PRINTER'S NO. 1429
No. 1187 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY EARLY, STAPLETON, STOUT, MOORE AND KELLEY,
OCTOBER 31, 1977
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 31, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 20, 1977 (No.11-A), entitled "An act
2 to 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, 1977 to
5 June 30, 1978, and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending
7 June 30, 1977," changing certain appropriations.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 2, act of August 20, 1977 (No.11-A),
11 known as the "General Appropriation Act of 1977," is amended by
12 changing certain items to read:
13 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
14 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
15 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive,
16 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the
17 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel
18 expense of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees
19 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services
20 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services,
1 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any
2 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for
3 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and
4 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period
5 beginning July 1, 1977 and for the payment of bills incurred and
6 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June
7 30, 1977.
8 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
9 To the Governor
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the following purposes and activities,
12 including the maintenance of the Executive Mansion,
13 the expense of entertainment of official guests and
14 members of the General Assembly and the Judiciary,
15 participation in the Governor's Conference, the
16 expenses of the Executive Board, and for the payment
17 of traveling expenses of persons other than employees
18 of the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor to
19 represent or otherwise serve the Commonwealth:
20 Administration of the Office of the
21 Governor.........................................$ [2,100,000]
22 2,060,000
23 * * *
24 For the administration and operation of the
25 Office for Human Resources: Provided, That no
26 allocation may be made from this appropriation
27 for the Nursing Home Ombudsman Project........... [224,000]
28 168,000
29 * * *
30 For the administration and operation of the
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1 Office of the Budget............................. [1,690,000]
2 1,620,000
3 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
4 expenses for the proper administration and operation
5 of the Human Relations Commission................ [3,710,000]
6 3,672,000
7 For the conduct of the work of the Pennsylvania
8 Council on the Arts, requisitions to be signed by
9 the Governor..................................... [2,000,000]
10 1,980,000
11 For the administration and operation of the
12 Pennsylvania Commission for Women................ [154,000]
13 139,000
14 * * *
15 To the Treasury Department
16 * * *
17 For the administration of the Board of Finance
18 and Revenue...................................... [519,000]
19 500,000
20 * * *
21 To the Department of Agriculture
22 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
23 expenses for the proper administration of the
24 Department of Agriculture, including the following
25 programs: regulation of consumer products and
26 promotion of fair business practices, plant health,
27 animal health, rural services and agribusiness
28 development...................................... [14,152,000]
29 13,952,000
30 * * *
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1 For payment of compensation to owners of animals
2 destroyed in disease eradication programs........ [370,000]
3 200,000
4 * * *
5 To the State Council of Civil Defense
6 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the proper administration of the
8 State Council of Civil Defense, including
9 emergency disaster assistance.................... [554,000]
10 504,000
11 * * *
12 To the Department of Community Affairs
13 * * *
14 For administration of the Volunteer Fire
15 Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad
16 Assistance Act................................... [110,000]
17 100,000
18 * * *
19 To the Department of Education
20 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
21 expenses for the proper administration of the
22 Department of Education, including criminal law
23 enforcement, general instruction, special
24 education, compensatory programs, vocational
25 education, higher education-professional support
26 services, achieving economic independence-socially
27 and economically disadvantaged, local recreation
28 areas and facilities............................. [14,295,000]
29 13,295,000
30 * * *
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1 To provide additional complement for the
2 Department of Education to carry out programmatic
3 and fiscal programs.............................. [163,000]
4 88,000
5 For the operation of the State Library,
6 providing reference services and administering
7 aid to public libraries.......................... [1,493,000]
8 1.486,000
9 * * *
10 For payments of subsidies to school districts
11 on account of basic instructional and vocational
12 education costs including money due to school
13 districts for claims prior to 1973 pursuant
14 to section 2605 of the act of March 10, 1949
15 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School
16 Code of 1949," said moneys being obligated
17 but unpaid due to fund deficiencies as to
18 liabilities: Provided, That the Secretary
19 of Education, with the approval of the Governor,
20 may make payments from this appropriation in
21 advance of the due date prescribed by law to
22 school districts which are financially handicapped,
23 whenever he shall deem it necessary to make such
24 advanced payments to enable the school districts
25 to keep their public schools open: And, provided,
26 That the Secretary of Education shall forgive for
27 the 1977-1978 year only, the amount of $30,000,000
28 owed by the school districts or intermediate
29 units of the first class to the Commonwealth
30 on account of advance payments made for
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1 vocational education during the 1976-1977
2 fiscal year, contingent upon a written agreement
3 by the school district that the school district
4 shall repay the $30,000,000 at the rate of $3,000,000
5 each year beginning with the 1978-1979 fiscal year
6 and each year thereafter until the full $30,000,000
7 has been repaid..................................[1,297,822,000]
8 1,294,822,000
9 * * *
10 For payments to school districts and
11 intermediate units on account of special
12 education of exceptional children in public
13 schools.......................................... [98,528,000]
14 95,000,000
15 * * *
16 For operation and administration of programs
17 of education and training at State schools and
18 hospitals........................................ [10,177,000]
19 7,350,000
20 * * *
