PRINTER'S NO. 2152
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1627
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, HILL-EVANS, SNYDER, SCHLOSSBERG, KULIK,
OTTEN, BURNS, STRUZZI, FREEMAN, READSHAW, HOWARD, CIRESI,
DALEY AND PASHINSKI, JUNE 17, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 17, 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, for
the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment
business financial management firms, for private dam
financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;
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,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for State Gaming Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1799-E(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
Section 1799-E. State Gaming Fund.
(a) Transfers for Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer
Ambulance Service Grant Act.--Commencing with fiscal year 2007-
2008 and continuing annually thereafter, the sum of
[$25,000,000] $33,750,000 shall be transferred from the State
Gaming Fund to the General Fund and is hereby appropriated on a
continuing basis to the [Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency] Office of the State Fire Commissioner for the purpose of
making grants under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 78 (relating to grants to
volunteer fire companies and volunteer services). Annually, the
sum of [$22,000,000] $27,000,000 shall be expended for the
purpose of making grants to eligible volunteer fire companies
under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 78 Subch. B (relating to volunteer fire
company grant program). Annually, the sum of [$3,000,000]
$6,750,000 shall be expended for the purpose of making grants to
eligible volunteer ambulance services under 35 Pa.C.S. Ch. 78
Subch. C (relating to volunteer ambulance service grant
program).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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