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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 955

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 853 Session of 1997


        INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 12, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 12, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making appropriations from the Professional Licensure
     2     Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts
     3     within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by
     4     the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs in
     5     support of the professional licensure boards assigned
     6     thereto.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  The sum of $15,135,000, or as much thereof as may
    10  be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Professional
    11  Licensure Augmentation Account within the General Fund to the
    12  Department of State for the operation of the Bureau of
    13  Professional and Occupational Affairs, including the State Board
    14  of Auctioneer Examiners, for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to
    15  June 30, 1998.
    16     Section 2.  (a)  The sum of $2,851,000, or as much thereof as
    17  may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted
    18  receipts account of the State Board of Medicine, as authorized
    19  by section 907(a) of the act of October 15, 1975 (P.L.390,


     1  No.111), known as the Health Care Services Malpractice Act, for
     2  the operation of the board for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to
     3  June 30, 1998.
     4     (b)  The sum of $428,000, or as much thereof as may be
     5  necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
     6  account of the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, as
     7  authorized by section 907(b) of the Health Care Services
     8  Malpractice Act, for the operation of the board for the fiscal
     9  year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998.
    10     (c)  The sum of $143,000, or as much thereof as may be
    11  necessary, is hereby appropriated from the restricted receipts
    12  account of the State Board of Podiatry, as authorized by section
    13  907(c) of the Health Care Services Malpractice Act, for the
    14  operation of said board for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to
    15  June 30, 1998.
    16     (d)  The sum of $282,000, or as much thereof as may be
    17  necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Athletic Commission
    18  Augmentation Account for the State Athletic Commission, as
    19  authorized by 5 Pa.C.S. § 1512 (relating to Athletic Commission
    20  Augmentation Account), for the support and operation of the
    21  commission for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998.
    22     (e)  The sum of $300,000, or as much thereof as may be
    23  necessary, is hereby appropriated from the Professional
    24  Licensure Augmentation Account as a loan to the State Board of
    25  Medicine for the payment of costs to maintain current operation
    26  of the board. This amount shall be repaid by the State Board of
    27  Medicine within two years of the effective date of this act.
    28     (f)  Each appropriation listed in subsections (a), (b), (c),
    29  (d) and (e) shall not be treated as an augmentation to the
    30  Department of State, general government appropriation, or any
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     1  other appropriation, but shall be treated and accounted for as
     2  separate appropriations respectively.
     3     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
     4  immediately, whichever is later.


















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