PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1558, 1955, 2015 PRINTER'S NO. 2102
No. 1333 Session of 1975
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of
the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of
considering House Bill No. 1333, entitled:
"AN ACT Making an appropriation AMENDING THE ACT OF JUNE 30,
1975 (NO.8-A), ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF
THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH, THE PUBLIC DEBT AND FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE
FISCAL PERIOD JULY 1, 1975 TO JUNE 30, 1976, AND FOR THE PAYMENT
OF BILLS INCURRED AND REMAINING UNPAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE
FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1975,' PROVIDING THAT THE
APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR HOUSING
AND REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE APPROPRIATION TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT LAPSE; * * *; AND TRANSFERRING,
REINSTATING AND REENACTING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE FOR GRANTS TO
COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH."
respectfully submit the following bill as our report:
STEPHEN R. WOJDAK
K. LEROY IRVIS
(Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.)
HENRY J. CIANFRANI
THOMAS M. NOLAN
(Committee on the part of the Senate.)
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 30, 1975 (No.8-A), entitled "An act to
2 provide for the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and
3 Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth, the public debt and
4 for the public schools for the fiscal period July 1, 1975 to
5 June 30, 1976, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1975," providing that the appropriation to the
8 Department of Community Affairs for housing and redevelopment
9 assistance and the appropriation to the Legislative
10 Department shall not lapse; changing or amending certain
11 appropriations to the Governor, the Pennsylvania Council on
12 the Arts, the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse,
13 the Auditor General, the Treasury Department, the Department
14 of Agriculture, the Department of Banking, the Department of
15 Commerce, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department
16 of Education, the Department of Environmental Resources, the
17 Department of Health, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
18 Commission, the Department of Insurance, the Department of
19 Justice, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department
20 of Military Affairs, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and
21 Parole, the Department of Property and Supplies, the
22 Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Revenue, the
23 Department of State, the Pennsylvania State Police, the State
24 Tax Equalization Board, the Department of Transportation, to
25 the Chief Clerk of the Senate, to the Senate and House of
26 Representatives for expenses of the Members, to the Majority
27 and Minority Leadership Accounts of the Senate and House of
28 Representatives, and to the Majority and Minority Legislative
29 Management Accounts of the House of Representatives;
30 clarifying appropriations to the General Assembly; adding
31 appropriations to the Governor for the National Governor's
32 Conference, to the Department of Community Affairs for
33 housing and redevelopment assistance, to the Department of
34 Commerce for the community facilities program, to the
35 Department of Environmental Resources for Presque Isle State
36 Park, to the Department of Public Welfare for payments to
37 second class counties for county homes, to the House of
38 Representatives for expenses of the members; reinstating and
39 reenacting appropriations to the Department of Public Welfare
40 for child welfare programs and the food stamp program, and to
41 the Judicial Department for county reimbursement for court
42 costs; and transferring, reinstating and reenacting an
43 appropriation to the Department of Health from the Department
44 of Public Welfare for grants to county departments of health.
45 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
46 hereby enacts as follows:
47 Section 1. Section 2, act of June 30, 1975 (No.8-A), known
48 as the "General Appropriation Act of 1975," is amended by
49 changing or amending certain appropriations to the Governor, the
50 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Governor's Council on Drug
1 and Alcohol Abuse, the Auditor General, the Treasury Department,
2 the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Banking, the
3 Department of Commerce, the Department of Community Affairs, the
4 Department of Education, the Department of Environmental
5 Resources, the Department of Health, the Pennsylvania Historical
6 and Museum Commission, the Department of Insurance, the
7 Department of Justice, the Department of Labor and Industry, the
8 Department of Military Affairs, the Pennsylvania Board of
9 Probation and Parole, the Department of Property and Supplies,
10 the Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Revenue, the
11 Department of State, the Pennsylvania State Police, the State
12 Tax Equalization Board, the Department of Transportation, the
13 Chief Clerk of the Senate, to the Senate for the expenses of the
14 members, and to the House of Representatives for the expenses of
15 the members, the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
16 House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leadership
17 Accounts of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the
18 Majority and Minority Legislative Management Accounts of the
19 House of Representatives; by adding appropriations to the
20 Governor for the National Governor's Conference, to the
21 Department of Community Affairs for housing and redevelopment
22 assistance, to the Department of Commerce for the community
23 facilities program, to the Department of Environmental
24 Resources, to the Department of Public Welfare for payments to
25 second class counties for county homes, to the House of
26 Representatives; by reinstating and reenacting appropriations to
27 the Department of Public Welfare for child welfare programs and
28 the food stamp program, and to the Judicial Department for
29 county reimbursement for court costs; and by transferring,
30 reinstating and reenacting an appropriation to the Department of
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1 Health from the Department of Public Welfare for grants to
2 county departments of health to read:
3 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
4 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
5 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
6 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
7 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
8 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
9 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
10 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
11 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
12 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
13 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
14 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
15 beginning July 1, 1975 and for the payment of bills incurred and
16 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
17 30, 1975.
