THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, SCARNATI, PILEGGI AND CORMAN, JULY 19, 2009

REFERRED TO FINANCE, JULY 19, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

government; providing for the settlement, assessment,

collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts

due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and

other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,

or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further

providing for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1735-E of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 17, 2007

(P.L.141, No.42), is amended to read:

Section 1735-E.  Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

[(Reserved)].

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency shall provide

semiannual reports of all grants awarded by the Pennsylvania

Emergency Management Agency from Federal disaster assistance or

relief funds, homeland security and defense funds, avian

flu/pandemic preparedness or other public health emergency funds

to 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.

The reports shall include information relating to the entity

receiving grant money from the agency, including the name and

address of the entity, the amount of the grant, the date of

issuance and the purpose of the grant. Reports shall be

submitted by August 15 for grants awarded during the period from

January 1 through June 30 and by February 15 for grants awarded

during the period from July 1 through December 31.

Section 2.  The amendment of section 1735-E of the act shall

apply retroactively to July 1, 2009.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.