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PRINTER'S NO. 2068
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1824
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, AUGUST 31, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 31, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"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,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in emergency COVID-19 response, providing for
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accountability.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Article I-C of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a
subarticle to read:
SUBARTICLE M
ACCOUNTABILITY
Section 194-C. Public hearings.
(a) Requirement.--Each municipality and school entity that
receives a grant or other money appropriated to the municipality
or school entity from money received by the Commonwealth under
Title IX, Subtitle M, section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 135 Stat. 4) and deposited into
the account shall hold at least three public hearings to address
the use of the grant or other money by the municipality or
school entity.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Municipality." Any of the following:
(1) A county, city, borough, incorporated town or
township.
(2) A home rule, optional plan or optional charter
municipality.
(3) Any other general purpose unit of government
established by the General Assembly.
"School entity." Any of the following:
(1) A school district of any class.
(2) A public school.
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(3) A nonpublic school.
(4) A private school.
(5) An intermediate unit, as described in Article IX-A
of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
Public School Code of 1949.
(6) A charter school, as defined in section 1703-A of
the Public School Code of 1949.
(7) A cyber charter school, as defined in section 1703-A
of the Public School Code of 1949.
(8) A regional charter school, as defined in section
1703-A of the Public School Code of 1949.
(9) An area career and technical school, as described in
section 1841 of the Public School Code of 1949.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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