PRINTER'S NO. 2639
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1744
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, MURT, SAMUELSON, THOMAS, DIAMOND,
SCHWEYER, McNEILL, CONKLIN, BLOOM, DAVIDSON, KINSEY,
PASHINSKI, DEASY, DeLUCA, McCARTER, GIBBONS AND SIMMONS,
DECEMBER 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, DECEMBER 9, 2015
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," providing for audits of affairs of the General
Assembly and legislative agencies; and making a related
repeal.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 402.1. Audits of Affairs of the General Assembly and
Legislative Agencies.--It shall be the duty of the Department of
the Auditor General to audit the financial affairs of the
General Assembly and its legislative service agencies. At least
one audit shall be made each year. Special audits may be made
whenever they may, in the judgment of the Auditor General,
appear necessary. Copies of all audits made by the Department of
the Auditor General shall be promptly submitted to the President
pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives.
Section 2. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
section 402.1 of the act.
(2) Section 1 of the act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442,
No.151), entitled "An act implementing the provisions of
Article VIII, section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
by designating the Commonwealth officers who shall be charged
with the function of auditing the financial transactions
after the occurrence thereof of the Legislative and Judicial
branches of the government of the Commonwealth, establishing
a Legislative Audit Advisory Commission, and imposing certain
powers and duties on such commission," is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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