18 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
19 To the Governor
20 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
21 expenses for the following purposes and
22 activities, including the maintenance of the
23 Executive Mansion, the expense of entertainment
24 of official guests and members of the General
25 Assembly and the Judiciary, participation in the
26 Governor's Conference, the expenses of the
27 Executive Board, and for the payment of traveling
28 expenses of persons other than employees of the
29 Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to represent
30 or otherwise serve the Commonwealth:
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1 Administration of the Office of the Governor... [$1,625,000]
2 $1,715,000
3 For costs incurred as Host State for the
4 Bicentennial Year National Governor's Conference.. 250,000
5 * * *
6 For the administration and operation of the
7 Office of Administration.......................... [3,085,000]
8 3,220,000
9 For the administration of the Office of State
10 Planning and Development.......................... [934,000]
11 982,000
12 For the administration and operation of the
13 Office of the Budget.............................. [1,168,000]
14 1,206,000
15 * * *
16 For the salaries, wages and [benefits]
17 all necessary expenses for the proper
18 administration of the Human Relations
19 Commission program................................ [2,576,000]
20 3,176,000
21 For the administration and operation of the
22 Pennsylvania Commission for Women................ [97,000]
23 114,000
24 To the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
25 For the conduct of the work of the Pennsylvania
26 Council on the Arts, requisitions to be signed by
27 the Governor...................................... [1,471,000]
28 1,505,000
29 * * *
30 To the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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1 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
2 expenses for the proper conduct of the Governor's
3 Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse................. [2,214,200]
4 2,349,000
5 * * *
6 To the Department of the Auditor General
7 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
8 expenses for the proper conduct of the following
9 purposes and activities:
10 Administration of the Department of the Auditor
11 General for auditing annually, periodically or
12 specially, the affairs of any department, board or
13 commission which are supported out of the General
14 Fund and for auditing Justices of the Peace, other
15 fining offices, Volunteer Firemen's Relief Associa-
16 tion Funds and the offices of elected State offi-
17 cials............................................. [7,719,000]
18 7,742,000
19 * * *
20 Administration of the Board of Arbitration of
21 Claims............................................ [129,000]
22 191,000
23 * * *
24 To the Treasury Department
25 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
26 expenses for the proper conduct of the following
27 purposes and activities:
28 Administration of the Treasury Department...... [3,346,000]
29 3,377,000
30 * * *
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1 For the payment into the Land and Water Develop-
2 ment Sinking Fund to meet the interest and sinking
3 fund requirements of notes and bonds issued and
4 to be issued...................................... [11,847,000]
5 10,847,000
6 For the payment into the Capital Facilities
7 Redemption Fund to meet the principal and interest
8 requirements on notes and bonds issued and notes
9 and bonds to be issued............................ [66,296,000]
10 65,296,000
11 * * *
12 To the Department of Agriculture
13 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
14 expenses for the proper administration of the
15 Department of Agriculture, including the following
16 programs: regulation of consumer products and
17 promotion of fair business practices, plant health,
18 animal health, rural services and agribusiness
19 development....................................... [10,354,000]
20 11,477,000
21 * * *
22 To the Department of Banking
23 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
24 expenses for the proper administration of the
25 Pennsylvania Securities Commission................ [632,000]
26 660,000
27 * * *
28 To the Department of Commerce
29 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
30 expenses for the proper administration of the
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1 Department of Commerce including the following:
2 tourism and travel development, industrial develop-
3 ment, scientific and technological development,
4 and international trade........................... [4,250,000]
5 4,300,000
6 * * *
7 For the Community Facilities Program pursuant
8 to the act of December 22, 1959 (P.L.1978, No.728). 2,000,000
9 To the Department of Community Affairs
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the proper administration of the
12 Department of Community Affairs, including commu-
13 nity action assistance, housing and redevelopment,
14 area-wide services, municipal administrative
15 support capability, and local recreation areas and
16 facilities........................................ [4,686,000]
17 4,829,000
18 * * *
19 For grants for housing and redevelopment
20 assistance as authorized by the act of May 20,
21 1949 (P.L.1633, No.493), known as the "Housing
22 and Redevelopment Assistance Law," and by payment
23 of the costs of administering such act up to but
24 not exceeding an amount equalling 2% of this
25 appropriation.................................... 19,650,000
26 No more than 20% of the amount herein appro-
27 priated shall be allocated or granted to any one
28 political subdivision.
