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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 820                        PRINTER'S NO. 919

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 740 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY WENGER, THOMPSON, BRIGHTBILL, LEMMOND AND CONTI,
           APRIL 12, 1999

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, APRIL 19, 1999

                                     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, 1999, to
     8  June 30, 2000, 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.................    32,276,000
    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 and shall be conditioned
    17  on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees


     1  of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum of five FOUR       <--
     2  persons who are not elected officials and who are appointed by
     3  the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the        <--
     4  Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
     5  Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
     6  Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
     7  respective appointing authority.
     8     Section 3.  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
     9  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
    10  the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
    11  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
    12  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    13  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    14     Section 4.  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
    15  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    16  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    17  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    18  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
    19  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    20  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    21  Related Colleges and Universities."
    22     Section 5.  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    23  shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
    24  both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    25  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    26  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    27  by September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were
    28  expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to
    29  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    30  Pennsylvania residents.
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     1     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
     2  immediately, whichever is later.



















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