PRINTER'S NO. 3673
No. 2499 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 13, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 13, 2006
AN ACT 1 To provide from the General Fund for the expenses of the 2 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the 3 Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for 4 the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for certain 5 institutions and organizations, and for the payment of bills 6 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 7 ending June 30, 2006; to provide appropriations from the 8 State Lottery Fund, the Energy Conservation and Assistance 9 Fund, the Hazardous Material Response Fund, The State Stores 10 Fund, the Milk Marketing Fund, the Home Investment Trust 11 Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund, the 12 Tuition Payment Fund, the Banking Department Fund, the 13 Firearm Records Check Fund, the Ben Franklin Technology 14 Development Authority Fund, the Tobacco Settlement Fund, the 15 Health Care Provider Retention Account and the Community 16 Health Reinvestment Restricted Account to the Executive 17 Department; to provide appropriations from the Judicial 18 Computer System Augmentation Account to the Judicial 19 Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 20 2007; to provide appropriations from the Motor License Fund 21 for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for the 22 proper operation of the several departments of the 23 Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania State Police authorized to 24 spend Motor License Fund moneys; to provide for the 25 appropriation of Federal funds to the Executive Department of 26 the Commonwealth and for the establishment of restricted 27 receipt accounts for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 28 30, 2007, and for the payment of bills remaining unpaid at 29 the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; to provide 30 for the additional appropriation of Federal and State funds 31 from the General Fund and the Motor License Fund, for the 32 Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the fiscal year 33 July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006, and for the payment of bills
1 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 2 ending June 30, 2005. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 5 Section 101. Short title. 6 Section 102. Definitions. 7 Section 103. Abbreviations. 8 Section 104. State appropriations. 9 Section 105. Federal augmentation appropriations. 10 Section 106. Block grants. 11 PART II. GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS 12 FOR 2006-2007 13 SUBPART A. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 14 Section 201. Governor. 15 Section 202. Executive Offices. 16 Section 203. Lieutenant Governor. 17 Section 204. Attorney General. 18 Section 205. Auditor General. 19 Section 206. Treasury Department. 20 Section 207. Department of Aging. 21 Section 208. Department of Agriculture. 22 Section 209. Department of Community and Economic Development. 23 Section 210. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. 24 Section 211. Department of Corrections. 25 Section 212. Department of Education. 26 Section 213. Department of Environmental Protection. 27 Section 214. Department of General Services. 28 Section 215. Department of Health. 29 Section 216. Insurance Department. 30 Section 217. Department of Labor and Industry. 20060H2499B3673 - 2 -
1 Section 218. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. 2 Section 219. Department of Public Welfare. 3 Section 220. Department of Revenue. 4 Section 221. Department of State. 5 Section 222. Department of Transportation. 6 Section 223. Pennsylvania State Police. 7 Section 224. State Civil Service Commission. 8 Section 225. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. 9 Section 226. Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. 10 Section 227. State System of Higher Education. 11 Section 228. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. 12 Section 229. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 13 Section 230. Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority. 14 Section 231. Environmental Hearing Board. 15 Section 232. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. 16 Section 233. Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission. 17 Section 234. Pennsylvania Securities Commission. 18 Section 235. State Tax Equalization Board. 19 Section 236. Health Care Cost Containment Council. 20 Section 237. State Ethics Commission. 21 Section 238. State Employees' Retirement System. 22 Section 239. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. 23 Section 240. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. 24 SUBPART B. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 25 Section 251. Senate. 26 Section 252. House of Representatives. 27 Section 253. Legislative Reference Bureau. 28 Section 254. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. 29 Section 255. Legislative Data Processing Committee. 30 Section 256. Joint State Government Commission. 20060H2499B3673 - 3 -
1 Section 257. Local Government Commission. 2 Section 258. Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control 3 and Conservation Committee. 4 Section 259. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission. 5 Section 260. Independent Regulatory Review Commission. 6 Section 261. Capitol Preservation Committee. 7 Section 262. Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. 8 Section 263. Center for Rural Pennsylvania. 9 Section 264. Commonwealth Mail Processing Center. 10 Section 265. Chief Clerks of Senate and House of 11 Representatives. 12 SUBPART C. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 13 Section 281. Supreme Court. 14 Section 282. Superior Court. 15 Section 283. Commonwealth Court. 16 Section 284. Courts of common pleas. 17 Section 285. Community courts - magisterial district judges. 18 Section 286. Philadelphia Traffic Court. 19 Section 287. Philadelphia Municipal Court. 20 Section 288. Judicial Conduct Board. 21 Section 289. Court of Judicial Discipline. 22 Section 290. Juror cost reimbursement. 23 Section 291. County court reimbursement. 24 PART III. STATE LOTTERY FUND APPROPRIATIONS 25 Section 301. Department of Aging. 26 Section 302. Department of Transportation. 27 PART IV. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ASSISTANCE 28 FUND APPROPRIATIONS 29 Section 401. Department of Environmental Protection. 30 Section 402. Department of Public Welfare. 20060H2499B3673 - 4 -
1 PART V. JUDICIAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AUGMENTATION ACCOUNT 2 APPROPRIATIONS 3 Section 501. Supreme Court. 4 PART VI. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATING FUND 5 APPROPRIATIONS 6 Section 601. Department of Health. 7 PART VII. STATE STORES FUND APPROPRIATIONS 8 Section 701. Pennsylvania State Police. 9 PART VIII. MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS 10 FOR 2006-2007 11 SUBPART A. MOTOR LICENSE FUND 12 Section 801. Department of Transportation. 13 Section 802. Executive Offices. 14 Section 803. Treasury Department. 15 Section 804. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. 16 Section 805. Department of Education. 17 Section 806. Department of Environmental Protection. 18 Section 807. Department of General Services. 19 Section 808. Department of Revenue. 20 Section 809. Pennsylvania State Police. 21 Section 810. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. 22 SUBPART B. AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT 23 Section 821. Department of Transportation. 24 PART IX. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE FUND 25 APPROPRIATIONS 26 Section 901. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. 27 PART X. MILK MARKETING FUND APPROPRIATIONS 28 Section 1001. Milk Marketing Board. 29 PART XI. HOME INVESTMENT TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS 30 Section 1101. Department of Community and Economic Development. 20060H2499B3673 - 5 -
1 PART XII. TUITION PAYMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS 2 Section 1201. Treasury Department. 3 PART XIII. BANKING DEPARTMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS 4 Section 1301. Department of Banking. 5 Section 1302. Department of General Services. 6 PART XIV. FIREARM RECORDS CHECK FUND APPROPRIATIONS 7 Section 1401. Pennsylvania State Police. 8 PART XV. BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 9 AUTHORITY FUND APPROPRIATIONS 10 Section 1501. Department of Community and Economic Development. 11 PART XVI. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND 12 Section 1601. Tobacco Settlement Board. 13 PART XVI-A. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RETENTION ACCOUNT 14 Section 1601-A. Department of Public Welfare. 15 PART XVII. RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS 16 Section 1701. General provisions. 17 Section 1702. Department of Community and Economic Development. 18 Section 1703. Department of Conservation and Natural 19 Resources. 20 Section 1704. Department of Education. 21 Section 1705. Department of Environmental Protection. 22 Section 1706. Department of Transportation. 23 Section 1707. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. 24 Section 1708. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 25 PART XVII-A 26 COMMUNITY HEALTH REINVESTMENT RESTRICTED ACCOUNT 27 Section 1701-A Community Health Reinvestment Restricted 28 Account. 29 PART XVIII. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 30 FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 20060H2499B3673 - 6 -
1 SUBPART A. GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 Section 1801. State appropriations. 3 Section 1802. Federal augmentation appropriations. 4 SUBPART B. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 5 Section 1811. Department of Education. 6 Section 1812. Department of Public Welfare. 7 Section 1813. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. 8 Section 1814. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. 9 SUBPART E 10 MOTOR LICENSE FUND 11 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 12 Section 1881. Treasury Department. 13 SUBPART J. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 2005-2006 14 Section 1891. Prior laws unaffected. 15 Section 1892. Compliance with other law before funds 16 available. 17 Section 1893. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering 18 or committing funds. 19 Section 1894. Minority business set-asides. 20 Section 1895. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous 21 sources. 22 Section 1896. Lapsing of unused funds. 23 Section 1897. Construction with prior appropriation acts. 24 Section 1898. Deduction of expended appropriations under prior 25 law. 26 PART XIX. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS 27 FOR 2006-2007 28 Section 1901. General Fund repository for Federal funds. 29 Section 1902. Limitation on encumbering or spending Federal 30 funds. 20060H2499B3673 - 7 -
1 Section 1903. Appropriation of prior unspent Federal funds. 2 Section 1904. Subgrants between Federal fund appropriations. 3 Section 1905. Utilization of emergency Federal funds. 4 Section 1906. Transfer of funds from TANFBG to CCDFBG and 5 SSBG. 6 Section 1907. Transfer of LIHEAP funds. 7 PART XX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 2006-2007 8 Section 2001. Prior laws unaffected. 9 Section 2002. Compliance with other law before funds available. 10 Section 2003. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or 11 committing funds. 12 Section 2004. Minority business set-asides. 13 Section 2005. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous 14 sources. 15 Section 2006. Lapsing of unused funds. 16 Section 2007. Appellate courts appropriation contingency. 17 Section 2008. Transfer of excess funds. 18 Section 2009. Transfer of funds by the Supreme Court. 19 Section 2010. Motor License Fund limitation. 20 PART XXI. EFFECTIVE DATE 21 Section 2101. Effective date. 22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 23 hereby enacts as follows: 24 PART I 25 GENERAL PROVISIONS 26 Section 101. Short title.--This act shall be known and may 27 be cited as the General Appropriation Act of 2006. 28 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words and phrases 29 when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in 30 this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 20060H2499B3673 - 8 -
1 "Employees." Includes all directors, superintendents, bureau 2 or division chiefs, assistant directors, assistant 3 superintendents, assistant chiefs, experts, scientists, 4 engineers, surveyors, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries, 5 auditors, inspectors, examiners, analysts, statisticians, 6 marshals, clerks, stenographers, bookkeepers, messengers and 7 other assistants in any department, board or commission. 8 "Expenses" and "maintenance." Includes all printing, binding 9 and stationery, food and forage, materials and supplies, 10 traveling expenses, training, motor vehicle supplies and 11 repairs, freight, express and cartage, postage, telephones and 12 telegraph rentals and toll charges, newspaper advertising and 13 notices, public advertising by or through any medium, fuel, 14 light, heat, power and water, minor construction and renovation, 15 repairs or reconstruction of equipment, buildings and 16 facilities, rent of real estate and equipment, premiums on 17 workers' compensation, insurance premiums on policies of 18 liability insurance, insurance premiums on medical payment 19 insurance and surety bonds for volunteer workers, premiums on 20 employee group life insurance and employee and retired employee 21 group hospital and medical insurance, payment of Commonwealth 22 share of Social Security taxes and unemployment compensation 23 costs for State employees, the purchase of replacement or 24 additional equipment and machinery and all other incidental 25 costs and expenses, including payment to the Department of 26 General Services of mileage and other charges for the use of 27 automobiles and rental payments for permanently assigned 28 automobiles and of expenses or costs of services incurred 29 through the Purchasing Fund. The term "expenses" also shall 30 include the medical costs for the treatment of inmates of State 20060H2499B3673 - 9 -
1 institutions when the inmate must be transferred to an outside 2 hospital: Provided, That in no case shall the State institution 3 pay more for patient care than that provided under the State 4 medical assistance program. 5 Section 103. Abbreviations.--The following abbreviations 6 when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in 7 this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 8 "ARC." Appalachian Regional Commission. 9 "BG." Block grant. 10 "CCDFBG." Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant. 11 "CSBG." Community Services Block Grant. 12 "DCSI." Drug Control and Systems Improvement Formula Grant 13 Program. 14 "DFSC." Drug Free Schools and Communities Act. 15 "DOE." Department of Energy. 16 "EEOC." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 17 "EPA." Environmental Protection Agency. 18 "ESEA." Elementary and Secondary Education Act. 19 "FEMA." Federal Emergency Management Agency. 20 "FTA." Federal Transit Administration. 21 "HUD." Department of Housing and Urban Development. 22 "LIHEABG." Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant. 23 "LSTA." Library Services and Technology Act. 24 "MCHSBG." Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant. 25 "MHSBG." Mental Health Services Block Grant. 26 "MR." Mental Retardation. 27 "PHHSBG." Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. 28 "RSAT." Residential Substance Abuse Treatment. 29 "SABG." Substance Abuse Block Grant. 30 "SCDBG." Small Communities Development Block Grant. 20060H2499B3673 - 10 -
1 "SDA." Service Delivery Area. 2 "SSBG." Social Services Block Grant. 3 "TANFBG." Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block 4 Grant. 5 "VA." Veterans' Administration. 6 "WIA." Workforce Investment Act. 7 "WIC." Women, Infants and Children Program. 8 Section 104. State appropriations.--(a) General Fund.--The 9 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may 10 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the 11 General Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the 12 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the 13 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 14 compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or 15 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the 16 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the 17 purchase or rental of goods and services, printing, public 18 advertising by or through any medium, equipment, land and 19 buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided by 20 law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the 21 duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 22 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 23 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 24 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 25 (b) State Lottery Fund.--The following sums set forth in 26 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 27 specifically appropriated from the State Lottery Fund to the 28 several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department 29 of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 30 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 20060H2499B3673 - 11 -
1 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 2 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 3 goods and services and for payment of any other expenses, as 4 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 5 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 6 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 7 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 8 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 9 (c) Energy Conservation and Assistance Fund.--The following 10 sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be 11 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Energy 12 Conservation and Assistance Fund to the several hereinafter 13 named agencies of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth 14 for the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for 15 the purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment 16 of any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, 17 necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and 18 activities and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the 19 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills 20 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 21 ending June 30, 2006. 22 (d) Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account.--The 23 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may 24 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the 25 restricted receipt account established within the General Fund, 26 known as the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account, to 27 the Judicial Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of 28 salaries, wages or other compensation and travel expenses, for 29 the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the 30 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of 20060H2499B3673 - 12 -
1 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary 2 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities 3 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred 5 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 6 30, 2006. 7 (e) Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund.--The 8 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may 9 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the 10 Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund to the several 11 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the 12 Commonwealth for the payment of fees for contractual services 13 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods and services and 14 for the payment of any other expenses, as provided by law or by 15 this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the duties, 16 functions and activities and for the purposes hereinafter set 17 forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for the 18 payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of 19 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 20 (f) The State Stores Fund.--The following sums set forth in 21 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 22 specifically appropriated from The State Stores Fund to the 23 hereinafter named agency of the Executive Department of the 24 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 25 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 26 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 27 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 28 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as 29 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 30 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 20060H2499B3673 - 13 -
1 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 3 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 4 (g) Motor License Fund.--The following sums, or as much 5 thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated from the 6 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the 7 Executive Department for the payment of salaries, wages and 8 other compensation and travel expenses of the duly elected or 9 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for 10 contractual services and other expenses necessary for the proper 11 conduct of the duties, functions and activities for the purposes 12 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 13 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 14 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 15 (h) Aviation Restricted Revenue Account.--The following 16 sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 17 appropriated from the Aviation Restricted Revenue Account in the 18 Motor License Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the 19 Executive Department for the purposes set forth herein for the 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills 21 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 22 ending June 30, 2006. 23 (i) Hazardous Material Response Fund.--The following sums 24 set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, 25 are hereby specifically appropriated from the Hazardous Material 26 Response Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the 27 Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of fees 28 for contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 29 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as 30 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 20060H2499B3673 - 14 -
