 (1) "TANFBG - Statewide Operations
4 Related to County Administration."
5 Federal appropriation...... 4,095,000
6 (2) "Medical Assistance -
7 Statewide Operations Related to County
8 Administration."
9 Federal appropriation...... 35,433,000
10 (3) "Food Stamp Program -
11 Statewide Operations Related to County
12 Administration."
13 Federal appropriation...... 3,842,000
14 For county assistance office
15 operations related to administration
16 of the public assistance and medical
17 assistance programs.
18 State appropriation........ 238,334,000
19 The following Federal amounts are
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated for county assistance
22 offices:
23 (1) "TANFBG - County Assistance
24 Offices."
25 Federal appropriation...... 44,802,000
26 (2) "Medical Assistance - County
27 Assistance Offices."
28 Federal appropriation...... 55,819,000
29 (3) "Food Stamp Program - County
30 Assistance Offices."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 63,092,000
2 (4) "SSBG - County Assistance
3 Offices."
4 Federal appropriation...... 6,860,000
5 (5) "LIHEABG - Administration and
6 Audit Costs."
7 Federal appropriation...... 6,327,000
8 For program accountability.
9 State appropriation........ 8,475,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for program
13 accountability:
14 (1) "Medical Assistance - Program
15 Accountability."
16 Federal appropriation...... 3,044,000
17 (2) "Child Support Enforcement
18 Program - Program Accountability."
19 Federal appropriation...... 118,831,000
20 (3) "Food Stamp Program - Program
21 Accountability."
22 Federal appropriation...... 4,304,000
23 For services for the visually
24 impaired.
25 State appropriation........ 8,160,000
26 The following Federal amounts are
27 appropriated to supplement the sum
28 appropriated for services for the
29 visually impaired:
30 (1) "Rehabilitation Services -
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1 Basic Support."
2 Federal appropriation...... 9,466,000
3 (2) "Vocational Rehabilitation
4 Services for Social Security
5 Disability Beneficiaries."
6 Federal appropriation...... 815,000
7 (3) "Independent Living Services
8 for Visually Impaired Elderly."
9 Federal appropriation...... 150,000
10 For youth development institutions
11 and forestry camps.
12 State appropriation........ 75,354,000
13 The following Federal amounts are
14 appropriated to supplement the sum
15 appropriated for youth offender
16 programs:
17 (1) "SSBG - Basic Institutional
18 and Other Programs and Facilities for
19 Youth Offenders."
20 Federal appropriation...... 1,155,000
21 For audit settlements related to
22 the State medical and surgical
23 hospitals.
24 State appropriation........ 1,000
25 The following Federal amounts are
26 appropriated to supplement the sum
27 appropriated for audit settlements
28 related to the State medical and
29 surgical hospitals:
30 (1) "Medicare Services at State
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1 General Hospitals."
2 Federal appropriation...... 1,527,000
3 (2) "Medical Assistance - State
4 General Hospitals."
5 Federal appropriation...... 500,000
6 For mental health services,
7 including grants to counties and
8 county institution districts exclusive
9 of capital improvements. This
10 appropriation includes sufficient
11 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
12 adjustment for community programs.
13 State appropriation........ 550,445,000
14 The following Federal amounts are
15 appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated for mental health
17 services:
18 (1) "Medical Assistance - Mental
19 Health Services."
20 Federal appropriation...... 239,837,000
21 (2) "Medicare Services - State
22 Mental Hospitals."
23 Federal appropriation...... 21,430,000
24 (3) "Homeless Mentally Ill."
25 Federal appropriation...... 456,000
26 (4) "MHSBG - Community Mental
27 Health Services."
28 Federal appropriation...... 12,061,000
29 (5) "SSBG - Community Mental
30 Health Services."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 16,221,000
2 (6) "Community Support Projects -
3 M.H."
4 Federal appropriation...... 38,000
5 (7) "Access Cooperative
6 Agreement."
7 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
8 (8) "Behavioral Health -
9 Management Information System."
10 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
11 For psychiatric services in eastern
12 Pennsylvania.
13 State appropriation........ 3,650,000
14 For State centers for the mentally
15 retarded and for community placements
16 of up to 30 individuals from State
17 centers at an annual cost not to
18 exceed a combined total of $30,000 per
19 placement from this appropriation and
20 the Federal Medical Assistance State
21 Centers appropriation.
22 State appropriation........ 136,541,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for the State centers for
26 the mentally retarded:
27 (1) "Medical Assistance - State
28 Centers."
29 Federal appropriation...... 156,309,000
30 (2) "Medicare Services - State
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1 Centers."
2 Federal appropriation...... 1,065,000
3 For cash assistance grants.
4 State appropriation........ 354,343,000
5 The following Federal amounts are
6 appropriated to supplement the sum
7 appropriated for cash assistance:
8 (1) "TANFBG - Cash Grants."
9 Federal appropriation...... 524,786,000
10 (2) "CCDFBG - Cash Grants."
11 Federal appropriation...... 63,598,000
12 (3) "Other Federal Support - Cash
13 Grants.
14 Federal appropriation...... 9,391,000
15 (4) "LIHEABG - Program."
16 Federal appropriation...... 66,865,000
17 For medical assistance payments -
18 outpatient services, exclusive of
19 outpatient services provided through
20 capitation plans. The Department of
21 Public Welfare shall not require a
22 recipient in the Family Care Network
23 to obtain a physician referral in
24 order to receive chiropractic
25 services.
26 State appropriation........ 570,974,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for medical assistance -
30 outpatient:
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1 (1) "Medical Assistance -
2 Outpatient."
3 Federal appropriation...... 735,173,000
4 For women's service programs.
5 $2,070,500 shall be used for grants to
6 nonprofit agencies, whose primary
7 function is to assist pregnant women
8 seeking alternatives to abortion. Such
9 funds shall be expended to provide
10 services to such women, whose income
11 is under 185% of the poverty level,
12 until childbirth and for up to 12
13 months thereafter, including, but not
14 limited to, food, shelter, clothing,
15 health care, counseling, adoption
16 services, parenting classes,
17 assistance for postdelivery stress and
18 other supportive programs and services
19 and for related outreach programs.
20 Such agencies may subcontract with
21 other nonprofit entities which operate
22 projects designed specifically to
23 provide all or a portion of the
24 foregoing services. Projects receiving
25 such funds shall not promote or refer
26 for or perform abortions or engage in
27 any counseling which is inconsistent
28 with this appropriation and shall be
29 physically and financially separate
30 from any component of any legal entity
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1 engaging in such activities.
2 $2,070,500 shall be used for grants
3 for women's medical services including
4 contraception supplies. This
5 appropriation includes sufficient
6 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
7 adjustment.
8 State appropriation........ 4,141,000
9 For special pharmaceutical
10 services, including AIDS-related
11 services and atypical anti-psychotic
12 drug therapy for persons residing in
13 the community who suffer from
14 schizophrenia.
15 State appropriation........ 6,294,000
16 For behavioral health services.
17 State appropriation........ 59,200,000
18 For medical assistance payments -
19 inpatient, exclusive of inpatient
20 services provided through capitation
21 plans including community access.
22 State appropriation........ 306,906,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for medical assistance -
26 inpatient services:
27 (1) "Medical Assistance -
28 Inpatient."
29 Federal appropriation...... 484,435,000
30 For medical assistance - capitation
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1 plans. For provision of outpatient
2 services and inpatient hospital
3 services to eligible persons enrolled
4 in an approved capitation plan. No
5 part of this appropriation shall be
6 used to pay any provider who has not
7 supplied information in such form as
8 required by the department in order to
9 facilitate claims for Federal
10 financial participation for services
11 rendered to general assistance
12 clients. The Department of Public
13 Welfare shall not require a recipient
14 in the Family Care Network to obtain a
15 physician referral in order to receive
16 chiropractic services.
17 State appropriation........ 994,150,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for medical assistance -
21 capitation plans:
22 (1) "Medical Assistance -
23 Capitation Plans."
24 Federal appropriation......1,017,711,000
25 For medical assistance - long-term
26 care facilities.
27 State appropriation........ 661,275,000
28 The following Federal amounts are
29 appropriated to supplement the sum
30 appropriated for long-term care
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1 facilities:
2 (1) "Medical Assistance - Long-
3 Term Care Facilities."
4 Federal appropriation......1,623,589,000
5 For Supplemental Grants to the
6 Aged, Blind and Disabled.
7 State appropriation........ 118,864,000
8 Any rule, regulation or policy for
9 the State or Federal appropriations
10 for the cash assistance, outpatient,
11 inpatient, capitation, behavioral
12 health, long-term care and
13 Supplemental Grants to the Aged, Blind
14 and Disabled programs adopted by the
15 Secretary of Public Welfare during the
16 fiscal period 1997-1998 which adds to
17 the cost of any public assistance
18 program shall be effective only from
19 and after the date upon which it is
20 approved as to the availability of
21 funds by the Governor.
22 For medical assistance -
23 transportation. This appropriation
24 includes sufficient funds for up to a
25 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
26 State appropriation........ 18,931,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for medical assistance -
30 transportation:
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1 (1) "Medical Assistance -
2 Transportation."
3 Federal appropriation...... 16,545,000
4 It is the intent of the General
5 Assembly that these funds shall be
6 utilized as payment of last resort for
7 transportation services for eligible
8 medical assistance recipients.
9 For intermediate care
10 facilities/MR. This appropriation
11 includes sufficient funds for up to a
12 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
13 State appropriation........ 113,693,000
14 The following Federal amounts are
15 appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated for intermediate care
17 facilities/MR:
18 (1) "Medical Assistance -
19 Intermediate Care Facilities -
20 Mentally Retarded."
21 Federal appropriation...... 129,845,000
22 For community mental retardation
23 services, exclusive of capital
24 improvements, which shall include
25 grants to counties and county
26 institution districts for
27 noninstitutional programs. Up to
28 $786,000 may be transferred to the
29 State centers for the mentally
30 retarded appropriation if persons
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1 scheduled to be placed into the
2 community as part of the 1997-1998
3 initiatives were not placed as
4 scheduled. Notice of such transfer
5 shall be transmitted by the Secretary
6 of the Budget to the majority chairman
7 and minority chairman of the
8 Appropriations Committee of the Senate
9 and the majority chairman and minority
10 chairman of the Appropriations
11 Committee of the House of
12 Representatives ten days prior to such
13 transfer. This appropriation includes
14 sufficient funds for up to a 2% cost-
15 of-living adjustment.
16 State appropriation........ 464,633,000
17 The following Federal amounts are
18 appropriated to supplement the sum
19 appropriated for community services
20 for the mentally retarded:
21 (1) "Medical Assistance -
22 Community Services." Up to $910,000
23 may be transferred to the State
24 centers for the mentally retarded
25 appropriation if persons scheduled to
26 be placed into the community as part
27 of the 1997-1998 initiatives were not
28 placed as scheduled. Notice of such
29 transfer shall be transmitted by the
30 Secretary of the Budget to the
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1 majority chairman and minority
2 chairman of the Appropriations
3 Committee of the Senate and the
4 majority chairman and minority
5 chairman of the Appropriations
6 Committee of the House of
7 Representatives ten days prior to such
8 transfer.
9 Federal appropriation...... 270,688,000
10 (2) "SSBG - Community Services for
11 the Mentally Retarded."
12 Federal appropriation...... 15,318,000
13 For an assistive technology program
14 to benefit persons with disabilities
15 and older Pennsylvanians.
16 State appropriation........ 700,000
17 For extraordinary costs to counties
18 other than counties of the first class
19 resulting from the closure of
20 Pennhurst State Center.
21 State appropriation........ 2,875,000
22 For early intervention services.
23 This appropriation includes sufficient
24 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
25 adjustment for community programs.
26 State appropriation........ 44,230,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for early intervention
30 services:
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1 (1) "SSBG - Early Intervention."
2 Federal appropriation...... 2,404,000
3 (2) "Medical Assistance - Early
4 Intervention."
5 Federal appropriation...... 10,022,000
6 (3) "Education for Children with
7 Disabilities - Early Intervention."
8 Federal appropriation...... 11,810,000
9 For residential services to the
10 mentally retarded in the Lansdowne
11 area.
12 State appropriation........ 371,000
13 For payments and services to
14 counties for children and youth
15 programs and for the care of
16 delinquent and dependent children,
17 provided that, for fiscal year 1997-
18 1998, not more than 50% of the funds
19 allocated from this appropriation to
20 each county and herein appropriated
21 shall be expended until such time as
22 each county submits to the Department
23 of Public Welfare data for the
24 previous State fiscal year, and
25 updated on a quarterly basis, on the
26 unduplicated caseloads, unduplicated
27 services and number of caseworkers by
28 county program. This data is to be
29 provided in a form acceptable to the
30 Department of Public Welfare. A copy
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1 of the data shall be sent to the
2 majority and minority chairmen of the
3 Appropriations Committee of the House
4 of Representatives and of the
5 Appropriations Committee of the
6 Senate. The department may use up to
7 $4,120,000 of this appropriation to
8 fund contracts for adoption services.
9 Reimbursement for children and youth
10 services made pursuant to section
11 704.1 of the Public Welfare Code shall
12 not exceed the amount of State funds
13 appropriated. This appropriation
14 includes sufficient funds for up to a
15 2% cost-of-living adjustment for
16 purchased services as allowed in 55
17 Pa. Code Ch. 3140.
18 State appropriation........ 398,740,000
19 The following Federal amounts are
20 appropriated to supplement the sum
21 appropriated for payments to counties
22 for children and youth programs and
23 child abuse and neglect prevention:
24 (1) "Child Welfare Services."
25 Federal appropriation...... 17,447,000
26 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E -
27 Child Welfare."
28 Federal appropriation...... 232,878,000
29 (3) "Medical Assistance - Child
30 Welfare."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000
2 (4) "TANFBG - Child Welfare."
3 Federal appropriation...... 120,000,000
4 (5) "SSBG - Child Welfare."
5 Federal appropriation...... 13,171,000
6 (6) "At-risk Family - Child
7 Welfare."
8 Federal appropriation...... 60,000
9 (7) "Crisis Nursery."
10 Federal appropriation...... 400,000
11 (8) "Medically Fragile - Child
12 Support."
13 Federal appropriation...... 105,000
14 For community-based family centers.
15 No funds from this appropriation shall
16 be considered as part of the base for
17 calculation of the county child
18 welfare needs based budget for any
19 fiscal year. This appropriation
20 includes sufficient funds for up to a
21 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
22 State appropriation........ 2,061,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for community-based
26 family centers:
27 (1) "CCDBG - Family Centers."
