PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 862 PRINTER'S NO. 2406
No. 829 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2005
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 29, 2005
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. (a) The following sums, or as much thereof as
6 may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
7 University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2005, to
8 June 30, 2006, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
9 (1) For dental clinics........................ $1,051,000
10 (2) For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
11 program........................................... 3,919,000
12 (3) For veterinary activities................. 37,924,000 <--
13 (3) FOR VETERINARY ACTIVITIES................. 41,582,000 <--
14 (4) For cardiovascular studies................ 1,554,000
15 (b) The sum of $208,000 is hereby appropriated to the
16 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year
17 July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, for the general maintenance of
1 the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of such
2 apparatus and equipment as the trustees may deem necessary for
3 the best interest of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
4 Section 2. (a) Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
5 on account of the appropriations for the items provided in
6 section 1(a) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of
7 Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall
8 be conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the
9 Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum
10 of four persons who are not elected officials and who are
11 appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
12 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
13 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
14 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
15 respective appointing authority; and shall be further
16 conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
17 members of the board of trustees.
18 (b) The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,
19 complete and accurate information as may be required by the
20 Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
21 of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
22 the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
23 House of Representatives.
24 (c) The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues
25 and expenditures and present its financial statements in
26 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
27 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
28 "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
29 of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
30 Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
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1 Related Colleges and Universities."
2 (d) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
3 report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
4 the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
5 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
6 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
7 by September 30, 2006, on how State-appropriated funds were
8 expended for fiscal year 2005-2006 to reduce the costs to
9 Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
10 Pennsylvania residents.
11 Section 3. (a) Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
12 Museum on account of the appropriation provided in section 1(b)
13 shall be made quarterly by the Executive Director of the
14 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
15 (b) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
16 provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
17 required by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or
18 the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
19 Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
20 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
21 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, or
22 immediately, whichever is later.
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