1 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 2 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 3 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 4 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 5 (j) Milk Marketing Fund.--The following sums set forth in 6 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 7 specifically appropriated from the Milk Marketing Fund to the 8 several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department 9 of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 10 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 11 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 12 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 13 goods and services 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, 17 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 18 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 19 (k) Home Investment Trust Fund.--The following sums set 20 forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 21 hereby specifically appropriated from the Home Investment Trust 22 Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 23 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, 24 wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the duly 25 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the 26 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the 27 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of 28 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary 29 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities 30 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year 20060H2499B3673 - 15 -
1 beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred 2 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 3 30, 2006. 4 (l) Tuition Payment Fund.--The following sums set forth in 5 this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 6 specifically appropriated from the Tuition Payment Fund to the 7 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the 8 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 9 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 10 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 11 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 12 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as 13 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 14 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 15 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 16 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 17 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 18 (m) Banking Department Fund.--The following sums set forth 19 in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 20 specifically appropriated from the Banking Department Fund to 21 the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of 22 the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 23 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 24 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 25 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 26 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as 27 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 28 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 29 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 30 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 20060H2499B3673 - 16 -
1 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 2 (n) Firearm Records Check Fund.--The following sums set 3 forth in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 4 hereby specifically appropriated from the Firearm Records Check 5 Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 6 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, 7 wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the duly 8 appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the 9 payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the 10 purchase or rental of goods and services and for the payment of 11 any other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary 12 for the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities 13 and for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year 14 beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred 15 and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 16 30, 2006. 17 (o) Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Fund.--The 18 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may 19 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the Ben 20 Franklin Technology Development Authority Fund to the 21 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the 22 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 23 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 24 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 25 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 26 goods and services and for the payment of any other expenses, as 27 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 28 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 29 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 30 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 20060H2499B3673 - 17 -
1 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 2 (p) Tobacco Settlement Fund.--The following sums set forth 3 in this act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 4 specifically appropriated from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to 5 the hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of 6 the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 7 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 8 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 9 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 10 goods and services and for payment of any other expenses, as 11 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 12 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 13 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 14 2006, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 15 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. 16 (q) Health Care Provider Retention Account.--The following 17 sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 18 appropriated from the Health Care Provider Retention Account in 19 the General Fund to the hereinafter named agencies of the 20 Executive Department for the purposes set forth herein for the 21 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of bills 22 incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year 23 ending June 30, 2006. 24 Section 105. Federal augmentation appropriations.--The 25 following Federal augmentation appropriations set forth in this 26 act, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 27 specifically appropriated from the Federal augmentation funds to 28 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 29 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses 30 of implementing and carrying out the programs stated herein for 20060H2499B3673 - 18 -
1 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and for the payment of 2 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal 3 year ending June 30, 2006. Unless otherwise stated, the 4 appropriations include any carryovers from the prior fiscal 5 year. 6 Section 106. Block grants.--(a) Appropriation.--The 7 following sums set forth in this act, or as much thereof as may 8 be necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the 9 block grant (BG) funds to the several hereinafter named agencies 10 of the Executive Department of the Commonwealth for the 11 purposes, and under the restrictions, for which the funds are 12 provided for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006. 13 (b) Small Communities Development Block Grant.--The Small 14 Communities Development Block Grant (SCDBG) is to assist small 15 cities and communities that have a high concentration of 16 impoverished citizens and substandard housing to expand their 17 low-income and moderate-income housing opportunities and to meet 18 community development needs. 19 (c) Community Services Block Grant.--The Community Services 20 Block Grant (CSBG) is to provide a range of services and 21 activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on 22 the causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the 23 community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. In 24 addition, new focus may be placed on the unemployed, both old 25 and new. Local agencies may lower their eligibility requirements 26 for recipients to three months to allow greater flexibility to 27 assure proper consideration of each recipient. 28 (d) Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.--The 29 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHSBG) is 30 for the provision of preventive health and other health services 20060H2499B3673 - 19 -
1 related to emergency medical systems, health initiative grants, 2 comprehensive public health, hypertension, fluoridation, health 3 education, risk reduction, home health, rape crisis and domestic 4 violence services. 5 (e) Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.--The 6 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG) is to 7 enable states to maintain and strengthen their leadership in 8 planning, promoting, coordinating and evaluating health care for 9 pregnant women, mothers, infants and children, and children with 10 special health care needs, and in providing health services for 11 mothers and children who do not have access to adequate health 12 care. 13 (f) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant.--The Low- 14 Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant (LIHEABG) is to help 15 lessen the impact of the high cost of energy on low-income 16 families and individuals, including energy efficiency grants for 17 low-income dwellings. No less than 15% of the LIHEABG funds 18 received shall be used for weatherization. LIHEABG funds 19 received pursuant to a Presidential release of contingency funds 20 shall be exempt from the 15% requirement. Unexpended 21 weatherization funds which would result in LIHEABG funds being 22 returned to the Federal Department of Health and Human Services 23 may be spent for assistance grants at the discretion of the 24 Secretary of the Budget. The Secretary of the Budget shall 25 notify the chairman and the minority chairman of the 26 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and the 27 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House 28 of Representatives of the intent to reallocate any such funds 29 ten days prior to any reallocation. 30 (g) Social Services Block Grant.--The Social Services Block 20060H2499B3673 - 20 -
1 Grant (SSBG) is for the provision of social services to eligible 2 persons. 3 (h) Mental Health Services Block Grant.--The Mental Health 4 Services Block Grant (MHSBG) provides funds for the provision of 5 services to adults with serious mental illness or children with 6 serious emotional disturbance. 7 (i) Substance Abuse Block Grant.--The Substance Abuse Block 8 Grant (SABG) provides funds to establish and maintain programs 9 to combat alcohol and drug abuse. 10 (j) Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant.--The Child 11 Care and Development Fund Block Grant (CCDFBG) is for the 12 provision of direct child care or to increase the quality and 13 availability of child care for low-income families. 14 (k) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant.-- 15 The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANFBG) 16 provides funds for the provision of cash grants, child care, 17 training and support services, child welfare and administration 18 for eligible families and individuals. 19 PART II 20 GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS 21 FOR 2006-2007 22 SUBPART A 23 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 24 Section 201. Governor.--The 25 following amounts are appropriated to 26 the Governor: Federal State 27 For the Office of the Governor: 28 including the maintenance of the 29 Governor's Home, the expense of 30 entertainment of official guests and 20060H2499B3673 - 21 -
1 members of the General Assembly and 2 the Judiciary, participation in the 3 Governor's Conference, the expenses of 4 the Executive Board and the payment of 5 traveling expenses of persons other 6 than employees of the Commonwealth 7 appointed by the Governor to represent 8 or otherwise serve the Commonwealth. 9 State appropriation........ 7,400,000 10 Section 202. Executive Offices.-- 11 The following amounts are appropriated 12 to the Executive Offices: Federal State 13 For the Office of Administration. 14 State appropriation........ 8,516,000 15 The following Federal amounts are 16 appropriated to supplement the sum 17 appropriated for the Office of 18 Administration: 19 (1) "Medicaid Service Assurance 20 Initiative." 21 Federal appropriation...... 20,000 22 To the Office of Administration for 23 payment of Medicare Part B enrollment 24 penalties. 25 State appropriation........ 536,000 26 For Commonwealth Technology 27 Services. 28 State appropriation........ 60,144,000 29 For integrated management systems. 30 State appropriation........ 39,710,000 20060H2499B3673 - 22 -
1 For the Inspector General. 2 State appropriation........ 3,339,000 3 For investigation of welfare fraud 4 activities. 5 State appropriation........ 13,100,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for investigation of 9 welfare fraud activities: 10 (1) "TANFBG - Program 11 Accountability." 12 Federal appropriation...... 1,500,000 13 (2) "Food Stamps - Program 14 Accountability." 15 Federal appropriation...... 6,755,000 16 (3) "Medical Assistance - Program 17 Accountability." 18 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000 19 (4) "CCDFBG Subsidized Day Care - 20 Fraud Investigation." 21 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 22 For the Office of the Budget. 23 State appropriation........ 30,544,000 24 The following Federal amounts are 25 appropriated to supplement the sum 26 appropriated for the Office of the 27 Budget: 28 (1) "WIA - Program 29 Accountability." 30 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 20060H2499B3673 - 23 -
1 (2) "Aging and Disability Resource 2 Center." 3 Federal appropriation...... 384,000 4 (3) "Health Care Access." 5 Federal appropriation...... 900,000 6 (4) "Long-Term Care Initiative." 7 Federal appropriation...... 391,000 8 (5) "Quality Assurance 9 Improvement." 10 Federal appropriation...... 303,000 11 (6) "Real Choice - Housing 12 Integration." 13 Federal appropriation...... 575,000 14 (7) "Real Choice Systems Change." 15 Federal appropriation...... 600,000 16 (8) "Medical Assistance Disabled 17 Access." 18 Federal appropriation...... 180,000 19 (9) "Real Choice Systems 20 Transformation." 21 Federal appropriation...... 700,000 22 For an audit of the Auditor 23 General. 24 State appropriation........ 100,000 25 For the Office of General Counsel. 26 State appropriation........ 3,987,000 27 For the Rural Development Council. 28 State appropriation........ 188,000 29 The following Federal amounts are 30 appropriated to supplement the sum 20060H2499B3673 - 24 -
1 appropriated to the Rural Development 2 Council: 3 (1) "Rural Development." 4 Federal appropriation...... 80,000 5 For the Pennsylvania Human 6 Relations Commission. 7 State appropriation........ 10,323,000 8 The following Federal amounts are 9 appropriated to supplement the sum 10 appropriated for the Pennsylvania 11 Human Relations Commission: 12 (1) "EEOC - Special Project 13 Grant." 14 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 15 (2) "HUD - Special Project Grant." 16 Federal appropriation...... 3,500,000 17 For the Governor's Advisory 18 Commission on Latino Affairs. 19 State appropriation........ 212,000 20 For the African-American Affairs 21 Commission. 22 State appropriation........ 318,000 23 For the Asian-American Affairs 24 Commission. 25 State appropriation........ 139,000 26 For the Council on the Arts. 27 State appropriation........ 1,138,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated to supplement the sum 30 appropriated for the Council on the 20060H2499B3673 - 25 -
1 Arts: 2 (1) "National Endowment for the 3 Arts - Administration." 4 Federal appropriation...... 240,000 5 For the Pennsylvania Commission for 6 Women. 7 State appropriation........ 273,000 8 For the Juvenile Court Judges 9 Commission. 10 State appropriation........ 2,129,000 11 For the Public Employee Retirement 12 Commission. 13 State appropriation........ 721,000 14 For the Pennsylvania Commission on 15 Crime and Delinquency. 16 State appropriation........ 4,073,000 17 The following Federal amounts are 18 appropriated to supplement the sum 19 appropriated for the Pennsylvania 20 Commission on Crime and Delinquency: 21 (1) "Plan for Juvenile Justice." 22 Federal appropriation...... 350,000 23 (2) "DCSI - Administration." 24 Federal appropriation...... 1,883,000 25 (3) "DCSI - Program Grants." 26 Federal appropriation...... 30,000,000 27 (4) "DCSI - Criminal History 28 Records." 29 Federal appropriation...... 10,000 30 (5) "Juvenile Justice - Title V." 20060H2499B3673 - 26 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 2 (6) "Juvenile Justice - Title V - 3 Administration." 4 Federal appropriation...... 28,000 5 (7) "Statistical Analysis Center." 6 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 7 (8) "Criminal Identification 8 Technology." 9 Federal appropriation...... 4,800,000 10 (9) "Crime Victims' Compensation 11 Services." 12 Federal appropriation...... 8,053,000 13 (10) "Crime Victim Assistance." 14 Federal appropriation...... 18,000,000 15 (11) "Violence Against Women 16 Formula Grant Program." 17 Federal appropriation...... 6,000,000 18 (12) "Violence Against Women 19 Formula Grant Program - 20 Administration." 21 Federal appropriation...... 250,000 22 (13) "Juvenile Justice State 23 Challenge Grants." 24 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 25 (14) "Local Law Enforcement Block 26 Grant." 27 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000 28 (15) "Truth in Sentencing 29 Incentive Grants." 30 Federal appropriation...... 40,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 27 -
1 (16) "Residential Substance Abuse 2 Treatment Program." 3 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 4 (17) "DFSC - Special Program." 5 Federal appropriation...... 5,200,000 6 (18) "Crime Victims Assistance 7 (VOCA) - Administration/Operations." 8 Federal appropriation...... 1,148,000 9 (19) "Juvenile Accountability 10 Incentive Program." 11 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 12 (20) "Juvenile Accountability 13 Incentive Program - Administration." 14 Federal appropriation...... 240,000 15 (21) "Combat Underage Drinking 16 Program." 17 Federal appropriation...... 550,000 18 (22) "Pennsylvanians Against 19 Underage Drinking." 20 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 21 (23) "Juvenile Justice and 22 Delinquency Prevention." 23 Federal appropriation...... 4,500,000 24 (24) "Safe Neighborhoods." 25 Federal appropriation...... 1,600,000 26 (25) "Forensic Science Program." 27 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 28 (26) "Drug Court Coordination." 29 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 30 (27) "Integrated Justice Data 20060H2499B3673 - 28 -
1 Hubs." 2 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 3 (28) "Services for Human 4 Trafficking Victims." 5 Federal appropriation...... 295,000 6 (29) "Victims' Rights Compliance 7 Project." 8 Federal appropriation...... 75,000 9 For the Partnership for Safe 10 Children Program. 11 State appropriation........ 5,675,000 12 For Victims of Juvenile Crime. 13 State appropriation........ 3,450,000 14 For the Weed and Seed program. No 15 less than $250,000 shall be for a 16 federally recognized Weed and Seed 17 community that was designated by the 18 United States Department of Justice in 19 2004. 20 State appropriation........ 3,423,000 21 For payments for grants-in-aid to 22 counties for providing intermediate 23 punishment programs, including at 24 least $250,000 to be used for 25 implementation of an intermediate 26 punishment program in the Forty-fifth 27 Judicial District. The remainder of 28 these funds shall be distributed to 29 the various counties based on the 30 following formula: 50% shall be based 20060H2499B3673 - 29 -
1 on the proportion of offenders 2 diverted from the county prison system 3 to county intermediate punishment 4 programs and 50% shall be based on the 5 proportion of offenders diverted from 6 the State correctional system to the 7 county prison system. 8 State appropriation........ 3,430,000 9 For intermediate punishment grants 10 for drug and alcohol treatment. 11 State appropriation........ 15,825,000 12 For Drug Education and Law 13 Enforcement. 14 State appropriation........ 2,791,000 15 For Research-Based Violence 16 Prevention Programs. 17 State appropriation........ 5,965,000 18 For payments of grants to political 19 subdivisions to assist in the 20 improvement of juvenile probation 21 services. 22 State appropriation........ 5,918,000 23 For specialized probation services, 24 including school-based, community- 25 based, intensive supervision and 26 aftercare services pursuant to 27 standards adopted by the Juvenile 28 Court Judges' Commission. 29 State appropriation........ 13,793,000 30 For law enforcement and other 20060H2499B3673 - 30 -
1 related activities in counties of the 2 second class. 3 State appropriation........ 7,500,000 4 For grants and other initiatives to 5 reduce violence and secure safer 6 neighborhoods in cities of the first 7 class. 8 State appropriation........ 6,825,000 9 For grants and other initiatives to 10 reduce violence. 11 State appropriation........ 1,150,000 12 For grants to the arts. 13 State appropriation........ 14,500,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for grants to the arts: 17 (1) "National Endowment for the 18 Arts - Basic State Grant." 19 Federal appropriation...... 623,000 20 Section 203. Lieutenant 21 Governor.--The following amounts are 22 appropriated to the Lieutenant 23 Governor: Federal State 24 For the Office of the Lieutenant 25 Governor, including payment of 26 expenses of the residence at the 27 Edward Martin Military Reservation. 28 State appropriation........ 979,000 29 For the Board of Pardons. 30 State appropriation........ 384,000 20060H2499B3673 - 31 -
