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                                 HOUSE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 820, 919                 PRINTER'S NO. 1062

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 740 Session of 1999


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

        AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
           REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 6, 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     (4)  FOR CARDIOVASCULAR STUDIES................       500,000  <--
    14     (5)  FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF
    15  PENNSYLVANIA......................................       500,000
    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 and shall be conditioned
     4  on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
     5  of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum of five FOUR       <--
     6  persons who are not elected officials and who are appointed by
     7  the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the        <--
     8  Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
     9  Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
    10  Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
    11  respective appointing authority.
    12     Section 3.  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
    13  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
    14  the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
    15  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
    16  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    17  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    18     Section 4.  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
    19  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    20  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    21  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    22  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
    23  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    24  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    25  Related Colleges and Universities."
    26     Section 5.  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    27  shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
    28  both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    29  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    30  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
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     1  by September 30, 2000, on how State-appropriated funds were
     2  expended for fiscal year 1999-2000 to reduce the costs to
     3  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
     4  Pennsylvania residents.
     5     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or
     6  immediately, whichever is later.
















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