PRINTER'S NO. 800
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
366
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, MACKENZIE, SIMMONS AND SIMS, MARCH 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 8, 2019
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 cancer control, prevention and
research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection and
for the Joint Underwriting Association, 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," in general budget implementation, providing
for prohibited expenditures in general.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Subarticle E of Article XVII-E of 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 1797-E. Prohibited expenditures in general.
No appropriation may be used for any of the following
purposes:
(1) Payment to the alleged victim of a sexual harassment
claim against a public official or public employee of the
Commonwealth, regardless of whether or not the claim is filed
by the alleged victim, to settle the claim, including payment
of costs or attorney fees related to the claim.
(2) (Reserved).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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