1 Section 204. Attorney General.-- 2 The following amounts are appropriated 3 to the Attorney General: Federal State 4 For general government operations 5 of the Office of Attorney General. 6 State appropriation........ 40,796,000 7 The following Federal amounts are 8 appropriated to supplement the sum 9 appropriated for general government 10 operations: 11 (1) "State Medicaid Fraud Control 12 Units." 13 Federal appropriation...... 3,831,000 14 (2) "Middle Atlantic - Great Lakes 15 Organized Crime Law Enforcement 16 Network." 17 Federal appropriation...... 6,933,000 18 For computer enhancements. 19 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 20 For drug law enforcement. 21 State appropriation........ 24,221,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for drug law enforcement: 25 (1) "High Intensity Drug 26 Trafficking Areas." 27 Federal appropriation...... 3,226,000 28 (2) "Prescription Drug 29 Monitoring." 30 Federal appropriation...... 163,000 20060H2499B3673 - 32 -
1 For local drug task forces. 2 State appropriation........ 9,308,000 3 For a drug strike task force. 4 State appropriation........ 1,804,000 5 For witness relocation programs. 6 State appropriation........ 437,000 7 For violence reduction witness 8 relocation program. 9 State appropriation........ 563,000 10 For Child Predator Interception 11 Unit. 12 State appropriation........ 680,000 13 For a capital appeals case unit. 14 State appropriation........ 612,000 15 For charitable nonprofit 16 conversions. 17 State appropriation........ 949,000 18 For tobacco law enforcement. 19 State appropriation........ 680,000 20 For trials resulting from 21 indictments by multicounty grand 22 juries. 23 State appropriation........ 150,000 24 Section 205. Auditor General.--The 25 following amounts are appropriated to 26 the Auditor General: Federal State 27 For the Department of the Auditor 28 General for postauditing, annually, 29 periodically or specially, the affairs 30 of any department, board or commission 20060H2499B3673 - 33 -
1 which is supported out of the General 2 Fund, district justices, other fining 3 offices, Volunteer Firemen's Relief 4 Association Funds and the offices of 5 Statewide elected officials and for 6 the proper auditing of appropriations 7 for or relating to public assistance, 8 including any Federal sums 9 supplementing such appropriations. 10 Funds provided to the Department of 11 the Auditor General shall be for the 12 purpose of performing postaudits in 13 accordance with generally accepted 14 government auditing standards. 15 State appropriation........ 48,059,000 16 For the Board of Claims. 17 State appropriation........ 1,920,000 18 For computer enhancements. 19 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 20 Section 206. Treasury 21 Department.--The following amounts are 22 appropriated to the Treasury 23 Department: Federal State 24 For general government operations 25 of the Treasury Department. 26 State appropriation........ 24,976,000 27 For administration of Article 28 XIII.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 29 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal 30 Code. 20060H2499B3673 - 34 -
1 State appropriation........ 14,620,000 2 For computer integration programs. 3 State appropriation........ 1,835,000 4 For the Board of Finance and 5 Revenue. 6 State appropriation........ 2,309,000 7 For advertising and promotional 8 activities related to the tuition 9 account program. 10 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 11 For the payment of the 12 Commonwealth's portion of the expenses 13 of various councils, commissions, 14 conferences, boards, associations, 15 coalitions and institutes which are 16 multistate organizations of which the 17 Commonwealth has been a member for at 18 least one year and which membership 19 enables the Commonwealth government to 20 represent the citizens of 21 Pennsylvania, such organizations being 22 designed to promote or protect the 23 member states' interests, or which 24 promote governmental financial 25 excellence or accountability. This 26 appropriation includes $75,000 for the 27 Council of State Governments ERC 28 Eastern Leadership Development and 29 Issues Academy. Any such payment shall 30 be made on requisition of the Governor 20060H2499B3673 - 35 -
1 on behalf of the organization which 2 shall file an accounting of expenses 3 with the Auditor General. 4 State appropriation........ 1,011,000 5 For publishing statements of the 6 General Fund and other funds of the 7 Commonwealth. 8 State appropriation........ 25,000 9 For payment of law enforcement 10 officers' and emergency response 11 personnel death benefits. 12 State appropriation........ 2,407,000 13 For compensation of the 14 Commonwealth's Loan and Transfer Agent 15 for services and expenses in 16 connection with the registration, 17 transfer and payment of interest on 18 bonds of the Commonwealth and other 19 services required to be performed by 20 the Loan and Transfer Agent. 21 State appropriation........ 75,000 22 For general obligation debt service 23 or to pay all arbitrage rebates to the 24 Federal Government required under 25 section 148 of the Internal Revenue 26 Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 27 U.S.C. § 148). 28 State appropriation........ 712,373,000 29 Section 207. Department of 30 Aging.--The following amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 36 -
1 appropriated to the Department of 2 Aging: Federal State 3 For general government operations 4 of the Department of Aging. 5 State appropriation........ 7,912,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for general government 9 operations: 10 (1) "Programs for the Aging - 11 Title III - Administration." 12 Federal appropriation...... 1,817,000 13 (2) "Programs for the Aging - 14 Title V - Administration." 15 Federal appropriation...... 173,000 16 (3) "Medical Assistance - 17 Administration." 18 Federal appropriation...... 1,042,000 19 (4) "Pharmacy Education." 20 Federal appropriation...... 12,084,000 21 For family caregiver support. 22 State appropriation........ 11,461,000 23 The following Federal amounts are 24 appropriated to supplement the sum 25 appropriated for family caregiver 26 support: 27 (1) "Programs for the Aging - 28 Title III - Family Caregiver." 29 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 30 For legal advocacy for older 20060H2499B3673 - 37 -
1 Pennsylvanians. 2 State appropriation........ 600,000 3 For Alzheimer's outreach. 4 State appropriation........ 250,000 5 The following Federal amounts are 6 appropriated to supplement the sum 7 appropriated for Alzheimer's outreach: 8 (1) "Memory Loss Screening." 9 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 10 Section 208. Department of 11 Agriculture.--The following amounts 12 are appropriated to the Department of 13 Agriculture: Federal State 14 For general government operations 15 of the Department of Agriculture. 16 State appropriation........ 29,451,000 17 The following Federal amounts are 18 appropriated to supplement the sum 19 appropriated for general government 20 operations: 21 (1) "Pennsylvania Plant Pest 22 Detection System." 23 Federal appropriation...... 1,200,000 24 (2) "Poultry Grading Service." 25 Federal appropriation...... 59,000 26 (3) "Medicated Feed Mill 27 Inspection." 28 Federal appropriation...... 30,000 29 (4) "National School Lunch 30 Administration." 20060H2499B3673 - 38 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 350,000 2 (5) "Emergency Food Assistance." 3 Federal appropriation...... 3,200,000 4 In addition to the specific amounts 5 appropriated herein, all other moneys 6 received from the Federal Government 7 for emergency food assistance are 8 hereby appropriated to such program. 9 (6) "Pesticide Enforcement, 10 Certification, Training and Control 11 Program." 12 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 13 (7) "Agricultural Risk 14 Protection." 15 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 16 (8) "Commodity Supplemental Food." 17 Federal appropriation...... 1,500,000 18 In addition to the specific amounts 19 appropriated herein, all other moneys 20 received from the Federal Government 21 for commodity supplemental food are 22 hereby appropriated to such program. 23 (9) "Organic Cost Distribution." 24 Federal appropriation...... 180,000 25 (10) "Animal Disease Control." 26 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 27 (11) "Food Establishment 28 Inspections." 29 Federal appropriation...... 300,000 30 (12) "Integrated Pest Management." 20060H2499B3673 - 39 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 2 (13) "Johne's Disease Herd 3 Project." 4 Federal appropriation...... 1,800,000 5 (14) "Avian Influenza 6 Surveillance." 7 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 8 (15) "Oral Rabies Vaccine." 9 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 10 (16) "Exotic Newcastle Disease 11 Control." 12 Federal appropriation...... 300,000 13 (17) "Scrapie Disease Control." 14 Federal appropriation...... 60,000 15 (18) "Monitoring Foot and Mouth 16 Disease." 17 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 18 (19) "Wildlife Services." 19 Federal appropriation...... 800,000 20 (20) "Animal Identification." 21 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 22 (21) "Dairy Development." 23 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 24 For Farmers' Market Food Coupons, 25 including no less than $750,000 for a 26 senior citizens program. 27 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated to supplement the sum 30 appropriated for Farmers' Market Food 20060H2499B3673 - 40 -
1 Coupons: 2 (1) "Farmers' Market Food 3 Coupons." 4 Federal appropriation...... 4,300,000 5 (2) "Senior Farmers' Market 6 Nutrition." 7 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 8 In addition to the specific amounts 9 appropriated herein, all other moneys 10 received from the Federal Government 11 for farmers' market food coupons and 12 senior farmers' market nutrition are 13 hereby appropriated to such program. 14 For the administration of the 15 Agricultural Conservation Easement 16 Program. 17 State appropriation........ 520,000 18 The following Federal amounts are 19 appropriated to supplement the sum 20 appropriated for administration of the 21 Agricultural Conservation Easement 22 Program: 23 (1) "Farmland Protection." 24 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000 25 For agricultural research, 26 including no less than $300,000 for 27 ornamental conifer research, 28 production and promotion. 29 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 30 For agricultural promotion, 20060H2499B3673 - 41 -
1 education and exports. This 2 appropriation includes at least 3 $100,000 for the promotion of 4 Pennsylvania wines and wine grapes. 5 State appropriation........ 1,286,000 6 For hardwoods research and 7 promotion. 8 State appropriation........ 780,000 9 For a farm safety program. 10 State appropriation........ 111,000 11 For the administration of the 12 Nutrient Management Program. 13 State appropriation........ 320,000 14 For the Animal Health Commission. 15 This appropriation includes at least 16 $1,000,000 for State diagnostic 17 laboratories administered by the 18 Department of Agriculture. 19 State appropriation........ 5,250,000 20 For animal indemnities payments to 21 farmers for animals destroyed in 22 disease eradication programs. 23 State appropriation........ 20,000 24 For payment into the State Farm 25 Products Show Fund. As a condition for 26 the use of these funds, no 27 expenditures may be made from this 28 appropriation or from the State Farm 29 Products Show Fund for any activities 30 associated with the Pennsylvania 20060H2499B3673 - 42 -
1 Agricultural Foods Exposition (PAFE) 2 unless such activities take place on 3 the premises of the Farm Show Complex, 4 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 5 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 6 For payments to county fairs. This 7 appropriation includes at least 8 $400,000 for an equine arena. 9 State appropriation........ 4,400,000 10 For development and operation of an 11 open livestock show, including cattle, 12 swine, sheep and horses. 13 State appropriation........ 225,000 14 For planning and staging of an open 15 dairy show. 16 State appropriation........ 225,000 17 For promotion and holding of annual 18 local, regional and State 4-H Clubs 19 and Future Farmers of America dairy 20 shows. 21 State appropriation........ 50,000 22 The department may make allocations 23 of the above three appropriations, as 24 it deems appropriate, to an 25 association whose purposes are in 26 accord with the purposes and intent of 27 the appropriations, the funds so 28 allocated to be used for the 29 development and operation of 30 Livestock, Dairy and Junior Dairy 20060H2499B3673 - 43 -
1 Shows in the Pennsylvania Farm Show 2 Complex: Provided, That the funds 3 allocated by the department shall only 4 be used for the specific items 5 approved by the department in advance. 6 For planning and staging ten annual 7 4-H Club horse and pony shows and one 8 Statewide show to be held in the fall 9 as preliminary to the Keystone 10 International Livestock Show. 11 State appropriation........ 55,000 12 For grants to counties for the 13 purchase of food to be provided to 14 needy persons in this Commonwealth. 15 This amount includes up to $1,000,000 16 for the emergency food assistance 17 development program and up to 18 $2,000,000 for the cost of 19 distributing bonus TEFAP commodities 20 to counties. 21 State appropriation........ 18,000,000 22 For food marketing and research. 23 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 24 For product promotion and 25 marketing. 26 State appropriation........ 850,000 27 The following Federal amounts are 28 appropriated to supplement the sum 29 appropriated for product promotion and 30 marketing: 20060H2499B3673 - 44 -
1 (1) "Market Improvement." 2 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 3 (2) "Keystone Agricultural 4 Innovation Center." 5 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 6 For programs to encourage 7 development of future farmers. 8 State appropriation........ 104,000 9 For agriculture and rural youth 10 programs. 11 State appropriation........ 110,000 12 For payment into the Nutrient 13 Management Fund. 14 State appropriation........ 3,280,000 15 For payment to conservation 16 districts. 17 State appropriation........ 1,660,000 18 For a crop insurance program to be 19 administered consistent with the 20 provisions of the act of December 13, 21 1999 (P.L.905, No.57), known as the 22 Drought, Orchard and Nursery Indemnity 23 and Flood Relief Act. 24 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 25 The following Federal amounts are 26 appropriated to supplement the sum 27 appropriated for crop insurance: 28 (1) "Crop Insurance." 29 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 30 For fruit tree indemnity payments 20060H2499B3673 - 45 -
1 relating to Plum Pox Virus and costs 2 related to disease eradication and 3 other prevention and control measures. 4 State appropriation........ 500,000 5 Section 209. Department of 6 Community and Economic Development.-- 7 The following amounts are appropriated 8 to the Department of Community and 9 Economic Development: Federal State 10 For general government operations 11 of the Department of Community and 12 Economic Development. 13 State appropriation........ 17,990,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for general government 17 operations: 18 (1) "ARC - State Technical 19 Assistance." 20 Federal appropriation...... 275,000 21 (2) "DOE Weatherization - 22 Administration." 23 Federal appropriation...... 535,000 24 (3) "SCDBG - Administration." 25 Federal appropriation...... 1,720,000 26 (4) "CSBG - Administration." 27 Federal appropriation...... 1,402,000 28 (5) "LIHEABG - Administration." 29 Federal appropriation...... 535,000 30 (6) "Communications 20060H2499B3673 - 46 -
1 Infrastructure." 2 Federal appropriation...... 830,000 3 For the purpose of increasing 4 international trade. 5 State appropriation........ 5,734,000 6 For international marketing. 7 State appropriation........ 1,700,000 8 For interactive marketing. 9 State appropriation........ 2,040,000 10 For the purpose of marketing to 11 attract tourists to this Commonwealth. 12 State appropriation........ 15,100,000 13 For the purpose of marketing to 14 attract business to this Commonwealth. 15 State appropriation........ 3,985,000 16 For cultural expositions and 17 exhibitions. 18 State appropriation........ 4,930,000 19 For regional marketing 20 partnerships. 21 State appropriation........ 4,500,000 22 For the purpose of marketing to 23 attract film business to this 24 Commonwealth. 25 State appropriation........ 600,000 26 For a housing research center. 27 State appropriation........ 250,000 28 For business retention and 29 expansion. 30 State appropriation........ 12,276,000 20060H2499B3673 - 47 -
1 For Pennports. The sum of 2 $18,880,000 shall be allocated as 3 follows: $330,000 for Pennports 4 operations; $1,000,000 for the Port of 5 Pittsburgh; $2,500,000 for the Port of 6 Erie; $1,500,000 for the Delaware 7 River Maritime Enterprise Council; and 8 $13,550,000 to the Philadelphia 9 Regional Port Authority to be 10 distributed as follows: $6,000,000 for 11 operating and administrative expenses, 12 $4,975,000 for debt service, 13 $1,500,000 for Piers 38, 40, 78, 80 14 and 80 Annex, $75,000 for a piers 15 database, $400,000 for a navigational 16 system, $100,000 for a competitiveness 17 study and $500,000 for an intermodal 18 incentive study. 19 State appropriation........ 18,880,000 20 For land use planning, including at 21 least $500,000 for a transit 22 revitalization investment district 23 planning study. 24 State appropriation........ 3,321,000 25 For the prevention of military base 26 realignment and closure. 27 State appropriation........ 450,000 28 For transfer to the Municipalities 29 Financial Recovery Revolving Fund. 30 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 20060H2499B3673 - 48 -
1 For transfer to the Industrial 2 Sites Environmental Assessment Fund. 3 State appropriation........ 500,000 4 For transfer to the Ben Franklin 5 Technology Development Authority Fund. 6 State appropriation........ 50,200,000 7 For transfer to the Commonwealth 8 Financing Authority. 9 State appropriation........ 8,294,000 10 For intergovernmental cooperation 11 authorities for cities of the second 12 class. Funds must be disbursed to the 13 authority within 60 days of the 14 effective date of this section. 15 State appropriation........ 963,000 16 For the Opportunity Grant Program. 17 State appropriation........ 49,000,000 18 For Keystone Innovation Zones. 19 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 20 For customized job training 21 programs. 22 State appropriation........ 30,000,000 23 For workforce leadership grants. 24 State appropriation........ 4,050,000 25 For emergency responders' resources 26 and training. 27 State appropriation........ 6,000,000 28 For infrastructure development. 29 State appropriation........ 22,500,000 30 For grants for housing and 20060H2499B3673 - 49 -
1 redevelopment assistance as authorized 2 by the act of May 20, 1949 (P.L.1633, 3 No.493), known as the Housing and 4 Redevelopment Assistance Law. No more 5 than 20% of the amount herein 6 appropriated shall be allocated or 7 granted to any one political 8 subdivision. 9 State appropriation........ 30,000,000 10 The following Federal amounts are 11 appropriated to supplement the sum 12 appropriated for housing and 13 redevelopment: 14 (1) "DOE Weatherization." 15 Federal appropriation...... 18,000,000 16 (2) "Emergency Shelter for the 17 Homeless." 18 Federal appropriation...... 75,000 19 (3) "LIHEABG - Weatherization 20 Program." 21 Federal appropriation...... 24,000,000 22 (4) "SCDBG - HUD Disaster 23 Recovery." 24 Federal appropriation...... 4,529,000 25 For family savings accounts. 26 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 27 The following Federal amounts are 28 appropriated to supplement the sum 29 appropriated for family savings banks: 30 (1) "Assets for Independence." 20060H2499B3673 - 50 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 2 For shared municipal services. 3 State appropriation........ 1,400,000 4 For local government and municipal 5 resources and development. 6 State appropriation........ 31,000,000 7 For the New Communities Program. 8 State appropriation........ 18,000,000 9 The following Federal amounts are 10 appropriated to supplement the sum 11 appropriated for the New Communities 12 Program. 13 (1) "Enterprise Communities - 14 SSBG." 15 Federal appropriation...... 28,000,000 16 For the payment of the 17 Commonwealth's share of the costs of 18 the operation of the Appalachian 19 Regional Commission and the Office of 20 the Appalachian States' regional 21 representative. 22 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 23 For payment of grants to recognized 24 industrial development agencies to 25 assist such agencies in the financing 26 of their operational costs for the 27 purposes of making studies, surveys 28 and investigations, the compilation of 29 data and statistics and in the 30 carrying out of planning and 20060H2499B3673 - 51 -
1 promotional programs. This 2 appropriation includes at least 3 $1,000,000 for local economic 4 development agencies. 5 State appropriation........ 4,150,000 6 For payment of grants to 7 Appalachian local development 8 districts. This appropriation includes 9 at least $500,000 for the northwest 10 incubators. 11 State appropriation........ 5,050,000 12 For small business development 13 centers. 14 State appropriation........ 6,750,000 15 For tourist promotion assistance. 16 State appropriation........ 11,000,000 17 For tourist promotion relating to 18 accredited zoos. 19 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 20 For community revitalization and 21 assistance. For grants for community 22 revitalization and improvement 23 projects which in the judgment of the 24 department will improve the stability 25 of the community; promote economic 26 development; improve existing and 27 develop new civic, cultural, 28 recreational, industrial and other 29 facilities; assist in business 30 retention, expansion, stimulation and 20060H2499B3673 - 52 -