29 To the Department of Education
30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
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1 for the proper administration of the Department of
2 Education, including general instruction, special ed-
3 ucation, compensatory programs, vocational education,
4 higher education-professional support services, com-
5 munity training services, adult employment training
6 services and recreation services.................. [10,876,000]
7 11,525,000
8 For the operation of the State Library, provid-
9 ing reference services and administering aid to
10 public libraries.................................. [1,133,000]
11 1,193,000
12 * * *
13 Operation, maintenance and administration of
14 the State colleges and State-owned university.... [142,695,000]
15 145,695,000
16 For nonpublic school student
17 [school] supplies................................. 2,172,000
18 * * *
19 For higher education equal opportunity program
20 grants............................................ [2,995,000]
21 3,175,000
22 * * *
23 To the Department of Environmental Resources
24 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
25 expenses for the proper administration of the
26 Department of Environmental Resources including
27 flood control, prevention, control and extinction
28 of forest fires, reduction of disease and insect
29 damage to forests, air pollution control, water
30 quality management, community environment manage-
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1 ment, occupational health and safety, radiological
2 health, development, utilization and regulation of
3 water, land and mineral resources, and develop-
4 ment, operation and maintenance of recreational
5 areas and facilities............................. [54,010,000]
6 57,868,000
7 * * *
8 For the purchase of supplies, materials and
9 equipment to repair the damage to the beaches
10 and appurtenances of Presque Isle State Park
11 resulting from the storm of February, 1975....... 250,000
12 To the Department of Health
13 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
14 for the proper administration of the Department
15 of Health including research and health informa-
16 tion, medical facilities review, health services
17 development, disease prevention, detection and
18 diagnosis, outpatient treatment, inpatient treat-
19 ment and life maintenance......................... [26,295,000]
20 26,811,000
21 * * *
22 Reimbursement to school districts on account
23 of health services................................ [13,570,000]
24 12,570,000
25 * * *
26 For grants to county departments of health
27 and to municipalities for environmental health
28 under the act of August 24, 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315),
29 known as the "Local Health Administration Law"... 3,500,000
30 * * *
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1 To the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
2 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
3 expenses for the proper administration of the
4 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
5 including development and promotion of
6 Pennsylvania State and local history, museum
7 development and operations, and development and
8 preservation of historical sites and properties... [4,155,000]
9 4,405,000
10 Administration of the Valley Forge Park
11 Commission and operation and maintenance of the
12 Valley Forge State Park........................... [526,000]
13 554,000
14 Administration of the Washington Crossing Park
15 Commission and operation and maintenance of the
16 Washington Crossing State Park.................... [406,000]
17 425,000
18 * * *
19 To the Department of Insurance
20 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
21 expenses for the proper administration of the
22 Department of Insurance including policyholder
23 services and protection, regulation of rates and
24 policies, liquidation of companies and regulation
25 of companies...................................... [4,090,000]
26 4,180,000
27 To the Department of Justice
28 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
29 expenses for the proper administration of the
30 Department of Justice to be appropriated as
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1 follows:
2 Attorney General.............................. [211,000]
3 241,000
4 Comptroller................................... [29,000]
5 33,000
6 Regional Offices.............................. [952,000]
7 1,084,000
8 Community Advocate Unit....................... [235,000]
9 268,000
10 Office of Management Services................. [469,000]
11 535,000
12 Office of Criminal Law........................ [96,000]
13 110,000
14 Bureau of Investigations...................... [413,000]
15 470,000
16 Governor's Justice Commission................. [495,000]
17 564,000
18 Office of Civil Law........................... [1,125,000]
19 1,282,000
20 Bureau of Consumer Protection................. [758,000]
21 863,000
22 Board of Pardons.............................. [101,000]
23 115,000
24 Pennsylvania Crime Commission................. [181,000]
25 206,000
26 Except that no funds appropriated herein shall
27 be expended for the payment of leased space that
28 exceeds $6.90 per square foot unless such lease
29 shall include a provision providing for heat,
30 electric and janitorial services and in no event
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1 shall the payment for leased space exceed $7.05
2 per square foot.