28 Federal appropriation...... 2,805,000
29 (2) "CCDFBG - Family Centers."
30 Federal appropriation...... 4,818,000
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1 (3) "Family Preservation - Family
2 Centers."
3 Federal appropriation...... 1,200,000
4 For day care and early childhood
5 activities including $473,000 for day-
6 care services for children of seasonal
7 migrant workers. This appropriation
8 includes sufficient funds for up to a
9 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
10 State appropriation........ 47,717,000
11 The following Federal amounts are
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated for day-care services:
14 (1) "CCDBG - Day Care."
15 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000
16 (2) "CCDFBG - Day Care."
17 Federal appropriation...... 58,524,000
18 (3) "CCDFBG - School Age."
19 Federal appropriation...... 1,260,000
20 (4) "Child Development
21 Scholarships."
22 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
23 (5) "SSBG - Day Care."
24 Federal appropriation...... 33,931,000
25 (6) "Head Start Collaboration
26 Project."
27 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
28 For New Directions including
29 $1,500,000 for specialized job
30 training in cities of the first class.
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1 State appropriation........ 58,785,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for New Directions:
5 (1) "TANFBG - New Directions."
6 Federal appropriation...... 49,970,000
7 (2) "Food Stamp Program - New
8 Directions."
9 Federal appropriation...... 7,037,000
10 (3) "Medical Assistance - New
11 Directions."
12 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000
13 For domestic violence programs.
14 This appropriation includes sufficient
15 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
16 adjustment.
17 State appropriation........ 9,758,000
18 The following Federal amounts are
19 appropriated to supplement the sum
20 appropriated for domestic violence
21 programs:
22 (1) "Family Violence Prevention
23 Services."
24 Federal appropriation...... 1,591,000
25 (2) "SSBG - Domestic Violence
26 Programs."
27 Federal appropriation...... 1,321,000
28 (3) "PHHSBG - Domestic Violence."
29 Federal appropriation...... 150,000
30 (4) "TANFBG - Domestic Violence."
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1 Federal appropriation...... 500,000
2 For rape crisis programs. This
3 appropriation includes sufficient
4 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
5 adjustment.
6 State appropriation........ 4,166,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for rape crisis programs:
10 (1) "PHHSBG - Services to Rape
11 Victims and Rape Prevention."
12 Federal appropriation...... 1,721,000
13 (2) "SSBG - Rape Crisis Services."
14 Federal appropriation...... 694,000
15 (3) "TANFBG - Rape Crisis."
16 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
17 For breast cancer screening. This
18 appropriation includes sufficient
19 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
20 adjustment.
21 State appropriation........ 884,000
22 The following Federal amounts are
23 appropriated to supplement the sum
24 appropriated for breast cancer
25 screening:
26 (1) "SSBG - Family Planning."
27 Federal appropriation...... 4,212,000
28 For the Human Services Development
29 Fund.
30 State appropriation........ 34,680,000
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1 The following Federal amounts are
2 appropriated to supplement the sum
3 appropriated for the Human Services
4 Development Fund:
5 (1) "Refugees and Persons Seeking
6 Asylum - Social Services."
7 Federal appropriation...... 9,300,000
8 For legal services.
9 State appropriation........ 2,000,000
10 The following Federal amounts are
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 appropriated for legal services:
13 (1) "SSBG - Legal Services."
14 Federal appropriation...... 5,531,000
15 For provision of services to the
16 homeless, such as bridge housing,
17 single-room occupancy, residences for
18 the mentally ill homeless and housing
19 assistance. This appropriation
20 includes sufficient funds for up to a
21 2% cost-of-living adjustment.
22 State appropriation........ 24,805,000
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for services to the
26 homeless:
27 (1) "SSBG - Homeless Services."
28 Federal appropriation...... 2,391,000
29 For services provided to the
30 developmentally disabled in
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1 conjunction with the Federal Nursing
2 Home Reform Act (Public Law 100-203)
3 and to maintain up to 50 persons at
4 any one time in community care as
5 authorized by a Medicaid home and
6 community based waiver. This
7 appropriation includes sufficient
8 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
9 adjustment.
10 State appropriation........ 7,878,000
11 The following Federal amounts are
12 appropriated to supplement the sum
13 appropriated for services to the
14 developmentally disabled:
15 (1) "SSBG - Developmentally
16 Disabled."
17 Federal appropriation...... 131,000
18 (2) "Medical Assistance - Services
19 to the Developmentally Disabled."
20 Federal appropriation...... 5,260,000
21 For attendant care services for
22 physically disabled adults. This
23 appropriation includes sufficient
24 funds for up to a 2% cost-of-living
25 adjustment.
26 State appropriation........ 17,224,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for attendant care
30 services:
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1 (1) "SSBG - Attendant Care."
2 Federal appropriation...... 7,636,000
3 (2) "Medical Assistance -
4 Attendant Care."
5 Federal appropriation...... 8,222,000
6 The above Federal appropriations to
7 the Department of Public Welfare
8 include any prior earnings that may be
9 received during fiscal year 1997-1998.
10 In addition to the amounts
11 specifically appropriated herein to
12 the Department of Public Welfare, all
13 moneys appropriated from the Federal
14 Government during any previous fiscal
15 year which are expected to be received
16 as reimbursements may be carried
17 forward until June 30, 1998, to the
18 extent that contracted obligations are
19 carried forward. In addition, any
20 reimbursements actually received to
21 support such obligations may also be
22 carried forward.
23 For acute care hospitals.
24 State appropriation........ 1,700,000
25 Section 220. Department of
26 Revenue.--The following amounts are
27 appropriated to the Department of
28 Revenue: Federal State
29 For general government operations
30 of the Department of Revenue.
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1 State appropriation........ 108,186,000
2 For computer acquisitions.
3 State appropriation........ 875,000
4 For the distribution of Public
5 Utility Realty Tax.
6 State appropriation........ 161,574,000
7 Section 221. Department of
8 State.--The following amounts are
9 appropriated to the Department of
10 State: Federal State
11 For general government operations
12 of the Department of State, including
13 $370,000 to be used exclusively for
14 the electronic copying, filing,
15 storage, and retrieval of, and
16 electronic access to, reports filed by
17 candidates and political committees in
18 accordance with the provisions of
19 sections 1626 and 1627 of the act of
20 June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known
21 as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
22 State appropriation........ 1,699,000
23 For voter registration programs.
24 State appropriation........ 924,000
25 For costs related to absentee
26 voting by persons in military
27 services.
28 State appropriation........ 8,000
29 Section 222. Department of
30 Transportation.--The following amounts
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1 are appropriated to the Department of
2 Transportation: Federal State
3 For transit and rail freight
4 operations of the Department of
5 Transportation.
6 State appropriation........ 1,685,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for transit and rail
10 freight operations:
11 (1) "Federal Transit
12 Administration - Technical Studies
13 Grants."
14 Federal appropriation...... 2,686,000
15 (2) "Capital Assistance - Elderly
16 and Disabled Program -
17 Administration."
18 Federal appropriation...... 87,000
19 (3) "Surface Transportation
20 Assistance - Program Operations and
21 Planning - Administration."
22 Federal appropriation...... 816,000
23 (4) "Federal Transit
24 Administration Capital Improvement
25 Grants."
26 Federal appropriation...... 3,700,000
27 (5) "Title IV Rail Assistance -
28 Program Operations and Planning."
29 Federal appropriation...... 59,000
30 For supplemental grants to class 3
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1 and class 4 transit entities and to
2 support welfare to work transportation
3 demonstration activities.
4 State appropriation........ 2,000,000
5 For the rail safety inspection
6 program.
7 State appropriation........ 407,000
8 For transfer to the Motor License
9 Fund for collection of vehicle sales
10 tax.
11 State appropriation........ 1,757,000
12 For the operation of Welcome
13 Centers, including $50,000 to equip
14 telephones at welcome centers and rest
15 areas with telecommunication devices.
16 State appropriation........ 1,494,000
17 For relocation of transportation
18 and safety operations.
19 State appropriation........ 169,000
20 For costs to integrate voter
21 registration with driver licensing.
22 State appropriation........ 629,000
23 For mass transportation assistance
24 for grants to local transportation
25 organizations.
26 State appropriation........ 254,663,000
27 To augment State lottery funds for
28 payments to transportation providers
29 for fixed-route transportation
30 services.
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1 State appropriation........ 25,090,000
2 For intercity transportation: for
3 operating subsidies and demonstration
4 projects for passenger rail and bus
5 service.
6 State appropriation........ 1,888,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for intercity rail and
10 bus transportation:
11 (1) "Surface Transportation
12 Operating."
13 Federal appropriation...... 6,500,000
14 (2) "Surface Transportation
15 Assistance - Capital."
16 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000
17 (3) "FTA - Capital Improvements."
18 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000
19 For operating subsidies, lease
20 payments and maintenance projects on
21 rail freight lines.
22 State appropriation........ 8,000,000
23 Section 223. Pennsylvania State
24 Police.--The following amounts are
25 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
26 Police: Federal State
27 For general government operations
28 of the Pennsylvania State Police. A
29 portion of these funds is to be used
30 to hire 50 additional civilian
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1 personnel to replace 50 Pennsylvania
2 State Police troopers currently
3 performing administrative work,
4 thereby permitting these troopers to
5 patrol or perform criminal
6 investigation activities.
7 State appropriation........ 120,113,000
8 The following Federal amounts are
9 appropriated to supplement the sum
10 appropriated for general government
11 operations:
12 (1) "Drug Enforcement."
13 Federal appropriation...... 150,000
14 (2) "DCSI Ballistics."
15 Federal appropriation...... 216,000
16 (3) "DNA Laboratory Improvement."
17 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
18 For the Commonwealth Law
19 Enforcement Assistance Network.
20 State appropriation........ 2,042,000
21 For the Municipal Police Officers'
22 Education and Training Commission,
23 including in-service training.
24 State appropriation........ 4,085,000
25 For replacement of patrol vehicles.
26 State appropriation........ 2,829,000
27 For an Automated Fingerprint
28 Identification System (AFIS).
29 State appropriation........ 580,000
30 Section 224. State Civil Service
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1 Commission.--The following amounts are
2 appropriated to the State Civil
3 Service Commission: Federal State
4 For the general government
5 operations of the Civil Service
6 Commission, including administration
7 of the merit system for employees
8 under provisions of the Civil Service
9 Act: Provided, That, in addition to
10 the amount hereby appropriated, any
11 money collected by the commission by
12 way of reimbursement under the Civil
13 Service Act shall be paid into the
14 General Fund through the Department of
15 Revenue and shall be credited to this
16 appropriation.
17 State appropriation........ 1,000
18 Section 225. Pennsylvania
19 Emergency Management Agency.--The
20 following amounts are appropriated to
21 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
22 Agency: Federal State
23 For general government operations
24 of the Pennsylvania Emergency
25 Management Agency.
26 State appropriation........ 4,734,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for general government
30 operations:
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1 (1) "Civil Preparedness
2 Reimbursements."
3 Federal appropriation...... 3,095,000
4 (2) "Flash Flood Project - Warning
5 System."
6 Federal appropriation...... 105,000
7 (3) "Hazardous Materials Planning
8 and Training."
9 Federal appropriation...... 350,000
10 (4) "Chemical Preparedness."
11 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
12 For the office of the State Fire
13 Commissioner.
14 State appropriation........ 1,251,000
15 The following Federal amounts are
16 appropriated to supplement the sum
17 appropriated for the office of the
18 State Fire Commissioner:
19 (1) "Fire Prevention."
20 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
21 For firefighters' memorial flags.
22 State appropriation........ 10,000
23 For Civil Air Patrol activities.
24 State appropriation........ 200,000
25 For emergency weather radio and
26 other equipment.
27 State appropriation........ 335,000
28 Section 226. Pennsylvania Fish and
29 Boat Commission.--The following
30 amounts are appropriated to the
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1 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
2 Federal State
3 For the support of the Atlantic
4 States Marine Fisheries Commission.
5 State appropriation........ 9,000
6 Section 227. State System of
7 Higher Education.--The following
8 amounts are appropriated to the State
9 System of Higher Education: Federal State
10 For the State System of Higher
11 Education, including the Chancellor's
12 Office.
13 The State System of Higher
14 Education shall report its financial
15 statements in accordance with
16 generally accepted accounting
17 principles as prescribed by the
18 National Association of College and
19 University Business Officers, the
20 American Institute of Certified Public
21 Accountants or any other recognized
22 authoritative body, as well as
23 applicable policy and standards
24 promulgated by the Commonwealth and
25 the Federal Government.
26 State appropriation........ 404,828,000
27 To enhance the recruitment and
28 retention of minority students and
29 faculty.
30 State appropriation........ 327,000
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1 For an affirmative action program.
2 State appropriation........ 1,098,000
3 For McKeever Environmental Learning
4 Center.
5 State appropriation........ 204,000
6 For the Prometheus Project.
7 Expenditures from this appropriation
8 shall be contingent upon the receipt
9 of $1 from nonpublic sources for every
10 $1 expended from this appropriation.
11 State appropriation........ 2,700,000
12 For State System of Higher
13 Education special projects.
14 State appropriation........ 3,985,000
15 Section 228. Pennsylvania Higher
16 Education Assistance Agency.--The
17 following amounts are appropriated to
18 the Pennsylvania Higher Education
19 Assistance Agency: Federal State
20 For payment of education assistance
21 grants.
22 State appropriation........ 249,407,000
23 For matching payments for student
24 aid funds. It is the intent of the
25 General Assembly that these funds
26 should be used to maximize the receipt
27 of Federal funds to the fullest extent
28 possible.
29 State appropriation........ 8,397,000
30 For institutional assistance grants
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1 to be allotted by the Pennsylvania
2 Higher Education Assistance Agency. No
3 college, university or institution
4 receiving a direct appropriation from
5 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall
6 be eligible to participate in the
7 institutional assistance grants
8 program.
9 State appropriation........ 36,745,000
10 For equal opportunity professional
11 education.
12 State appropriation........ 750,000
13 For the loan forgiveness program
14 established by the act of December 16,
15 1988 (P.L.1259, No.155), known as the
16 Urban and Rural Teacher Loan
17 Forgiveness Act. Preference shall be
18 given to renewal applicants.
19 State appropriation........ 2,340,000
20 For agricultural loan forgiveness.
21 Preference shall be given to renewal
22 applicants.
