PRINTER'S NO.  2196

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1731

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, JUNE 23, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 23, 2011  

  

  

  

A SUPPLEMENT

  

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To the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227), entitled "An act

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to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to

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the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural

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Colleges," making appropriations for carrying the same into

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effect; and providing for a basis for payments of such

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appropriations, for a method of accounting for the funds

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appropriated and for certain fiscal information disclosure.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  In order to carry into effect the act of

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Congress, approved July 2, 1862, granting public land to the

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several states for educational purposes, and subsequent acts of

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Congress related thereto, and the act of the General Assembly of

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Pennsylvania accepting the provisions and conditions of said

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acts of Congress and pledging the faith of the State to carry

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the same into effect, the following sums, or as much thereof as

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may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of The

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Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal year July 1, 2011,

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to June 30, 2012, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:

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(1)  For educational general support.

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State appropriation..............................$214,110,000

 


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(2)  For the cost of agricultural research.

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State appropriation..............................$20,454,000

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(3)  For the cost of agricultural extension services.

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State appropriation..............................$24,283,000

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(4)  For Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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State appropriation..............................$13,584,000

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Section 2.  Payments to The Pennsylvania State University on

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account of the appropriations for all items as provided in

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section 1 shall be made on the basis of costs during the fiscal

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year.

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Section 3.  (a)  Payments to The Pennsylvania State

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University of the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be

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made monthly during the fiscal year.

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(b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with

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the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The

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estimate of costs shall be submitted by The Pennsylvania State

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University to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly

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and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date

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on which such payment is to be made.

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Section 4.  (a)  The Pennsylvania State University shall

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apply the moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes

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as are permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain

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proper records showing the application of such moneys. Not later

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than 120 days after June 30, 2012, The Pennsylvania State

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University shall file, with the Secretary of Education, the

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General Assembly and the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, a

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statement setting forth the amounts and purposes of all

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expenditures made from moneys appropriated by this act and other

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university accounts during said fiscal year, as provided in

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section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any appropriation

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during said fiscal year.

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(b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be

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reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he

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shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by

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this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes

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not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered

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and paid by The Pennsylvania State University to the State

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Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the university

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from moneys other than those appropriated by this act, the

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Auditor General shall have the right to review only, and he

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shall file annually with the General Assembly such information

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concerning such expenditures as the General Assembly or any of

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its committees may require.

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Section 5.  The Pennsylvania State University shall provide

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full, complete and accurate information as may be required by

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the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority

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chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the

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chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations

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Committee of the House of Representatives.

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Section 6.  The Pennsylvania State University shall present

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and report its financial statements required under the

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provisions of this act in accordance with: the generally

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accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the National

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Association of College and University Business Officers, the

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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or their

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successors, or by any other recognized authoritative body; the

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"Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State

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

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State-Related Colleges and Universities"; and, the financial

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reporting policies and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth

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of Pennsylvania and by the Federal Government that apply to The

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Pennsylvania State University.

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Section 7.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011, or

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immediately, whichever is later.

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