3 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
4 expenses of the Bureau of Drug Control and the
5 Office of Drug Law Enforcement.................... [2,585,000]
6 2,706,000
7 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
8 of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission.......... [148,000]
9 164,000
10 For the operation, maintenance and administra-
11 tion of the State Correctional Institutions and
12 Community Treatment Centers, not including funds
13 for the establishment, maintenance or operation
14 of a maximum security facility at Farview State
15 Hospital......................................... [52,390,000]
16 57,140,000
17 * * *
18 To the Department of Labor and Industry
19 * * *
20 For the Commonwealth's share of the cost of
21 the Work Incentive Program to provide permanent
22 jobs at decent pay for eligible persons receiving
23 aid to families with dependent children........... [250,000]
24 125,000
25 * * *
26 To the Department of Military Affairs
27 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
28 for the proper administration of the department... [6,460,000]
29 6,642,000
30 * * *
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1 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
2 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
3 expenses for the proper administration of the
4 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
5 offenders......................................... [6,043,000]
6 6,449,000
7 * * *
8 To the Department of Property and Supplies
9 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
10 expenses for the proper administration of the
11 Department of Property and Supplies including
12 distribution of surplus State property, purchase,
13 maintenance and disposition of State automotive
14 equipment, standards and specifications of
15 commodities for State agencies, purchase of
16 commodities for State agencies, real estate and
17 insurance, building, construction and engineering,
18 maintenance and custody of State office buildings
19 and grounds, general services, Federal surplus
20 property, and distribution of Federal surplus
21 commodities....................................... [21,505,000]
22 23,294,000
23 * * *
24 To the Department of Public Welfare
25 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
26 expenses for the proper administration of the
27 Department of Public Welfare including medical
28 facilities review, health services support and
29 development, mental health systems, services to
30 the communities, family support services, mental
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1 retardation systems and income maintenance....... [14,728,000]
2 17,746,000
3 * * *
4 For payment to counties for child welfare
5 programs and for the care of delinquent and
6 deprived children committed by the courts to a
7 private or public facility....................... 53,239,000
8 * * *
9 For administration cost of the Food Stamp
10 Program.......................................... 2,900,000
11 * * *
12 For Southeastern State School and Hospital to
13 be utilized by at least 300 in-patients by
14 October 30, 1975 and be utilized to at least 80%
15 of its original rated capacity by [June 30, 1976]
16 June 1, 1976...................................... 7,500,000
17 * * *
18 For payments to counties of the
19 Second Class for the purpose of paying
20 part of the costs of care of persons in
21 county homes operated by second class
22 counties...............................................5,200,000
23 [For grants to county departments of health
24 and to municipalities under the act of August 24,
25 1951 (P.L.1304, No.315), known as the "Local
26 Health Administration Law"....................... 3,500,000]
27 To the Department of Revenue
28 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
29 for the proper administration of the Department
30 of Revenue including corporation taxes, county
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1 collections, cigarette and beverage taxes, education
2 tax administration, and administration of the
3 personal income tax............................... [36,831,000]
4 38,898,000
5 * * *
6 To the Department of State
7 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
8 for the proper administration of the Department of
9 State including regulation of consumer products
10 and promotion of fair business practice, mainten-
11 ance of the electoral process.................... [4,357,000]
12 4,462,000
13 * * *
14 To the Pennsylvania State Police
15 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
16 for the proper administration of the Pennsylvania
17 State Police, including juvenile crime prevention,
18 criminal law enforcement, prevention and control
19 of civil disorders, emergency disaster assistance,
20 and fire prevention............................... [22,066,000]
21 22,970,000
22 * * *
23 To the State Tax Equalization Board
24 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
25 expenses for the proper administration of the State
26 Tax Equalization Board............................ [650,000]
27 673,000
28 To the Department of Transportation
29 For the salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
30 for the proper administration of the Department
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1 of Transportation for urban mass transportation -
2 mass transit, and port and waterway development... [829,000]
3 996,000
4 * * *
5 To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
6 For operation of the Pennsylvania Public
7 Television Network Commission..................... [4,049,000]
8 4,249,000
9 * * *
10 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
11 To The Senate