23 State appropriation........ 177,000
24 For child care loan forgiveness.
25 State appropriation........ 100,000
26 Section 229. Pennsylvania
27 Historical and Museum Commission.--The
28 following amounts are appropriated to
29 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
30 Commission: Federal State
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1 To the Pennsylvania Historical and
2 Museum Commission for general
3 government operations of the
4 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
5 Commission.
6 State appropriation........ 16,794,000
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for general government
10 operations:
11 (1) "Division of Historic
12 Preservation."
13 Federal appropriation...... 1,100,000
14 (2) "Pennsylvania Historical
15 Records Advisory Board."
16 Federal appropriation...... 50,000
17 For records and management
18 information.
19 State appropriation........ 444,000
20 To undertake major maintenance and
21 security and repair needs at historic
22 sites and museums administered by the
23 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
24 Commission.
25 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
26 For museum assistance grants.
27 State appropriation........ 5,400,000
28 For regional history centers.
29 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
30 Section 230. Pennsylvania
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1 Infrastructure Investment Authority.--
2 The following amounts are appropriated
3 to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure
4 Investment Authority: Federal State
5 The following Federal amounts are
6 appropriated for the Pennsylvania
7 Infrastructure Investment Authority:
8 (1) "Sewage Projects Revolving
9 Loan Fund."
10 Federal appropriation...... 45,392,000
11 (2) "Drinking Water Projects
12 Revolving Loan Fund."
13 Federal appropriation...... 35,800,000
14 Section 231. Pennsylvania Housing
15 Finance Agency.--The following amounts
16 are appropriated to the Pennsylvania
17 Housing Finance Agency: Federal State
18 For transfer to the Pennsylvania
19 Housing Finance Agency for the
20 Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage
21 Assistance Program.
22 State appropriation........ 10,000,000
23 Section 232. Environmental Hearing
24 Board.--The following amounts are
25 appropriated to the Environmental
26 Hearing Board: Federal State
27 For the Environmental Hearing
28 Board.
29 State appropriation........ 1,416,000
30 Section 233. Pennsylvania Board of
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1 Probation and Parole.--The following
2 amounts are appropriated to the
3 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
4 Parole: Federal State
5 For general government operations
6 of the Board of Probation and Parole.
7 State appropriation........ 57,190,000
8 For a drug offenders work program.
9 Such work shall in no case replace
10 jobs protected by a collective
11 bargaining unit.
12 State appropriation........ 234,000
13 For payments for grants-in-aid to
14 counties for providing improved adult
15 probation services.
16 State appropriation........ 17,073,000
17 Section 234. Pennsylvania Public
18 Television Network Commission.--The
19 following amounts are appropriated to
20 the Pennsylvania Public Television
21 Network Commission: Federal State
22 For general government operations
23 of the Pennsylvania Public Television
24 Network Commission.
25 State appropriation........ 2,869,000
26 For public television station
27 grants.
28 State appropriation........ 6,368,000
29 Section 235. Pennsylvania
30 Securities Commission.--The following
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1 amounts are appropriated to the
2 Pennsylvania Securities Commission: Federal State
3 For general government operations
4 of the Pennsylvania Securities
5 Commission.
6 State appropriation........ 2,135,000
7 Section 236. State Employees'
8 Retirement System.--The following
9 amounts are appropriated to the State
10 Employees' Retirement System: Federal State
11 For payment of the employer's
12 contribution on behalf of members of
13 the National Guard.
14 State appropriation........ 33,000
15 Section 237. State Tax
16 Equalization Board.--The following
17 amounts are appropriated to the State
18 Tax Equalization Board: Federal State
19 For general government operations
20 of the State Tax Equalization Board.
21 State appropriation........ 1,219,000
22 Section 238. Health Care Cost
23 Containment Council.--The following
24 amounts are appropriated to the Health
25 Care Cost Containment Council: Federal State
26 For the Health Care Cost
27 Containment Council.
28 State appropriation........ 2,905,000
29 Section 239. State Ethics
30 Commission.--The following amounts are
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1 appropriated to the State Ethics
2 Commission: Federal State
3 For the general government
4 operations of the State Ethics
5 Commission.
6 State appropriation........ 1,185,000
7 SUBPART B
8 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
9 Section 251. Senate.--The
10 following amounts are appropriated to
11 the Senate: Federal State
12 For the salaries, wages and all
13 necessary expenses for the following
14 purposes:
15 Salaries of Senators.
16 State appropriation........ 3,674,000
17 Salaries of employees of the
18 President of the Senate.
19 State appropriation........ 257,000
20 Salaries and wages of employees of
21 the Chief Clerk and all necessary
22 expenditures to be allocated and
23 disbursed at the direction of the
24 President pro tempore.
25 State appropriation........ 4,600,000
26 Salaries, wages and expenses of
27 employees of the Senate and expenses
28 of the office of the President pro
29 tempore to be disbursed at the
30 direction of the President pro
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1 tempore.
2 State appropriation........ 5,810,000
3 Incidental expenses for payment of
4 maintenance and other expenses of the
5 Senate.
6 State appropriation........ 1,900,000
7 For payment of postage.
8 State appropriation........ 1,290,000
9 The above appropriations for
10 postage and for incidental expenses
11 shall be paid prior to the payment of
12 such expenses on warrant of the State
13 Treasurer in favor of the Chief Clerk
14 upon the presentation of requisitions
15 for the same: Provided, That the total
16 amount of requisitions for
17 advancements, less the total amount of
18 expenditures made as certified by such
19 officer to the State Treasurer, shall
20 not exceed the amount of the bond of
21 the officer having control of the
22 disbursement from the funds advanced.
23 Contingent expenses:
24 President.
25 State appropriation........ 5,000
26 President pro tempore.
27 State appropriation........ 20,000
28 Floor Leader (R).
29 State appropriation........ 7,000
30 Floor Leader (D).
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1 State appropriation........ 7,000
2 Whip (R).
3 State appropriation........ 6,000
4 Whip (D).
5 State appropriation........ 6,000
6 Chairman of the Caucus (R).
7 State appropriation........ 3,000
8 Chairman of the Caucus (D).
9 State appropriation........ 3,000
10 Secretary of the Caucus (R).
11 State appropriation........ 3,000
12 Secretary of the Caucus (D).
13 State appropriation........ 3,000
14 Chairman of the Appropriations
15 Committee (R).
16 State appropriation........ 6,000
17 Chairman of the Appropriations
18 Committee (D).
19 State appropriation........ 6,000
20 Chairman of the Policy Committee
21 (R).
22 State appropriation........ 2,000
23 Chairman of the Policy Committee
24 (D).
25 State appropriation........ 2,000
26 Caucus Administrator (R).
27 State appropriation........ 2,000
28 Caucus Administrator (D).
29 State appropriation........ 2,000
30 Upon presentation of requisitions
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1 for contingent expenses, such shall be
2 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
3 directly to and in favor of the
4 persons designated in such requisition
5 as entitled to receive such
6 compensation or expenses.
7 Miscellaneous expenses:
8 Mileage and expenses, Senators: In
9 addition to the annual reimbursement
10 for expenses authorized by law for
11 each member of the Senate, each member
12 shall be entitled to reimbursement for
13 actual expenses, not exceeding the sum
14 of $2,500 annually, incurred for
15 lodging and meals while away from home
16 on official legislative business,
17 official postage and all other
18 expenses incidental to legislative
19 duties.
20 State appropriation........ 575,000
21 Legislative printing and expenses,
22 furniture, equipment, renovations and
23 other expenses.
24 State appropriation........ 6,851,000
25 Upon presentation of requisitions
26 by the Chief Clerk against the
27 appropriations for legislative
28 printing and expenses for expenses,
29 such shall be paid on warrant of the
30 State Treasurer directly to and in
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1 favor of the persons designated in
2 such requisitions as entitled to
3 receive such expenses.
4 For computer services (R),
5 including the payment of salaries,
6 wages, operating costs, contracts,
7 equipment, software and other
8 incidental materials and expenses.
9 Such equipment, software and
10 incidental materials may be ordered
11 directly by the supervising member of
12 the caucus computer services office,
13 to the extent each item is less than
14 $1,000, a copy of the order is
15 forwarded to the Chief Clerk, and all
16 other provisions of the Financial
17 Operating Rules of the Senate,
18 including pricing and services are
19 followed.
20 State appropriation........ 3,167,000
21 For computer services (D),
22 including the payment of salaries,
23 wages, operating costs, contracts,
24 equipment, software and other
25 incidental materials and expenses.
26 Such equipment, software and
27 incidental materials may be ordered
28 directly by the supervising member of
29 the caucus computer services office,
30 to the extent each item is less than
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1 $1,000, a copy of the order is
2 forwarded to the Chief Clerk, and all
3 other provisions of the Financial
4 Operating Rules of the Senate,
5 including pricing and services are
6 followed.
7 State appropriation........ 3,167,000
8 For the payment of the expenses of
9 the Committee on Appropriations (R)
10 for investigating schools, colleges,
11 universities, correctional
12 institutions, mental hospitals,
13 medical and surgical hospitals, homes
14 and other institutions and agencies
15 supported, in whole or in part, by
16 appropriations from the State Treasury
17 in analyzing reports, expenditures and
18 the general operation and
19 administration of the institutions and
20 agencies, in examining and analyzing
21 requests of the same and of the
22 various departments, boards and
23 commissions of the Commonwealth, and
24 for the collection of data from other
25 states, attending seminars and
26 conferences, and in cooperating and
27 exchanging information with
28 legislative budget and financial
29 committees of other states, and for
30 the necessary clerical assistance and
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1 other assistance, travel expenses and
2 all other expenses deemed necessary by
3 the chairman in compiling data and
4 information connected with the work of
5 the Senate in compiling comparative
6 costs and other fiscal data and
7 information for the use of the
8 committee and the Senate during
9 legislative sessions and during the
10 interim between legislative sessions
11 to the discharge of such duties. The
12 committee shall have the authority to
13 examine and inspect all properties,
14 equipment, facilities, files, records
15 and accounts of any State office,
16 department, institution, board,
17 committee, commission or agency or any
18 institution or agency supported, in
19 whole or in part, by appropriation
20 from the State Treasury and to
21 administer oaths. The Committee on
22 Appropriations may issue subpoenas
23 under the hand and seal of the
24 chairman to compel the attendance of
25 witnesses and the production of any
26 papers, books, accounts, documents and
27 testimony touching matters properly
28 being inquired into by the committee
29 and to cause the deposition of
30 witnesses either residing within or
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1 without the State to be taken in the
2 manner prescribed by law for taking
3 depositions in civil actions. Upon
4 presentation of requisitions by the
5 Chief Clerk for such compensation or
6 expenses, such shall be paid on
7 warrant of the State Treasurer
8 directly to and in favor of the
9 persons designated in such requisition
10 as entitled to receive such
11 compensation or expenses.
12 State appropriation........ 2,771,000
13 For the payment of the expenses of
14 the Committee on Appropriations (D),
15 designated by a majority vote of the
16 Minority Party Senate Caucus (D), for
17 investigating schools, colleges,
18 universities, correctional
19 institutions, mental hospitals,
20 medical and surgical hospitals, homes
21 and other institutions and agencies
22 supported, in whole or in part, by
23 appropriations from the State Treasury
24 in analyzing reports, expenditures,
25 and the general operation and
26 administration of the institutions and
27 agencies, in examining and analyzing
28 requests of the same and of the
29 various departments, boards and
30 commissions of the Commonwealth, and
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1 for the collection of data from other
2 states, attending seminars and
3 conferences, and in cooperating and
4 exchanging information with
5 legislative budget and financial
6 committees of other states, and for
7 the necessary clerical assistance and
8 other assistance, travel expenses and
9 all other expenses deemed necessary by
10 the chairman in compiling data and
11 information connected with the work of
12 the committee in compiling comparative
13 cost and other fiscal data and
14 information for the use of the
15 committee and the Senate during
16 legislative sessions and during the
17 interim between legislative sessions
18 to the discharge of such duties. Upon
19 presentation of requisitions by the
20 Chief Clerk for such compensation or
21 expenses, such shall be paid on
22 warrant of the State Treasurer
23 directly to and in favor of the
24 persons designated in such requisition
25 as entitled to receive such
26 compensation or expenses.
27 State appropriation........ 2,771,000
28 For the Leadership Operations
29 Account (R) for payment of salaries,
30 wages and all other incidental
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1 expenses incurred in hiring personnel
2 and staff for services which, in the
3 opinion of the Floor Leader (R), may
4 be required or arise during
5 legislative sessions and during the
6 interim between legislative sessions
7 and for the payment of all other
8 expenses related to the performance of
9 Senate duties and responsibilities.
10 Upon presentation of requisitions by
11 the Chief Clerk for such compensation
12 or expenses, such shall be paid on
13 warrant of the State Treasurer
14 directly to and in favor of the
15 persons designated in such requisition
16 as entitled to receive such
17 compensation or expenses.
18 State appropriation........ 7,929,000
19 For the Leadership Operations
20 Account (D) for payment of salaries,
21 wages and all other incidental
22 expenses incurred in hiring personnel
23 and staff for services which, in the
24 opinion of the Floor Leader (D), may
25 be required or arise during
26 legislative sessions and during the
27 interim between legislative sessions
28 and for the payment of all other
29 expenses related to the performance of
30 Senate duties and responsibilities.
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1 Upon presentation of requisitions by
2 the Chief Clerk for such compensation
3 or expenses, such shall be paid on
4 warrant of the State Treasurer
5 directly to and in favor of the
6 persons designated in such requisition
7 as entitled to receive such
8 compensation or expenses.
9 State appropriation........ 7,929,000
10 For allocation in such amounts as
11 may be designated by the Legislative
12 Management Committee (R) to the
13 several standing committees and
14 support offices (other than the
15 Committee on Appropriations) for
16 payment of compensation of counsel,
17 research assistants and other staff
18 personnel hired to assist the members
19 (R) of the Senate or its standing
20 committees and for other necessary
21 Senate expenses incurred. Upon
22 presentation of requisitions by the
23 Chief Clerk for such compensation or
24 expenses, such shall be paid on
25 warrant of the State Treasurer
26 directly to and in favor of the
27 persons designated in such requisition
28 as entitled to receive such
29 compensation or expenses.
30 State appropriation........ 5,032,000
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1 For allocation in such amounts as
2 may be designated by the Legislative
3 Management Committee (D) to the
4 several standing committees and
5 support offices (other than the
6 Committee on Appropriations) for
7 payment of compensation of counsel,
8 research assistants and other staff
9 personnel to assist the members (D) of
10 the Senate or its standing committees
11 and for other necessary Senate
12 expenses incurred. Upon presentation
13 of requisitions by the Chief Clerk for
14 such compensation or expenses, such
15 shall be paid on warrant of the State
16 Treasurer directly to and in favor of
17 the persons designated in such
18 requisitions as entitled to receive
19 such compensation or expenses.
