PRINTER'S NO. 1688
No. 1315 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, THOMPSON, PUNT, HOLL, BRIGHTBILL, TILGHMAN, CONTI AND FUMO, MARCH 6, 1998
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 6, 1998
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, 1998, to 8 June 30, 1999, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown: 9 (1) For dental clinics........................ $938,000 10 (2) For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine 11 program........................................... 4,034,000 12 (3) For veterinary activities................. 31,489,000 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, 1999, on how State-appropriated funds were 30 expended for fiscal year 1998-1999 to reduce the costs to 19980S1315B1688 - 2 -
1 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to 2 Pennsylvania residents. 3 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, or 4 immediately, whichever is later. B3L84RZ/19980S1315B1688 - 3 -