SENATE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 985 PRINTER'S NO. 1715
No. 883 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 12, 1997
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, MAY 5, 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 (1) FOR DENTAL CLINICS........................ $938,000 <-- 13 (2) FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE 14 PROGRAM........................................... 4,034,000 15 (3) For veterinary activities................. 30,498,000 16 Section 2. Payments to the University of Pennsylvania on
1 account of the appropriations for the items provided in section 2 1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the 3 basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary shall not 4 release more than the first quarterly payment until such time as 5 the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania agree in writing 6 to include a minimum of four members appointed by the General 7 Assembly. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority 8 Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 9 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of 10 Representatives may each, upon receipt of the written agreement 11 from the trustees, appoint a nonelected official to serve as a 12 member of the board and the terms of office shall be coterminous 13 with that of their appointing authority. 14 Section 3. The University of Pennsylvania shall provide 15 full, complete and accurate information as may be required by 16 the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority 17 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the 18 chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations 19 Committee of the House of Representatives. 20 Section 4. The University of Pennsylvania shall report its 21 revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements 22 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and 23 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the 24 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth 25 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of 26 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State- 27 Related Colleges and Universities." 28 Section 5. The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 29 shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to 30 both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations 19970H0883B1715 - 2 -
1 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman 2 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives 3 by September 30, 1998, on how State-appropriated funds were 4 expended for fiscal year 1997-1998 to reduce the costs to 5 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to 6 Pennsylvania residents. 7 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or 8 immediately, whichever is later. B6L84RZ/19970H0883B1715 - 3 -