20 State appropriation........ 5,032,000
21 All appropriations made in this act
22 or in any other fiscal year to any
23 account of the Senate, except for the
24 Committee on Appropriations (R) or the
25 Committee on Appropriations (D)
26 accounts, remaining unexpended and
27 unencumbered on the effective date of
28 this part, may be transferred by the
29 Committee on Management Operations, by
30 a vote of two-thirds of its members,
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1 in its discretion, to such Senate
2 accounts as the committee deems
3 necessary. Such power to transfer
4 appropriations shall be limited to the
5 1997-1998 fiscal year.
6 For the Chief Clerk of the Senate
7 for the purchase of Pennsylvania and
8 National flags to be sent to residents
9 of Pennsylvania.
10 State appropriation........ 24,000
11 Section 252. House of
12 Representatives.--The following
13 amounts are appropriated to the House
14 of Representatives: Federal State
15 For the salaries, wages and all
16 necessary expenses for the following
17 purposes:
18 Salaries of Representatives and
19 extra compensation to the Speaker of
20 the House of Representatives.
21 State appropriation........ 15,978,000
22 Salaries:
23 House employees (D).
24 State appropriation........ 8,266,000
25 House employees (R).
26 State appropriation........ 8,266,000
27 For the operation of the Speaker's
28 Office.
29 State appropriation........ 745,000
30 Bipartisan Management Committee,
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1 Chief Clerk and Comptroller.
2 State appropriation........ 6,315,000
3 Mileage:
4 Representatives, officers and
5 employees.
6 State appropriation........ 200,000
7 Postage:
8 Chief Clerk and Legislative
9 Journal.
10 State appropriation........ 1,500,000
11 Contingent Expenses:
12 Speaker.
13 State appropriation........ 20,000
14 Chief Clerk.
15 State appropriation........ 643,000
16 Floor Leader (D).
17 State appropriation........ 7,000
18 Floor Leader (R).
19 State appropriation........ 7,000
20 Whip (D).
21 State appropriation........ 6,000
22 Whip (R).
23 State appropriation........ 6,000
24 Chairman of the Caucus (D).
25 State appropriation........ 3,000
26 Chairman of the Caucus (R).
27 State appropriation........ 3,000
28 Secretary of the Caucus (D).
29 State appropriation........ 3,000
30 Secretary of the Caucus (R).
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1 State appropriation........ 3,000
2 Chairman of the Appropriations
3 Committee (D).
4 State appropriation........ 6,000
5 Chairman of the Appropriations
6 Committee (R).
7 State appropriation........ 6,000
8 Chairman of the Policy Committee
9 (D).
10 State appropriation........ 2,000
11 Chairman of the Policy Committee
12 (R).
13 State appropriation........ 2,000
14 Caucus Administrator (D).
15 State appropriation........ 2,000
16 Caucus Administrator (R).
17 State appropriation........ 2,000
18 Administrator for Staff (D).
19 State appropriation........ 20,000
20 Administrator for Staff (R).
21 State appropriation........ 20,000
22 The above appropriations for
23 postage and for contingent expenses
24 shall be paid prior to the payment of
25 such expenses on warrant of the State
26 Treasurer in favor of the officers
27 above named upon the presentation of
28 their requisitions for the same:
29 Provided, That the total amount of
30 requisitions for advancements, less
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1 the total amount of expenditures made
2 as certified by such officers to the
3 State Treasurer, shall not exceed the
4 amount of the bond of the officer
5 having control of the disbursement
6 from the funds advanced.
7 Miscellaneous expenses:
8 Legislative Office for Research
9 Liaison.
10 State appropriation........ 492,000
11 Incidental expenses.
12 State appropriation........ 5,775,000
13 Expenses - Representatives: In
14 addition to annual reimbursement for
15 expenses heretofore authorized by law
16 for each member of the House of
17 Representatives, each member shall be
18 entitled to reimbursement for actual
19 expenses, not exceeding the sum of
20 $2,500 annually, incurred for lodging
21 and meals while away from home on
22 official legislative business,
23 official postage, staff and all other
24 expenses incidental to legislative
25 duties.
26 State appropriation........ 3,100,000
27 For asbestos removal and wiring of
28 House Chamber.
29 State appropriation........ 1,200,000
30 Legislative printing and expenses.
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1 State appropriation........ 19,500,000
2 Members' home office expenses.
3 State appropriation........ 2,100,000
4 Attending National Legislative
5 Conference - expenses.
6 State appropriation........ 194,000
7 The above appropriations for
8 attending National Legislative
9 Conference meetings and for attending
10 meetings of the Council of State
11 Governments shall be paid to the Chief
12 Clerk of the House in the same manner
13 and under the same conditions as the
14 appropriations for postage and
15 contingent expenses above.
16 For the payment of the expenses of
17 the Committee on Appropriations (R) of
18 the House of Representatives in
19 investigating schools, colleges,
20 universities, correctional
21 institutions, mental hospitals,
22 medical and surgical hospitals, homes
23 and other institutions and agencies
24 supported, in whole or in part, by
25 appropriations from the State Treasury
26 in analyzing reports, expenditures and
27 the general operation and
28 administration of the institutions and
29 agencies in examining and analyzing
30 requests of the same and of the
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1 various departments, boards and
2 commissions of the Commonwealth, and
3 for the collection of data from other
4 states, attending seminars and
5 conferences, and in cooperating and
6 exchanging information with
7 legislative budget and financial
8 committees of other states, and any
9 office expenses necessary to serve the
10 committee and its chairman, and for
11 the necessary clerical assistance and
12 other assistance, travel expenses and
13 all other expenses deemed necessary by
14 the chairman in compiling data and
15 information connected with the work of
16 the committee in compiling comparative
17 cost and other fiscal data and
18 information for the use of the
19 committee and the House of
20 Representatives during legislative
21 sessions and during the interim
22 between legislative sessions to the
23 discharge of such duties. The
24 committee shall have the authority to
25 examine and inspect all properties,
26 equipment, facilities, files, records
27 and accounts of any State office,
28 department, institution, board,
29 committee, commission or agency or any
30 institution or agency supported, in
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1 whole or in part, by appropriation
2 from the State Treasury and to
3 administer oaths. The sum appropriated
4 shall be paid on warrant of the State
5 Treasurer in favor of the chairman of
6 the committee on the presentation of
7 his requisition for the same. The
8 Chairman of the Committee on
9 Appropriations (R) shall, not later
10 than 30 days after the termination of
11 his term of office or until his
12 successor is elected and also within
13 30 days after the adjournment of any
14 regular or special session, file an
15 account, together with supporting
16 documents whenever possible, in the
17 office of the Committee on
18 Appropriations, of the committee's
19 expenses since the filing of the prior
20 account.
21 State appropriation........ 1,543,000
22 For the payment of the expenses of
23 one member of the Committee on
24 Appropriations (D) of the House of
25 Representatives, designated by a
26 majority vote of the House of
27 Representatives Caucus (D), for
28 investigating schools, colleges,
29 universities, correctional
30 institutions, mental hospitals,
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1 medical and surgical hospitals, homes
2 and other institutions and agencies
3 supported, in whole or in part, by
4 appropriations from the State Treasury
5 in analyzing reports, expenditures,
6 and the general operation and
7 administration of the institutions and
8 agencies in examining and analyzing
9 requests of the same and of the
10 various departments, boards and
11 commissions of the Commonwealth and
12 for the collection of data from other
13 states, attending seminars and
14 conferences, and in cooperating and
15 exchanging information with
16 legislative budget and financial
17 committees of other states, and any
18 office expenses necessary to serve the
19 committee and its chairman, and for
20 the necessary clerical assistance, and
21 other assistance, travel expenses and
22 all other expenses deemed necessary by
23 the chairman in compiling data and
24 information connected with the work of
25 the committee in compiling comparative
26 cost and other fiscal data and
27 information for the use of the
28 committee and the House of
29 Representatives during legislative
30 sessions and during the interim
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1 between legislative sessions to the
2 discharge of such duties. The sum
3 appropriated shall be paid on warrant
4 of the State Treasurer in favor of the
5 member so designated by the majority
6 vote of the House of Representatives
7 Caucus (D) on the presentation of his
8 requisition for the same. Such member
9 so designated shall, not later than 30
10 days after the termination of his term
11 of office or until his successor is
12 elected and also within 30 days after
13 the adjournment of any regular or
14 special session, file an account,
15 together with supporting documents
16 whenever possible, in the office of
17 the Committee on Appropriations (D) of
18 the House of Representatives, of his
19 expenses since the filing of the prior
20 account.
21 State appropriation........ 1,543,000
22 The Committee on Appropriations may
23 issue subpoenas under the hand and
24 seal of the Majority Chairman to
25 compel the attendance of witnesses and
26 the production of any papers, books,
27 accounts, documents and testimony
28 touching matters properly being
29 inquired into by the committee and to
30 cause the deposition of witnesses
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1 either residing within or without the
2 State to be taken in the manner
3 prescribed by law for taking
4 depositions in civil actions.
5 For the payment to the Special
6 Leadership Account (R) for payment of
7 salaries, wages and all other
8 incidental expenses incurred in hiring
9 personnel and staff or for services,
10 which, in the opinion of the Majority
11 Leader, may be required or arise
12 during legislative sessions and during
13 the interim between legislative
14 sessions and for the payment of all
15 other expenses related to the
16 performance of his duties and
17 responsibilities. The sum appropriated
18 shall be paid on warrant of the State
19 Treasurer in favor of the Majority
20 Leader on the presentation of his
21 requisition for the same. The Majority
22 Leader shall, not later than 30 days
23 after the termination of his term of
24 office or until his successor is
25 elected and also within 30 days after
26 the adjournment of any regular or
27 special session, file an account,
28 together with supporting documents
29 whenever possible, in the office of
30 the Majority Leader, of such expenses
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1 since the filing of the prior account.
2 State appropriation........ 9,120,000
3 For the payment to the Special
4 Leadership Account (D) for payment of
5 salaries, wages and all other
6 incidental expenses incurred in hiring
7 personnel and staff or for services
8 which, in the opinion of the Minority
9 Leader, may be required or arise
10 during legislative sessions and during
11 the interim between legislative
12 sessions and for the payment of all
13 other expenses related to the
14 performance of his duties and
15 responsibilities. The sum appropriated
16 shall be paid on warrant of the State
17 Treasurer in favor of the Minority
18 Leader on the presentation of his
19 requisition for the same. The Minority
20 Leader shall, not later than 30 days
21 after the termination of his term of
22 office or until his successor is
23 elected and also within 30 days after
24 the adjournment of any regular or
25 special session, file an account,
26 together with supporting documents
27 whenever possible, in the office of
28 the Minority Leader, of such expenses
29 since the filing of the prior account.
30 State appropriation........ 9,120,000
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1 For allocation in such amounts as
2 may be designated by the Legislative
3 Management Committee (R) to the
4 several standing committees (other
5 than the Committee on Appropriations)
6 of the House for payment of
7 compensation of counsel, research
8 assistants and other staff personnel
9 hired and assigned to work on behalf
10 of the chairman and the majority
11 members of such standing committees of
12 the House and for other necessary
13 expenses incurred. Upon presentation
14 of requisitions by the Chief Clerk of
15 the House for such compensation or
16 expenses, such shall be paid on
17 warrant of the State Treasurer
18 directly to and in favor of the
19 persons designated in such
20 requisitions as entitled to receive
21 such compensation or expenses. An
22 accounting, together with supporting
23 documents whenever possible, shall be
24 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk
25 of such expenses since the filing of
26 the prior account.
27 State appropriation........ 10,492,000
28 For allocation in such amounts as
29 may be designated by the Legislative
30 Management Committee (D) to the
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1 several standing committees (other
2 than the Committee on Appropriations)
3 of the House for payment of
4 compensation of counsel, research
5 assistants and other staff personnel
6 hired and assigned to work on behalf
7 of the minority members of such
8 standing committees of the House and
9 for other necessary expenses incurred.
10 Upon presentation of requisitions by
11 the Chief Clerk of the House for such
12 compensation or expenses, such shall
13 be paid on warrant of the State
14 Treasurer directly to and in favor of
15 the persons designated in such
16 requisitions as entitled to receive
17 such compensation or expenses. An
18 accounting, together with supporting
19 documents whenever possible, shall be
20 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk
21 of such expenses since the filing of
22 the prior account.
23 State appropriation........ 10,492,000
24 All appropriations made in this act
25 or in any other fiscal year to any
26 account of the House of
27 Representatives, except for the
28 Committee on Appropriations (D) or the
29 Committee on Appropriations (R)
30 accounts, remaining unexpended and
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1 unencumbered on the effective date of
2 this part, may be transferred by the
3 Bipartisan Management Committee, in
4 its discretion, to such House accounts
5 as the committee deems necessary. Such
6 power to transfer appropriations shall
7 be limited to the 1997-1998 fiscal
8 year.
9 For the Commonwealth Emergency
10 Medical System.
11 State appropriation........ 35,000
12 For the Chief Clerk of the House of
13 Representatives for the purchase of
14 Pennsylvania and National flags to be
15 sent to residents of Pennsylvania.
16 State appropriation........ 24,000
17 Section 253. Legislative Reference
18 Bureau.--The following amounts are
19 appropriated to the Legislative
20 Reference Bureau: Federal State
21 For the salaries, wages and all
22 necessary expenses for the work of the
23 Legislative Reference Bureau,
24 including the Code and Bulletin
25 Section.
26 The Pennsylvania Consolidated
27 Statutes, advance copies of statutes,
28 volumes of the Laws of Pennsylvania
29 and other publications shall be
30 printed under contracts entered into
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1 by the Legislative Reference Bureau
2 (without the intervention of any other
3 State agency or officer and without
4 regard to any other statute regulating
5 printing contracts) and distributed
6 (without regard to any other statute
7 regulating distribution of laws) as
8 determined by the bureau, and moneys
9 from sales shall be paid to the bureau
10 or the Department of General Services,
11 as the bureau shall determine, which
12 shall pay the same into the State
13 Treasury to the credit of the General
14 Fund. Such moneys are hereby
15 appropriated from the General Fund to
16 the Legislative Reference Bureau for
17 the editing, printing and distribution
18 of such laws and related expenses.
19 State appropriation........ 5,219,000
20 For contingent expenses connected
21 with the work of the Legislative
22 Reference Bureau to be paid on
23 warrants of the State Treasurer in
24 favor of the director on the
25 presentation of his requisitions for
26 the same. The director shall file an
27 accounting of the expenses, together
28 with supporting documents whenever
29 possible, in the office of the
30 Legislative Reference Bureau.
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1 State appropriation........ 15,000
2 For the Pennsylvania Bulletin and
3 Pennsylvania Code and related
4 expenses.