12 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
13 expenses for the following purposes:
14 * * *
15 Salaries, and wages [and all necessary
16 expenses] of employees of the Chief Clerk and
17 all necessary expenses to be allocated and
18 disbursed at the direction of the President
19 pro tempore...................................... 500,000
20 * * *
21 Miscellaneous Expenses:
22 * * *
23 Expenses, Senators............................ [250,000]
24 375,000
25 * * *
26 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
27 on appropriations (D) of the Senate in investigating
28 schools, colleges, universities, correctional
29 institutions, mental hospitals, medical and
30 surgical hospitals, homes and other institutions,
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1 and agencies supported, in whole or in part, by
2 appropriations from the State Treasury, in analyz-
3 ing reports, expenditures and the general operation
4 and administration of said institutions and
5 agencies, in examining and analyzing requests of
6 the same and of the various departments, boards
7 and commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
8 collection of data from other states, attending
9 seminars, conferences, and in cooperation and ex-
10 changing information with legislative budget and
11 financial committees of other states, and for the
12 necessary clerical, technical and professional
13 assistance and other assistance, including
14 consultants' travel expense, and all other
15 expenses in compiling data and information
16 including detailed study of programs,
17 projecting long range costs of governmental
18 operations, and the study of existing and
19 future problem areas, connected with the work of
20 said committee in compiling comparative costs and
21 other fiscal data and information for the use of
22 said committee and the Senate during Legislative
23 Sessions to the discharge of such duties. The
24 committee shall have the authority to examine and
25 inspect all properties, equipment, facilities,
26 files, records and accounts of any State office,
27 department, institution, board, committee, commis-
28 sion or agency or any institution or agency
29 supported, in whole or in part, by appropriation
30 from the State Treasury and to administer oaths.
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1 The committee may issue subpoenas under the hand
2 and seal of the chairman to compel the attendance
3 of witnesses and the production of any papers,
4 books, accounts, documents and testimony touching
5 matters properly being inquired into by the commit-
6 tee and to cause the deposition of witnesses either
7 residing within or without the State to be taken
8 in the manner prescribed by laws for taking deposi-
9 tions in civil actions. The sum appropriated shall be
10 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of
11 the chairman of said committee on the presentation
12 of his requisition for the same. The Chairman of
13 the Committee on Appropriations shall not later
14 than 30 days after the termination of his term
15 of office, or until his successor is elected and
16 also within 30 days after the adjournment of
17 any regular or special session, file an account,
18 together with supporting documents, whenever possible,
19 in the office of the Appropriation Committee of the
20 committee's expenses since the filing of the prior
21 account.......................................... 298,000
22 For the payment of the expenses of one minority
23 party member of the Committee on Appropriations (R) of
24 the Senate designated by a majority vote of the
25 minority party Senate Caucus for investigating
26 schools, colleges, universities, correctional
27 institutions, mental hospitals, medical and sur-
28 gical hospitals, homes and other institutions and
29 agencies supported, in whole or in part, by appro-
30 priations from the State Treasury in analyzing
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1 reports, expenditures, and the general operation
2 and administration of said institutions and
3 agencies in examining and analyzing requests of the
4 same and of the various departments, boards and
5 commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
6 collection of data from other states attending
7 seminars, conferences, and in cooperating and
8 exchanging information with legislative budget and
9 financial committees of other states, and for the
10 necessary clerical, technical and professional
11 assistance and other assistance, including consultants'
12 travel expense and all other expenses in
13 compiling data and information connected
14 with the work of said committee in compiling
15 comparative cost and other fiscal data and
16 information including detailed study of programs,
17 projecting long range costs of governmental
18 operations, and the study of existing and
19 future problem areas, for the use of said
20 committee and the Senate during Legislative
21 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
22 Sessions to the discharge of such duties. The sum
23 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
24 Treasurer in favor of the member so designated by
25 the majority vote of the minority party Senate
26 Caucus on the presentation of his requisition for
27 the same. Such member so designated shall, not
28 later than 30 days after the termination of
29 his term of office, or until his successor is
30 elected, and also within 30 days after the
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1 adjournment of any regular or special session,
2 file an account together with supporting
3 documents, in the office of the minority
4 party member of the Committee on Appropriations
5 of the Senate of his expenses since the filing of
