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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, SOLOBAY, BREWSTER, COSTA, FARNESE, BOSCOLA, YUDICHAK, LEACH AND HUGHES, JUNE 30, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, JUNE 30, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), entitled "An |
2 | act establishing a special fund and account for money |
3 | received by the Commonwealth from the Master Settlement |
4 | Agreement with tobacco manufacturers; providing for home and |
5 | community-based care, for tobacco use prevention and |
6 | cessation efforts, for Commonwealth universal research |
7 | enhancement, for hospital uncompensated care, for health |
8 | investment insurance, for medical assistance for workers with |
9 | disabilities, for regional biotechnology research centers, |
10 | for the HealthLink Program, for community-based health care |
11 | assistance programs, for PACE reinstatement and PACENET |
12 | expansion, for medical education loan assistance and for |
13 | percentage allocation and appropriation of moneys," further |
14 | providing for the Tobacco Settlement Investment Board. |
15 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
16 | hereby enacts as follows: |
17 | Section 1. Section 304(a) of the act of June 26, 2001 |
18 | (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, amended |
19 | December 6, 2002 (P.L.1244, No.149), is amended to read: |
20 | Section 304. Tobacco Settlement Investment Board. |
21 | (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Tobacco |
22 | Settlement Investment Board, consisting of 11 members as |
23 | follows: the Governor or a designee; the Secretary of the |
24 | Budget; [two members] the State Treasurer or a designee; one |
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1 | member appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and |
2 | one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; [two |
3 | members] one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
4 | Representatives and one member appointed by the Minority Leader |
5 | of the House of Representatives; [and] three members appointed |
6 | by the Governor; and one member appointed by the State |
7 | Treasurer. Legislative appointments shall serve at the pleasure |
8 | of the appointing authority. Other appointed members shall serve |
9 | for a term of four years and until a successor is appointed. |
10 | Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall |
11 | be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the |
12 | performance of their official duties. The Governor shall select |
13 | one member as chairperson, and the members of the board shall |
14 | select one member as secretary. |
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16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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