SENATE AMENDED

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MARCH 5, 2010

SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2010   

AN ACT

Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of

Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  (a)  The sum of $30,000,000 $29,754,000, or as

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much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year

July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, for veterinary activities.

(b)  The sum of $500,000 $248,000, or as much thereof as may

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be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the

University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2010, to

June 30, 2011, for the Center for Infectious Diseases.

Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania

on account of the appropriations shall be made quarterly by the

Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal

year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for

inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the University of

Pennsylvania of a minimum of four persons who are not elected

officials and who are appointed by the President pro tempore of

the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of

the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the

House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with

that of the respective appointing authority; and shall be

further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting

rights as members of the board of trustees.

(b)  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,

complete and accurate information as may be required by the

Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or

the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

House of Representatives.

(c)  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues

and expenditures and present its financial statements in

accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and

procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the

"Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of

Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-

Related Colleges and Universities."

(d)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall

report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both

the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives

by September 30, 2011, on how State-appropriated funds were

expended for fiscal year 2010-2011 to reduce the costs to

Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to

Pennsylvania residents.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2010, or

immediately, whichever is later.