5 State appropriation........ 425,000
6 Section 254. Legislative Budget
7 and Finance Committee.--The following
8 amounts are appropriated to the
9 Legislative Budget and Finance
10 Committee: Federal State
11 For the salaries, wages and all
12 necessary expenses for the work of the
13 Legislative Budget and Finance
14 Committee upon presentation of
15 requisitions for the same from the
16 chairman to be paid on warrants of the
17 State Treasurer directly to and in
18 favor of the person named in the
19 requisitions.
20 State appropriation........ 2,020,000
21 Section 255. Legislative Data
22 Processing Committee.--The following
23 amounts are appropriated to the
24 Legislative Data Processing Committee:
25 Federal State
26 For the operation of the
27 Legislative Data Processing Center
28 upon presentation of requisitions for
29 the same from the chairman to be paid
30 on warrants of the State Treasurer
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1 directly to and in favor of the person
2 named in the requisitions.
3 State appropriation........ 2,900,000
4 Section 256. Joint State
5 Government Commission.--The following
6 amounts are appropriated to the Joint
7 State Government Commission: Federal State
8 For the salaries, wages and all
9 necessary expenses for the work of the
10 Joint State Government Commission upon
11 presentation of requisitions for the
12 same from the chairman to be paid on
13 warrants of the State Treasurer
14 directly to and in favor of the person
15 named in the requisition.
16 State appropriation........ 1,712,000
17 Section 257. Local Government
18 Commission.--The following amounts are
19 appropriated to the Local Government
20 Commission: Federal State
21 For the salaries, wages and all
22 expenses necessary for the work of the
23 Local Government Commission upon
24 presentation of requisitions for the
25 same from the chairman to be paid on
26 warrants of the State Treasurer
27 directly to and in favor of the person
28 named in the requisitions.
29 State appropriation........ 685,000
30 For the compilation and
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1 distribution of various municipal
2 codes.
3 State appropriation........ 48,000
4 Section 258. Joint Legislative Air
5 and Water Pollution Control and
6 Conservation Committee.--The following
7 amounts are appropriated to the Joint
8 Legislative Air and Water Pollution
9 Control and Conservation Committee: Federal State
10 For the salaries and expenses of
11 the Joint Legislative Air and Water
12 Pollution Control and Conservation
13 Committee upon presentation of
14 requisitions for the same from the
15 chairman to be paid on warrants of the
16 State Treasurer directly to and in
17 favor of the person named in the
18 requisitions.
19 State appropriation........ 310,000
20 Section 259. Legislative Audit
21 Advisory Commission.--The following
22 amounts are appropriated to the
23 Legislative Audit Advisory Commission:
24 Federal State
25 For the salaries, wages and all
26 expenses necessary for the work of the
27 Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.
28 State appropriation........ 143,000
29 Section 260. Independent
30 Regulatory Review Commission.--The
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1 following amounts are appropriated to
2 the Independent Regulatory Review
3 Commission: Federal State
4 For the salaries, wages and all
5 necessary expenses for the work of the
6 Independent Regulatory Review
7 Commission.
8 State appropriation........ 1,315,000
9 Section 261. Capitol Preservation
10 Committee.--The following amounts are
11 appropriated to the Capitol
12 Preservation Committee: Federal State
13 For the operation of the Capitol
14 Preservation Committee. All
15 appropriations made in this act or in
16 any other fiscal year to the Capitol
17 Preservation Committee for the
18 restoration of the Capitol remaining
19 unexpended and unencumbered on the
20 effective date of this part may be
21 expended by the committee for such
22 restoration, including any
23 construction, alterations, structural
24 modifications and relocations of
25 existing facilities and services as
26 may be necessary or incidental to
27 accomplish any such restoration.
28 State appropriation........ 500,000
29 For the restoration of the Capitol
30 and its artifacts, including support
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1 facilities and services.
2 State appropriation........ 2,010,000
3 For a colonial history of the
4 Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
5 State appropriation........ 187,000
6 Section 262. Pennsylvania
7 Commission on Sentencing.--The
8 following amounts are appropriated to
9 the Pennsylvania Commission on
10 Sentencing: Federal State
11 For the Pennsylvania Commission on
12 Sentencing.
13 State appropriation........ 647,000
14 Section 263. Center for Rural
15 Pennsylvania.--The following amounts
16 are appropriated to the Center for
17 Rural Pennsylvania: Federal State
18 For the Center for Rural
19 Pennsylvania.
20 State appropriation........ 944,000
21 Section 264. Chief Clerks of
22 Senate and House of Representatives.--
23 The following amount is appropriated
24 to the Chief Clerks of the Senate and
25 the House of Representatives: Federal State
26 For host-state expenses for the
27 National Conference of State
28 Legislatures Convention.
29 State appropriation........ 400,000
30 SUBPART C
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1 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
2 Section 281. Supreme Court.--The
3 following amounts are appropriated to
4 the Supreme Court: Federal State
5 For the Supreme Court: including
6 the salaries of the Supreme Court
7 justices, for the office of
8 prothonotary and for the library in
9 the Eastern District and Western
10 District, for the office of
11 prothonotary in the Middle District,
12 for criers, tipstaves, official
13 stenographers, court officers and the
14 law secretary of the Chief Justice in
15 Eastern, Middle and Western Districts,
16 home office expenses and, except for
17 employees of the Pennsylvania Board of
18 Law Examiners, Domestic Relations
19 Committee, Civil Procedural Rules
20 Committee and Criminal Procedural
21 Rules Committee, Workers' Compensation
22 Insurance Premiums for all other
23 Supreme Court employees, for the
24 office of State reporters, including
25 the salaries and compensation of
26 employees, including the fees for
27 prothonotaries of the Supreme Court of
28 the Eastern, Middle and Western
29 Districts on assignment to judges to
30 counties other than their own, and
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1 further including assessments for the
2 National Center of State Courts.
3 State appropriation........ 9,101,000
4 For vouchered expenses for
5 justices.
6 State appropriation........ 180,000
7 For Office of Legal Systems.
8 State appropriation........ 192,000
9 For the Civil Procedural Rules
10 Committee.
11 State appropriation........ 326,000
12 For the Criminal Procedural Rules
13 Committee.
14 State appropriation........ 332,000
15 For the Domestic Relations
16 Committee.
17 State appropriation........ 133,000
18 For the Court Administrator,
19 including the expenses of the Judicial
20 Council of Pennsylvania and the
21 District Justice Administrator. Funds
22 from this appropriation may be used
23 for the operation of the Pennsylvania
24 Board of Law Examiners. All funds so
25 spent shall be repaid in full to the
26 administrative office of the
27 Pennsylvania courts without interest
28 or charges from the augmenting
29 revenues of the Pennsylvania Board of
30 Law Examiners.
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1 State appropriation........ 5,077,000
2 For study of the unified judicial
3 system.
4 State appropriation........ 1,357,000
5 For the Integrated Criminal Justice
6 System.
7 State appropriation........ 342,000
8 For district justices' education.
9 State appropriation........ 499,000
10 Section 282. Superior Court.--The
11 following amounts are appropriated to
12 the Superior Court: Federal State
13 For the salaries and expenses of
14 the Superior Court: including the
15 salary of the Superior Court judges,
16 for panelization of judges program,
17 for criers, tipstaves, official
18 stenographers, home office expenses,
19 court officers and law secretary of
20 the president judge and Workers'
21 Compensation Insurance Premiums for
22 all employees of the Superior Court,
23 for the prothonotary's office in the
24 Philadelphia District, including
25 salaries and compensation for
26 employees, including the expenses of
27 dockets, stationery, supplies, books
28 for the library and other costs of the
29 Superior Court and its offices. Senior
30 judges working as active or senior
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1 judges a minimum of 75 days in the
2 prior calendar year are to receive
3 health benefits.
4 State appropriation........ 18,821,000
5 For vouchered expenses for active
6 judges.
7 State appropriation........ 237,000
8 Section 283. Commonwealth Court.--
9 The following amounts are appropriated
10 to the Commonwealth Court: Federal State
11 For the salaries of judges, for the
12 salaries and expenses of employees and
13 for home office expenses. Senior
14 judges working as active or senior
15 judges a minimum of 75 days in the
16 prior calendar year are to receive
17 health benefits.
18 State appropriation........ 11,403,000
19 For vouchered expenses for active
20 judges.
21 State appropriation........ 143,000
22 For court security functions.
23 State appropriation........ 200,000
24 Section 284. Courts of common
25 pleas.--The following amounts are
26 appropriated to the courts of common
27 pleas: Federal State
28 For the courts of common pleas:
29 including the salaries and expenses of
30 judges, including the expenses of
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1 traveling judges, including the
2 mileage in divided judicial districts,
3 and the payment of a per diem salary,
4 mileage and miscellaneous expenses to
5 active visiting judges for the
6 performance of their official duties.
7 No printing, postage, telephone and
8 supplies may be paid for from this
9 appropriation. No expenses of any kind
10 relating to education may be paid from
11 this appropriation.
12 State appropriation........ 51,608,000
13 For senior judges of the courts of
14 common pleas. Senior judges working as
15 active or senior judges a minimum of
16 75 days in the prior calendar year are
17 to receive health benefits. Senior
18 judges shall not be assigned unless
19 adequate funds are available in this
20 appropriation to provide compensation.
21 Any senior judge assigned in excess of
22 existing funding shall be compensated
23 from the appropriation for the Supreme
24 Court.
25 State appropriation........ 3,325,000
26 For common pleas judicial
27 education.
28 State appropriation........ 498,000
29 Section 285. Community courts -
30 district justices.--The following
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1 amounts are appropriated to the
2 community courts and district
3 justices: Federal State
4 For the salaries and expenses of
5 community court judges and district
6 justices. Senior judges working a
7 minimum number of days provided by the
8 Supreme Court are to receive health
9 benefits. Except for those printing
10 costs relating to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3532,
11 no other printing, postage, telephone
12 and supplies may be paid for from this
13 appropriation. No expenses of any kind
14 relating to education may be paid from
15 this appropriation.
16 State appropriation........ 41,739,000
17 Section 286. Philadelphia Traffic
18 Court.--The following amounts are
19 appropriated to the Philadelphia
20 Traffic Court: Federal State
21 For the salaries and expenses of
22 judges. Senior judges working as
23 active or senior judges a minimum of
24 75 days in the prior calendar year are
25 to receive health benefits.
26 State appropriation........ 653,000
27 Section 287. Philadelphia
28 Municipal Court.--The following
29 amounts are appropriated to the
30 Philadelphia Municipal Court: Federal State
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1 For the salaries and expenses of
2 judges. Senior judges working as
3 active or senior judges a minimum of
4 75 days in the prior calendar year are
5 to receive health benefits.
6 State appropriation........ 4,134,000
7 For law clerks.
8 State appropriation........ 39,000
9 To provide prompt service and
10 support for victims of domestic
11 violence.
12 State appropriation........ 200,000
13 Section 288. Pittsburgh Magistrate
14 Court.--The following amounts are
15 appropriated to the Pittsburgh
16 Magistrate Court: Federal State
17 For the Pittsburgh Magistrate
18 Court.
19 State appropriation........ 5,475,000
20 Section 289. Judicial Conduct
21 Board.--The following amounts are
22 appropriated to the Judicial Conduct
23 Board: Federal State
24 For salaries and expenses of the
25 Judicial Conduct Board.
26 State appropriation........ 866,000
27 Section 290. Court of Judicial
28 Discipline.--The following amounts are
29 appropriated to the Court of Judicial
30 Discipline: Federal State
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1 For salaries and expenses of the
2 Court of Judicial Discipline.
3 State appropriation........ 360,000
4 Section 291. Juror cost
5 reimbursement.--The following amounts
6 are appropriated for juror cost
7 reimbursement: Federal State
8 For juror cost reimbursement.
9 State appropriation........ 1,469,000
10 Section 292. County court
11 reimbursement.--The following amounts
12 are appropriated for court costs: Federal State
13 For payment to counties as
14 reimbursement for costs incurred by
15 counties in the administration and
16 operation of courts of common pleas.
17 Reimbursement shall be provided on the
18 following basis: for each common pleas
19 court judge authorized position,
20 whether filled or vacant within a
21 judicial district, $70,000 per
22 authorized position shall be provided.
23 Judicial districts comprising more
24 than one county shall be entitled to
25 receive $70,000 per authorized common
26 pleas court judge position; the amount
27 payable to each county shall be
28 determined by the proportion of the
29 individual county's population in
30 relation to the population of the
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1 entire judicial district. No county
2 shall be reimbursed for costs above
3 the actual direct costs, excluding
4 capital outlays, incurred by them for
5 the operation of the courts of common
6 pleas. For the purposes of
7 reimbursement for common pleas court
8 judge authorized positions, no county
9 shall receive less than 75% of the
10 actual reimbursement for court costs
11 provided to them from funds
12 appropriated for the fiscal year July
13 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981.
14 For the purpose of determining the
15 actual direct costs incurred by the
16 counties in the administration and
17 operation of the courts of common
18 pleas, the costs as reported to the
19 Department of Community and Economic
20 Development in the county's annual
21 audit and financial report forms under
22 the heading "(a) Judicial," but
23 confined to the subheading "(4184)
24 courts, excluding capital outlay,"
25 shall be used. If a city coterminous
26 with a county does not report on the
27 Department of Community and Economic
28 Development's form, its figures from
29 the same subheading, set forth in the
30 department forms, shall be used.
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1 All payments for reimbursement
2 shall be made to the county treasurer
3 and, in cities of the first class
4 coterminous with counties of the first
5 class, to the city treasurer.
6 In making allocations and payments
7 hereunder, the Court Administrator of
8 Pennsylvania shall exclude all costs
9 which are not properly reportable
10 under the heading herein above
11 specified.
12 State appropriation........ 29,071,000
13 PART III
14 STATE LOTTERY FUND
15 Section 301. Executive Offices.--
16 The following amounts are appropriated
17 to the executive offices: Federal State
18 For ridership verification and fare
19 structure audits by comptroller
20 operations of transit operations
21 participating in the Older
22 Pennsylvanians' Free Ride and Reduced
23 Fare Programs.
24 State appropriation........ 128,000
25 Section 302. Department of
26 Aging.--The following amounts are
27 appropriated to the Department of
28 Aging: Federal State
29 For general government operations
30 of the Department of Aging.
