PRINTER'S NO. 969
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
800
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, WILLIAMS, WILEY, FONTANA, WARD, STEFANO,
TEPLITZ, RAFFERTY, COSTA, BREWSTER, BOSCOLA, ARGALL, VANCE,
MENSCH, LEACH, YAW, FARNESE, KITCHEN, BARTOLOTTA, SCHWANK,
TARTAGLIONE, SCARNATI, WOZNIAK, HUGHES, WHITE, BAKER,
DINNIMAN, BROWNE, GREENLEAF, HAYWOOD AND VULAKOVICH,
MAY 28, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 28, 2015
AN ACT
Reaffirming the establishment and operation of The Pennsylvania
State University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to
serve as a State-related university in the higher education
system of the Commonwealth; providing for the composition of
the board of trustees, for terms of trustees, for powers and
duties of the board of trustees, for preference to
Pennsylvania residents in tuition and for public support and
capital improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts
to be fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for
the auditing of accounts of expenditures from appropriations;
authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
the Commonwealth; and requiring an annual report.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as The Pennsylvania
State University – Commonwealth Act.
Section 2. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of
legislative finding:
(1) The General Assembly created the Farmers' High
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