1 attraction; promote the creation of 2 jobs and employment opportunities; or 3 enhance the health, welfare and 4 quality of life of Pennsylvania 5 citizens. Grants shall be awarded only 6 after program guidelines, schedules 7 and application procedures are 8 established by the department and 9 published in the Pennsylvania 10 Bulletin. 11 State appropriation........ 48,300,000 12 For urban development programs. 13 State appropriation........ 7,000,000 14 For community and business 15 assistance. 16 State appropriation........ 2,500,000 17 For economic growth and development 18 assistance. 19 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 20 For community and municipal 21 facilities assistance. 22 State appropriation........ 2,500,000 23 For market development. 24 State appropriation........ 10,000,000 25 For rural leadership training 26 program. 27 State appropriation........ 210,000 28 For flood plain management. 29 State appropriation........ 60,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 53 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for flood plain 3 management: 4 (1) "FEMA Technical Assistance." 5 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 6 (2) "FEMA - Mapping." 7 Federal appropriation...... 120,000 8 For community conservation and 9 employment. 10 State appropriation........ 15,000,000 11 The following Federal amounts are 12 appropriated to supplement the sum 13 appropriated for community 14 conservation and employment: 15 (1) "CSBG - Program." In addition, 16 new focus may be placed on the 17 unemployed, both old and new. Local 18 agencies may lower their eligibility 19 requirements for recipients to three 20 months to allow greater flexibility to 21 assure proper consideration of each 22 recipient. 23 Federal appropriation...... 28,000,000 24 For a super computer center. 25 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 26 For the Pennsylvania Infrastructure 27 Technology Assistance Program. 28 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 29 For minority business development. 30 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 54 -
1 For Fay-Penn economic development. 2 State appropriation........ 600,000 3 For tourist product development. 4 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 5 For industrial resource centers. 6 State appropriation........ 15,200,000 7 For early intervention for 8 distressed municipalities. 9 State appropriation........ 750,000 10 For manufacturing and business 11 assistance. 12 State appropriation........ 2,500,000 13 For Penn-Tap. 14 State appropriation........ 300,000 15 For agile manufacturing. 16 State appropriation........ 750,000 17 For powdered metals. 18 State appropriation........ 100,000 19 For regional development 20 initiatives. 21 State appropriation........ 900,000 22 For grants to issuing authorities 23 under the Infrastructure and 24 Facilities Improvement Program. 25 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 26 For technical assistance and 27 training to municipal code officials, 28 individuals and persons employed by 29 third-party agencies under contract to 30 a municipality as prescribed by the 20060H2499B3673 - 55 -
1 act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, 2 No.45), known as the Pennsylvania 3 Construction Code Act. 4 State appropriation........ 250,000 5 For grants to community development 6 financial institutions as authorized 7 by section 2506 of the act of June 29, 8 1996 (P.L.434, No.67), known as the 9 Job Enhancement Act. 10 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 11 For digital and robotic technology. 12 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 13 For cultural activities. 14 State appropriation........ 5,260,000 15 Section 210. Department of 16 Conservation and Natural Resources.-- 17 The following amounts are appropriated 18 to the Department of Conservation and 19 Natural Resources: Federal State 20 For general government operations 21 of the Department of Conservation and 22 Natural Resources. 23 State appropriation........ 17,862,000 24 The following Federal amounts are 25 appropriated to supplement the sum 26 appropriated for general government 27 operations: 28 (1) "Surface Mining Control and 29 Reclamation." 30 Federal appropriation...... 180,000 20060H2499B3673 - 56 -
1 (2) "Topographic and Geologic 2 Survey Grants." 3 Federal appropriation...... 175,000 4 (3) "Bituminous Coal Resources." 5 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 6 (4) "Intermodal Surface 7 Transportation Act." 8 Federal appropriation...... 5,000,000 9 (5) "Land and Water Conservation 10 Fund." In addition to these funds, any 11 contingency funds made available to 12 the Commonwealth under the Federal 13 Land and Water Conservation Act are 14 hereby appropriated. 15 Federal appropriation...... 12,000,000 16 (6) "Economic Action Program." 17 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 18 For State parks operations. 19 State appropriation........ 55,170,000 20 The following Federal amounts are 21 appropriated to supplement the sum 22 appropriated for State Parks: 23 (1) "Recreational Trails." 24 Federal appropriation...... 3,500,000 25 For State forests operations. 26 State appropriation........ 14,616,000 27 The following Federal amounts are 28 appropriated to supplement the sum 29 appropriated for State Forests: 30 (1) "Forest Fire Protection and 20060H2499B3673 - 57 -
1 Control." 2 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 3 (2) "Forestry Incentives and 4 Agricultural Conservation." 5 Federal appropriation...... 50,000 6 (3) "Forest Management and 7 Processing." 8 Federal appropriation...... 850,000 9 (4) "Cooperative Forest Insect and 10 Disease Control." 11 Federal appropriation...... 250,000 12 (5) "Aid to Volunteer Fire 13 Companies." 14 Federal appropriation...... 550,000 15 (6) "Wetland Protection Fund." 16 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 17 For forest pest management. 18 State appropriation........ 2,111,000 19 The following Federal amounts are 20 appropriated to supplement the sum 21 appropriated for forest pest 22 management: 23 (1) "Forest Insect and Disease 24 Control." 25 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 26 For Heritage and other parks. 27 State appropriation........ 5,350,000 28 For payment of annual fixed charges 29 in lieu of taxes to counties and 30 townships on land acquired for Water 20060H2499B3673 - 58 -
1 Conservation and Flood Control. 2 State appropriation........ 55,000 3 For payment of annual fixed charges 4 in lieu of taxes to political 5 subdivisions for school districts on 6 lands acquired by the Commonwealth for 7 Project 70. 8 State appropriation........ 35,000 9 For payment of annual fixed charges 10 in lieu of taxes to counties, school 11 districts and townships on forest 12 lands. 13 State appropriation........ 2,480,000 14 For payment of annual fixed charges 15 in lieu of taxes to counties, school 16 districts and local municipalities on 17 State park lands. 18 State appropriation........ 300,000 19 Section 211. Department of 20 Corrections.--The following amounts 21 are appropriated to the Department of 22 Corrections: Federal State 23 For general government operations 24 of the Department of Corrections. 25 State appropriation........ 31,494,000 26 For inmate medical care. 27 State appropriation........ 182,270,000 28 For inmate education and training. 29 State appropriation........ 42,445,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 59 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for inmate education and 3 training: 4 (1) "Youth Offenders Education." 5 Federal appropriation...... 565,000 6 (2) "Correctional Education." 7 Federal appropriation...... 1,420,000 8 For the State correctional 9 institutions. Consideration shall be 10 given to minimum relief factor values 11 calculated when determining staffing 12 levels for corrections officers and 13 food service instructors at each State 14 correctional institution. 15 State appropriation........ 1,089,381,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated to supplement the sum 18 appropriated for the State 19 correctional institutions: 20 (1) "SABG - Drug and Alcohol 21 Programs." 22 Federal appropriation...... 2,100,000 23 (2) "Reimbursement for Alien 24 Inmates." 25 Federal appropriation...... 1,157,000 26 (3) "Volunteer Support." 27 Federal appropriation...... 20,000 28 (4) "Truth in Sentencing." 29 Federal appropriation...... 25,614,000 30 (5) "RSAT - Drug Treatment." 20060H2499B3673 - 60 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 550,000 2 (6) "Inmate Re-entry Program." 3 Federal appropriation...... 1,250,000 4 (7) "Prison Rape Elimination." 5 Federal appropriation...... 81,000 6 (8) "Corrections Technology - 7 Biometrics." 8 Federal appropriation...... 485,000 9 Section 212. Department of 10 Education.--The following amounts are 11 appropriated to the Department of 12 Education: Federal State 13 For general government operations 14 of the Department of Education. 15 State appropriation........ 24,474,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated to supplement the sum 18 appropriated for general government 19 operations: 20 (1) "Adult Basic Education - 21 Administration." 22 Federal appropriation...... 1,800,000 23 (2) "Education of Exceptional 24 Children - Administration." 25 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 26 (3) "Special Education 27 Improvement." 28 Federal appropriation...... 2,100,000 29 (4) "ESEA - Title I - 30 Administration." 20060H2499B3673 - 61 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 8,500,000 2 (5) "State Approving Agency (VA)." 3 Federal appropriation...... 1,250,000 4 (6) "Food and Nutrition Service - 5 Administration." 6 Federal appropriation...... 4,750,000 7 (7) "Migrant Education - 8 Administration." 9 Federal appropriation...... 505,000 10 (8) "Vocational Education - 11 Administration." 12 Federal appropriation...... 3,910,000 13 (9) "Title II - Improving Teacher 14 Quality - Administration/State." 15 Federal appropriation...... 8,000,000 16 (10) "Byrd Scholarships." 17 Federal appropriation...... 1,656,000 18 (11) "ESEA - Title V - 19 Administration/State." 20 Federal appropriation...... 2,820,000 21 (12) "Homeless Assistance." 22 Federal appropriation...... 2,120,000 23 (13) "Preschool Grant - 24 Administration." 25 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 26 (14) "DFSC - Administration." 27 Federal appropriation...... 1,092,000 28 (15) "State Literacy Resource 29 Centers." 30 Federal appropriation...... 125,000 20060H2499B3673 - 62 -
1 (16) "School Health Education 2 Programs." 3 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 4 (17) "Learn and Serve America - 5 School-Based." 6 Federal appropriation...... 882,000 7 (18) "Environmental Education 8 Workshops." 9 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 10 (19) "Charter Schools 11 Initiatives." 12 Federal appropriation...... 6,000,000 13 (20) "Education Technology - 14 Administration." 15 Federal appropriation...... 1,500,000 16 (21) "Comprehensive School Reform 17 - Administration." 18 Federal appropriation...... 800,000 19 (22) "Advanced Placement Testing." 20 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 21 (23) "ESEA - Title X - Education 22 Partnerships." 23 Federal appropriation...... 700,000 24 (24) "Refugee Children Education." 25 Federal appropriation...... 2,054,000 26 (25) "Medical Assistance - Nurses 27 Aide Training." 28 Federal appropriation...... 300,000 29 (26) "State and Community Highway 30 Safety." 20060H2499B3673 - 63 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 1,100,000 2 (27) "Reading First Initiative - 3 Administration." 4 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 5 (28) "Title IV - 21st Century 6 Community Learning Centers - 7 Administration." 8 Federal appropriation...... 1,834,000 9 (29) "National Assessment of 10 Educational Progress (NAEP)". 11 Federal appropriation...... 137,000 12 (30) "Evaluation of Student and 13 Parent Access." 14 Federal appropriation...... 630,000 15 (31) "Youth Offenders." 16 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 17 (32) "Drug and Violence Prevention 18 Data." 19 Federal appropriation...... 1,193,000 20 (33) "Foreign Language 21 Assistance." 22 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 23 (34) "Gifted and Talented Student 24 Education." 25 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 26 (35) "Striving Readers." 27 Federal appropriation...... 3,505,000 28 (36) "Statewide Data Systems." 29 Federal appropriation...... 1,051,000 30 (37) "WIA Incentive Grant." 20060H2499B3673 - 64 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 1,076,000 2 (38) "Advanced Placement 3 Initiative." 4 Federal appropriation...... 1,444,000 5 (39) "Ready to Teach." 6 Federal appropriation...... 109,000 7 (40) "Statewide Longitudinal Data 8 System." 9 Federal appropriation...... 2,200,000 10 (41) "School Based Mental Health 11 Services." 12 Federal appropriation...... 348,000 13 For the Office of Safe Schools 14 Advocate. It is the intent of the 15 General Assembly that at least 80% of 16 this appropriation be expended by June 17 30, 2007, and the remaining balance of 18 this appropriation be committed or 19 encumbered by June 30, 2007. 20 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 21 For information and technology 22 improvement. 23 State appropriation........ 5,144,000 24 For PA assessment. 25 State appropriation........ 20,356,000 26 The following Federal amounts are 27 appropriated to supplement the sum 28 appropriated for PA assessment: 29 (1) "Title VI - Part A State 30 Assessment." 20060H2499B3673 - 65 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 22,000,000 2 For the State Library, providing 3 reference services and administering 4 aid to public libraries. 5 State appropriation........ 4,336,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for the State Library: 9 (1) "LSTA - Library Development." 10 Federal appropriation...... 1,650,000 11 For programs of education and 12 training at youth development centers 13 and the monitoring of programs of 14 education and training provided to 15 incarcerated juveniles. 16 State appropriation........ 11,900,000 17 For the Scranton State School for 18 the Deaf. 19 State appropriation........ 6,565,000 20 The following Federal amounts are 21 appropriated to supplement the sum 22 appropriated for the Scranton State 23 School for the Deaf: 24 (1) "Individuals with Disabilities 25 - Scranton." 26 Federal appropriation...... 85,000 27 (2) "National School Milk Lunch 28 Program - Scranton." 29 Federal appropriation...... 50,000 30 (3) "ESEA - Scranton." 20060H2499B3673 - 66 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 452,000 2 (4) "Life-Long Learning - 3 Scranton." 4 Federal appropriation...... 11,000 5 (5) "Adult Basic Education - 6 Disabled Adults." 7 Federal appropriation...... 10,000 8 For payment of basic education 9 funding to school districts: Provided, 10 That the Secretary of Education, with 11 the approval of the Governor, may make 12 payments from this appropriation in 13 advance of the due date prescribed by 14 law to school districts which are 15 financially handicapped, whenever the 16 Secretary of Education shall deem it 17 necessary to make such advance 18 payments to enable the school 19 districts to keep their public schools 20 open. 21 State appropriation........ 4,492,184,000 22 For dual enrollment grants to 23 school districts. 24 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 25 For school improvement grants. 26 State appropriation........ 21,073,000 27 For education support services. 28 State appropriation........ 4,000,000 29 For the Pennsylvania Accountability 30 Grants. 20060H2499B3673 - 67 -
1 State appropriation........ 200,000,000 2 For the Education Assistance 3 Program. 4 State appropriation........ 66,000,000 5 For a technology initiative. 6 State appropriation........ 1,290,000 7 For Head Start Supplemental 8 Assistance. 9 State appropriation........ 30,000,000 10 For support of Science and Math 11 Education programs. 12 State appropriation........ 2,175,000 13 For teacher professional 14 development. 15 State appropriation........ 13,867,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated for teacher professional 18 development: 19 (1) "Teacher Recruitment." 20 Federal appropriation...... 505,000 21 (2) "Teacher Quality Enhancement." 22 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000 23 For adult and family literacy 24 programs, summer reading programs and 25 the adult high school diplomas 26 program. 27 State appropriation........ 18,534,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated to supplement the sum 30 appropriated for adult and family 20060H2499B3673 - 68 -
1 literacy programs: 2 (1) "Adult Basic Education - 3 Local." 4 Federal appropriation...... 20,000,000 5 For career and technical education. 6 State appropriation........ 59,636,000 7 The following Federal amounts are 8 appropriated to supplement the sum 9 appropriated for career and technical 10 education: 11 (1) "Vocational Education - 12 Local." 13 Federal appropriation...... 53,000,000 14 For New Choices/New Options. 15 State appropriation........ 2,500,000 16 For payments on account of annual 17 rental or sinking fund charges on 18 school buildings, including charter 19 schools. 20 State appropriation........ 296,483,000 21 For payments on account of pupil 22 transportation. 23 State appropriation........ 495,761,000 24 For payments on account of 25 nonpublic and charter school pupil 26 transportation. 27 State appropriation........ 74,037,000 28 For payments on account of special 29 education of exceptional children. 30 This amount includes $563,000 for 20060H2499B3673 - 69 -
1 community support services which is 2 not to be included in the base 3 calculations of the special education 4 program components. 5 State appropriation........ 953,064,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for special education: 9 (1) "Individuals with Disabilities 10 Education - Local." 11 Federal appropriation...... 434,800,000 12 For payments for Early Intervention 13 Services. 14 State appropriation........ 123,487,000 15 For payment on account of homebound 16 instruction. 17 State appropriation........ 705,000 18 For payment for tuition to school 19 districts providing education to 20 nonresident orphaned children placed 21 in private homes by the court and 22 nonresident inmates of children's 23 institutions. 24 State appropriation........ 50,005,000 25 For payments of annual fixed 26 charges to school districts in lieu of 27 taxes for land acquired by the 28 Commonwealth for water conservation or 29 flood prevention. 30 State appropriation........ 241,000 20060H2499B3673 - 70 -
1 For payment for maintenance of 2 summer schools for school-age children 3 of migrant laborers, including child- 4 care services. 5 State appropriation........ 839,000 6 For payments to Pennsylvania 7 Charter Schools for the Deaf and 8 Blind. 9 State appropriation........ 31,919,000 10 For special education - approved 11 private schools. 12 State appropriation........ 82,442,000 13 For approved private schools and 14 the Pennsylvania Charter Schools for 15 the Deaf and Blind for prior years' 16 audit resolutions. 17 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 18 For payment of the Commonwealth's 19 share of the approved operating costs 20 and lease payments of intermediate 21 units. 22 State appropriation........ 6,311,000 23 For grants to school districts to 24 assist in meeting Federal matching 25 requirements for grants received under 26 the Federal Child Nutrition Act and to 27 aid in providing a food program for 28 needy children. 29 State appropriation........ 27,532,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 71 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for school food services: 3 (1) "Food and Nutrition - Local." 4 Federal appropriation...... 346,881,000 5 For payment of the Commonwealth's 6 share of Federal Social Security taxes 7 for public school employees. 8 State appropriation........ 456,377,000 9 For payment of required 10 contribution for public school 11 employees' retirement. 12 State appropriation........ 254,495,000 13 For school entity demonstration 14 grants. 15 State appropriation........ 6,000,000 16 For education of indigent children 17 at charitable hospitals. 18 State appropriation........ 35,000 19 For high school reform. 20 State appropriation........ 4,700,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated for basic education: 23 (1) "ESEA - Title V - School 24 Districts." 25 Federal appropriation...... 9,575,000 26 (2) "ESEA - Title I - Local." 27 Federal appropriation...... 495,000,000 28 (3) "DFSC - School Districts." 29 Federal appropriation...... 14,000,000 30 (4) "Title II - Improving Teacher 20060H2499B3673 - 72 -
1 Quality - Local." 2 Federal appropriation...... 132,500,000 3 (5) "Educational Technology - 4 Local." 5 Federal appropriation...... 23,388,000 6 (6) "Comprehensive School Reform - 7 Local." 8 Federal appropriation...... 15,776,000 9 (7) "Reading First Initiative - 10 Local." 11 Federal appropriation...... 32,044,000 12 (8) "Title V - Empowerment 13 Schools." 14 Federal appropriation...... 25,000,000 15 (9) "Title IV - 21st Century 16 Community Learning Centers - Local." 17 Federal appropriation...... 53,660,000 18 (10) "Title III - Language 19 Instruction for LEP and Immigrant 20 Students." 21 Federal appropriation...... 13,000,000 22 (11) "Title VI - Rural and Low 23 Income Schools - Local." 24 Federal appropriation...... 513,000 25 For education mentoring, including 26 dropout prevention programs. 27 State appropriation........ 7,339,000 28 For services to nonpublic schools. 29 State appropriation........ 79,004,000 30 For textbooks, instructional 20060H2499B3673 - 73 -
1 material and instructional equipment 2 for nonpublic schools. 3 State appropriation........ 24,161,000 4 For programs to meet the needs of 5 pregnant and parenting teenagers. 6 State appropriation........ 1,725,000 7 The following Federal amounts are 8 appropriated to supplement the sum 9 appropriated for pregnant and 10 parenting teenagers: 11 (1) "Teenage Parenting Education - 12 TANF." 13 Federal appropriation...... 12,255,000 14 (2) "Teen Parenting - Food 15 Stamps." 16 Federal appropriation...... 863,000 17 For a subsidy to public libraries. 18 State appropriation........ 61,362,000 19 To provide aid to the Free Library 20 of Philadelphia and the Carnegie 21 Library of Pittsburgh to meet the 22 costs incurred in serving as regional 23 libraries in the distribution of 24 braille reading materials, talking 25 book machines and other reading 26 materials to persons who are blind or 27 otherwise disabled. 28 State appropriation........ 2,965,000 29 For recorded and computerized books 30 at all academic levels for disabled 20060H2499B3673 - 74 -