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1 State appropriation........ 4,975,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for administration:
5 (1) "Programs for the Aging -
6 Title III - Administration."
7 Federal appropriation...... 1,817,000
8 (2) "Programs for the Aging -
9 Title V - Administration."
10 Federal appropriation...... 173,000
11 For transfer from the State Lottery
12 Fund to the Pharmaceutical Assistance
13 Fund.
14 State appropriation........ 237,000,000
15 For PENNCARE for older
16 Pennsylvanians, for the purpose of
17 developing, operating and purchasing
18 services for the aged and other
19 adults, including, but not limited to,
20 model projects, community care
21 services, audits of area agencies on
22 aging, protective services and
23 counseling services. No funds from
24 this appropriation shall be used for
25 costs of administration by the
26 Department of Aging.
27 State appropriation........ 174,747,000
28 The following Federal amounts are
29 appropriated to supplement the sum
30 appropriated for PENNCARE:
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1 (1) "Programs for the Aging -
2 Title III."
3 Federal appropriation...... 45,000,000
4 (2) "Programs for the Aging -
5 Nutrition."
6 Federal appropriation...... 8,500,000
7 (3) "Programs for the Aging -
8 Title V."
9 Federal appropriation...... 4,500,000
10 (4) "Programs for the Aging -
11 Title VII."
12 Federal appropriation...... 1,500,000
13 (5) "Medical assistance -
14 attendant care."
15 Federal appropriation...... 541,000
16 PART IV
17 ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ASSISTANCE FUND
18 Section 401. Department of
19 Environmental Protection.--The
20 following amounts are appropriated to
21 the Department of Environmental
22 Protection: Federal State
23 For energy conservation programs
24 under the provisions of the Energy
25 Conservation and Assistance Act. At
26 least 75% of these funds must be used
27 for those programs listed as
28 priorities in section 7(b) of the act
29 of July 10, 1986 (P.L.1398, No.122),
30 known as the Energy Conservation and
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1 Assistance Act.
2 State appropriation........ 1,700,000
3 Section 402. Department of Public
4 Welfare.--The following amounts are
5 appropriated to the Department of
6 Public Welfare: Federal State
7 For supplemental assistance under
8 the Energy Conservation and Assistance
9 Act.
10 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
11 PART V
12 JUDICIAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AUGMENTATION ACCOUNT
13 Section 501. Supreme Court.--The
14 following amounts are appropriated to
15 the Supreme Court: Federal State
16 For the Statewide Judicial Computer
17 System. The Supreme Court and the
18 Court Administrator are prohibited
19 from augmenting this amount by
20 billings to other appropriations to
21 the judicial branch for the Statewide
22 Judicial Computer System or for any
23 other purpose.
24 State appropriation........ 10,000,000
25 PART VI
26 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATING FUND
27 Section 601. Department of
28 Health.--The following amounts are
29 appropriated to the Department of
30 Health: Federal State
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1 For emergency medical services.
2 State appropriation........ 8,800,000
3 For Catastrophic Medical and
4 Rehabilitation Program.
5 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
6 PART VII
7 STATE STORES FUND
8 Section 701. Pennsylvania State
9 Police.--The following amounts are
10 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
11 Police: Federal State
12 For liquor control enforcement
13 operational expenses.
14 State appropriation........ 15,481,000
15 PART VIII
16 MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
17 FOR 1997-1998
18 SUBPART A
19 MOTOR LICENSE FUND
20 Section 801. Department of
21 Transportation.--The following amounts
22 are appropriated to the Department of
23 Transportation: Federal State
24 For the salaries, wages and all
25 necessary expenses for the proper
26 administration of the Department of
27 Transportation, including the State
28 Transportation Commission and the
29 State Transportation Advisory
30 Committee and the Statewide
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1 coordination of municipal services.
2 State appropriation........ 28,073,000
3 For advanced highway maintenance
4 technologies and intelligent
5 transportation systems.
6 State appropriation........ 12,080,000
7 For relocation of transportation
8 and safety operations.
9 State appropriation........ 9,071,000
10 For the salaries, wages and all
11 necessary expenses for the operation
12 of the Highway and Safety Improvement
13 Programs, including planning and
14 research, design, engineering, right-
15 of-way acquisition and the operation
16 of the engineering district facilities
17 and liaison services with communities
18 on local road engineering and
19 construction activities.
20 State appropriation........ 165,000,000
21 For conversion to the metric system
22 of weights and measures.
23 State appropriation........ 3,400,000
24 For the salaries, wages and all
25 necessary expenses for the
26 administration and operation of the
27 maintenance program for State roads,
28 bridges, tunnels and structures,
29 including the operation of the county
30 maintenance district facilities. At
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1 least $3,000,000 shall be used for the
2 installation and maintenance of raised
3 reflective pavement markers on
4 interstate and similar highways and
5 for installation and maintenance of
6 such markers on other State roads at
7 locations determined by the Department
8 of Transportation as authorized by
9 section 10 of the act of July 2, 1993
10 (P.L.408, No.58), entitled "An act
11 amending Titles 74 (Transportation)
12 and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania
13 Consolidated Statutes, authorizing
14 designation of and regulating outdoor
15 advertising along a scenic byway;
16 further providing for definitions, for
17 correcting certificates of title, for
18 revocation or suspension of operating
19 privilege, for judicial review of
20 licensing, for required financial
21 responsibility, for leaving an
22 unattended child in a motor vehicle,
23 for certification of mechanics, for
24 vehicle widths and weights, for
25 display of unauthorized indicators,
26 for interference with traffic-control
27 devices or signals, for court reports
28 on transmission of funds, for
29 snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle
30 registration exemptions and
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1 reciprocity, for snowmobile and all-
2 terrain vehicle penalties and for the
3 allocation of oil company franchise
4 tax revenues to the Pennsylvania
5 Turnpike Commission; regulating
6 certain motor license fund
7 expenditures; and making a repeal."
8 The $3,000,000 may be drawn from both
9 the highway and safety improvement and
10 maintenance appropriations.
11 State appropriation........ 625,585,000
12 For highway maintenance one-time
13 surface improvements, to be
14 distributed based on lane miles 50%
15 and vehicles miles 50%.
16 State appropriation........ 41,000,000
17 For reinvestment in Department of
18 Transportation facilities.
19 State appropriation........ 6,000,000
20 For the salaries, wages and all
21 necessary expenses for the
22 administration of the Traffic Safety
23 Program and the administration and
24 operation of the Operator and Vehicle
25 Registration Programs.
26 State appropriation........ 89,431,000
27 For payments to municipalities to
28 assist in maintenance and construction
29 costs of roads.
30 State appropriation........ 173,941,000
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1 For supplemental payments to
2 municipalities to assist in
3 maintenance and construction costs of
4 roads in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S.
5 Ch. 93 (relating to supplemental
6 funding for municipal highway
7 maintenance).
8 State appropriation........ 5,000,000
9 Section 802. Executive Offices.--
10 The following amounts are appropriated
11 to the Executive Offices: Federal State
12 For comptroller operations related
13 to the Motor License Fund.
14 State appropriation........ 4,024,000
15 Section 803. Treasury
16 Department.--The following amounts are
17 appropriated to the Treasury
18 Department: Federal State
19 For payment of refunds of liquid
20 fuels taxes for agricultural use to
21 which the Commonwealth is not
22 entitled.
23 State appropriation........ 3,200,000
24 For the payment of salaries, wages
25 and all necessary expenses in the
26 proper administration of the program
27 to refund liquid fuels taxes to which
28 the Commonwealth is not entitled.
29 State appropriation........ 353,000
30 For the payment of approved claims
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1 for the refunding of liquid fuels
2 taxes and fuel use taxes to which the
3 Commonwealth is not entitled.
4 State appropriation........ 500,000
5 For the payment of approved claims
6 for the refunding of emergency liquid
7 fuels tax moneys to which the
8 Commonwealth is not entitled.
9 State appropriation........ 1,000
10 Refunding liquid fuels tax -
11 political subdivision use.
12 State appropriation........ 2,300,000
13 Refunding liquid fuels tax -
14 volunteer fire companies, volunteer
15 ambulance services and volunteer
16 rescue squads.
17 State appropriation........ 350,000
18 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the
19 Boat Fund for the use of the
20 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
21 for the improvement of the waters of
22 Pennsylvania on which motorboats are
23 permitted to operate.
24 State appropriation........ 2,300,000
25 For the payment of principal and
26 interest requirements on general
27 obligation bonds issued for
28 transportation projects.
29 State appropriation........ 113,884,000
30 For payment of principal and
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1 interest requirements on general
2 obligation bonds issued for public
3 improvements.
4 State appropriation........ 1,301,000
5 For payment of the compensation of
6 the Commonwealth's loan and transfer
7 agent for services and expenses in
8 connection with the registration,
9 transfer and payment of interest on
10 bonds of the Commonwealth and other
11 services required to be performed by
12 the loan and transfer agent.
13 State appropriation........ 135,000
14 Section 804. Department of
15 Conservation and Natural Resources.--
16 The following amounts are appropriated
17 to the Department of Conservation and
18 Natural Resources:
19 For the maintenance and mitigation
20 of dust and sediment pollution from
21 forestry roads.
22 State appropriation........ 1,000,000
23 Section 805. Department of
24 Education.--The following amounts are
25 appropriated to the Department of
26 Education: Federal State
27 For administration of the school
28 safe driving program and for payments
29 to school districts or joint school
30 organizations for driver education
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1 courses.
2 State appropriation........ 1,526,000
3 Section 806. Department of
4 Environmental Protection.--The
5 following amounts are appropriated to
6 the Department of Environmental
7 Protection:
8 To the State Conservation
9 Commission for the maintenance and
10 improvement of dirt and gravel roads.
11 State appropriation........ 4,000,000
12 Section 807. Department of General
13 Services.--The following amounts are
14 appropriated to the Department of
15 General Services: Federal State
16 For payment of tort claims.
17 State appropriation........ 27,000,000
18 Section 808. Department of
19 Revenue.--The following amounts are
20 appropriated to the Department of
21 Revenue: Federal State
22 For administration and enforcement
23 of various Motor License Fund tax
24 regulations.
25 State appropriation........ 11,483,000
26 Section 809. Pennsylvania State
27 Police.--The following amounts are
28 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
29 Police: Federal State
30 For transfer to the General Fund to
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1 finance the Traffic Control and the
2 Traffic Safety Facilities Program of
3 the Pennsylvania State Police.
4 State appropriation........ 255,240,000
5 For the Commonwealth Law
6 Enforcement Assistance Network.
7 State appropriation........ 4,341,000
8 For transfer to the General Fund to
9 finance the Municipal Police Officers'
10 Education and Training Commission.
11 State appropriation........ 3,978,000
12 For transfer to the General Fund to
13 finance adequate replacement patrol
14 vehicles.
15 State appropriation........ 6,012,000
16 SUBPART B
17 AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT
18 Section 821. Department of
19 Transportation.--The following amounts
20 are appropriated to the Department of
21 Transportation: Federal State
22 For payment for aviation
23 operations, including the operation
24 and maintenance of State-owned
25 aircraft, payment of general expenses,
26 supplies, printing and equipment; for
27 the development and maintenance of
28 State airports and the maintenance and
29 repair of landing fields, intermediate
30 landing fields, landing field
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1 equipment, beacon sites and other
2 navigation facilities; and for the
3 encouragement and development of civil
4 aeronautics.
5 State appropriation........ 16,687,000
6 For airport development.
7 State appropriation........ 6,500,000
8 For real estate tax rebate payments
9 to privately owned public use
10 airports.
11 State appropriation........ 250,000
12 Section 822. Treasury
13 Department.--The following amounts are
14 appropriated to the Treasury
15 Department: Federal State
16 For payment for aviation-related
17 debt service.
18 State appropriation........ 1,388,000
19 PART IX
20 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE FUND
21 Section 901. Pennsylvania
22 Emergency Management Agency.--The
23 following amounts are appropriated to
24 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
25 Agency: Federal State
26 For training programs for hazardous
27 material response teams.
28 State appropriation........ 167,000
29 For general administration and
30 operational expenses, including
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1 expenses of the Hazardous Material
2 Emergency Planning and Response
3 Advisory Committee.
4 State appropriation........ 167,000
5 For grants to support counties'
6 activities.
7 State appropriation........ 1,167,000
8 For public and facility owner
9 education, information and
10 participation programs.
11 State appropriation........ 167,000
12 PART X
13 MILK MARKETING FUND
14 Section 1001. Milk Marketing
15 Board.--The following amounts are
16 appropriated to the Milk Marketing
17 Board: Federal State
18 For the operation of the Milk
19 Marketing Board.
20 State appropriation........ 2,517,000
21 PART XI
22 HOME INVESTMENT TRUST FUND
23 Section 1101. Department of
24 Community and Economic Development.--
25 The following amounts are appropriated
26 to the Department of Community and
27 Economic Development: Federal State
28 For the operation of the Home
29 Program including grants to eligible
30 recipients.
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1 State appropriation........ 15,000,000
2 PART XII
3 BEN FRANKLIN/IRC PARTNERSHIP FUND
4 Section 1201. Department of
5 Community and Economic Development.--
6 The following amounts are appropriated
7 to the Department of Community and
8 Economic Development: Federal State
9 For the Ben Franklin/IRC
10 Partnership for the Ben Franklin
11 Partnership Advanced Technology
12 Centers and the Industrial Resource
13 Centers. This appropriation includes
14 $34,450,000 for the Ben Franklin
15 Partnership Advanced Technology
16 Centers and the Industrial Resource
17 Centers. At least 95% of this
18 $34,450,000 shall be allocated
19 directly to the Advanced Technology
20 Centers and the Industrial Resource
21 Centers and no more than 5% of this
22 appropriation shall be set aside for
23 board-selected projects. This
24 appropriation includes $750,000 for
25 the enhancement of agile
26 manufacturing/virtual enterprise
27 concepts in this Commonwealth,
28 $2,000,000 for semi-conductor
29 technology initiatives and $2,500,000
30 for technology business incubators.
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1 State appropriation........ 39,700,000
2 The following Federal amounts are
3 appropriated to supplement the sum
4 appropriated for the Ben Franklin/IRC
5 Partnership:
6 (1) "School-to-Work."
7 Federal appropriation...... 600,000
8 PART XIII
9 TUITION PAYMENT FUND
10 Section 1301. Treasury
11 Department.--The following amounts are
12 appropriated to the Treasury
13 Department: Federal State
14 For the operation of the Tuition
15 Account Program Bureau. However, no
16 money deposited with the Treasury
17 Department for the purchase of tuition
18 credits can be used for the
19 administration of the program.
