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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3361, 3835               PRINTER'S NO. 4162

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2326 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MARCH 10, 2008

        SENATOR ARMSTRONG, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
           AMENDED, JULY 2, 2008

                                     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, 2008, to
     8  June 30, 2009, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
     9     (1)  For dental clinics........................      $546,000  <--
    10     (2)  For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
    11  program...........................................     2,038,000
    12     (3)  For veterinary activities.................    39,647,000
    13     (4)  For Center for Infectious Disease.........     3,232,000
    14     (5)  For cardiovascular studies................       808,000
    15     (1)  FOR DENTAL CLINICS........................      $539,000  <--
    16     (2)  FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE


     1  PROGRAM...........................................     2,012,000
     2     (3)  FOR VETERINARY ACTIVITIES.................    39,647,000
     3     (4)  FOR CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE.........     3,190,000
     4     (5)  FOR CARDIOVASCULAR STUDIES................       797,000
     5     (b)  The sum of $254,000 $251,000 is hereby appropriated to    <--
     6  the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal
     7  year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, for the general maintenance
     8  of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of
     9  such apparatus and equipment as the trustees may deem necessary
    10  for the best interest of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
    11     Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
    12  on account of the appropriations for the items provided in
    13  section 1(a)(3) and (4) shall be made quarterly and the items
    14  provided in section 1(a)(1), (2) and (5) shall be made in two
    15  equal payments, the first payment by September 15 and the second
    16  payment by December 15 by the Secretary of Education on the
    17  basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned
    18  on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
    19  of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum of four persons
    20  who are not elected officials and who are appointed by the
    21  President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
    22  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
    23  Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
    24  office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
    25  authority; and shall be further conditioned on these appointees
    26  receiving full voting rights as members of the board of
    27  trustees.
    28     (b)  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,
    29  complete and accurate information as may be required by the
    30  Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
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     1  of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
     2  the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
     3  House of Representatives.
     4     (c)  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues
     5  and expenditures and present its financial statements in
     6  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
     7  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
     8  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
     9  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    10  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    11  Related Colleges and Universities."
    12     (d)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
    13  report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
    14  the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    15  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    16  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    17  by September 30, 2009, on how State-appropriated funds were
    18  expended for fiscal year 2008-2009 to reduce the costs to
    19  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
    20  Pennsylvania residents.
    21     Section 3.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
    22  Museum on account of the appropriation provided in section 1(b)
    23  shall be made quarterly by the Executive Director of the
    24  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
    25     (b)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
    26  provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
    27  required by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or
    28  the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    29  Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
    30  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
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     1     Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
     2  immediately, whichever is later.



















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