PRINTER'S NO. 1226
No. 1069 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, MAY 24, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 24, 1983
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the
3 Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The sum of $6,411,000, or as much thereof as may
7 be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the professional
8 licensure augmentation restricted revenue account within the
9 General Fund to the Department of State for the fiscal year July
10 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984 for the operation of the Bureau of
11 Professional and Occupational Affairs excluding attorneys.
12 Section 2. (a) The sum of $681,000 is hereby appropriated
13 from the professional licensure augmentation restricted revenue
14 account within the General Fund to the Department of State for
15 the fiscal year July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984 for the personnel
16 costs of the attorneys of the Bureau of Professional and
17 Occupational Affairs.
18 (b) This appropriation, in addition to covering existing
1 personnel costs, shall be used to upgrade the status of existing
2 attorneys, hire additional attorneys and take any steps
3 necessary to provide the professional boards with adequate
4 council and prosecutorial staff to handle all complaints on a
5 timely basis.
6 (c) No attorney shall be hired by the bureau unless the
7 attorney has prior experience or unless the attorney is
8 contracted to provide a minimum of three years service to the
9 bureau.
10 Section 3. No funds from the appropriations in sections 1
11 and 2 shall be used to augment the Department of State, general
12 government operations budget for any services previously
13 provided by the department without augmentation.
14 Section 4. The Department of State shall establish separate
15 appropriation symbols for the Bureau of Professional and
16 Occupational Affairs and for the attorneys of the Bureau of
17 Professional and Occupational Affairs.
18 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 1983 or, if
19 enacted subsequent to that date, then immediately.
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