21 To the Department of Environmental Resources
22 * * *
23 For deep mine safety.......................... [2,300,000]
24 2,144,000
25 For occupational health....................... [650,000]
26 633,000
27 For surface mine reclamation.................. [2,180,000]
28 2,000,000
29 * * *
30 For community environmental control........... [6,235,000]
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1 5,835,000
2 For radiological health....................... [712,000]
3 622,000
4 For State forestry operations................. [10,300,000]
5 10,222,000
6 For gypsy moth spraying operations............ [500,000]
7 400,000
8 * * *
9 For State parks............................... [19,894,000]
10 18,894,000
11 * * *
12 To the Department of Health
13 * * *
14 For the operation of Bureau of Vital
15 Statistics....................................... [3,113,000]
16 3,077,000
17 For the operation of the State Laboratory..... [2,164,000]
18 2,064,000
19 For the operation of State Health Care
20 Centers, including the district offices of the
21 Department of Health............................. [9,400,000]
22 9,000,000
23 * * *
24 For maternal and child health................. [607,000]
25 550,000
26 * * *
27 For administration of the Washington Crossing
28 Park Commission and operation and maintenance of
29 the Washington Crossing State Park............... [592,000]
30 542,000
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1 For administration of the Brandywine Battle-
2 field Park Commission and operation and mainten-
3 ance of Brandywine Battlefield Park.............. [118,000]
4 112,000
5 * * *
6 To the Department of Insurance
7 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
8 expenses for the proper administration of the
9 Department of Insurance including policyholder
10 services and protection, regulation of rates and
11 policies, liquidation of companies and regulation
12 of companies..................................... [5,347,000]
13 5,147,000
14 To the Department of Justice
15 * * *
16 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
17 of the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission......... [249,000]
18 219,000
19 * * *
20 To the Department of Labor and Industry
21 * * *
22 For occupational disease payments............. [23,500,000]
23 21,200,000
24 * * *
25 To the Department of Military Affairs
26 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
27 for the proper administration of the Department
28 of Military Affairs including emergency disaster
29 assistance, financial assistance to students and
30 income maintenance............................... [7,800,000]
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1 7,600,000
2 * * *
3 To the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
5 expenses for the proper administration of the
6 Board of Probation and Parole reintegration of
7 offenders........................................ [9,839,000]
8 9,689,000
9 * * *
10 To the Department of Public Welfare
11 * * *
12 For assistance payments and county administra-
13 tion of the public assistance programs and medical
14 assistance programs:
15 Cash Assistance............................... [494,180,000]
16 491,780,000
17 After January 1, 1978 no part of this
18 appropriation shall be used to pay general
19 assistance to any full-time student at a college
20 or university.
21 County Administration......................... [22,362,000]
22 20,862,000
23 * * *
24 For payment to counties for child welfare
25 programs and for the care of delinquent and
26 deprived children committed by the courts to a
27 private or public facility....................... [70,000,000]
28 65,000,000
29 * * *
30 To the Department of Revenue
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1 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
2 for the proper administration of the Department
3 of Revenue including corporation taxes, county
4 collections, cigarette and beverage taxes,
5 education tax administration and administration
6 of the personal income tax....................... [49,310,000]
7 49,110,000
8 * * *
9 To the Pennsylvania Securities Commission
10 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
11 expenses for the proper administration of the
12 Pennsylvania Securities Commission............... [900,000]
13 890,000
14 To the Department of State
15 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
16 for the proper administration of the Department
17 of State including regulation of consumer products
18 and promotion of fair business practice, mainten-
19 ance of the electoral process, and for the proper
20 administration of the Bureau of Professional and
21 Occupational Affairs............................. [5,831,000]
22 5,506,000
23 * * *
24 To the Pennsylvania State Police
25 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses
26 for the proper administration of the Pennsylvania
27 State Police, including juvenile crime prevention,
28 criminal law enforcement, prevention and control
29 of civil disorders, emergency disaster assistance
30 and fire prevention and including $640,000
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1 which shall be used for a cadet class to
2 begin in the 1977-1978 fiscal year............... [59,135,000]
3 28,535,000
4 * * *
5 To the State Tax Equalization Board
6 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
7 expenses for the proper administration of the
8 State Tax Equalization Board..................... [823,000]
9 789,000
10 To the Department of Transportation
11 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
12 expenses for the proper administration of the
13 Department of Transportation including urban,
14 rural and intercity mass transportation, rail
15 freight transportation and port development...... [1,089,000]
16 1,040,000
17 To the Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
18 For the salaries, wages and all necessary
19 expenses for the proper administration of the
20 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission
21 including network station grants................. [4,473,000]
22 4,317,000
23 No allocations may be made from this
24 appropriation for the support of instructional
25 television by either the commission or its member
26 stations.
27 For programming services...................... [2,000,000]
28 1,700,000
29 No allocations may be made from this
30 appropriation for the support of instructional
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1 television by either the commission or its member
2 stations.
3 Section 2. Section 10 of the act is amended to read:
4 Section 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), that
5 part of all appropriations in this act unexpended, uncommitted
6 and unencumbered as of June 30, 1978 shall automatically lapse
7 as of that date.
8 (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that all moneys
9 made available to the Legislative Department remaining unspent
10 and unencumbered from appropriations made for all prior fiscal
11 [year 1975-1976] years shall lapse into the General Fund.
12 (c) The appropriations to the Legislative Department shall
13 be continuing appropriations.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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