HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 872 PRINTER'S NO. 2304
No. 867 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, APRIL 1, 1997
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 23, 1998
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within <--
2 the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in
3 the Department of Community and Economic Development.
4 AMENDING THE ACT OF OCTOBER 16, 1998 (P.L. , NO.44A), <--
5 ENTITLED, "A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT OF JULY 7, 1972 (P.L.743,
6 NO.176), ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
7 OPERATION OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
8 COMMONWEALTH TO SERVE AS A STATE-RELATED INSTITUTION IN THE
9 HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH; PROVIDING FOR
10 CHANGE OF NAME; PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF
11 TRUSTEES; TERMS OF TRUSTEES, AND THE POWER AND DUTIES OF SUCH
12 TRUSTEES; PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCE TO PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS
13 IN TUITION; AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS IN AMOUNTS TO BE FIXED
14 ANNUALLY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; PROVIDING FOR THE AUDITING
15 OF ACCOUNTS OF EXPENDITURES FROM SAID APPROPRIATIONS;
16 PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS;
17 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION WITHIN
18 THE COMMONWEALTH; REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE AN ANNUAL
19 REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,' MAKING
20 APPROPRIATIONS FOR CARRYING THE SAME INTO EFFECT; PROVIDING
21 FOR A BASIS FOR PAYMENTS OF SUCH APPROPRIATIONS; AND
22 PROVIDING A METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED
23 AND FOR CERTAIN FISCAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE," PROVIDING AN
24 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1999 TO
25 JUNE 30, 1999.
26 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
27 hereby enacts as follows:
28 Section 1. The sum of $905,000 is hereby appropriated from <--
1 the restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the
2 Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community
3 and Economic Development to provide for the operation of that
4 office for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
6 immediately, whichever is later.
7 SECTION 1. THE ACT OF OCTOBER 16, 1998 (P.L. , NO.44A), <--
8 ENTITLED, "A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT OF JULY 7, 1972 (P.L.743,
9 NO.176), ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
10 OPERATION OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
11 COMMONWEALTH TO SERVE AS A STATE-RELATED INSTITUTION IN THE
12 HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE COMMONWEALTH; PROVIDING FOR
13 CHANGE OF NAME; PROVIDING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF
14 TRUSTEES; TERMS OF TRUSTEES, AND THE POWER AND DUTIES OF SUCH
15 TRUSTEES; PROVIDING FOR PREFERENCE TO PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS IN
16 TUITION; AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS IN AMOUNTS TO BE FIXED
17 ANNUALLY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; PROVIDING FOR THE AUDITING OF
18 ACCOUNTS OF EXPENDITURES FROM SAID APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING FOR
19 PUBLIC SUPPORT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; AUTHORIZING THE
20 ISSUANCE OF BONDS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH;
21 REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
22 OPERATIONS OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY,' MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR
23 CARRYING THE SAME INTO EFFECT; PROVIDING FOR A BASIS FOR
24 PAYMENTS OF SUCH APPROPRIATIONS; AND PROVIDING A METHOD OF
25 ACCOUNTING FOR THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED AND FOR CERTAIN FISCAL
26 INFORMATION DISCLOSURE," IS AMENDED BY ADDING SECTIONS TO READ:
27 SECTION 2.1. THE FOLLOWING SUM, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE
28 NECESSARY, IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN
29 UNIVERSITY, CHESTER COUNTY, FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1999, TO
30 JUNE 30, 1999, FOR THE PURPOSES AND IN THE AMOUNTS AS SHOWN:
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1 (1) FOR EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENSES...... $5,069,000
2 * * *
3 SECTION 5.1. PAYMENTS TO LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ON ACCOUNT OF
4 THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE ITEM PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.1 SHALL BE
5 MADE ON THE BASIS OF COSTS DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1999, TO
6 JUNE 30, 1999.
7 * * *
8 SECTION 6.1. (A) PAYMENTS TO LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF THE
9 APPROPRIATION PROVIDED IN SECTION 2.1 SHALL BE MADE MONTHLY
10 DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1999, TO JUNE 30, 1999.
11 (B) SUCH MONTHLY PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
12 THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.1 ON THE BASIS OF ESTIMATED COSTS.
13 THE ESTIMATE OF COSTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
14 TO THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE
15 STATE TREASURER NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE ON
16 WHICH SUCH PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE.
17 * * *
18 SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1999, OR
19 IMMEDIATELY, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
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