6 the prior account................................ 298,000
7 For the payment to the [Majority Leader]
8 special leadership account (D) for pay-
9 ment of salaries, wages and all other incidental
10 expenses incurred in hiring personnel and staff
11 for services which in the opinion of the Majority
12 Leader may be required or arise during Legislative
13 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
14 Sessions and for the payment of all other expenses
15 related to the performance of his duties and
16 responsibilities. The sum appropriated shall be
17 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
18 of the Majority Leader on the presentation of his
19 requisition for the same. The Majority Leader
20 shall, not later than 30 days after the termina-
21 tion of his term of office or until his successor
22 is elected and also within 30 days after the
23 adjournment of any regular or special session, file
24 an account together with supporting documents,
25 whenever possible, in the office of the Majority
26 Leader of such expenses since the filing of the prior
27 account.......................................... [500,000]
28 650,000
29 For the payment to the [Minority Leader]
30 special leadership account (R) for pay-
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1 ment of salaries, wages and all other incidental
2 expenses incurred in hiring personnel and staff
3 for services which in the opinion of the Minority
4 Leader may be required or arise during Legislative
5 Sessions and during the interim between Legislative
6 Sessions and for the payment of all other expenses
7 related to the performance of his duties and
8 responsibilities. The sum appropriated shall be
9 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of
10 the Minority Leader on the presentation of his
11 requisition for the same. The Minority Leader
12 shall, not later than 30 days after the
13 termination of his term of office or until his
14 successor is elected and also within 30 days
15 after the adjournment of any regular or special
16 session, file an account together with supporting
17 documents, whenever possible, in the office of the
18 Minority Leader of such expenses since the filing
19 of the prior account............................. [500,000]
20 650,000
21 For allocation in such amounts as may be des-
22 ignated by the [Majority] Legislative Management
23 Committee (D) to the several standing committees (other
24 than the Appropriations Committee) of the Senate
25 for payment of compensation of counsel, research
26 assistants and other staff personnel hired and
27 assigned to work on behalf of the chairman and
28 the majority members of such standing committees
29 of the Senate and for other necessary expenses
30 incurred. Upon presentation of requisitions by
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1 the Chief Clerk of the Senate for such compensation
2 or expenses, such shall be paid on warrant of the
3 State Treasurer directly to and in favor of the
4 persons designated in such requisition as entitled
5 to receive such compensation or expenses. An
6 accounting, together with supporting documents,
7 whenever possible, shall be filed in the office
8 of the Chief Clerk of such expenses since the filing
9 of the prior account............................. 1,200,000
10 For allocation in such amounts as may be des-
11 ignated by the [Minority] Legislative Management
12 Committee (R) to the several standing committees (other
13 than the Appropriations Committee) of the Senate
14 for payment of compensation of counsel, research
15 assistants and other staff personnel hired and
16 assigned to work on behalf of the minority members
17 of such standing committees of the Senate and for
18 other necessary expenses incurred. Upon presenta-
19 tion of requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the
20 Senate for such compensation or expenses, such
21 shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
22 directly to and in favor of the persons designated
23 in such requisitions as entitled to receive such
24 compensation or expenses. An accounting, together
25 with supporting documents, whenever possible, shall
26 be filed in the office of the Chief Clerk of such
27 expenses since the filing of the prior account... 1,200,000
28 To the House of Representatives
29 * * *
30 Miscellaneous Expenses:
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1 * * *
2 Expenses, Representatives..................... [1,015,000]
3 1,522,000
4 * * *
5 For the payment of the expenses of the Committee
6 on Appropriations (D) of the House of Representatives
7 in investigating schools, colleges, universities,
8 correctional institutions, mental hospitals, med-
9 ical and surgical hospitals, homes and other insti-
10 tutions and agencies supported, in whole or in
11 part, by appropriations from the State Treasury in
12 analyzing reports, expenditures and the general
13 operation and administration of said institutions
14 and agencies in examining and analyzing requests
15 of the same and of the various departments, boards
16 and commissions of the Commonwealth, and for the
17 collection of data from other states attending
18 seminars, conferences, and in cooperating and
19 exchanging information with legislative budget and
20 financial committees of other states, and for the
21 necessary clerical assistance and other assistance,
22 travel expense and all other expenses in compiling
23 data and information connected with the work of
24 said committee in compiling comparative cost and
25 other fiscal data and information for the use of
26 said committee and the House of Representatives
27 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
28 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