1 people who cannot read standard print 2 because of visual, perceptual or other 3 physical disability. 4 State appropriation........ 70,000 5 For library access. 6 State appropriation........ 7,386,000 7 For the electronic library catalog. 8 State appropriation........ 3,842,000 9 For ethnic heritage studies. 10 State appropriation........ 165,000 11 For the Governor's Schools of 12 Excellence. 13 State appropriation........ 2,742,000 14 For job training programs. 15 State appropriation........ 5,300,000 16 For reimbursements to school 17 districts for their charter school 18 payments. 19 State appropriation........ 92,602,000 20 For safe and alternative schools. 21 For a school district of the first 22 class, funds from this appropriation 23 shall be used to pay costs to provide 24 school bus transportation services for 25 students being educated in alternative 26 education programs operated either by 27 the district itself or under terms of 28 any contract between the district and 29 a private alternative education 30 institution as defined pursuant to 20060H2499B3673 - 75 -
1 Article XIX-E of the act of March 10, 2 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the 3 Public School Code of 1949, before it 4 may be used for other alternative 5 education programs or services. 6 State appropriation........ 23,326,000 7 For alternative education 8 demonstration grants. 9 State appropriation........ 26,300,000 10 For parent involvement programs to 11 enhance safety and the educational 12 environment in cities of the first 13 class. 14 State appropriation........ 1,700,000 15 For payment of approved operating 16 expenses of community colleges. An 17 independent audit report for the 18 preceding fiscal year, which is 19 consistent with the generally accepted 20 accounting principles as prescribed by 21 the National Association of College 22 and University Business Officers, the 23 American Institute of Certified Public 24 Accountants, or by their successors, 25 or by any other recognized 26 authoritative body, and the financial 27 reporting policies and standards 28 promulgated by the Commonwealth and by 29 the Federal Government that apply to 30 community colleges, shall be submitted 20060H2499B3673 - 76 -
1 by each community college to the 2 Department of Education not later than 3 120 days after the close of the 4 preceding fiscal year. The Department 5 of Education may withhold whatever 6 funds appropriated herein it feels 7 necessary to ensure that such audit 8 reports are submitted in the 9 prescribed fashion. 10 State appropriation........ 214,217,000 11 For transfer to the Community 12 College Capital Fund. 13 State appropriation........ 37,864,000 14 For regional community college 15 services. 16 State appropriation........ 750,000 17 For higher education equal 18 opportunity program grants. 19 State appropriation........ 9,320,000 20 For annual payments, not to exceed 21 $500 per student, to institutions of 22 higher learning for defraying the 23 expenses of deaf or blind students. 24 State appropriation........ 54,000 25 For higher education assistance. 26 State appropriation........ 6,675,000 27 For grants to engineering schools 28 approved by the Accreditation Board of 29 Engineering and Technology prorated 30 based upon full-time equivalent 20060H2499B3673 - 77 -
1 student enrollment. At least $2 of 2 private funds shall be required for 3 each $1 of grant funds. Grants may 4 only be used for acquisition or 5 upgrading of engineering instructional 6 equipment. 7 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 8 For transfer to the Pennsylvania 9 Higher Education Facilities Authority 10 for interest subsidies, when due, for 11 bonds issued for dormitory sprinklers. 12 State appropriation........ 500,000 13 For community education councils. 14 Payment of grants to community 15 education councils shall be paid in 16 the same amount and manner as payments 17 in fiscal year 2005-2006. 18 State appropriation........ 1,968,000 19 Section 213. Department of 20 Environmental Protection.--The 21 following amounts are appropriated to 22 the Department of Environmental 23 Protection: Federal State 24 For general government operations 25 of the Department of Environmental 26 Protection. This appropriation 27 includes at least $300,000 for the 28 senior environmental corps. 29 State appropriation........ 18,262,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 78 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for general government 3 operations: 4 (1) "Surface Mine Conservation." 5 Federal appropriation...... 413,000 6 For payment of grants to assist in 7 the cleanup of scrap tires and other 8 local environmental mitigation. 9 State appropriation........ 2,750,000 10 For Environmental Program 11 Management. 12 State appropriation........ 37,049,000 13 The following Federal amounts are 14 appropriated to supplement the sum 15 appropriated for Environmental Program 16 Management: 17 (1) "Coastal Zone Management." 18 Federal appropriation...... 4,700,000 19 (2) "Construction Management 20 Assistance Grants - Administration." 21 Federal appropriation...... 1,400,000 22 (3) "Storm Water Permitting 23 Initiative." 24 Federal appropriation...... 2,300,000 25 (4) "Safe Drinking Water Act - 26 Management." 27 Federal appropriation...... 5,500,000 28 (5) "Water Pollution Control 29 Grants - Management." 30 Federal appropriation...... 3,500,000 20060H2499B3673 - 79 -
1 (6) "Air Pollution Control Grants 2 - Management." 3 Federal appropriation...... 2,400,000 4 (7) "Surface Mine Conservation." 5 Federal appropriation...... 6,500,000 6 (8) "Wetland Protection Fund." 7 Federal appropriation...... 240,000 8 (9) "Diagnostic X-ray Equipment 9 Testing." 10 Federal appropriation...... 340,000 11 (10) "Water Quality Outreach 12 Operator Training." 13 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 14 (11) "Water Quality Management 15 Planning Grants." 16 Federal appropriation...... 1,150,000 17 (12) "Small Operator's 18 Assistance." 19 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 20 (13) "Wellhead Protection Fund." 21 Federal appropriation...... 250,000 22 (14) "Indoor Radon Abatement." 23 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 24 (15) "Non-Point Source 25 Implementation 319(h)." 26 Federal appropriation...... 12,800,000 27 (16) "Hydroelectric Power 28 Conservation Fund." 29 Federal appropriation...... 51,000 30 (17) "Survey Studies." 20060H2499B3673 - 80 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 2 (18) "National Dam Safety." 3 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 4 (19) "Great Lakes Restoration." 5 Federal appropriation...... 1,700,000 6 (20) "Training Reimbursement 7 Program for Small Systems." 8 Federal appropriation...... 3,500,000 9 (21) "State Energy Program (SEP)." 10 Federal appropriation...... 4,951,000 11 (22) "Pollution Prevention." 12 Federal appropriation...... 600,000 13 (23) "Heavy Duty Vehicle Program." 14 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 15 (24) "Alternative Fuels." 16 Federal appropriation...... 175,000 17 (25) "National Industrial 18 Competitiveness." 19 Federal appropriation...... 933,000 20 (26) "Energy and Environmental 21 Opportunities." 22 Federal appropriation...... 1,200,000 23 For the Chesapeake Bay Pollution 24 Abatement Program. 25 State appropriation........ 3,271,000 26 The following Federal amounts are 27 appropriated to supplement the sum 28 appropriated for the Chesapeake Bay 29 Pollution Abatement Program: 30 (1) "Chesapeake Bay Pollution 20060H2499B3673 - 81 -
1 Abatement." 2 Federal appropriation...... 6,200,000 3 For Environmental Protection 4 Operations. 5 State appropriation........ 87,897,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for Environmental 9 Protection Operations: 10 (1) "EPA - Planning Grant - 11 Administration." 12 Federal appropriation...... 7,800,000 13 (2) "Water Pollution Control 14 Grants." 15 Federal appropriation...... 4,800,000 16 (3) "Air Pollution Control 17 Grants." 18 Federal appropriation...... 2,900,000 19 (4) "Surface Mine Control and 20 Reclamation." 21 Federal appropriation...... 7,583,000 22 (5) "Training and Education of 23 Underground Coal Miners." 24 Federal appropriation...... 1,700,000 25 (6) "Construction Management 26 Assistance Grants." 27 Federal appropriation...... 350,000 28 (7) "Safe Drinking Water." 29 Federal appropriation...... 2,700,000 30 (8) "Oil Pollution Spills 20060H2499B3673 - 82 -
1 Removal." 2 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 3 For safe water projects. 4 State appropriation........ 8,500,000 5 For storm water management 6 demonstration projects. 7 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 8 For the black fly control project. 9 State appropriation........ 4,415,000 10 For West Nile virus control. 11 State appropriation........ 7,473,000 12 For flood control projects. 13 State appropriation........ 2,793,000 14 For storm water management grants. 15 State appropriation........ 1,200,000 16 For sewage facilities planning 17 grants. 18 State appropriation........ 1,950,000 19 For sewage facilities enforcement 20 grants. 21 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 22 For water contamination remediation 23 grants. 24 State appropriation........ 550,000 25 For payment of Pennsylvania's share 26 of the expenses of the River Master 27 for the Delaware River. 28 State appropriation........ 94,000 29 For support of the Ohio River Basin 30 Commission. 20060H2499B3673 - 83 -
1 State appropriation........ 14,000 2 For support of the Susquehanna 3 River Basin Commission. 4 State appropriation........ 1,232,000 5 For support of the Interstate 6 Commission on the Potomac River Basin. 7 State appropriation........ 48,000 8 For conduct of the Delaware River 9 Basin Commission. 10 State appropriation........ 1,382,000 11 For support of the Ohio River 12 Valley Water Sanitation Commission. 13 State appropriation........ 164,000 14 For support of the Chesapeake Bay 15 Commission. 16 State appropriation........ 265,000 17 For the Chesapeake Bay Commission 18 Education program. 19 State appropriation........ 300,000 20 For payments to conservation 21 districts. 22 State appropriation........ 3,550,000 23 For payment of Pennsylvania's share 24 of the costs of the Interstate Mining 25 Commission. 26 State appropriation........ 38,000 27 For the Sea Grants Program. 28 State appropriation........ 200,000 29 Section 214. Department of General 30 Services.--The following amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 84 -
1 appropriated to the Department of 2 General Services. Federal State 3 For general government operations 4 of the Department of General Services, 5 including the administration and 6 operation of the Capitol Police. 7 State appropriation........ 70,948,000 8 For Harristown rental charges. 9 State appropriation........ 6,674,000 10 For utility costs, including 11 implementation of third-party shared 12 savings programs. 13 State appropriation........ 16,984,000 14 For Harristown utility and 15 municipal charges, including 16 implementation of third-party shared 17 savings programs. 18 State appropriation........ 11,351,000 19 For asbestos and hazardous 20 materials needs. 21 State appropriation........ 150,000 22 For excess insurance coverage. 23 State appropriation........ 1,296,000 24 For fire protection services for 25 the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. 26 State appropriation........ 1,020,000 27 Section 215. Department of 28 Health.--The following amounts are 29 appropriated to the Department of 30 Health: Federal State 20060H2499B3673 - 85 -
1 For general government operations 2 of the Department of Health. 3 State appropriation........ 26,134,000 4 The following Federal amounts are 5 appropriated to supplement the sum 6 appropriated for general government 7 operations: 8 (1) "WIC - Administration and 9 Operation." 10 Federal appropriation...... 13,000,000 11 (2) "Health Assessment." 12 Federal appropriation...... 455,000 13 (3) "PHHSBG - Administration and 14 Operation." 15 Federal appropriation...... 3,167,000 16 (4) "SABG - Administration and 17 Operation." 18 Federal appropriation...... 6,712,000 19 (5) "MCHSBG - Administration and 20 Operation." 21 Federal appropriation...... 18,371,000 22 (6) "Adult Blood Lead 23 Epidemiology." 24 Federal appropriation...... 43,000 25 (7) "EMS for Children." 26 Federal appropriation...... 166,000 27 (8) "TB - Administration and 28 Operation." 29 Federal appropriation...... 770,000 30 (9) "Trauma Planning." 20060H2499B3673 - 86 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 60,000 2 (10) "Lead - Administration and 3 Operation." 4 Federal appropriation...... 800,000 5 (11) "AIDS Health Education 6 Administration and Operation." 7 Federal appropriation...... 3,830,000 8 (12) "Primary Care Cooperative 9 Agreements." 10 Federal appropriation...... 343,000 11 (13) "HIV/AIDS Surveillance." 12 Federal appropriation...... 1,419,000 13 (14) "HIV Care Administration and 14 Operation." 15 Federal appropriation...... 1,350,000 16 (15) "Crash Outcomes Data 17 Evaluation." 18 Federal appropriation...... 54,000 19 (16) "State Incentive Grant - 20 Administration and Operation." 21 Federal appropriation...... 2,967,000 22 (17) "Rural Access to Emergency 23 Devices." 24 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 25 (18) "Cancer Prevention and 26 Control." 27 Federal appropriation...... 5,200,000 28 (19) "Environmental Public Health 29 Tracking." 30 Federal appropriation...... 712,000 20060H2499B3673 - 87 -
1 For the establishment, 2 administration and operation of the 3 Pennsylvania Injury and Reporting 4 Intervention System. 5 State appropriation........ 1,300,000 6 For the Organ Donation Awareness 7 Program. 8 State appropriation........ 109,000 9 For Diabetes Programs. 10 State appropriation........ 426,000 11 The following Federal amounts are 12 appropriated to supplement the sum 13 appropriated for diabetes programs: 14 (1) "Diabetes Control." 15 Federal appropriation...... 624,000 16 For Quality Assurance. A portion of 17 this appropriation shall be used for 18 the negotiation of criteria for 19 renewal or permanent approval of the 20 services provided under the 21 angioplasty demonstration project and 22 no change in the criteria as initially 23 approved under the demonstration shall 24 occur absent regulations or agreement 25 by the hospitals participating in the 26 demonstration project. 27 State appropriation........ 16,057,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated to supplement the sum 30 appropriated for the Quality Assurance 20060H2499B3673 - 88 -
1 Program: 2 (1) "Medicare - Health Service 3 Agency Certification." 4 Federal appropriation...... 11,675,000 5 (2) "Medicaid Certification." 6 Federal appropriation...... 6,487,000 7 For Vital Statistics. 8 State appropriation........ 6,677,000 9 The following Federal amounts are 10 appropriated to supplement the sum 11 appropriated for vital statistics: 12 (1) "Cooperative Health 13 Statistics." 14 Federal appropriation...... 1,229,000 15 (2) "Health Statistics." 16 Federal appropriation...... 56,000 17 (3) "Traumatic Brain Injury." 18 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 19 For the State Laboratory. 20 State appropriation........ 4,072,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated to supplement the sum 23 appropriated for the State Laboratory: 24 (1) "Clinical Laboratory 25 Improvement." 26 Federal appropriation...... 636,000 27 (2) "Epidemiology and Laboratory 28 Surveillance and Response." 29 Federal appropriation...... 1,358,000 30 For the State health care centers. 20060H2499B3673 - 89 -
1 State appropriation........ 22,383,000 2 The following Federal amounts are 3 appropriated to supplement the sum 4 appropriated for the State health care 5 centers: 6 (1) "Disease Control Immunization 7 Program - Project Grants." 8 Federal appropriation...... 10,203,000 9 (2) "PHHSBG - Block Program 10 Services." 11 Federal appropriation...... 3,679,000 12 (3) "Preventive Health Special 13 Projects." 14 Federal appropriation...... 3,690,000 15 (4) "Lake Erie Beach Monitoring." 16 Federal appropriation...... 460,000 17 (5) "Steps to a Healthier U.S." 18 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 19 For sexually transmitted disease 20 screening and treatment. 21 State appropriation........ 2,195,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for sexually transmitted 25 disease screening and testing: 26 (1) "Survey and Follow-up - 27 Sexually Transmitted Diseases." 28 Federal appropriation...... 3,257,000 29 For screening of newborns. 30 State appropriation........ 4,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 90 -
1 For the primary health care 2 practitioner program. 3 State appropriation........ 4,630,000 4 The following Federal amounts are 5 appropriated to supplement the sum 6 appropriated for the primary health 7 care practitioner program: 8 (1) "Loan Repayment Program." 9 Federal appropriation...... 312,000 10 (2) "Rural Hospital Flexibility 11 Program." 12 Federal appropriation...... 558,000 13 (3) "Medical Assistance - Primary 14 Health Care." 15 Federal appropriation...... 800,000 16 For cancer control programs. 17 State appropriation........ 2,085,000 18 For AIDS Programs. At least 19 $1,000,000 of this appropriation shall 20 be used for minority AIDS awareness 21 programs and for minority AIDS 22 prevention programs. 23 State appropriation........ 7,801,000 24 The following Federal amounts are 25 appropriated to supplement the sum 26 appropriated for AIDS programs: 27 (1) "AIDS Health Education." 28 Federal appropriation...... 1,793,000 29 (2) "HIV Care." 30 Federal appropriation...... 12,400,000 20060H2499B3673 - 91 -
1 (3) "Housing Opportunities for 2 People with AIDS." 3 Federal appropriation...... 1,771,000 4 For regional cancer institutes. 5 State appropriation........ 2,400,000 6 For rural cancer outreach. 7 State appropriation........ 200,000 8 For reimbursement to school 9 districts on account of health 10 services. 11 State appropriation........ 38,842,000 12 For maintenance of local health 13 departments. 14 State appropriation........ 27,607,000 15 For local health departments for 16 environmental health services. 17 State appropriation........ 7,474,000 18 For maternal and child health 19 services. 20 State appropriation........ 2,090,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated to supplement the sum 23 appropriated for maternal and child 24 health: 25 (1) "MCH Lead Poisoning Prevention 26 and Abatement." 27 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 28 (2) "MCHSBG - Program Services," 29 including $150,000 for epilepsy 30 services. 20060H2499B3673 - 92 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 19,109,000 2 (3) "Special Supplemental Food 3 Service Program for Women, Infants and 4 Children (WIC)." 5 Federal appropriation...... 162,000,000 6 In addition to the specific amounts 7 appropriated herein, all other moneys 8 received from the Federal Government 9 for the Special Supplemental Food 10 Service Program for Women, Infants and 11 Children are hereby appropriated to 12 such program. 13 (4) "Environmental Assessment - 14 Child Lead Poisoning." 15 Federal appropriation...... 234,000 16 (5) "Family Health Special 17 Projects." 18 Federal appropriation...... 245,000 19 (6) "Screening Newborns." 20 Federal appropriation...... 219,000 21 (7) "Newborn Hearing Screening and 22 Intervention." 23 Federal appropriation...... 422,000 24 For grants to counties and private 25 facilities to finance drug and alcohol 26 abuse treatment and prevention 27 programs. 28 State appropriation........ 38,646,000 29 The following Federal amounts are 30 appropriated to supplement the sum 20060H2499B3673 - 93 -
1 appropriated for alcohol and drug 2 grant programs: 3 (1) "SABG - Drug and Alcohol 4 Services." 5 Federal appropriation...... 58,328,000 6 (2) "Substance Abuse Special 7 Project Grants." 8 Federal appropriation...... 13,167,000 9 (3) "Access to Recovery." 10 Federal appropriation...... 15,000,000 11 For tuberculosis screening and 12 treatment. 13 State appropriation........ 1,009,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for tuberculosis 17 screening and treatment: 18 (1) "Tuberculosis Control 19 Program." 20 Federal appropriation...... 165,000 21 For renal dialysis services. 22 State appropriation........ 8,895,000 23 For services to children with 24 special needs. This appropriation 25 includes funding for spina bifida 26 services, $944,000 for the Ventilator- 27 Assisted Children's Home Program 28 including case management and respite 29 care services. 30 State appropriation........ 1,645,000 20060H2499B3673 - 94 -
1 For adult cystic fibrosis. 2 State appropriation........ 685,000 3 For diagnosis and treatment for 4 Cooley's anemia. 5 State appropriation........ 165,000 6 For arthritis outreach and 7 education. There shall be an equitable 8 distribution of this appropriation 9 between the central, western and 10 eastern regions of this Commonwealth 11 based on the ratio of population 12 served in each region to the total 13 population served in this 14 Commonwealth. 15 State appropriation........ 412,000 16 For hemophilia services. 17 State appropriation........ 1,428,000 18 For lupus programs. 19 State appropriation........ 275,000 20 For sickle-cell anemia services, 21 including camps for children with 22 sickle cell anemia. 23 State appropriation........ 2,003,000 24 For regional poison control 25 centers. 26 State appropriation........ 1,250,000 27 For trauma prevention program 28 coordination. 29 State appropriation........ 350,000 30 For trauma center certification. 20060H2499B3673 - 95 -
1 State appropriation........ 100,000 2 For rural trauma preparedness and 3 outreach. 4 State appropriation........ 200,000 5 For epilepsy support services. 6 State appropriation........ 600,000 7 For the Keystone Games. 8 State appropriation........ 220,000 9 For bio-technology research. 10 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 11 For Tourette's Syndrome. 12 State appropriation........ 100,000 13 For emergency care research. 14 State appropriation........ 1,500,000 15 For newborn hearing screening 16 projects. 17 State appropriation........ 500,000 18 For osteoporosis prevention and 19 education programs. 20 State appropriation........ 95,000 21 For health research and services. 22 State appropriation........ 14,131,000 23 For the Charcot-Marie-Tooth 24 Syndrome Awareness Program. 25 State appropriation........ 250,000 26 Section 216. Insurance 27 Department.--The following amounts are 28 appropriated to the Insurance 29 Department: Federal State 30 For general government operations 20060H2499B3673 - 96 -
