PRINTER'S NO. 1121
No. 938 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, JUNE 8, 2007
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 8, 2007
AN ACT 1 Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania College of 2 Optometry, Philadelphia. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. The sum of $1,693,000 is hereby appropriated to 6 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, for the 7 fiscal year July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, for instruction. 8 Section 2. Payments to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry 9 on account of the appropriation provided in section 1 shall be 10 made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the basis of 11 costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned on 12 continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees of 13 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry of a minimum of five 14 persons who are not elected officials and who are appointed by 15 the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the 16 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 17 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
1 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the 2 respective appointing authority; and shall be further 3 conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as 4 members of the board of trustees. 5 Section 3. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall 6 provide full, complete and accurate information as may be 7 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the 8 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate 9 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations 10 Committee of the House of Representatives. 11 Section 4. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall 12 report its revenues and expenditures and present its financial 13 statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting 14 principles and procedures for educational institutions as set 15 forth in the "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the 16 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State 17 System of Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non- 18 State-Related Colleges and Universities." 19 Section 5. The trustees of the Pennsylvania College of 20 Optometry shall report on forms provided by the Department of 21 Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the 22 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and 23 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House 24 of Representatives by September 30, 2008, on how State- 25 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2007-2008 to 26 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide 27 services to Pennsylvania residents. 28 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or 29 immediately, whichever is later. B12L84RZ/20070S0938B1121 - 2 -