PRINTER'S NO. 884
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
825
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES AND WILLIAMS, MAY 8, 2015
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 8, 2015
AN ACT
Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. (a) The sum of $28,000,000, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of
the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2015,
to June 30, 2016, for veterinary activities.
(b) The sum of $261,000, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2015, to
June 30, 2016, for the Center for Infectious Diseases.
Section 2. (a) Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
on account of the appropriations shall be made quarterly by the
Secretary of Agriculture on the basis of costs during the fiscal
year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for
inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania of a minimum of four persons who are not elected
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officials and who are appointed by 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 for terms of office coterminous with
that of the respective appointing authority; and shall be
further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting
rights as members of the board of trustees.
(b) The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,
complete and accurate information as may be required by the
Department of Agriculture or the chairman or the minority
chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
Committee of the House of Representatives.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues
and expenditures and present its financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
"Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
Related Colleges and Universities."
(d) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
report on forms provided by the Department of Agriculture to
both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
by September 30, 2016, on how State-appropriated funds were
expended for fiscal year 2015-2016 to reduce the costs to
Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
Pennsylvania residents.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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