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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3689                      PRINTER'S NO. 4470

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2509 Session of 2006


        INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2006

        SENATOR WENGER, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
           AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2006

                                     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, 2006, to
     8  June 30, 2007, 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.................    38,111,000
    13     (4)  For cardiovascular studies................     1,554,000
    14     (1)  FOR DENTAL CLINICS........................    $1,083,000  <--
    15     (2)  FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
    16  PROGRAM...........................................     4,037,000


     1     (3)  FOR VETERINARY ACTIVITIES.................    39,254,000
     2     (4)  FOR CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.........     3,200,000
     3     (5)  FOR CARDIOVASCULAR STUDIES................     1,601,000
     4     (b)  The sum of $231,000 $254,000 is hereby appropriated to    <--
     5  the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal
     6  year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for the general maintenance
     7  of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of
     8  such apparatus and equipment as the trustees may deem necessary
     9  for the best interest of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
    10     Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
    11  on account of the appropriations for the items provided in
    12  section 1(a) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of
    13  Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall
    14  be conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the
    15  Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum
    16  of four persons who are not elected officials and who are
    17  appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
    18  Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
    19  Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
    20  Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
    21  respective appointing authority; and shall be further
    22  conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
    23  members of the board of trustees.
    24     (b)  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,
    25  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
    26  Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
    27  of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
    28  the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
    29  House of Representatives.
    30     (c)  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues
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     1  and expenditures and present its financial statements in
     2  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
     3  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
     4  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
     5  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
     6  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
     7  Related Colleges and Universities."
     8     (d)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
     9  report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
    10  the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    11  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    12  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    13  by September 30, 2007, on how State-appropriated funds were
    14  expended for fiscal year 2006-2007 to reduce the costs to
    15  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    16  Pennsylvania residents.
    17     Section 3.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
    18  Museum on account of the appropriation provided in section 1(b)
    19  shall be made quarterly by the Executive Director of the
    20  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
    21     (b)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
    22  provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
    23  required by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or
    24  the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    25  Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
    26  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
    27     Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006, or
    28  immediately, whichever is later.


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