PRINTER'S NO. 1770
No. 1369 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY PUNT, TILGHMAN, CONTI, THOMPSON, BELL AND GERLACH,
MARCH 17, 2000
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 17, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania College of
2 Optometry, Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $1,548,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, for the
7 fiscal year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for instruction.
8 Section 2. Payments to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry
9 on account of the appropriation provided in section 1 shall be
10 made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the basis of
11 costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned on
12 continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees of
13 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry of a minimum of five
14 persons who are not elected officials and who are appointed by
15 the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
16 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
17 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
1 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
2 respective appointing authority.
3 Section 3. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
4 provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
5 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
6 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
7 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
8 Committee of the House of Representatives.
9 Section 4. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
10 report its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
11 statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
12 principles and procedures for educational institutions as set
13 forth in the "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the
14 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State
15 System of Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-
16 State-Related Colleges and Universities."
17 Section 5. The trustees of the Pennsylvania College of
18 Optometry shall report on forms provided by the Department of
19 Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the
20 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
21 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
22 of Representatives by September 30, 2001, on how State-
23 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to
24 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide
25 services to Pennsylvania residents.
26 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
27 immediately, whichever is later.
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