20 State appropriation........ 444,000
21 PART XIV
22 BANKING DEPARTMENT FUND
23 Section 1401. Department of
24 Banking.--The following amounts are
25 appropriated to the Department of
26 Banking: Federal State
27 For general government operations
28 of the Department of Banking.
29 State appropriation........ 8,886,000
30 Section 1402. Department of
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1 General Services.--The following
2 amounts are appropriated to the
3 Department of General Services: Federal State
4 For Harristown rental charges.
5 State appropriation........ 139,000
6 For Harristown utility and
7 municipal charges.
8 State appropriation........ 171,000
9 PART XV
10 FIREARM OWNERSHIP FUND
11 Section 1501. Pennsylvania State
12 Police.--The following amounts are
13 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
14 Police: Federal State
15 For activities associated with the
16 purchase of firearms by individuals.
17 State appropriation........ 1,198,000
18 PART XVI
19 RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
20 Section 1601. General provisions.--The Secretary of the
21 Budget may create the restricted receipt accounts set forth in
22 this part for the purpose of administering Federal grants only
23 for the purposes herein designated during the fiscal year July
24 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998.
25 Section 1602. Executive Offices.--The following restricted
26 receipt accounts may be established for the Executive Offices:
27 (1) "Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency -
28 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention."
29 (2) "Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency -
30 Federal Crime Victim Assistance."
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1 (3) "Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency -
2 Juvenile Justice - Title V."
3 Section 1603. Department of Community and Economic
4 Development.--The following restricted receipt accounts may be
5 established for the Department of Community and Economic
6 Development:
7 (1) "ARC Housing Revolving Loan Program."
8 Section 1604. Department of Conservation and Natural
9 Resources.--The following restricted receipt accounts may be
10 established for the Department of Conservation and Natural
11 Resources:
12 (1) "Federal Aid to Volunteer Fire Companies."
13 (2) "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act."
14 (3) "National Forest Reserve Allotment."
15 (4) "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act -
16 Conservation and Natural Resources."
17 Section 1605. Department of Education.--The following
18 restricted receipt accounts may be established for the
19 Department of Education:
20 (1) "Education of the Disabled - Part C."
21 (2) "Library Services and Construction Act - Titles I, II,
22 III and IV - Library Expansion Services."
23 (3) "Penn State University Federal Aid."
24 (4) "Emergency Immigration Education Assistance."
25 (5) "Education of the Disabled - Part D."
26 (6) "Homeless Adult Assistance Program."
27 (7) "Severely Handicapped."
28 (8) "Medical Assistance Reimbursements to Local Education
29 Agencies."
30 Section 1606. Department of Environmental Protection.--The
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1 following restricted receipt accounts may be established for the
2 Department of Environmental Protection:
3 (1) "Federal Water Resources Planning Act."
4 (2) "Flood Control Payments."
5 (3) "Soil and Water Conservation Act - Inventory of
6 Programs."
7 Section 1607. Department of Transportation.--The following
8 restricted receipt accounts may be established for the
9 Department of Transportation:
10 (1) "Capital Assistance Elderly and Handicapped Programs."
11 (2) "Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Assistance."
12 (3) "Ridesharing/Van Pool Program - Acquisition."
13 Section 1608. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.--The
14 following restricted receipt account may be established for the
15 Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency:
16 (1) "Receipts from Federal Government - Disaster Relief -
17 Disaster Relief Assistance to State and Political Subdivisions."
18 Section 1609. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
19 Commission.--The following restricted receipt account may be
20 established for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
21 Commission:
22 (1) "Federal Grant - Historical Preservation Act of 1966."
23 PART XVII
24 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
25 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996-1997
26 SUBPART A
27 GENERAL PROVISIONS
28 Section 1701. State appropriations.--(a) General Fund.--The
29 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
30 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
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1 General Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the
2 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
3 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other
4 compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
5 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the
6 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the
7 purchase or rental of goods and services, printing, public
8 advertising by or through any medium, equipment, land and
9 buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided by
10 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 year beginning July 1,
13 1996, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
14 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996.
15 (b) Motor License Fund.--The following sums, or as much
16 thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated from the
17 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
18 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages and other
19 compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
20 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
21 contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper
22 conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes
23 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
24 1996, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
25 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996.
26 Section 1702. Federal augmentation appropriations.--The
27 following Federal augmentation appropriations set forth in this
28 act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
29 specifically appropriated from the Federal augmentation funds to
30 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive and
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1 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the payment of the
2 expenses of implementing and carrying out the programs stated
3 herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and for the
4 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of
5 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996. Unless otherwise stated,
6 the appropriations include any carryovers from the prior fiscal
7 year.
8 Section 1703. Job Training Partnership Act appropriations.--
9 The following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as
10 may be necessary, are hereby appropriated from the Job Training
11 Partnership Act (JTPA) funds to the several hereinafter named
12 agencies of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the
13 payment of the expenses of implementing and carrying out the
14 program stated herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
15 1996.
16 Section 1704. Block grants.--(a) Appropriation.--The
17 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may
18 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
19 block grant (BG) funds to the several hereinafter named agencies
20 of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the
21 purposes, and under the restrictions, for which the funds are
22 provided for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996.
23 (b) Community Services Block Grant.--The Community Services
24 Block Grant (CSBG) is to provide a range of services and
25 activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on
26 the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the
27 community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. In
28 addition, new focus may be placed on the unemployed, both old
29 and new. Local agencies may lower their eligibility requirements
30 for recipients to three months to allow greater flexibility to
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1 assure proper consideration of each recipient.
2 (c) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.--The Low-
3 Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant (LIHEABG) is to help
4 lessen the impact of the high cost of energy on low-income
5 families and individuals, including energy efficiency grants for
6 low-income dwellings.
7 SUBPART B
8 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
9 Section 1721. Executive Offices.--
10 The following amounts are appropriated
11 to the Executive Offices: Federal State
12 The following Federal amounts are
13 appropriated to supplement the sum
14 appropriated for the Pennsylvania
15 Commission on Crime and Delinquency:
16 (1) "National Criminal History
17 Improvement Program."
18 Federal appropriation...... 3,390,000
19 Section 1721.1. Attorney
20 General.--The following amounts are
21 appropriated to the Attorney General:
22 Federal State
23 The following Federal amounts are
24 appropriated to supplement the sum
25 appropriated for drug law enforcement:
26 (1) "High Intensity Drug
27 Trafficking Areas."
28 Federal appropriation...... 200,000
29 Section 1722. Treasury
30 Department.--The following amounts are
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1 appropriated to the Treasury
2 Department: Federal State
3 For general government operations
4 of the Treasury Department.
5 State appropriation........ 18,502,000
6 For the Board of Finance and
7 Revenue.
8 State appropriation........ 1,976,000
9 For general obligation debt service
10 or to pay all arbitrage rebates to the
11 Federal Government required under
12 section 148 of the Internal Revenue
13 Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26
14 U.S.C. § 148).
15 State appropriation........ 546,000,000
16 Section 1723. Department of
17 Agriculture.--The following amounts
18 are appropriated to the Department of
19 Agriculture: Federal State
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for general government
23 operations:
24 (1) "Farmers' Market Food
25 Coupons."
26 Federal appropriation...... 760,000
27 (2) "Commodity Grader."
28 Federal appropriation...... 24,000
29 The following Federal amounts are
30 appropriated for Agricultural
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1 Conservation Easement Administration:
2 (1) "Farmland Protection."
3 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000
4 Section 1724. Department of
5 Community and Economic Development.--
6 The following amounts are appropriated
7 to the Department of Community and
8 Economic Development: Federal State
9 The following Federal amounts are
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated for community
12 conservation and employment:
13 (1) "CSBG - Program." In addition,
14 new focus may be placed on the
15 unemployed, both old and new. Local
16 agencies may lower their eligibility
17 requirements for recipients to three
18 months to allow greater flexibility to
19 assure proper consideration of each
20 recipient.
21 Federal appropriation...... 21,000,000
22 The following Federal amounts are
23 appropriated to supplement the sum
24 appropriated for housing and
25 redevelopment:
26 (1) "LIHEAP - Weatherization."
27 Federal appropriation...... 9,900,000
28 Section 1725. Department of
29 Education.--The following amounts are
30 appropriated to the Department of
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1 Education: Federal State
2 For payments on account of annual
3 rental or sinking fund charges on
4 school buildings.
5 State appropriation........ 225,400,000
6 For school district demonstration
7 projects.
8 State appropriation........ 6,505,000
9 The following Federal amounts are
10 appropriated to supplement the sum
11 appropriated for job training
12 partnership matching funds:
13 (1) "JTPA - Job Training
14 Partnership Act."
15 Federal appropriation...... 3,002,000
16 Section 1726. Department of
17 Environmental Protection.--The
18 following amounts are appropriated to
19 the Department of Environmental
20 Protection: Federal State
21 The following Federal amounts are
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated for Environmental Program
24 Management:
25 (1) "Limestone Demonstration."
26 Federal appropriation...... 30,000
27 The following Federal amounts are
28 appropriated to supplement the sum
29 appropriated for environmental
30 protection operations: Federal State
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1 (1) "Safe Water Drinking Act."
2 Federal appropriation...... 1,850,000
3 Section 1727. Department of
4 Health.--The following amounts are
5 appropriated to the Department of
6 Health: Federal State
7 The following Federal amounts are
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 appropriated for the State Laboratory:
10 (1) "Emerging Infections Program."
11 Federal appropriation...... 363,000
12 For cancer control programs.
13 State appropriation........ 5,761,000
14 For reimbursement to school
15 districts on account of health
16 services.
17 State appropriation........ 39,065,000
18 Section 1728. Department of Public
19 Welfare.--The following sums are
20 appropriated to the Department of
21 Public Welfare: Federal State
22 The following Federal amounts are
23 appropriated to supplement the sum
24 appropriated for Statewide operations
25 relating to county administration:
26 (1) "Medical Assistance -
27 Statewide Operations Related to County
28 Administration."
29 Federal appropriation...... 31,876,000
30 (2) "Food Stamp Program -
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1 Statewide Operations Related to County
2 Administration."
3 Federal appropriation...... 4,926,000
4 The following Federal amounts are
5 appropriated to supplement the sum
6 appropriated for program
7 accountability:
8 (1) "Medical Assistance - Program
9 Accountability."
10 Federal appropriation...... 2,805,000
11 (2) "Maintenance Assistance -
12 Program Accountability."
13 Federal appropriation...... 1,750,000
14 (3) "Child Support Enforcement
15 Program - Program Accountability."
16 Federal appropriation...... 104,317,000
17 The following Federal amounts are
18 appropriated to supplement the sum
19 appropriated for mental health
20 services:
21 (1) "Behavioral Health - MIS."
22 Federal appropriation...... 100,000
23 (2) "Library Services and
24 Construction."
25 Federal appropriation...... 4,000
26 For cash assistance grants.
27 State appropriation........ 523,236,000
28 For medical assistance payments -
29 outpatient services, exclusive of
30 outpatient services provided through
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1 capitation plans. Up to $5,000,000 of
2 this appropriation may be used to
3 offset the impact of mandatory managed
4 care on pharmaceutical services. The
5 Department of Public Welfare shall not
6 require a recipient in the Family Care
7 Network to obtain a physician referral
8 in order to receive chiropractic
9 services. Funds from this
10 appropriation may be transferred to
11 the Medical Assistance-Capitation
12 appropriation to cover costs
13 associated with the establishment of
14 mandatory managed care provided that
15 such transfer will not result in a
16 deficit in this appropriation. Notice
17 by the Secretary of the Budget must be
18 transmitted to the majority chairman
19 and minority chairman of the
20 Appropriations Committee of the Senate
21 and the majority chairman and the
22 minority chairman of the
23 Appropriations Committee of the House
24 of Representatives ten days prior to
25 any such transfer which notice shall
26 include certification that such
27 transfer will not result in a deficit
28 in this appropriation.
29 State appropriation........ 798,836,000
30 For medical assistance payments -
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1 inpatient, exclusive of inpatient
2 services provided through capitation
3 plans, including community access.
4 Funds from this appropriation may be
5 transferred to the Medical Assistance-
6 Capitation appropriation to cover
7 costs associated with the
8 establishment of mandatory managed
9 care provided that such transfer will
10 not result in a deficit in this
11 appropriation. Notice by the Secretary
12 of the Budget must be transmitted to
13 the majority chairman and minority
14 chairman of the Appropriations
15 Committee of the Senate and the
16 majority chairman and the minority
17 chairman of the Appropriations
18 Committee of the House of
19 Representatives ten days prior to any
20 such transfer which notice shall
21 include certification that such
22 transfer will not result in a deficit
23 in this appropriation.
24 State appropriation........ 436,941,000
25 For medical assistance - capitation
26 plans. For provision of outpatient
27 services and inpatient hospital
28 services to eligible persons enrolled
29 in an approved capitation plan. The
30 Department of Public Welfare shall not
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1 require a recipient in the Family Care
2 Network to obtain a physician referral
3 in order to receive chiropractic
4 services. No part of this
5 appropriation shall be used to pay any
6 provider who has not supplied
7 information in such form as required
8 by the department in order to
9 facilitate claims for Federal
10 financial participation for services
11 rendered to general assistance
12 clients.
13 State appropriation........ 626,094,000
14 The following Federal amounts are
15 appropriated to supplement the sum
16 appropriated for medical assistance -
17 capitation plans:
18 (1) "Medical Assistance -
19 Capitation Plans."
20 Federal appropriation...... 617,472,000
21 For medical assistance - long-term
22 care facilities.
23 State appropriation........ 591,910,000
24 The following Federal amounts are
25 appropriated to supplement the sum
26 appropriated for long-term care
27 facilities:
28 (1) "Medical Assistance - Long-
29 Term Care Facilities."
30 Federal appropriation......1,528,749,000
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1 For intermediate care
2 facilities/MR.
3 State appropriation........ 107,382,000
4 For early intervention services.
5 State appropriation........ 35,420,000
6 For payment to counties for
7 children and youth programs and for
8 the care of delinquent and dependent
9 children, provided that, for fiscal
10 year 1996-1997, not more than 50% of
11 the funds allocated from this
12 appropriation to each county and
13 herein appropriated shall be expended
14 until such time as each county submits
15 to the Department of Public Welfare
16 data for the previous State fiscal
17 year, and updated on a quarterly
18 basis, on the unduplicated caseloads,
19 unduplicated services and number of
20 caseworkers by county program. This
21 data is to be provided in a form
22 acceptable to the Department of Public
23 Welfare. A copy of the data shall be
24 sent to the majority and minority
25 chairmen of the Appropriations
26 Committee of the House of
27 Representatives and of the
28 Appropriations Committee of the
29 Senate. The department may use up to
30 $4,610,000 of this appropriation to
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1 fund contracts for adoption services.