1 of the Insurance Department. 2 State appropriation........ 23,042,000 3 For Children's Health Insurance 4 Administration. 5 State appropriation........ 1,944,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for children's health 9 insurance administration. 10 (1) "Children's Health Insurance 11 Administration." 12 Federal appropriation...... 4,932,000 13 For administration of the Adult 14 Basic Coverage Insurance Program. 15 State appropriation........ 2,677,000 16 For children's health insurance. 17 State appropriation........ 45,423,000 18 The following Federal amounts are 19 appropriated to supplement the sum 20 appropriated for children's health 21 insurance: 22 (1) "Children's Health Insurance 23 Program." 24 Federal appropriation...... 153,171,000 25 For repayment of the loan from the 26 Underground Storage Tank 27 Indemnification Fund. 28 State appropriation........ 7,500,000 29 Section 217. Department of Labor 30 and Industry.--The following amounts 20060H2499B3673 - 97 -
1 are appropriated to the Department of 2 Labor and Industry: Federal State 3 For general government operations 4 of the Department of Labor and 5 Industry. 6 State appropriation........ 14,612,000 7 The following Federal amounts are 8 appropriated to supplement the sum 9 appropriated for general government 10 operations: 11 (1) "Workforce Investment Act - 12 Administration." 13 Federal appropriation...... 8,500,000 14 (2) "Career Resources Network." 15 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 16 (3) "Community Service and Corps." 17 Federal appropriation...... 10,067,000 18 (4) "Disability Determination." 19 Federal appropriation...... 91,881,000 20 (5) "New Hires." 21 Federal appropriation...... 1,738,000 22 For occupational and industrial 23 safety. 24 State appropriation........ 11,626,000 25 For PENNSAFE. 26 State appropriation........ 1,258,000 27 The following Federal amounts are 28 appropriated to supplement the sum 29 appropriated for PENNSAFE: 30 (1) "Underground Utility Line 20060H2499B3673 - 98 -
1 Protection." 2 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 3 For the Pennsylvania Conservation 4 Corps, which includes up to $200,000 5 for matching funds for the National 6 and Community Service Trust Act. 7 State appropriation........ 5,472,000 8 For occupational disease payments. 9 State appropriation........ 1,529,000 10 For a separate State-funded 11 vocational rehabilitation program to 12 provide vocational rehabilitation 13 services leading to competitive 14 employment for OVR eligible persons 15 with disabilities unable to receive 16 services through the Federal 17 Vocational Rehabilitation Program. 18 State appropriation........ 3,600,000 19 For entrepreneurial assistance 20 including the Independence Capital 21 Access Network (ICAN) Program to 22 provide grants and outreach to 23 businesses to purchase specialized or 24 adaptive equipment. 25 State appropriation........ 955,000 26 For the payment to the Vocational 27 Rehabilitation Fund for work of the 28 State Board of Vocational 29 Rehabilitation. This appropriation 30 contains $2,583,394 for a Statewide 20060H2499B3673 - 99 -
1 professional service provider 2 association for the blind to provide 3 specialized services and prevention of 4 blindness services. 5 State appropriation........ 38,083,000 6 For supported employment. 7 State appropriation........ 1,039,000 8 For centers for independent living, 9 including independent living services 10 purchased by Office of Vocational 11 Rehabilitation District Offices. 12 State appropriation........ 2,250,000 13 To carry out the provisions of 14 section 306(h) of the act of June 2, 15 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the 16 Workers' Compensation Act. 17 State appropriation........ 155,000 18 For training activities. 19 State appropriation........ 17,025,000 20 For an assistive technology program 21 to benefit persons with disabilities 22 and older Pennsylvanians. 23 State appropriation........ 801,000 24 For self-employment assistance. 25 State appropriation........ 2,500,000 26 For employment services. 27 State appropriation........ 9,200,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated for employment services: 30 (1) "Reed Act - Unemployment 20060H2499B3673 - 100 -
1 Insurance." For administrative 2 expenses of the unemployment insurance 3 program. The amount obligated shall 4 not exceed at any time the amount by 5 which the aggregate of the amounts 6 transferred to the unemployment 7 compensation account of the 8 Commonwealth by the Federal Government 9 in October of 1999, 2000 and 2001 10 pursuant to section 903 of the Social 11 Security Act exceeds the aggregate of 12 the amounts obligated for 13 administration and paid out for 14 benefits from the account and that are 15 made available to the Commonwealth 16 through a distribution by the Federal 17 Government in October of 1999, 2000 18 and 2001. 19 Federal appropriation...... 12,000,000 20 (2) "Reed Act - Employment 21 Services and Unemployment Insurance." 22 (a) For administrative expenses of 23 the public employment offices and 24 unemployment insurance program, 25 including staff and related costs to 26 provide reemployment services to 27 unemployment claimants to enhance the 28 public employment service and PA 29 CareerLink service delivery systems 30 and to train and give technical 20060H2499B3673 - 101 -
1 assistance and professional 2 development to staff who deliver 3 employment and workforce services. The 4 amount obligated shall not exceed at 5 any time the amount by which the 6 aggregate of the amounts transferred 7 to the unemployment compensation 8 account of the Commonwealth pursuant 9 to section 903(d) of the Social 10 Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. 11 § 301 et seq.) exceeds the aggregate 12 of the amounts obligated for 13 administration and paid out for 14 benefits from the account and that are 15 made available to the Commonwealth 16 under section 903(d) of the Social 17 Security Act. 18 (b) For administrative expenses of 19 unemployment insurance program, 20 including: improvements to the 21 unemployment insurance program's 22 information processing and 23 telecommunications systems and 24 applications; staffing; service 25 contracts, and technology to address 26 the unemployment compensation program 27 appeals workload; and interest 28 payments on loans. The amount 29 obligated shall not exceed at any time 30 the amount by which the aggregate of 20060H2499B3673 - 102 -
1 the amounts transferred to the 2 unemployment compensation account of 3 the Commonwealth pursuant to section 4 903(d) of the Social Security Act 5 exceeds the aggregate of the amounts 6 obligated for administration and paid 7 out for benefits from the account and 8 that are made available to the 9 Commonwealth under section 903(d) of 10 the Social Security Act. 11 Federal appropriation...... 315,935,000 12 (3) "WIA - Adult Employment and 13 Training." 14 Federal appropriation...... 60,000,000 15 (4) "WIA - Youth Employment and 16 Training." 17 Federal appropriation...... 52,000,000 18 (5) "WIA - Statewide Activities." 19 Federal appropriation...... 23,000,000 20 (6) "WIA - Dislocated Workers." 21 Federal appropriation...... 109,000,000 22 (7) "WIA - Veterans Employment and 23 Training." 24 Federal appropriation...... 900,000 25 (8) "TANFBG - Youth Employment and 26 Training." 27 Federal appropriation...... 15,000,000 28 For industry partnerships. 29 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 30 Section 218. Department of 20060H2499B3673 - 103 -
1 Military and Veterans Affairs.--The 2 following sums are appropriated to the 3 Department of Military and Veterans 4 Affairs: Federal State 5 For general government operations 6 of the Department of Military and 7 Veterans Affairs. 8 State appropriation........ 18,333,000 9 The following Federal amounts are 10 appropriated to supplement the sum 11 appropriated for general government 12 operations: 13 (1) "Facilities Maintenance." 14 Federal appropriation...... 46,537,000 15 (2) "Federal Construction Grants." 16 Federal appropriation...... 50,000,000 17 For honor guards for burials of 18 veterans. 19 State appropriation........ 36,000 20 For maintenance of monuments to 21 Pennsylvania servicemen who died on 22 foreign soil. 23 State appropriation........ 10,000 24 For armory maintenance and repair. 25 State appropriation........ 1,379,000 26 For special State duty costs for 27 missions which are performed to 28 alleviate disasters or emergencies. 29 State appropriation........ 36,000 30 For the operation and maintenance 20060H2499B3673 - 104 -
1 of the veterans' homes. 2 State appropriation........ 79,584,000 3 The following Federal amounts are 4 appropriated to supplement the sum 5 appropriated for the veterans' homes: 6 (1) "Operations and Maintenance." 7 Federal appropriation...... 26,810,000 8 (2) "Medicare Services." 9 Federal appropriation...... 636,000 10 For the Scotland School for 11 Veterans' Children. 12 State appropriation........ 9,223,000 13 The following Federal amounts are 14 appropriated to supplement the sum 15 appropriated for the Scotland School 16 for Veterans' Children: 17 (1) "ESEA Education Program." 18 Federal appropriation...... 210,000 19 (2) "School Milk Program." 20 Federal appropriation...... 280,000 21 (3) "Drug Free Schools." 22 Federal appropriation...... 1,000 23 (4) "Education Enhancement." 24 Federal appropriation...... 20,000 25 For payment of gratuities for the 26 education of children of certain 27 veterans. 28 State appropriation........ 190,000 29 For transfer to the Educational 30 Assistance Program Fund. 20060H2499B3673 - 105 -
1 State appropriation........ 10,000,000 2 For assistance to veterans who are 3 ill or disabled and without means of 4 support. 5 State appropriation........ 1,230,000 6 For pensions for veterans blinded 7 through service-connected injuries or 8 disease. 9 State appropriation........ 306,000 10 To provide for pensions for 11 paralyzed veterans as required by 51 12 Pa.C.S. § 7702 (relating to paralyzed 13 veterans' pension). 14 State appropriation........ 527,000 15 For payment of pensions to 16 dependents of soldiers of the 17 Pennsylvania National Guard killed in 18 the line of duty. 19 State appropriation........ 5,000 20 For the Civil Air Patrol. 21 State appropriation........ 450,000 22 For Disabled American Veterans' 23 Transportation. 24 State appropriation........ 250,000 25 Section 219. Department of Public 26 Welfare.--The following sums are 27 appropriated to the Department of 28 Public Welfare: Federal State 29 For general government operations 30 of the Department of Public Welfare. 20060H2499B3673 - 106 -
1 State appropriation........ 58,629,000 2 The following Federal amounts are 3 appropriated to supplement the sum 4 appropriated for general government 5 operations: 6 (1) "Child Welfare Services - 7 Administration." 8 Federal appropriation...... 2,054,000 9 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E - 10 Administration." 11 Federal appropriation...... 5,353,000 12 (3) "CCDFBG - Administration." 13 Federal appropriation...... 13,480,000 14 (4) "Medical Assistance - 15 Administration." 16 Federal appropriation...... 23,694,000 17 (5) "TANFBG - Administration." 18 Federal appropriation...... 5,180,000 19 (6) "Food Stamps - 20 Administration." 21 Federal appropriation...... 4,560,000 22 (7) "Developmental Disabilities - 23 Basic Support." 24 Federal appropriation...... 4,090,000 25 (8) "Refugees and Persons Seeking 26 Asylum - Administration." 27 Federal appropriation...... 1,588,000 28 (9) "Disabled Education - 29 Administration." 30 Federal appropriation...... 1,522,000 20060H2499B3673 - 107 -
1 (10) "MHSBG - Administration." 2 Federal appropriation...... 169,000 3 (11) "SSBG - Administration." 4 Federal appropriation...... 3,691,000 5 (12) "Training - Lead-Based Paint 6 Abatement." 7 Federal appropriation...... 137,000 8 (13) "Community-Based Family 9 Resource and Support Administration." 10 Federal appropriation...... 689,000 11 (14) "Real Choice Systems Change." 12 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 13 (15) "Medical Assistance 14 Infrastructure." 15 Federal appropriation...... 825,000 16 (16) "Locally Organized Systems of 17 Child Care." 18 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 19 For information systems. 20 State appropriation........ 49,895,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated to supplement the sum 23 appropriated for information systems: 24 (1) "Medical Assistance - 25 Information Systems." 26 Federal appropriation...... 35,123,000 27 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E - 28 Information Systems." 29 Federal appropriation...... 878,000 30 (3) "TANFBG - Information 20060H2499B3673 - 108 -
1 Systems." 2 Federal appropriation...... 9,556,000 3 (4) "Food Stamps - Information 4 Systems." 5 Federal appropriation...... 10,283,000 6 (5) "Child Support Enforcement - 7 Information Systems." 8 Federal appropriation...... 7,740,000 9 For Statewide operations related to 10 county administration of the public 11 assistance and medical assistance 12 programs. 13 State appropriation........ 41,588,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for Statewide operations 17 relating to county administration: 18 (1) "TANFBG - Statewide." 19 Federal appropriation...... 3,518,000 20 (2) "Medical Assistance - 21 Statewide." 22 Federal appropriation...... 44,219,000 23 (3) "Food Stamps - Statewide." 24 Federal appropriation...... 25,206,000 25 (4) "Ryan White - Statewide." 26 Federal appropriation...... 141,000 27 For county assistance office 28 operations related to administration 29 of the public assistance and medical 30 assistance programs. 20060H2499B3673 - 109 -
1 State appropriation........ 254,304,000 2 The following Federal amounts are 3 appropriated to supplement the sum 4 appropriated for county assistance 5 offices: 6 (1) "TANFBG - County Assistance 7 Offices." 8 Federal appropriation...... 44,190,000 9 (2) "Medical Assistance - County 10 Assistance Offices." 11 Federal appropriation...... 81,232,000 12 (3) "Food Stamps - County 13 Assistance Offices." 14 Federal appropriation...... 78,685,000 15 (4) "SSBG - County Assistance 16 Offices." 17 Federal appropriation...... 6,262,000 18 (5) "LIHEABG - Administration and 19 Audit Costs." In addition to the 20 specific amounts appropriated herein, 21 all other moneys received from the 22 Federal Government for the 23 administration of the LIHEAP program 24 are hereby appropriated to this 25 program. 26 Federal appropriation...... 12,164,000 27 For child support enforcement. 28 State appropriation........ 9,594,000 29 The following Federal amounts are 30 appropriated to supplement the sum 20060H2499B3673 - 110 -
1 appropriated for child support 2 enforcement: 3 (1) "Child Support Enforcement 4 Program - Title IV-D." 5 Federal appropriation...... 127,386,000 6 For New Directions. 7 State appropriation........ 60,943,000 8 The following Federal amounts are 9 appropriated to supplement the sum 10 appropriated for New Directions: 11 (1) "TANFBG - New Directions." 12 This appropriation includes $1,985,000 13 for job training and life skills 14 programs in cities of the first class 15 and $825,000 for job training program 16 for dislocated mine workers in 17 southwestern Pennsylvania. 18 Federal appropriation...... 163,286,000 19 (2) "Medical Assistance - New 20 Directions." 21 Federal appropriation...... 4,325,000 22 (3) "Food Stamps - New 23 Directions." 24 Federal appropriation...... 9,508,000 25 For youth development institutions 26 and forestry camps. 27 State appropriation........ 64,896,000 28 The following Federal amounts are 29 appropriated to supplement the sum 30 appropriated for youth development 20060H2499B3673 - 111 -
1 institutions: 2 (1) "SSBG - Basic Institutional 3 Programs." 4 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 5 (2) "Food Nutrition Services." 6 Federal appropriation...... 1,015,000 7 (3) "DFSC - Special Program - 8 Juvenile Aftercare." 9 Federal appropriation...... 1,225,000 10 For mental health services, 11 including grants to counties exclusive 12 of capital improvements. This 13 appropriation includes $100,000 for a 14 study of the Allegheny County Mental 15 Health Court system. This 16 appropriation includes sufficient 17 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 18 for community programs for direct care 19 staff. 20 State appropriation........ 678,281,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated to supplement the sum 23 appropriated for mental health 24 services: 25 (1) "Medical Assistance - Mental 26 Health." 27 Federal appropriation...... 223,482,000 28 (2) "Medicare Services - State 29 Mental Hospitals." 30 Federal appropriation...... 8,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 112 -
1 (3) "Homeless Mentally Ill." 2 Federal appropriation...... 2,059,000 3 (4) "MHSBG - Community Mental 4 Health Services." 5 Federal appropriation...... 15,590,000 6 (5) "SSBG - Community Mental 7 Health Services." 8 Federal appropriation...... 14,808,000 9 (6) "Emergency Response Capacity." 10 Federal appropriation...... 102,000 11 (7) "Co-occurring Behavioral 12 Disorder Treatment." 13 Federal appropriation...... 1,100,000 14 (8) "RTF Restraint Elimination." 15 Federal appropriation...... 237,000 16 (9) "Mental Health System 17 Transformation." 18 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 19 (10) "Mental Health Housing 20 Support." 21 Federal appropriation...... 334,000 22 (11) "Targeted Capacity Expansion 23 for Jail Diversion." 24 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 25 (12) "Suicide Prevention." 26 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 27 (13) "Mental Health Transformation 28 Incentive." 29 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 30 (14) "Mental Health Data 20060H2499B3673 - 113 -
1 Infrastructure." 2 Federal appropriation...... 169,000 3 For State centers for the mentally 4 retarded. 5 State appropriation........ 104,407,000 6 The following Federal amounts are 7 appropriated to supplement the sum 8 appropriated for the State centers for 9 the mentally retarded: 10 (1) "Medical Assistance - State 11 Centers." 12 Federal appropriation...... 150,925,000 13 (2) "Medicare Services - State 14 Centers." 15 Federal appropriation...... 704,000 16 For cash assistance grants 17 including employment and training and 18 child care services for cash 19 assistance recipients and child care 20 services for former cash assistance 21 recipients. 22 State appropriation........ 421,717,000 23 The following Federal amounts are 24 appropriated to supplement the sum 25 appropriated for cash assistance: 26 (1) "TANFBG - Cash Grants." The 27 department, upon approval of the 28 Secretary of the Budget, may transfer 29 funds from this appropriation to the 30 CCDFBG-Child Care Services 20060H2499B3673 - 114 -
1 appropriation to provide child care 2 services to additional low-income 3 families provided that such transfer 4 of funds will not result in a deficit 5 in this appropriation. The Secretary 6 of the Budget shall provide, ten days 7 prior to any transfer, notice of any 8 such transfer to the chairman and 9 minority chairman of the 10 Appropriations Committee of the Senate 11 and the chairman and minority chairman 12 of the Appropriations Committee of the 13 House of Representatives. 14 Federal appropriation...... 253,110,000 15 (2) "CCDFBG - Cash Grants." The 16 department, upon approval of the 17 Secretary of the Budget, may transfer 18 funds from this appropriation to the 19 CCDFBG-Child Care Services 20 appropriation to provide child care 21 services to additional low-income 22 families provided that such transfer 23 of funds will not result in a deficit 24 in this appropriation. The Secretary 25 of the Budget shall provide, ten days 26 prior to any transfer, notice of any 27 such transfer to the chairman and 28 minority chairman of the 29 Appropriations Committee of the Senate 30 and the chairman and minority chairman 20060H2499B3673 - 115 -
1 of the Appropriations Committee of the 2 House of Representatives. 3 Federal appropriation...... 146,303,000 4 (3) "Other Federal Support - Cash 5 Grants." 6 Federal appropriation...... 33,238,000 7 (4) "LIHEABG - Program." 8 Federal appropriation...... 152,684,000 9 In addition to the specific amounts 10 appropriated herein, all other moneys 11 received from the Federal Government 12 for the LIHEAP program, either through 13 an increase in the regular program or 14 pursuant to a Presidential release of 15 contingency funds, are hereby 16 appropriated to this program. 17 For Supplemental Grants to the 18 Aged, Blind and Disabled. 19 State appropriation........ 127,602,000 20 For medical assistance payments - 21 outpatient services, exclusive of 22 outpatient services provided through 23 capitation plans. The Department of 24 Public Welfare shall not require a 25 recipient to obtain a physician 26 referral in order to receive 27 chiropractic services. The Department 28 of Public Welfare shall not expend or 29 authorize the expenditure of any funds 30 for family planning services in excess 20060H2499B3673 - 116 -
1 of the amounts expended for such 2 services in the 2004-2005 fiscal year 3 and any such funds which are expended 4 shall be subject to the same 5 restrictions contained in the 6 appropriation for grants for women's 7 medical services. 8 State appropriation........ 921,080,000 9 The following Federal amounts are 10 appropriated to supplement the sum 11 appropriated for medical assistance - 12 outpatient: 13 (1) "Medical Assistance - 14 Outpatient." The Department of Public 15 Welfare shall not require a recipient 16 to obtain a physician referral in 17 order to receive chiropractic 18 services. The Department of Public 19 Welfare shall not expend or authorize 20 the expenditure of any funds for 21 family planning services in excess of 22 the amounts expended for such services 23 in the 2004-2005 fiscal year and any 24 such funds which are expended shall be 25 subject to the same restrictions 26 contained in the appropriation for 27 grants for women's medical services. 28 Federal appropriation......1,288,555,000 29 For medical assistance payments - 30 inpatient, exclusive of inpatient 20060H2499B3673 - 117 -
