PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 747                       PRINTER'S NO. 759

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 712 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, MARCH 6, 1981

        AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE
           OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 9, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing additional funds to several agencies of the Executive
     2     Department from the General Fund and the Motor License Fund.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General
     7  Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive
     8  Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries,
     9  wages or other compensation and travel expense of the duly
    10  elected or appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth,
    11  for payment of fees of contractual services rendered, for the
    12  purchase or rental of goods, services, printing, equipment, land
    13  and buildings and for the payment of any other expenses, as
    14  provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct
    15  of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes
    16  hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1980
    17  and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at
    18  the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1980.

     1                      I.  EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
     2                          To the Governor
     3     For the General Counsel.......................     $200,000
     4                      To the Attorney General
     5     For the general government operations of the
     6  Attorney General.................................     $260,000
     7     For legal services............................      100,000
     8                     To the Treasury Department
     9     For implementation of the contract information
    10  office pursuant to section 1104 of the act of
    11  April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The
    12  Administrative Code of 1929".....................      $50,000
    13               To the Department of Community Affairs
    14     For the general government operations of the
    15  Department of Community Affairs for the moving
    16  expenses of the transfer of the Bureau of Land
    17  Records..........................................      $60,000
    18                   To the Department of Education
    19     For the Governor's School for the Arts........     $250,000    <--
    20     For payments on account of nonpublic school
    21  transportation...................................    3,529,000    <--
    22                                                       2,750,000    <--
    23     For payments to school districts and
    24  intermediate units on account of special education
    25  of exceptional children in public schools........    4,800,000
    26     For payments to school districts on account
    27  of homebound instruction.........................      127,000
    28            To the Department of Environmental Resources
    29     For gypsy moth and other insect spraying
    30  operations.......................................     $500,000    <--
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     1                                                        $750,000    <--
     2               To the Department of General Services
     3     For the general government operations of the
     4  Department of General Services for the prepara-
     5  tion of archives for the transfer of the Bureau
     6  of Land Records..................................      $86,000
     7               To the Department of Military Affairs
     8     For payment of pensions to dependents of
     9  soldiers of the Pennsylvania National Guard
    10  killed in the line of duty.......................      $15,000
    11                To the Department of Public Welfare
    12     For cash assistance grants....................  $25,000,000
    13                    To the Department of Revenue
    14     For the distribution of Public Utility
    15  Realty Tax.......................................   $5,466,000
    16                     To the Department of State
    17     For publishing constitutional amendments......      $30,000
    18     Section 2.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
    19  necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Motor
    20  License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
    21  Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages and other
    22  compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
    23  appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
    24  contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper
    25  conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes
    26  hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
    27  1980 and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
    28  at the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1980.
    29                     To the Treasury Department
    30     Refunding Liquid Fuels Tax - Volunteer fire
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     1  companies, volunteer ambulance services and
     2  volunteer rescue squads..........................       $18,000
     3     Refund Liquid Fuels Tax - To the Boating Fund
     4  for the use of the Fish Commission for the improve-
     5  ment of the waters of Pennsylvania on which motor-
     6  boats are permitted to operate...................       235,000
     7     Section 3.  The funds provided in this act are in addition to
     8  any funds provided in the act of June 18, 1980 (No.17A), known
     9  as the "General Appropriation Act of 1980," the act of October
    10  15, 1980 (No.164), known as the "Commonwealth Attorneys Act," or
    11  the act of June 30, 1980 (No.22A), known as the "Motor License
    12  Fund Supplement to the General Appropriation Act of 1980".
    13     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.












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