29 such duties. The committee shall have the author-
30 ity to examine and inspect all properties, equip-
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1 ment, facilities, files, records and accounts of
2 any State office, department, institution, board,
3 committee, commission or agency or any institution
4 or agency supported, in whole or in part, by appro-
5 priation from the State Treasury and to administer
6 oaths. The committee may issue subpoenas under
7 the hand and seal of the chairman to compel the
8 attendance of witnesses and the production of any
9 papers, books, accounts, documents and testimony
10 touching matters properly being inquired into by
11 the committee and to cause the deposition of wit-
12 nesses either residing within or without the State
13 to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for
14 taking depositions in civil actions. The sum
15 appropriated shall be paid on warrant of the State
16 Treasurer in favor of the chairman of said commit-
17 tee on the presentation of his requisition for the
18 same. The Chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
19 tions shall, not later than 30 days after the
20 termination of his term of office or until his
21 successor is elected and also within 30 days
22 after the adjournment of any regular or special
23 session, file an account together with supporting
24 documents in the office of the
25 Appropriation Committee of the committee's expenses
26 since the filing of the prior account............ 298,000
27 For the payment of the expenses of one minority
28 party member of the Committee on Appropriations (R) of
29 the House of Representatives designated by a
30 majority vote of the minority party House of
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1 Representatives Caucus for investigating schools,
2 colleges, universities, correctional institutions,
3 mental hospitals, medical and surgical hospitals,
4 homes and other institutions and agencies sup-
5 ported, in whole or in part, by appropriations
6 from the State Treasury in analyzing reports,
7 expenditures, and the general operation and ad-
8 ministration of said institutions and agencies in
9 examining and analyzing requests of the same and
10 of the various departments, boards and commissions
11 of the Commonwealth and for the collection of data
12 from other states attending seminars, conferences,
13 and in cooperating and exchanging information with
14 legislative budget and financial committees of
15 other states, and for the necessary clerical
16 assistance, and other assistance, travel expense
17 and all other expenses in compiling data and
18 information connected with the work of said
19 committee in compiling comparative cost and
20 other fiscal data and information for the use
21 of said committee and the House of Representatives
22 during Legislative Sessions and during the interim
23 between Legislative Sessions to the discharge of
24 such duties. The sum appropriated shall be paid
25 on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor of the
26 member so designated by the majority vote of the
27 minority party House of Representative Caucus on
28 the presentation of his requisition for the same.
29 Such member so designated shall, not later than
30 30 days after the termination of his term
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1 of office, or until his successor is elected,
2 and also within 30 days after the adjournment
3 of any regular or special session, file an account
4 together with supporting documents
5 in the office of the minority party member
6 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
7 of Representatives of his expenses since the fil-
8 ing of the prior account......................... 298,000
9 For the payment to a committee (D) of the House of
10 Representatives composed of the Speaker of the
11 House of Representatives, the Majority Leader,
12 the Majority Whip, the Majority Caucus Chairman
13 and the Majority Caucus Secretary of the House
14 of Representatives for allocation in its discre-
15 tion to the several committees of the House of
16 Representatives for payment of the expenses of
17 hiring such additional personnel and staff and
18 for conducting such research and study projects
19 as may be required or arise in connection with
20 the work of such committees during Legislative
21 Sessions and during the interim between Legisla-
22 tive Sessions. The sum appropriated shall be
23 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer in favor
24 of the Majority Leader on the presentation of
25 his requisition for the same. The Majority
26 Leader shall, not later than 30 days after
27 the termination of his term of office or until
28 his successor is elected and also within 30
29 days after the adjournment of any regular or
30 special session, file an account together with
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1 supporting documents in the
2 office of the Majority Leader of such expenses
3 since the filing of the prior account............ [500,000]
4 650,000
5 For the payment to a Committee (R) of the House
6 of Representatives composed of the Minority
7 Leader, the Minority Caucus Chairman, and the
8 Minority Caucus Secretary for allocation in its
9 discretion to the several committees of the
10 House of Representatives for the payment of the
11 expenses of hiring such additional personnel and
12 staff and for conducting such research and study
13 projects as may be required or arise in connec-
14 tion with the work of such committees during
15 Legislative Sessions and during the interim be-
16 tween Legislative Sessions. The sum appropriated
17 shall be paid on warrant of the State Treasurer