1 services provided through capitation 2 plans. 3 State appropriation........ 432,693,000 4 The following Federal amounts are 5 appropriated to supplement the sum 6 appropriated for medical assistance - 7 inpatient services: 8 (1) "Medical Assistance - 9 Inpatient." 10 Federal appropriation...... 599,401,000 11 For medical assistance payments - 12 capitation plans. For provision of 13 outpatient services and inpatient 14 hospital services to eligible persons 15 enrolled in an approved capitation 16 plan. No part of this appropriation 17 shall be used to pay any provider who 18 has not supplied information in such 19 form as required by the department in 20 order to facilitate claims for Federal 21 financial participation for services 22 rendered to general assistance 23 clients. The Department of Public 24 Welfare shall not require a recipient 25 to obtain a physician referral in 26 order to receive chiropractic 27 services. 28 State appropriation........ 2,519,978,000 29 The following Federal amounts are 30 appropriated to supplement the sum 20060H2499B3673 - 118 -
1 appropriated for medical assistance - 2 capitation plans: 3 (1) "Medical Assistance - 4 Capitation." The Department of Public 5 Welfare shall not require a recipient 6 to obtain a physician referral in 7 order to receive chiropractic 8 services. 9 Federal appropriation......3,447,788,000 10 For medical assistance - long-term 11 care. 12 State appropriation........ 828,120,000 13 The following Federal amounts are 14 appropriated to supplement the sum 15 appropriated for long-term care: 16 (1) "Medical Assistance - Long- 17 Term Care." 18 Federal appropriation......2,135,321,000 19 No funds from any medical 20 assistance appropriation shall be used 21 to pay for services under medical 22 assistance for any child under 21 23 years of age who has a Supplemental 24 Security Income (SSI) level of 25 disability and whose parental income 26 is not currently considered in the 27 eligibility determination process, 28 unless the custodial parent or legally 29 responsible adult has provided to the 30 Department of Public Welfare, at 20060H2499B3673 - 119 -
1 application or redetermination, 2 information as required by the 3 department for inclusion in an annual 4 report. The department shall submit to 5 the Public Health and Welfare 6 Committee of the Senate and the Health 7 and Human Services Committee of the 8 House of Representatives an annual 9 report including, but not limited to, 10 the following data: family size, 11 household income, county of residence, 12 length of residence in Pennsylvania, 13 third-party insurance information, 14 diagnosis and the type and cost of 15 services paid for by the medical 16 assistance program on behalf of each 17 eligible and enrolled child that has 18 an SSI level of disability and where 19 parental income is not currently 20 considered in the eligibility 21 determination process. 22 Any rule, regulation or policy for 23 the State or Federal appropriations 24 for the cash assistance, outpatient, 25 inpatient, capitation, long-term care, 26 services to persons with disabilities, 27 supplemental grants to the aged, blind 28 and disabled, child care and attendant 29 care programs adopted by the Secretary 30 of Public Welfare during the fiscal 20060H2499B3673 - 120 -
1 period 2006-2007 which add to the cost 2 of any public assistance program shall 3 be effective only from and after the 4 date upon which it is approved as to 5 the availability of funds by the 6 Governor. 7 For trauma centers. 8 State appropriation........ 12,500,000 9 The following Federal amounts are 10 appropriated to supplement the sum 11 appropriated for medical assistance - 12 trauma centers. 13 (1) "Medical Assistance - Trauma 14 Centers." 15 Federal appropriation...... 15,309,000 16 For medical assistance payments to 17 qualifying State-related academic 18 medical centers under criteria 19 established by the department. It is 20 the intent of the General Assembly 21 that the qualifying academic medical 22 centers shall not receive any less 23 funding than received for the fiscal 24 year 2004-2005 State appropriation 25 level if Federal funding for academic 26 medical centers is not made available 27 to those academic medical centers 28 during fiscal year 2006-2007. 29 State appropriation........ 20,591,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 121 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for State-related 3 academic medical centers: 4 (1) "Medical Assistance - State- 5 related academic medical centers." It 6 is the intent of the General Assembly 7 that the qualifying academic medical 8 centers shall not receive any less 9 funding than received for the fiscal 10 year 2004-2005 State appropriation 11 level if Federal funding for academic 12 medical centers is not made available 13 to those academic medical centers 14 during fiscal year 2006-2007. 15 Federal appropriation...... 24,911,000 16 For medical assistance - 17 transportation. 18 State appropriation........ 50,904,000 19 The following Federal amounts are 20 appropriated to supplement the sum 21 appropriated for medical assistance - 22 transportation: 23 (1) "Medical Assistance - 24 Transportation." 25 Federal appropriation...... 43,362,000 26 It is the intent of the General 27 Assembly that these funds shall be 28 utilized as payment of last resort for 29 transportation services for eligible 30 medical assistance recipients. 20060H2499B3673 - 122 -
1 For women's service programs. 2 $4,430,000 shall be used for grants to 3 nonprofit agencies whose primary 4 function is to assist pregnant women 5 seeking alternatives to abortion. Such 6 funds shall be expended to provide 7 services to such women until 8 childbirth and for up to 12 months 9 thereafter, including, but not limited 10 to, food, shelter, clothing, health 11 care, counseling, adoption services, 12 parenting classes, assistance for 13 postdelivery stress and other 14 supportive programs and services and 15 for related outreach programs. Such 16 agencies may subcontract with other 17 nonprofit entities which operate 18 projects designed specifically to 19 provide all or a portion of the 20 foregoing services. Projects receiving 21 such funds shall not promote or refer 22 for or perform abortions or engage in 23 any counseling which is inconsistent 24 with this appropriation and shall be 25 physically and financially separate 26 from any component of any legal entity 27 engaging in such activities. 28 $4,430,000 shall be used for grants 29 for women's medical services, 30 including noninvasive contraception 20060H2499B3673 - 123 -
1 supplies. These funds shall not be 2 used to promote, perform or refer for 3 abortions or engage in abortion 4 counseling and projects supported by 5 these funds shall be physically and 6 financially separate from any such 7 abortion or abortion-related 8 activities. This separation shall be 9 verified by an annual independent 10 audit obtained by the entity providing 11 the services and submitted to the 12 Department of Public Welfare. Further 13 evidence of such physical and 14 financial separation shall be supplied 15 through such documentation as the 16 Department of Public Welfare shall 17 request. No later than March 30 of 18 each year, the Department of Public 19 Welfare shall submit a report to the 20 chairman and minority chairman of the 21 Appropriations Committee of the Senate 22 and the chairman and minority chairman 23 of the Appropriations Committee of the 24 House of Representatives and to the 25 chairman and minority chairman of the 26 Public Health and Welfare Committee of 27 the Senate and the chairman and 28 minority chairman of the Health and 29 Human Services Committee of the House 30 of Representatives regarding the 20060H2499B3673 - 124 -
1 number of audits filed, the adequacy 2 of the documentation submitted and any 3 recommendations to revise the 4 verification process. The physical and 5 financial separation requirement shall 6 not apply to a hospital or to a 7 project which receives Federal funds 8 pursuant to Title X of the Public 9 Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 42 10 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) and which 11 performs only those nondirective 12 abortion counseling and referral 13 services required under that act if 14 failure to perform those services will 15 result in the withholding of Federal 16 funds. The physical and financial 17 separation requirement shall not apply 18 to any abortion or to any abortion 19 referral or any abortion counseling in 20 connection therewith, which: 21 (1) on the basis of the 22 physician's good faith clinical 23 judgment, is necessary to prevent the 24 death of the mother or to prevent the 25 serious risk of substantial and 26 irreversible impairment of a major 27 bodily function; or 28 (2) is performed in the case of a 29 pregnancy caused by rape or incest. 30 State appropriation........ 8,860,000 20060H2499B3673 - 125 -
1 The following Federal amount is 2 appropriated to supplement the sum 3 appropriated for women's service 4 programs: 5 (1) "TANFBG - Alternatives to 6 Abortion." For grants to nonprofit 7 agencies whose primary function is to 8 assist pregnant women seeking 9 alternatives to abortion and who meet 10 the criteria for such grants. The 11 funds are dedicated for services to 12 women whose gross family income is 13 below 185% of the Federal Poverty 14 Guidelines. 15 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 16 For special pharmaceutical services 17 for AIDS-related services. 18 State appropriation........ 13,448,000 19 The following Federal amounts are 20 appropriated to supplement the sum 21 appropriated for special 22 pharmaceutical services for AIDS- 23 related services: 24 (1) "AIDS - Ryan White." 25 Federal appropriation...... 26,654,000 26 For special pharmaceutical services 27 for atypical antipsychotic drug 28 therapy for persons residing in the 29 community who suffer from 30 schizophrenia. 20060H2499B3673 - 126 -
1 State appropriation........ 5,886,000 2 For behavioral health services. It 3 is the intent of the General Assembly 4 that all available intergovernmental 5 transfer funds, including prior year 6 carryover, augmenting this 7 appropriation shall be spent prior to 8 State funds from this appropriation. 9 State appropriation........ 43,981,000 10 For psychiatric services in eastern 11 Pennsylvania. 12 State appropriation........ 3,500,000 13 For intermediate care 14 facilities/MR. 15 State appropriation........ 123,058,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated to supplement the sum 18 appropriated for intermediate care 19 facilities/MR: 20 (1) "Medical Assistance - 21 Intermediate Care Facilities - 22 Mentally Retarded." 23 Federal appropriation...... 167,078,000 24 For community mental retardation 25 services, exclusive of capital 26 improvements, which shall include 27 grants to counties for 28 noninstitutional programs. This 29 appropriation includes sufficient 30 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 20060H2499B3673 - 127 -
1 for direct care staff. 2 State appropriation........ 729,633,000 3 The following Federal amounts are 4 appropriated to supplement the sum 5 appropriated for community services 6 for the mentally retarded: 7 (1) "Medical Assistance - 8 Community MR Services." 9 Federal appropriation...... 701,193,000 10 (2) "SSBG - Community MR 11 Services." 12 Federal appropriation...... 13,984,000 13 For early intervention services. 14 This appropriation includes sufficient 15 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 16 for direct care staff. 17 State appropriation........ 89,535,000 18 The following Federal amounts are 19 appropriated to supplement the sum 20 appropriated for early intervention 21 services: 22 (1) "SSBG - Early Intervention." 23 Federal appropriation...... 2,195,000 24 (2) "Medical Assistance - Early 25 Intervention." 26 Federal appropriation...... 18,838,000 27 (3) "Education for Children with 28 Disabilities - Early Intervention." 29 Federal appropriation...... 12,988,000 30 For the establishment of centers 20060H2499B3673 - 128 -
1 for the diagnosis and treatment of 2 autism spectrum disorders, including 3 provider training programs. 4 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 5 For extraordinary costs to counties 6 other than counties of the first class 7 resulting from the closure of 8 Pennhurst State Center. This 9 appropriation includes sufficient 10 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 11 for direct care staff. 12 State appropriation........ 3,058,000 13 For residential services for the 14 mentally retarded in the Lansdowne 15 area. This appropriation includes 16 sufficient funds for a 2% cost-of- 17 living increase for direct care staff. 18 State appropriation........ 1,223,000 19 For payments and services to 20 counties for children and youth 21 programs and for the care of 22 delinquent and dependent children, 23 provided that, for fiscal year 2006- 24 2007, not more than 50% of the funds 25 allocated from this appropriation to 26 each county and herein appropriated 27 shall be expended until such time as 28 each county submits to the Department 29 of Public Welfare data for the 30 previous State fiscal year, and 20060H2499B3673 - 129 -
1 updated on a quarterly basis, on the 2 unduplicated caseloads, unduplicated 3 services and number of caseworkers by 4 county program. This data is to be 5 provided in a form acceptable to the 6 Department of Public Welfare. A copy 7 of the data shall be sent to the 8 chairman and minority chairman of the 9 Appropriations Committee of the Senate 10 and to the chairman and the minority 11 chairman of the Appropriations 12 Committee of the House of 13 Representatives. The department may 14 use up to $9,535,000 of this 15 appropriation to fund contracts for 16 adoption services. The department may 17 also use funds from this appropriation 18 for assistance to counties in meeting 19 Federal reimbursement documentation 20 requirements. Reimbursement for 21 children and youth services made 22 pursuant to section 704.1 of the act 23 of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), 24 known as the Public Welfare Code, 25 shall not exceed the amount of State 26 funds appropriated. This appropriation 27 includes sufficient funds for a 2% 28 cost-of-living adjustment for services 29 purchased by counties. It is the 30 intent of the General Assembly that 20060H2499B3673 - 130 -
1 counties do not experience any adverse 2 fiscal impact due to the department's 3 Federal revenue maximization efforts. 4 State appropriation........ 838,526,000 5 The following Federal amounts are 6 appropriated to supplement the sum 7 appropriated for payments and services 8 to counties for children and youth 9 programs and child abuse and neglect 10 prevention: 11 (1) "Child Welfare Services." 12 Federal appropriation...... 21,957,000 13 (2) "Child Welfare - Title IV-E." 14 Federal appropriation...... 462,419,000 15 (3) "Medical Assistance - Child 16 Welfare." 17 Federal appropriation...... 4,912,000 18 (4) "TANFBG - Child Welfare." 19 Federal appropriation...... 67,884,000 20 (5) "SSBG - Child Welfare." 21 Federal appropriation...... 12,021,000 22 (6) "Child Welfare Training and 23 Certification." 24 Federal appropriation...... 14,598,000 25 (7) "Community-based Family 26 Resource and Support." 27 Federal appropriation...... 134,000 28 For child welfare - TANF 29 transition. Pursuant to section 205 of 30 the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, 20060H2499B3673 - 131 -
1 No.21), known as the Public Welfare 2 Code, the department may disburse one- 3 time TANF Transition grants from this 4 appropriation to county children and 5 youth agencies in fiscal year 2006- 6 2007. The department shall adopt 7 guidelines, after consultation with 8 the County Commissioners Association, 9 governing eligibility for a grant and 10 the nature and extent of otherwise 11 unfunded child welfare expenditures 12 for which grants may be used. The 13 maximum one-time TANF Transition grant 14 to any county may be less than but in 15 no event shall exceed the amount 16 specified in a county's "State TANF 17 Transition Funds" revenue line as 18 reflected in the fiscal year 2005-2006 19 tentative county child welfare 20 allocation dated March 17, 2005. 21 State appropriation........ 45,000,000 22 For community-based family centers. 23 No funds from this appropriation shall 24 be considered as part of the base for 25 calculation of the county child 26 welfare needs-based budget for any 27 fiscal year. 28 State appropriation........ 3,148,000 29 The following Federal amounts are 30 appropriated to supplement the sum 20060H2499B3673 - 132 -
1 appropriated for community-based 2 family centers: 3 (1) "Family Preservation - Family 4 Centers." 5 Federal appropriation...... 6,463,000 6 (2) "Family Resource and Support - 7 Family Centers." 8 Federal appropriation...... 480,000 9 (3) "CCDFBG - Family Centers." 10 Federal appropriation...... 461,000 11 (4) "Title IV-B - Family Centers." 12 Federal appropriation...... 2,605,000 13 For child care services. 14 State appropriation........ 80,209,000 15 The following Federal amounts are 16 appropriated to supplement the sum 17 appropriated for child care services: 18 (1) "CCDFBG - Child Care 19 Services." This appropriation includes 20 $456,000 for child care support 21 services in cities of the first class. 22 Federal appropriation...... 189,114,000 23 (2) "CCDFBG - School Age." 24 Federal appropriation...... 1,260,000 25 (3) "SSBG - Child Care Services." 26 Federal appropriation...... 30,977,000 27 (4) "Head Start Collaboration 28 Project." 29 Federal appropriation...... 450,000 30 (5) "TANFBG - Child Care 20060H2499B3673 - 133 -
1 Services." 2 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 3 (6) "TANF - Nurse Family 4 Partnership." 5 Federal appropriation...... 1,222,000 6 (7) "CCDFBG - Nurse Family 7 Partnership." 8 Federal appropriation...... 2,605,000 9 For domestic violence programs. 10 State appropriation........ 11,542,000 11 The following Federal amounts are 12 appropriated to supplement the sum 13 appropriated for domestic violence 14 programs: 15 (1) "Family Violence Prevention 16 Services." 17 Federal appropriation...... 3,000,000 18 (2) "SSBG - Domestic Violence 19 Programs." 20 Federal appropriation...... 5,705,000 21 (3) "PHHSBG - Domestic Violence." 22 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 23 (4) "DFSC - Domestic Violence." 24 Federal appropriation...... 425,000 25 For rape crisis programs. 26 State appropriation........ 5,879,000 27 The following Federal amounts are 28 appropriated to supplement the sum 29 appropriated for rape crisis programs: 30 (1) "PHHSBG - Rape Crisis." 20060H2499B3673 - 134 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 301,000 2 (2) "SSBG - Rape Crisis." 3 Federal appropriation...... 2,721,000 4 (3) "Rape Prevention and 5 Education." 6 Federal appropriation...... 1,900,000 7 (4) "DFSC - Special Programs for 8 Rape Crisis." 9 Federal appropriation...... 142,000 10 For breast cancer screening. 11 State appropriation........ 1,526,000 12 The following Federal amounts are 13 appropriated to supplement the sum 14 appropriated for breast cancer 15 screening: 16 (1) "SSBG - Family Planning." 17 Federal appropriation...... 3,845,000 18 For the Human Services Development 19 Fund. 20 State appropriation........ 33,785,000 21 The following Federal amounts are 22 appropriated to supplement the sum 23 appropriated for the Human Services 24 Development Fund: 25 (1) "Refugees and Persons Seeking 26 Asylum - Social Services." 27 Federal appropriation...... 6,785,000 28 For legal services. 29 State appropriation........ 2,519,000 30 The following Federal amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 135 -
1 appropriated to supplement the sum 2 appropriated for legal services: 3 (1) "SSBG - Legal Services." 4 Federal appropriation...... 5,049,000 5 For provision of services to the 6 homeless. 7 State appropriation........ 25,536,000 8 The following Federal amounts are 9 appropriated to supplement the sum 10 appropriated for services to the 11 homeless: 12 (1) "SSBG - Homeless Services." 13 Federal appropriation...... 4,183,000 14 (2) "SABG - Homeless Services." 15 Federal appropriation...... 1,983,000 16 For services provided to persons 17 with disabilities. This appropriation 18 includes sufficient funds for a 2% 19 cost-of-living increase for direct 20 care staff. 21 State appropriation........ 45,874,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for services to persons 25 with disabilities: 26 (1) "SSBG - Services to Persons 27 with Disabilities." 28 Federal appropriation...... 120,000 29 (2) "Medical Assistance - Services 30 to Persons with Disabilities." 20060H2499B3673 - 136 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 60,207,000 2 For attendant care services for 3 physically disabled adults. This 4 appropriation includes sufficient 5 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 6 for direct care staff. 7 State appropriation........ 60,751,000 8 The following Federal amounts are 9 appropriated to supplement the sum 10 appropriated for attendant care 11 services: 12 (1) "SSBG - Attendant Care." 13 Federal appropriation...... 1,866,000 14 (2) "Medical Assistance - 15 Attendant Care." 16 Federal appropriation...... 45,978,000 17 For acute care hospitals. 18 State appropriation........ 11,800,000 19 For a family and children's center 20 in counties of the second class. 21 State appropriation........ 143,000 22 The Federal appropriations to the 23 Department of Public Welfare include 24 any prior earnings that may be 25 received during fiscal year 2006-2007. 26 In addition to the amounts 27 specifically appropriated herein to 28 the Department of Public Welfare, all 29 moneys appropriated from the Federal 30 Government during any previous fiscal 20060H2499B3673 - 137 -
