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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 985

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 883 Session of 1997


        INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 12, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 12, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of
     2     Pennsylvania.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
     7  University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to
     8  June 30, 1998, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
     9     (1)  For dental clinics........................       795,000
    10     (2)  For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
    11  program...........................................     3,424,000
    12     (3)  For Veterinary Activities.................    30,498,000
    13     Section 2.  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania on
    14  account of the appropriations for the items provided in section
    15  1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
    16  basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary shall not
    17  release more than the first quarterly payment until such time as


     1  the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania agree in writing
     2  to include a minimum of four members appointed by the General
     3  Assembly. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority
     4  Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
     5  Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
     6  Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement
     7  from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a
     8  member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous
     9  with that of their appointing authority.
    10     Section 3.  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
    11  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
    12  the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
    13  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
    14  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    15  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    16     Section 4.  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
    17  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    18  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    19  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    20  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
    21  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    22  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    23  Related Colleges and Universities."
    24     Section 5.  The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    25  shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
    26  both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    27  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    28  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    29  by September 30, 1998, on how State-appropriated funds were
    30  expended for fiscal year 1997-1998 to reduce the costs to
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     1  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
     2  Pennsylvania residents.
     3     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
     4  immediately, whichever is later.


















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