PRINTER'S NO. 635
No. 562 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, BUXTON, DALEY, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, JAMES, LaGROTTA, LEVDANSKY, McCALL, McGEEHAN, MYERS,
NICKOL, READSHAW, ROONEY, RUFFING, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
STURLA, TIGUE, VEON, WALKO AND WOJNAROSKI, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), entitled "An
2 act establishing a special fund and account for money
3 received by the Commonwealth from the Master Settlement
4 Agreement with tobacco manufacturers; providing for home and
5 community-based care, for tobacco use prevention and
6 cessation efforts, for Commonwealth universal research
7 enhancement, for hospital uncompensated care, for health
8 investment insurance, for medical assistance for workers with
9 disabilities, for regional biotechnology research centers,
10 for the HealthLink Program, for community-based health care
11 assistance programs, for PACE reinstatement and PACENET
12 expansion, for medical education loan assistance and for
13 percentage allocation and appropriation of moneys," further
14 providing for Tobacco Settlement Investment Board.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Section 304(a) of the act of June 26, 2001
18 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, amended
19 December 6, 2002 (P.L.1244, No.149), is amended to read:
20 Section 304. Tobacco Settlement Investment Board.
21 (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Tobacco
22 Settlement Investment Board, consisting of [11] members as
23 follows: the Governor or a designee; the Secretary of the
1 Budget; [two members] the State Treasurer or a designee; one
2 member appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and
3 one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; [two
4 members] one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
5 Representatives and one member appointed by the Minority Leader
6 of the House of Representatives; [and] three members appointed
7 by the Governor; and one member appointed by the State
8 Treasurer. Legislative appointments shall serve at the pleasure
9 of the appointing authority. Other appointed members shall serve
10 for a term of four years and until a successor is appointed.
11 Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall
12 be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the
13 performance of their official duties. The Governor shall select
14 one member as chairperson, and the members of the board shall
15 select one member as secretary.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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