2 Reimbursement for children and youth
3 services made pursuant to section
4 704.1 of the Public Welfare Code shall
5 not exceed the amount of State funds
6 appropriated.
7 State appropriation........ 354,863,000
8 The following Federal amounts are
9 appropriated to supplement the sum
10 appropriated for payments to counties
11 for children and youth programs and
12 child abuse and neglect prevention:
13 (1) "Emergency Assistance - Child
14 Welfare."
15 Federal appropriation...... 197,000,000
16 For day care and early childhood
17 activities including $473,000 for day-
18 care services for children of seasonal
19 migrant workers.
20 State appropriation........ 48,309,000
21 The following Federal amounts are
22 appropriated to supplement the sum
23 appropriated for New Directions:
24 (1) "Maintenance Assistance - New
25 Directions."
26 Federal appropriation...... 49,312,000
27 For services provided to the
28 developmentally disabled in
29 conjunction with the Federal Nursing
30 Home Reform Act (Public Law 100-203).
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1 State appropriation........ 6,755,000
2 Section 1729. Department of
3 Revenue.--The following amounts are
4 appropriated to the Department of
5 Revenue: Federal State
6 For general government operations
7 of the Department of Revenue.
8 State appropriation........ 105,862,000
9 Section 1730. Department of
10 Transportation.--The following amounts
11 are appropriated to the Department of
12 Transportation: Federal State
13 For costs to integrate voter
14 registration with driver licensing.
15 State appropriation........ 810,000
16 Section 1731. Pennsylvania State
17 Police.--The following amounts are
18 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State
19 Police: Federal State
20 The following Federal amounts are
21 appropriated to supplement the sum
22 appropriated for general government
23 operations:
24 (1) "DNA Laboratory Improvement."
25 Federal appropriation...... 375,000
26 (2) "DCSI - Ballistics."
27 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
28 Section 1732. Pennsylvania
29 Infrastructure Investment Authority.--
30 The following amounts are appropriated
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1 to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure
2 Investment Authority: Federal State
3 The following Federal amounts are
4 appropriated for the Pennsylvania
5 Infrastructure Investment Authority:
6 (1) "Drinking Water Projects
7 Revolving Loan Fund."
8 Federal appropriation...... 16,200,000
9 Section 1733. Environmental
10 Hearing Board.--The following amounts
11 are appropriated to the Environmental
12 Hearing Board: Federal State
13 For the Environmental Hearing
14 Board.
15 State appropriation........ 1,454,000
16 SUBPART C
17 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
18 Section 1751. Supreme Court.--The
19 following amounts are appropriated to
20 the Supreme Court: Federal State
21 For Judicial Computer System.
22 State appropriation........ 95,000
23 SUBPART D
24 ADDITIONAL MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS
25 FOR 1996-1997
26 Section 1771. Department of
27 Transportation.--The following amounts
28 are appropriated to the Department of
29 Transportation: Federal State
30 For the salaries, wages and all
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1 necessary expenses for the
2 administration and operation of the
3 maintenance program for State roads,
4 bridges, tunnels and structures,
5 including the operation of the county
6 maintenance district facilities. At
7 least $3,000,000 shall be used for the
8 installation and maintenance of raised
9 reflective pavement markers on
10 interstate and similar highways and
11 for installation and maintenance of
12 such markers on other State roads at
13 locations determined by the Department
14 of Transportation. The $3,000,000 may
15 be drawn from both the highway and
16 safety improvement and maintenance
17 appropriations.
18 State appropriation........ 546,942,000
19 SUBPART E
20 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
21 Section 1791. Prior laws unaffected.--This part is not
22 intended to be inconsistent with or to repeal any provision of
23 any act enacted at this or any prior session of the General
24 Assembly regulating the purchase of supplies, the ordering of
25 printing and binding, the purchase, maintenance and use of
26 automobiles, the method of making payments from the State
27 Treasury for any purpose or the functioning of any
28 administrative department, board or commission.
29 Section 1792. Compliance with other law before funds
30 available.--No appropriation made by this part to any
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1 department, board, commission or agency of the Executive
2 Department shall be available unless and until the department,
3 board, commission or agency has complied with sections 615 and
4 616 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
5 Administrative Code of 1929.
6 Section 1793. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or
7 committing funds.--Funds for the purchase of supplies, materials
8 and equipment shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered
9 until contracts covering the purchase have been entered into
10 with the vendors.
11 Section 1794. Minority business set-asides.--(a) Each
12 department or other instrumentality of the Commonwealth listed
13 in Subparts B and D, authorized to contract for buildings,
14 highways, commodities, equipment, supplies or services, shall
15 report to the General Assembly all information pertinent to
16 anticipated procurement needs at the beginning of each fiscal
17 year and each fiscal quarter thereafter.
18 (b) As used in this section, the term "minority business"
19 means a minority business enterprise as defined in the act of
20 July 22, 1974 (P.L.598, No.206), known as the Pennsylvania
21 Minority Business Development Authority Act.
22 Section 1795. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous
23 sources.--(a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this
24 part, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies
25 furnished to employees and other persons, except to inmates, by
26 an institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the
27 sale of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber or
28 other materials sold by the department shall be paid into the
29 General Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund
30 to the several respective institutions for the operation and
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1 maintenance of the institution.
2 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this part,
3 all moneys received from any other source, except the Federal
4 Government, as contributions for the programs provided herein or
5 as payment for services or materials furnished by one
6 institution to another, except those collections designated as
7 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby
8 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the
9 respective appropriations.
10 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by
11 this part, all moneys received by a department or agency of the
12 Commonwealth from any other source, except the Federal
13 Government, as contributions or supplements to the department or
14 agency for a program or administration of an act included in
15 this part shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to
16 the appropriation for that program or administration of the act.
17 Section 1796. Lapsing of unused funds.--Except as otherwise
18 provided by law, that part of all appropriations in Subparts B,
19 C and D of this part unexpended, uncommitted or unencumbered as
20 of June 30, 1997, shall automatically lapse as of that date.
21 Section 1797. Construction with prior appropriation acts.--
22 Any appropriation in Subparts B, C and D of this part which is
23 the same or similar to any appropriation in the act of June 29,
24 1996 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
25 1996, shall replace that appropriation.
26 Section 1798. Deduction of expended appropriations under
27 prior law.--Any money that has been appropriated and expended
28 under the act of June 29, 1996 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the
29 General Appropriation Act of 1996, shall be deducted from the
30 corresponding appropriation in this part.
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1 PART XVIII
2 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS
3 FOR 1997-1998
4 Section 1801. General Fund repository for Federal funds.--
5 All moneys received from the Federal Government as contributions
6 or supplements to the departments or agencies of the
7 Commonwealth or the programs herein provided shall be paid into
8 the General Fund.
9 Section 1802. Limitation on encumbering or spending Federal
10 funds.--Federal funds shall be encumbered or spent only to the
11 extent that such funds are estimated as being available during
12 the fiscal year of the Commonwealth.
13 Section 1803. Appropriation of prior unspent Federal
14 funds.--Any Federal money which has been previously appropriated
15 by the General Assembly and authorized or allocated by the
16 Federal Government but remains unspent from prior fiscal years
17 and will not be renewed for fiscal year 1997-1998 is hereby
18 appropriated.
19 Section 1804. Subgrants between Federal fund
20 appropriations.--With the exception of Federal money received
21 under JTPA and SSBG, subgrants may be made between
22 appropriations without further approval of the General Assembly.
23 The Secretary of the Budget shall submit a list of subgrants to
24 the Chairmen and minority chairmen of the House and Senate
25 Appropriations Committees quarterly. No subgrant to a State
26 agency, however, may be made from a restricted receipt account
27 without a specific appropriation by the General Assembly.
28 Section 1805. Utilization of emergency Federal funds.--(a)
29 Federal funds available for costs and damages resulting from
30 natural disasters or civil disobedience may be added to an
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1 appropriation contained in this act or to funds appropriated or
2 may be used for the purposes prescribed by the Federal
3 Government.
4 (b) In addition to the moneys appropriated by this act, all
5 moneys received from the Federal Government for the purpose of
6 disaster assistance or relief shall be paid into the General
7 Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the
8 departments, boards, commissions or agencies designated by the
9 Governor.
10 (c) In the event of any emergency situation in which the
11 General Assembly cannot act in sufficient time, the Governor is
12 authorized through executive authorization to provide up to
13 $10,000,000 in Federal funds to alleviate the emergency
14 situation. For the purposes of this section, "emergency" is
15 defined as any situation in which there is a chance of or which
16 may result in substantial human suffering.
17 Section 1806. Transfer of funds from TANFBG to CCDFBG.--In
18 accordance with Federal law which permits the transfer of up to
19 30% of the TANFBG to the CCDFBG and the transfer of up to one-
20 third of such transferred funds to the SSBG, the Department of
21 Public Welfare, upon approval of the Secretary of the Budget,
22 may make such transfers of funds provided that any such transfer
23 will not result in a deficit in any appropriation from which
24 funds are transferred. The Secretary of the Budget shall provide
25 notification of any such transfers to the majority chairman and
26 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
27 Senate and the majority chairman and minority chairman of the
28 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives ten
29 days prior to any transfer which shall also include
30 certification that such transfer will not result in a deficit in
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1 any appropriation.
2 PART XIX
3 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 1997-1998
4 Section 1901. Prior laws unaffected.--Except as provided in
5 section 253, this act is not intended to be inconsistent with or
6 to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or any prior
7 session of the General Assembly regulating the purchase of
8 supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the purchase,
9 maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of making
10 payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the
11 functioning of any administrative department, board or
12 commission.
13 Section 1902. Compliance with other law before funds
14 available.--No appropriation made by this act to any department,
15 board, commission or agency of the Executive Department shall be
16 available unless and until the department, board, commission or
17 agency has complied with sections 615 and 616 of the act of
18 April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative
19 Code of 1929.
20 Section 1903. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or
21 committing funds.--Funds for the purchase of supplies, materials
22 and equipment shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered
23 until contracts covering the purchase have been entered into
24 with the vendors.
25 Section 1904. Minority business set-asides.--(a) Each
26 department or other instrumentality of the Commonwealth listed
27 in Subpart A of Part II authorized to contract for buildings,
28 highways, commodities, equipment, supplies or services shall
29 report to the General Assembly all information pertinent to
30 anticipated procurement needs at the beginning of each fiscal
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1 year and each fiscal quarter thereafter.
2 (b) As used in this section, the term "minority business"
3 means a minority business enterprise as defined in the act of
4 July 22, 1974 (P.L.598, No.206), known as the Pennsylvania
5 Minority Business Development Authority Act.
6 Section 1905. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous
7 sources.--(a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this
8 act, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies
9 furnished to employees and other persons, except inmates, by an
10 institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the sale
11 of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber or other
12 materials sold by the department shall be paid into the General
13 Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the
14 several respective institutions for the operation and
15 maintenance of the institutions.
16 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this act, all
17 moneys received from any other source, except the Federal
18 Government, as contributions for the programs provided herein or
19 as payment for services or materials furnished by one
20 institution to another, except those collections designated as
21 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby
22 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the
23 respective appropriations.
24 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by
25 this act, all moneys received by a department or agency of the
26 Commonwealth from any other sources, except the Federal
27 Government, as contributions or supplements to the department or
28 agency for a program or administration of an act included in
29 this act shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to the
30 appropriation for that program or administration of the act.
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1 Section 1906. Lapsing of unused funds.--(a) Except as
2 otherwise provided by law or by this section, that part of all
3 appropriations in Parts II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X,
4 XI, XII, XIII, XIV and XV unexpended, uncommitted or
5 unencumbered as of June 30, 1998, shall automatically lapse as
6 of that date.
7 (b) The appropriations in Part II in section 214 to the
8 Department of General Services for the Capitol Annex
9 renovations, to the Legislative Department and the appropriation
10 in Part VIII in section 806 to the Department of Environmental
11 Protection shall be continuing appropriations.
12 Section 1907. Appellate courts appropriation contingency.--
13 The funds appropriated in Part II to the Supreme, Superior and
14 Commonwealth Courts for justice and judge expenses are
15 contingent upon a vouchered expense account plan being continued
16 by the Supreme Court.
17 Section 1908. Transfer of excess funds.--The Governor may
18 transfer any excess money in those funds receiving proceeds of
19 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania general obligation bonds in excess
20 of the amount necessary for the purposes for which the bonds
21 were issued to the appropriate sinking fund for payment of debt
22 service due on outstanding bonds. If such excess funds, together
23 with any available balance, exceed the amount of debt service
24 remaining to be paid, the funds shall be transferred to the
25 General Fund or to the appropriate special fund responsible for
26 such debt service.
27 Section 1909. Transfer of funds by the Supreme Court.--(a)
28 The Supreme Court may transfer any excess funds appropriated in
29 sections 281, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291 and 292 to the
30 Judicial Department in Part II to the Judicial Computer
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1 Augmentation Account during the month of June 1998. No transfer
2 may create or increase a deficiency in the appropriation from
3 which the transfer is made. Whenever the Supreme Court makes a
4 transfer under this subsection, the Supreme Court shall give
5 written notification to the chairman and minority chairman of
6 the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the chairman and the
7 minority chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on
8 Appropriations ten days prior to any transfer which shall also
9 include certification that such transfer will not result in a
10 deficit in any appropriation.
11 (b) The Supreme Court may transfer funds appropriated in
12 section 281 between the line items in that section provided that
13 no transfer may create or increase a deficiency in the
14 appropriation from which the transfer is made. Whenever the
15 Supreme Court makes a transfer under this subsection, the
16 Supreme Court shall give written notification to the chairman
17 and minority chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
18 and the chairman and the minority chairman of the House of
19 Representatives Committee on Appropriations ten days prior to
20 any transfer which shall also include certification that such
21 transfer will not result in a deficit in any appropriation.
22 Section 1910. Transfer from Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund.--
23 The sum of $12,000,000 is transferred from the Hazardous Sites
24 Cleanup Fund to the Industrial Sites Cleanup Fund.
25 Section 1911. Transfer to Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund.--
26 If sufficient funds are available, the sum of $100,000,000 shall
27 be transferred to the Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund from the
28 ending balance at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30,
29 1997.
30 PART XX
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1 EFFECTIVE DATE
2 Section 2001. Effective date.--This act shall take effect as
3 follows:
4 (1) Part XVII and this part shall take effect
5 immediately.
6 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1,
7 1997, or immediately, whichever is later.
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