PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 747 |
PRINTER'S NO. 1296 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. |
726 |
Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, MARCH 20, 2013
SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 26, 2013
A SUPPLEMENT
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To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3),
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entitled "An act providing for the establishment and
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operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an
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instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-
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related university in the higher education system of the
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Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the
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composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and
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the power and duties of such trustees; authorizing
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appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General
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Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of
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expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public
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support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of
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bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring
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the chancellor to make an annual report of the operations of
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the University of Pittsburgh," making appropriations for
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carrying the same into effect; and providing for a basis for
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payments of such appropriations, for a method of accounting
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for the funds appropriated and for certain fiscal information
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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. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
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necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
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University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year July 1, 2013, to
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June 30, 2014, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
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(1) For general support............ |
$133,993,000 |
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<-(2) For rural education outreach... |
2,083,000 |
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(2) For rural education outreach... |
2,300,00<-0 |
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Section 2. Payments to the University of Pittsburgh 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 University of Pittsburgh of
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the appropriations provided in section 1 shall be made monthly
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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 University of
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Pittsburgh 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 University of Pittsburgh shall apply the
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moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
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permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
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records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
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120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act
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relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the
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Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor
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General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each
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branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and
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purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by
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this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,
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as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any
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appropriation 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 University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.
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In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
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other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
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shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually
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with the General Assembly such information concerning such
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expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
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may require.
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Section 5. The University of Pittsburgh shall provide full,
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complete and accurate information as may be required by the
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Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
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of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
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the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
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House of Representatives.
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Section 6. The University of Pittsburgh shall present and
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report its financial statements required under the provisions of
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this act in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting
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principles as prescribed by the National Association of College
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and University Business Officers, the American Institute of
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Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
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other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of
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Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
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Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
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Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies
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and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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and by the Federal Government that apply to the University of
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Pittsburgh.
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Section 7. No funds appropriated by this act may be used for
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costs of personnel and operations of the environmental law
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clinic.
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Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013, or
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immediately, whichever is later.