PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 747, 759                  PRINTER'S NO. 912

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 712 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY McCLATCHY, MARCH 6, 1981

        AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
           REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 16, 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...................................    2,750,000    <--
    22                                                       3,529,000    <--
    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     FOR PAYMENT OF REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION INTO                      <--
    29  THE CONTINGENT RESERVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNTS
    30  OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT FUND..    8,966,000
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     1            To the Department of Environmental Resources
     2     For gypsy moth and other insect spraying
     3  operations.......................................     $750,000
     4               To the Department of General Services
     5     For the general government operations of the
     6  Department of General Services for the prepara-
     7  tion of archives for the transfer of the Bureau
     8  of Land Records..................................      $86,000
     9               To the Department of Military Affairs
    10     For payment of pensions to dependents of
    11  soldiers of the Pennsylvania National Guard
    12  killed in the line of duty.......................      $15,000
    13                To the Department of Public Welfare
    14     For cash assistance grants....................  $25,000,000
    15                    To the Department of Revenue
    16     For the distribution of Public Utility
    17  Realty Tax.......................................   $5,466,000
    18                     To the Department of State
    19     For publishing constitutional amendments......      $30,000
    20     Section 2.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
    21  necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Motor
    22  License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the
    23  Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages and other
    24  compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or
    25  appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for
    26  contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper
    27  conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes
    28  hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
    29  1980 and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
    30  at the close of the fiscal period ending June 30, 1980.
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     1                     To the Treasury Department
     2     Refunding Liquid Fuels Tax - Volunteer fire
     3  companies, volunteer ambulance services and
     4  volunteer rescue squads..........................       $18,000
     5     FOR PAYMENT OF APPROVED CLAIMS FOR THE                         <--
     6  REFUNDING OF LIQUID FUELS TAXES AND FUEL USE
     7  TAXES TO WHICH THE COMMONWEALTH IS NOT ENTITLED..     1,500,000
     8     Refund Liquid Fuels Tax - To the Boating Fund
     9  for the use of the Fish Commission for the improve-
    10  ment of the waters of Pennsylvania on which motor-
    11  boats are permitted to operate...................       235,000
    12     Section 3.  The funds provided in this act are in addition to
    13  any funds provided in the act of June 18, 1980 (No.17A), known
    14  as the "General Appropriation Act of 1980," the act of October
    15  15, 1980 (No.164), known as the "Commonwealth Attorneys Act," or
    16  the act of June 30, 1980 (No.22A), known as the "Motor License
    17  Fund Supplement to the General Appropriation Act of 1980".
    18     Section 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.








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