THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, VOGEL, FONTANA, BREWSTER, RAFFERTY, BAKER, FOLMER, ERICKSON, SCHWANK, SOLOBAY, ORIE, VANCE, COSTA, BROWNE, ALLOWAY, BRUBAKER, BOSCOLA, WARD, MENSCH AND EARLL, JANUARY 17, 2012

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 17, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled

"An act providing for access to public information, for a

designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,

local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for

procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial

review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing

penalties; providing for reporting by State-related

institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract

information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in

preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;

and repealing provisions relating to State-related

institutions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "State-affiliated entity" in

section 102 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known

as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to read:

Section 102.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"State-affiliated entity."  A Commonwealth authority or

Commonwealth entity. The term includes the Pennsylvania Higher

Education Assistance Agency and any entity established thereby,

the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Pennsylvania Game

Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Municipal

Retirement Board, the State System of Higher Education, a

community college, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Pennsylvania

Infrastructure Investment Authority, the State Public School

Building Authority, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic

Association and the Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities

Authority. The term [does not include] includes a State-related

institution.

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Section 2.  Chapter 15 of the act is repealed:

[CHAPTER 15

STATE-RELATED INSTITUTIONS

Section 1501.  Definition.

As used in this chapter, "State-related institution" means

any of the following:

(1)  Temple University.

(2)  The University of Pittsburgh.

(3)  The Pennsylvania State University.

(4)  Lincoln University.

Section 1502.  Reporting.

No later than May 30 of each year, a State-related

institution shall file with the Governor's Office, the General

Assembly, the Auditor General and the State Library the

information set forth in section 1503.

Section 1503.  Contents of report.

The report required under section 1502 shall include the

following:

(1)  Except as provided in paragraph (4), all information

required by Form 990 or an equivalent form of the United

States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service,

entitled the Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax,

regardless of whether the State-related institution is

required to file the form by the Federal Government.

(2)  The salaries of all officers and directors of the

State-related institution.

(3)  The highest 25 salaries paid to employees of the

institution that are not included under paragraph (2).

(4)  The report shall not include information relating to

individual donors.

Section 1504.  Copies and posting.

A State-related institution shall maintain, for at least

seven years, a copy of the report in the institution's library

and shall provide free access to the report on the institution's

Internet website.]

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.