PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1980, 2212 PRINTER'S NO. 2388
No. 1632 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. COHEN, MILLER, D. M. FISHER, STREET,
CESSAR, ITKIN, W. D. HUTCHINSON, KUKOVICH, MRS. HARPER,
MRSSRS. BROWN, ROCKS, MRS. KERNICK, MESSRS. BARBER, McINTYRE
AND RIEGER, JULY 10, 1979
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 30, 1979
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Public Welfare for
2 the purchase of social services.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $538,000 $607,000, or as much thereof <--
6 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of
7 Public Welfare for the fiscal period July 1, 1979 to June 30,
8 1980 for the purchase of social services.
9 Section 2. Funds appropriated for social services shall not
10 be utilized for any lobbying activities relating to the passage,
11 amendment or defeat of any legislation, nor the introduction of
12 any proposed legislation unless the funding recipient registers
13 with the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the
14 Secretary of the Senate and complies with the act of September
15 30, 1961 (P.L.1778, No.712), known as the "Lobbying Registration
16 and Regulation Act."
1 Section 3. Funds allocated to legal service agencies shall
2 be used for the representation of qualified individuals in
3 adversary legal proceeding; however, this shall not preclude the
4 filing of class actions when approved by the courts of the
5 Commonwealth or the Federal judiciary.
6 Section 4. The Auditor General shall conduct a financial
7 audit of all legal service agencies to which any of this
8 appropriation has been allocated, and shall report the results
9 of such audit to the Governor and to the members of the General
10 Assembly.
11 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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