SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1100 PRINTER'S NO. 1760
No. 992 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 22, 1999
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, MAY 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation APPROPRIATIONS to the Pennsylvania <--
2 College of Optometry, Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $1,548,000 is hereby appropriated to <--
6 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, for the
7 fiscal year July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2000, for instruction.
8 SECTION 1. THE FOLLOWING SUMS ARE HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE <--
9 PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, PHILADELPHIA, FOR THE FISCAL
10 YEAR JULY 1, 1999, TO JUNE 30, 2000, FOR THE PURPOSES AND IN THE
11 AMOUNTS AS SHOWN:
12 (1) FOR INSTRUCTION EXPENSES $1,548,000
13 (2) FOR A COMPUTER LABORATORY 200,000
14 (3) FOR DISTANCE LEARNING 538,000
15 Section 2. Payments to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry <--
16 on account of the appropriation provided in section 1 shall be
1 made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the basis of
2 costs during the fiscal year. The secretary shall not release
3 more than the first quarterly payment until such time as the
4 Trustees of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry agree in
5 writing to include a minimum of five members appointed by the
6 Governor and the General Assembly. The Governor, the President
7 pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
8 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority
9 Leader of the House of Representatives may each, upon receipt of
10 the written agreement from the trustees, appoint a nonelected
11 official to serve as a member of the board and the terms of
12 office shall be coterminous with that of their appointing
13 authority.
14 SECTION 2. PAYMENTS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY <--
15 ON ACCOUNT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1 SHALL BE
16 MADE QUARTERLY BY THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF
17 COSTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AND SHALL BE CONDITIONED ON
18 CONTINUING AUTHORITY FOR INCLUSION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
19 THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY OF A MINIMUM OF FIVE
20 PERSONS WHO ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WHO ARE APPOINTED BY
21 THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, THE
22 MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
23 REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF
24 REPRESENTATIVES FOR TERMS OF OFFICE COTERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE
25 RESPECTIVE APPOINTING AUTHORITY.
26 Section 3. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
27 provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
28 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
29 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
30 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
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1 Committee of the House of Representatives.
2 Section 4. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
3 report its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
4 statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
5 principles and procedures for educational institutions as set
6 forth in the "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the
7 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State
8 System of Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-
9 State-Related Colleges and Universities."
10 Section 5. The trustees of the Pennsylvania College of
11 Optometry shall report on forms provided by the Department of
12 Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the
13 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
14 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
15 of Representatives by September 30, 2000, on how State-
16 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to
17 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide
18 services to Pennsylvania residents.
19 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
20 immediately, whichever is later.
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