18 in favor of the Minority Leader on the presenta-
19 tion of his requisition for the same. The Minority
20 Leader shall, not later than 30 days after the
21 termination of his term of office or until his
22 successor is elected and also within 30 days
23 after the adjournment of any regular or special
24 session, file an account together with supporting
25 documents in the office of the
26 Minority Leader of such expenses since the filing
27 of the prior account............................. [500,000]
28 650,000
29 For allocation in such amounts as may be
30 designated by the [Majority] Legislative Manage-
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1 ment Committee (D) to the several standing committees
2 (other than the Appropriation Committee) of the
3 House for payment of compensation of counsel,
4 research assistants and other staff personnel
5 hired and assigned to work on behalf of the
6 chairman and the majority members of such stand-
7 ing committees of the House and for other neces-
8 sary expenses incurred. Upon presentation of
9 requisitions by the Chief Clerk of the House for
10 such compensation or expense, such shall be paid
11 on warrant of the State Treasurer directly to
12 and in favor of the persons designated in such
13 requisition as entitled to receive such compen-
14 sation or expenses. An accounting, together with
15 supporting documents, shall be
16 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk of such
17 expenses since the filing of the prior account... [985,000]
18 1,200,000
19 For allocation in such amounts as may be
20 designated by the [Minority] Legislative Management
21 Committee (R) to the several standing committees
22 (other than the Appropriations Committee) of the
23 House for payment of compensation of counsel, re-
24 search assistants and other staff personnel hired
25 and assigned to work on behalf of the minority
26 members of such standing committees of the House
27 and for other necessary expenses incurred. Upon
28 presentation of requisitions by the Chief Clerk
29 of the House for such compensation or expenses,
30 such shall be paid on warrant of the State Treas-
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1 urer directly to and in favor of the persons
2 designated in such requisitions as entitled to
3 receive such compensation or expenses. An account-
4 ing, together with supporting documents,
5 shall be filed in the office of the
6 Chief Clerk of such expenses since the filing of
7 the prior account................................ [985,000]
8 1,200,000
9 For payment of all necessary expenses incurred
10 in providing for more efficient, responsive and
11 effective representation by the members of the House
12 with respect to their constituencies on matters in-
13 volving the legislative process. Such amount shall be
14 allocated by the Chief Clerk in such amounts as shall
15 be determined by him, subject to any guidelines as may
16 be promulgated by a committee consisting of the Speaker,
17 Majority Leader, Minority Leader and Minority Whip of
18 the House, and, upon presentation of requisitions by
19 the Chief Clerk shall be paid on warrant of the
20 State Treasurer in the manner prescribed by such
21 committee........................................ 2,100,000
22 * * *
23 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
24 * * *
25 Miscellaneous
26 For the payment to the counties in reimburse-
27 ment of the direct costs incurred by the counties
28 in the administration and operation of all courts
29 established pursuant to Article V, section 1 of
30 The Pennsylvania Constitution and for offices
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1 justices and judges of the Supreme, Superior
2 and Commonwealth Courts in the county of their resi-
3 dence. Costs incurred by the counties in the administration
4 and operation of all courts means costs as reported to the
5 Department of Community Affairs in the county's
6 annual financial report forms under the heading
7 (a) "Judicial," but confined to the subheading: (160) courts,
8 excluding capital outlay. If a city coter-
9 minous with a county does not report on the De-
10 partment of Community Affairs' form, its figures
11 from the same subheading, set forth in the depart-
12 ment forms, shall be used: Provided, That such
13 payments shall be made to the County Treasurer
14 and in cities of the first class coterminous with
15 counties of the first class to the City Treasurer:
16 And, provided further, That in the event the amount
17 herein appropriated is not sufficient to reimburse
18 all such costs, payments shall be made to the
19 counties in the proportion which the costs of
20 each county bears to the total costs of all counties
21 during the most recently completed fiscal year:
22 And provided further, That in making allocations
23 and payments hereunder, the Court Administrator of
24 Pennsylvania shall, except for county offices
25 of justices and judges of the Supreme, Superior
26 and Commonwealth Courts, exclude all costs which are not
27 properly reportable under the heading herein-
28 above specified.................................. 14,000,000
29 Section 2. Section 9 of the act is amended to read:
30 Section 9. [That] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
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1 that part of all appropriations in this act unexpended,
2 uncommitted and unencumbered as of June 30, 1976 shall
3 automatically lapse as of that date.
4 (b) The appropriation to the Department of Community Affairs
5 for housing and redevelopment assistance and the appropriations
6 to the Legislative Department shall not lapse.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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