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PRINTER'S NO. 2766
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1943
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY NELSON, REED, SAYLOR, DUNBAR, DELOZIER, R. BROWN,
WARD, BERNSTINE, CUTLER, BOBACK, A. HARRIS, FEE, BARRAR,
ROTHMAN, RYAN, LAWRENCE, MILLARD, TURZAI, PHILLIPS-HILL,
GREINER, HELM, DUSH, COX, EVERETT, TOEPEL, STAATS, KEEFER,
WHEELAND, BLOOM, DOWLING, WATSON AND KLUNK, DECEMBER 1, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 1, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for and reorganizing the
conduct of the executive and administrative work of the
Commonwealth by the Executive Department thereof and the
administrative departments, boards, commissions, and officers
thereof, including the boards of trustees of State Normal
Schools, or Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating,
reorganizing or authorizing the reorganization of certain
administrative departments, boards, and commissions; defining
the powers and duties of the Governor and other executive and
administrative officers, and of the several administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the
salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain
other executive and administrative officers; providing for
the appointment of certain administrative officers, and of
all deputies and other assistants and employes in certain
departments, boards, and commissions; providing for judicial
administration; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in Commonwealth budget
procedures, providing for definitions and further providing
for budget implementation data, for electronic access of
information and for lapsing of funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
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as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 601.1. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them
in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Encumbrance." An obligation or commitment in the form of
purchase orders, field purchase orders, contracts, grant
agreements or other authorizing documents related to unperformed
contracts for goods and services which are chargeable to an
appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is
reserved.
"Grants and subsidies." A payment made by the Commonwealth
to a political subdivision, an individual, institution or
organization for which no direct services are rendered to the
Commonwealth. The term includes awards, bounties and
indemnities.
Section 2. Section 620 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 620. Budget Implementation Data.--* * *
(a.1) For each special fund from which grants and subsidies
are paid, each department shall prepare a report within twenty
(20) days of the end of each calendar quarter indicating the
amount, the name of the grantee or recipient and the date of
expected expenditures for each grant and subsidy which has been
awarded or otherwise allocated, but is not reflected in the
Integrated Central System under section 620.1 as an encumbrance
as of the end of the calendar quarter. The report shall be
issued to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and
minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the
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House of Representatives. A copy of the report shall be sent to
the Office of Administration. The Office of Administration shall
make the report available on the public Internet website called
PennWATCH established under the act of June 30, 2011 (P.L.81,
No.18), known as the Pennsylvania Web Accountability and
Transparency (PennWATCH) Act.
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Section 3. Section 620.1 of the act is amended to read:
Section 620.1. Electronic Access of Information.--Except for
confidential information, the Majority and Minority Chairmen of
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives shall have access to all information available
on inquiry-only screens through the Integrated Central System or
a successor system.
Section 4. The definitions of "encumbrance" and "grants and
subsidies" in section 621(a) of the act are amended to read:
Section 621. Lapsing of Funds.--(a) As used in this
section:
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["Encumbrance." Obligation or commitment in the form of
purchase orders, field purchase orders, contracts, grant
agreements or other authorizing documents related to unperformed
contracts for goods and services which are chargeable to an
appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is
reserved.]
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["Grants and subsidies." Includes all payments made by the
State to political subdivisions, individuals, institutions and
organizations for which no direct services are rendered to the
State. Also included are: awards, bounties and indemnities.]
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Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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