PRINTER'S NO. 1190
No. 999 Session of 1973
INTRODUCED BY SELTZER, MAY 29, 1973
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 29, 1973
A SUPPLEMENT
1 To the act of April 1, 1863 (P.L.213, No.227), entitled "An act
2 to accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to
3 the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural
4 Colleges," making appropriations for carrying the same into
5 effect, providing for a basis for payments of such
6 appropriations and providing a method of accounting for the
7 funds appropriated.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. In order to carry into effect the act of
11 Congress, approved July 2, 1862, granting public land to the
12 several states for educational purposes, and subsequent acts of
13 Congress related thereto, and the act of the General Assembly of
14 Pennsylvania accepting the provisions and conditions of said
15 acts of Congress and pledging the faith of the State to carry
16 the same into effect, the following sums or as much thereof as
17 may be necessary are hereby specifically appropriated to the
18 Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal
19 year July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974, for the purposes and in the
20 amounts as shown:
21 (1) For net cost of instruction excluding
1 Doctor of Medicine...........................$58,226,000
2 (2) For net cost of student aid.................. 1,756,000
3 (3) For net cost of extension and public
4 services..................................... 8,891,000
5 (4) For net cost of sponsored research........... 2,169,000
6 (5) For net cost of other research............... 13,592,000
7 (6) For instruction - Doctor of Medicine
8 only......................................... 2,314,000
9 Section 2. Payments to Pennsylvania State University on
10 account of the appropriations for all items as provided in
11 section 1 of this act except for instruction - Doctor of
12 Medicine shall be made on the basis of net costs during the
13 fiscal year.
14 Payments for instruction - Doctor of Medicine shall be made
15 on the basis of full-time equivalent students enrollment at the
16 rate of seven thousand four hundred sixty-five dollars ($7,465)
17 per student.
18 Section 3. If necessary, the Pennsylvania State University
19 may transfer funds among the appropriations listed in section 1,
20 clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5): Provided, That the aggregate
21 amount transferred into or out of each appropriation during the
22 fiscal year shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount
23 specifically appropriated for that purpose.
24 Section 4. Payments to the Pennsylvania State University of
25 the appropriations herein provided shall be made quarterly
26 during the fiscal year as follows:
27 (1) First payment on September 30, 1973.
28 (2) Second payment on December 31, 1973.
29 (3) Third payment on March 31, 1974.
30 (4) Fourth payment on June 30, 1974.
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1 Such quarterly payments shall be made in accordance with the
2 provisions of sections 2 and 3 of this act, on the basis of
3 estimated net costs and full-time equivalent students enrolled
4 in the Doctor of Medicine program. The estimate of net costs
5 shall be submitted by the Pennsylvania State University to the
6 Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and to the State
7 Treasurer not later than thirty days prior to the date on which
8 such payment is to be made.
9 Section 5. The Pennsylvania State University shall apply the
10 moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
11 permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
12 records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than
13 one hundred twenty days after the close of the fiscal year to
14 which this act relates, the Pennsylvania State University shall
15 file with the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, and
16 with the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, a statement
17 setting forth the amounts and purposes of all expenditures made
18 from moneys appropriated by this act and other university
19 accounts during said fiscal year, the number of full-time
20 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
21 and net costs, as provided in sections 2 and 3 of this act, used
22 as a basis for receipt of any appropriation during said fiscal
23 year.
24 Such statement of expenditures and number of full-time
25 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
26 and net costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General of the
27 Commonwealth, and he shall have the right, in respect to the
28 moneys appropriated by this act, to audit and disallow
29 expenditures made for purposes not permitted by this act and to
30 cause such sums to be recovered and paid by the Pennsylvania
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1 State University to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth. The
2 Auditor General shall also make a determination of full-time
3 equivalent students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine program
4 and net costs and make a certification as to their correctness.
5 In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys
6 other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General
7 shall have the right to review only and he shall file annually
8 with the General Assembly such information concerning such
9 expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
10 may require.
11 Section 6. The Pennsylvania State University shall report
12 its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
13 statements required under the provisions of this act in
14 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
15 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in "College
16 and University Business Administration" of the American Council
17 on Education, Revised Edition, 1968, without exception.
18 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 1973.
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