1 year which are expected to be received 2 as reimbursements may be carried 3 forward until June 30, 2007, to the 4 extent that contracted obligations are 5 carried forward. In addition, any 6 reimbursements actually received to 7 support such obligations may also be 8 carried forward. 9 Section 220. Department of 10 Revenue.--The following amounts are 11 appropriated to the Department of 12 Revenue: Federal State 13 For general government operations 14 of the Department of Revenue. 15 State appropriation........ 136,424,000 16 For the distribution of Public 17 Utility Realty Tax. 18 State appropriation........ 33,316,000 19 Section 221. Department of 20 State.--The following amounts are 21 appropriated to the Department of 22 State: Federal State 23 For general government operations 24 of the Department of State. 25 State appropriation........ 4,451,000 26 The following Federal amounts are 27 appropriated to supplement the sum 28 appropriated for general government 29 operations: 30 (1) "Federal Election Reform." 20060H2499B3673 - 138 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 150,306,000 2 For voter registration programs. 3 State appropriation........ 543,000 4 The following Federal amounts are 5 appropriated to supplement the sum 6 appropriated for voter registration 7 programs: 8 (1) "Elections Assistance - Grants 9 to Counties." 10 Federal appropriation...... 1,247,000 11 For costs related to absentee 12 voting by persons in military 13 services. 14 State appropriation........ 40,000 15 Section 222. Department of 16 Transportation.--The following amounts 17 are appropriated to the Department of 18 Transportation: Federal State 19 For general government operations 20 of the Department of Transportation. 21 State appropriation........ 1,752,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for general government 25 operations: 26 (1) "Federal Transit 27 Administration - Technical Studies 28 Grants." 29 Federal appropriation...... 3,915,000 30 (2) "Capital Assistance - Elderly 20060H2499B3673 - 139 -
1 and Disabled Program - 2 Administration." 3 Federal appropriation...... 153,000 4 (3) "Surface Transportation 5 Assistance - Program Operations and 6 Planning - Administration." 7 Federal appropriation...... 920,000 8 (4) "Federal Transit 9 Administration Capital Improvement 10 Grants." 11 Federal appropriation...... 4,300,000 12 (5) "Title IV Rail Assistance - 13 Program Operations and Planning." 14 Federal appropriation...... 36,000 15 (6) "MAGLEV." 16 Federal appropriation...... 5,000,000 17 For the rail safety inspection 18 program. 19 State appropriation........ 434,000 20 For transfer to the Motor License 21 Fund for collection of vehicle sales 22 tax. 23 State appropriation........ 1,498,000 24 For costs related to voter 25 registration with driver licensing. 26 State appropriation........ 410,000 27 For mass transportation assistance 28 for grants to local transportation 29 organizations. 30 State appropriation........ 293,571,000 20060H2499B3673 - 140 -
1 For supplemental grants to Class 3 2 and Class 4 transit entities and to 3 support access to jobs transportation 4 demonstration activities. 5 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 6 To augment State Lottery funds for 7 payments to transportation providers 8 for fixed-route transportation 9 services and related improvements and 10 for other transportation activities. 11 State appropriation........ 10,754,000 12 For intercity transportation: for 13 intercity bus, rail passenger and 14 other operating subsidies and related 15 improvements. 16 State appropriation........ 7,413,000 17 The following Federal amounts are 18 appropriated to supplement the sum 19 appropriated for intercity rail and 20 bus transportation: 21 (1) "Surface Transportation 22 Operating." 23 Federal appropriation...... 14,100,000 24 (2) "Surface Transportation 25 Assistance - Capital." 26 Federal appropriation...... 4,000,000 27 (3) "FTA - Capital Improvements." 28 Federal appropriation...... 25,000,000 29 (4) "FTA - Intelligent Vehicles - 30 Public Transit." 20060H2499B3673 - 141 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 4,635,000 2 (5) "FTA - Intelligent Transit 3 System Deployment." 4 Federal appropriation...... 14,214,000 5 For operating subsidies, lease 6 payments and maintenance projects and 7 a loan program for rail freight lines. 8 State appropriation........ 8,500,000 9 Section 223. Pennsylvania State 10 Police.--The following amounts are 11 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State 12 Police: Federal State 13 For general government operations 14 of the Pennsylvania State Police. No 15 less than $350,000 of this 16 appropriation shall be for the 17 continuation and expansion of 18 comprehensive and proactive programs 19 coordinating with Federal, State and 20 local law enforcement to remove 21 violent felons, illegal narcotics, 22 illegal weapons and nuisance bars from 23 crime-ridden communities. No 24 Pennsylvania State Police barracks 25 shall be closed until such time as the 26 Pennsylvania State Police conduct a 27 public hearing and provide 30 days' 28 notice which shall be published in the 29 Pennsylvania Bulletin and in at least 30 two local newspapers. 20060H2499B3673 - 142 -
1 State appropriation........ 137,393,000 2 The following Federal amounts are 3 appropriated to supplement the sum 4 appropriated for general government 5 operations: 6 (1) "Drug Enforcement." 7 Federal appropriation...... 400,000 8 (2) "Bulletproof Vests." 9 Federal appropriation...... 1,473,000 10 (3) "Marijuana Eradication." 11 Federal appropriation...... 100,000 12 (4) "Motor Carrier Safety." 13 Federal appropriation...... 11,002,000 14 (5) "Computer Crime Prevention." 15 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 16 (6) "Speed Timing Equipment." 17 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 18 (7) "Intelligent Transportation 19 System." 20 Federal appropriation...... 250,000 21 (8) "Drug Recognition Expert 22 Program." 23 Federal appropriation...... 10,000 24 (9) "Domestic Terrorism Training." 25 Federal appropriation...... 380,000 26 (10) "Homeland Security Grant." 27 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 28 (11) "Terrorism Prevention 29 Program." 30 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 20060H2499B3673 - 143 -
1 (12) "Protect Safe Neighborhoods." 2 Federal appropriation...... 30,000 3 (13) "Cold Case DNA." 4 Federal appropriation...... 733,000 5 (14) "DNA Personnel." 6 Federal appropriation...... 70,000 7 (15) "Radiation Emergency Response 8 Fund." 9 Federal appropriation...... 10,000 10 (16) "Megan's Law Improvement." 11 Federal appropriation...... 40,000 12 (17) "DNA Backlog Reduction." 13 Federal appropriation...... 224,000 14 (18) "Innovative Occupant 15 Protection." 16 Federal appropriation...... 300,000 17 (19) "Child Passenger Fitting 18 Station." 19 Federal appropriation...... 570,000 20 (20) "DNA Capacity Enhancement." 21 Federal appropriation...... 600,000 22 (21) "Human Trafficking." 23 Federal appropriation...... 450,000 24 For the General Fund share for the 25 recruitment, training and deployment 26 of 120 new troopers during the 2006- 27 2007 fiscal year and for the 28 redeployment to patrol duty of at 29 least 60 enlisted personnel through 30 the hiring of civilian personnel to 20060H2499B3673 - 144 -
1 fill their non-police duties totaling 2 180 additional troopers available for 3 patrol, including a number sufficient 4 to patrol interstate highways in 5 cities of the first class. No funds 6 from this appropriation shall be used 7 for any other purpose and one-half of 8 these funds shall be placed in 9 budgetary reserve until adoption of a 10 civilianization plan agreement. 11 State appropriation........ 3,066,000 12 For Law Enforcement Information 13 Technology. 14 State appropriation........ 11,885,000 15 For the Municipal Police Officers' 16 Education and Training Commission, 17 including in-service training. 18 State appropriation........ 3,846,000 19 For an Automated Fingerprint 20 Identification System (AFIS). 21 State appropriation........ 1,226,000 22 Section 224. State Civil Service 23 Commission.--The following amounts are 24 appropriated to the State Civil 25 Service Commission: Federal State 26 For the general government 27 operations of the Civil Service 28 Commission, including administration 29 of the merit system for employees 30 under provisions of the Civil Service 20060H2499B3673 - 145 -
1 Act: Provided, That, in addition to 2 the amount hereby appropriated, any 3 money collected by the commission by 4 way of reimbursement under the Civil 5 Service Act shall be paid into the 6 General Fund through the Department of 7 Revenue and shall be credited to this 8 appropriation. 9 State appropriation........ 1,000 10 Section 225. Pennsylvania 11 Emergency Management Agency.--The 12 following amounts are appropriated to 13 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management 14 Agency: Federal State 15 For general government operations 16 of the Pennsylvania Emergency 17 Management Agency. 18 State appropriation........ 5,838,000 19 The following Federal amounts are 20 appropriated to supplement the sum 21 appropriated for general government 22 operations: 23 (1) "Civil Preparedness." 24 Federal appropriation...... 9,570,000 25 (2) "Flash Flood Project - Warning 26 System." 27 Federal appropriation...... 95,000 28 (3) "Hazardous Materials Planning 29 and Training." 30 Federal appropriation...... 408,000 20060H2499B3673 - 146 -
1 (4) "Domestic Preparedness - First 2 Responders." This appropriation 3 includes $750,000 for the Smart States 4 Initiative to develop and implement 5 hand held molecular sensing technology 6 to protect port workers from nuclear, 7 biological, chemical and poisonous 8 contamination in the handling of 9 containers and container contents. 10 Federal appropriation...... 150,000,000 11 In addition to the specific amounts 12 appropriated herein, all other moneys 13 received from the Federal Government 14 for the Domestic Preparedness - First 15 Responders are hereby appropriated to 16 such program. 17 For information systems management. 18 State appropriation........ 1,151,000 19 For the office of the State Fire 20 Commissioner. 21 State appropriation........ 2,026,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for the Office of the 25 State Fire Commissioner: 26 (1) "Fire Prevention." 27 Federal appropriation...... 66,000 28 (2) "Assistance to Firefighters 29 Grant Program." 30 Federal appropriation...... 38,000 20060H2499B3673 - 147 -
1 For security and emergency 2 preparedness activities. 3 State appropriation........ 1,132,000 4 For August 2004 Storm Relief. 5 State appropriation........ 100,000 6 For August 2004 Storm Disaster - 7 Public Assistance. 8 State appropriation........ 100,000 9 For September 2004 Storm Relief. 10 State appropriation........ 100,000 11 For Hazard Mitigation. 12 State appropriation........ 4,035,000 13 For September 2004 Tropical Storm 14 Ivan - Public Assistance - State 15 Match. 16 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 17 For April 2005 Flooding - Public 18 Assistance. 19 State appropriation........ 2,530,000 20 For firefighters' memorial flags. 21 State appropriation........ 10,000 22 For the American Red Cross Extended 23 Care Program. 24 State appropriation........ 500,000 25 For volunteer company grants. 26 State appropriation........ 25,000,000 27 Section 226. Pennsylvania Fish and 28 Boat Commission.--The following 29 amounts are appropriated to the 30 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat 20060H2499B3673 - 148 -
1 Commission: Federal State 2 For the support of the Atlantic 3 States Marine Fisheries Commission. 4 State appropriation........ 14,000 5 Section 227. State System of 6 Higher Education.--The following 7 amounts are appropriated to the State 8 System of Higher Education: Federal State 9 For the State System of Higher 10 Education, including the Chancellor's 11 Office. The State System of Higher 12 Education shall report its financial 13 statements in accordance with 14 generally accepted accounting 15 principles as prescribed by the 16 National Association of College and 17 University Business Officers, the 18 American Institute of Certified Public 19 Accountants or any other recognized 20 authoritative body, as well as 21 applicable policy and standards 22 promulgated by the Commonwealth and 23 the Federal Government. 24 State appropriation........ 445,354,000 25 To enhance the recruitment and 26 retention of minority students and 27 faculty. 28 State appropriation........ 430,000 29 For the Pennsylvania Center for 30 Environmental Education. 20060H2499B3673 - 149 -
1 State appropriation........ 350,000 2 For McKeever Environmental Learning 3 Center. 4 State appropriation........ 206,000 5 For an affirmative action program. 6 State appropriation........ 1,111,000 7 For State System of Higher 8 Education program initiatives, 9 including performance measurement and 10 system-wide technology initiatives. 11 Payment of this appropriation is 12 contingent upon the State System 13 making all articulation agreements 14 with other higher education 15 institutions available on the 16 Internet. 17 State appropriation........ 16,046,000 18 For employee benefits assessment. 19 State appropriation........ 1,700,000 20 Section 228. Pennsylvania Higher 21 Education Assistance Agency.--The 22 following amounts are appropriated to 23 the Pennsylvania Higher Education 24 Assistance Agency: Federal State 25 For payment of education assistance 26 grants. 27 State appropriation........ 368,198,000 28 For Pennsylvania internship program 29 grants. 30 State appropriation........ 300,000 20060H2499B3673 - 150 -
1 For matching payments for student 2 aid funds. It is the intent of the 3 General Assembly that these funds 4 should be used to maximize the receipt 5 of Federal funds to the fullest extent 6 possible. 7 State appropriation........ 14,122,000 8 For institutional assistance grants 9 to be allotted by the Pennsylvania 10 Higher Education Assistance Agency. No 11 college, university or institution 12 receiving a direct appropriation from 13 the Commonwealth shall be eligible to 14 participate in the institutional 15 assistance grants program. 16 State appropriation........ 40,186,000 17 For the Horace Mann Bond-Leslie 18 Pinckney Hill Scholarship, and for 19 outreach and recruitment activities at 20 Lincoln and Cheyney Universities 21 related to the scholarship. This 22 appropriation also contains funds for 23 the continuation of support to 24 students currently receiving equal 25 opportunity professional education 26 awards. 27 State appropriation........ 750,000 28 For agricultural loan forgiveness. 29 Preference shall be given to renewal 30 applicants. 20060H2499B3673 - 151 -
1 State appropriation........ 85,000 2 For SciTech and Technology 3 Scholarships. 4 State appropriation........ 3,100,000 5 For the Cheyney University Keystone 6 Academy. 7 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 8 Section 229. Pennsylvania 9 Historical and Museum Commission.--The 10 following amounts are appropriated to 11 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 12 Commission: Federal State 13 To the Pennsylvania Historical and 14 Museum Commission for general 15 government operations of the 16 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 17 Commission. 18 State appropriation........ 21,948,000 19 The following Federal amounts are 20 appropriated to supplement the sum 21 appropriated for general government 22 operations: 23 (1) "Division of Historic 24 Preservation." 25 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 26 (2) "Surface Mining Review." 27 Federal appropriation...... 200,000 28 (3) "Environmental Review." 29 Federal appropriation...... 150,000 30 (4) "Save Our Treasures." 20060H2499B3673 - 152 -
1 Federal appropriation...... 350,000 2 To undertake maintenance, security 3 and repair needs at historic sites and 4 museums administered by the 5 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 6 Commission. 7 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 8 For museum assistance grants. 9 State appropriation........ 5,135,000 10 For historical education and museum 11 support. 12 State appropriation........ 2,225,000 13 For regional history centers. 14 State appropriation........ 550,000 15 Section 230. Pennsylvania 16 Infrastructure Investment Authority.-- 17 The following amounts are appropriated 18 to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure 19 Investment Authority: Federal State 20 The following Federal amounts are 21 appropriated for the Pennsylvania 22 Infrastructure Investment Authority: 23 (1) "Sewage Projects Revolving 24 Loan Fund." 25 Federal appropriation...... 102,069,000 26 (2) "Drinking Water Projects 27 Revolving Loan Fund." 28 Federal appropriation...... 40,976,000 29 Section 231. Environmental Hearing 30 Board.--The following amounts are 20060H2499B3673 - 153 -
1 appropriated to the Environmental 2 Hearing Board: Federal State 3 For the Environmental Hearing 4 Board. 5 State appropriation........ 1,771,000 6 Section 232. Pennsylvania Board of 7 Probation and Parole.--The following 8 amounts are appropriated to the 9 Pennsylvania Board of Probation and 10 Parole: Federal State 11 For general government operations 12 of the Board of Probation and Parole. 13 State appropriation........ 77,251,000 14 The following Federal amounts are 15 appropriated to supplement the sum 16 appropriated for general government 17 operations: 18 (1) "Evaluating Parole 19 Violations." 20 Federal appropriation...... 128,000 21 For the Sexual Offenders Assessment 22 Board. 23 State appropriation........ 3,202,000 24 The following Federal amounts are 25 appropriated to supplement the sum 26 appropriated for the Sexual Offenders 27 Assessment Board: 28 (1) "Sex Offender Management." 29 Federal appropriation...... 241,000 30 For a drug offenders work program. 20060H2499B3673 - 154 -
1 Such work shall in no case replace 2 jobs protected by a collective 3 bargaining unit. 4 State appropriation........ 222,000 5 For payments for grants-in-aid to 6 counties for providing improved adult 7 probation services. 8 State appropriation........ 19,279,000 9 Section 233. Pennsylvania Public 10 Television Network Commission.--The 11 following amounts are appropriated to 12 the Pennsylvania Public Television 13 Network Commission: Federal State 14 For general government operations 15 of the Pennsylvania Public Television 16 Network Commission. 17 State appropriation........ 3,429,000 18 For public television station 19 grants. 20 State appropriation........ 8,721,000 21 Section 234. Pennsylvania 22 Securities Commission.--The following 23 amounts are appropriated to the 24 Pennsylvania Securities Commission: Federal State 25 For general government operations 26 of the Pennsylvania Securities 27 Commission. 28 State appropriation........ 2,300,000 29 Section 235. State Tax 30 Equalization Board.--The following 20060H2499B3673 - 155 -
1 amounts are appropriated to the State 2 Tax Equalization Board: Federal State 3 For general government operations 4 of the State Tax Equalization Board. 5 State appropriation........ 1,330,000 6 Section 236. Health Care Cost 7 Containment Council.--The following 8 amounts are appropriated to the Health 9 Care Cost Containment Council: Federal State 10 For the Health Care Cost 11 Containment Council. 12 State appropriation........ 4,019,000 13 Section 237. State Ethics 14 Commission.--The following amounts are 15 appropriated to the State Ethics 16 Commission: Federal State 17 For the general government 18 operations of the State Ethics 19 Commission. 20 State appropriation........ 1,805,000 21 Section 238. State Employees' 22 Retirement System.--The following 23 amounts are appropriated to the State 24 Employees' Retirement System: Federal State 25 For National Guard employer 26 contributions. 27 State appropriation........ 4,000 28 Section 239. Thaddeus Stevens 29 College of Technology.--The following 30 amounts are appropriated to the 20060H2499B3673 - 156 -
1 Thaddeus Stevens College of 2 Technology: Federal State 3 For the Thaddeus Stevens College of 4 Technology. 5 State appropriation........ 10,108,000 6 Section 240. Pennsylvania Housing 7 Finance Agency.--The following amounts 8 are appropriated to the Pennsylvania 9 Housing Finance Agency: Federal State 10 For transfer to the Pennsylvania 11 Housing Finance Agency for the 12 Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage 13 Assistance Program. 14 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 15 SUBPART B 16 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 17 Section 251. Senate.--The 18 following amounts are appropriated to 19 the Senate: Federal State 20 For the salaries, wages and all 21 necessary expenses for the following 22 purposes: 23 Salaries of Senators. 24 State appropriation........ 6,700,000 25 Salaries, wages and all necessary 26 expenses of the President of the 27 Senate. 28 State appropriation........ 315,000 29 Salaries and wages of employees of 30 the Chief Clerk and all necessary 20060H2499B3673 - 157 -
1 expenditures to be allocated and 2 disbursed at the direction of the 3 President pro tempore. 4 State appropriation........ 6,000,000 5 Salaries, wages and expenses of 6 employees of the Senate and expenses 7 of the office of the President pro 8 tempore, including member lodging 9 rental, to be disbursed at the 10 direction of the President pro 11 tempore. 12 State appropriation........ 9,000,000 13 Incidental expenses for payment of 14 maintenance and other expenses of the 15 Senate. 16 State appropriation........ 3,226,000 17 For payment of postage. 18 State appropriation........ 1,465,000 19 The above appropriations for 20 postage and for incidental expenses 21 shall be paid prior to the payment of 22 such expenses on warrant of the State 23 Treasurer in favor of the Chief Clerk 24 upon the presentation of requisitions 25 for the same: Provided, That the total 26 amount of requisitions for 27 advancements, less the total amount of 28 expenditures made as certified by such 29 officer to the State Treasurer, shall 30 not exceed the amount of the bond of 20060H2499B3673 - 158 -
1 the officer having control of the 2 disbursement from the funds advanced. 3 For contingent expenses for the 4 President and President pro tempore. 5 The sum appropriated shall be 6 allocated to the officers in the same 7 manner and proportion as the 8 appropriations for contingent expenses 9 contained in section 251 of the act of 10 June 29, 2002 (P.L.2106, No.7A), known 11 as the General Appropriation Act of 12 2002. 13 State appropriation........ 25,000 14 Upon presentation of requisitions 15 for contingent expenses, such shall be 16 paid on warrant of the State Treasurer 17 directly to and in favor of the 18 persons designated in such requisition 19 as entitled to receive such 20 compensation or expenses. 21 Miscellaneous expenses: 22 Mileage and expenses, Senators: In 23 addition to the annual allocation for 24 expenses authorized by law for each 25 member of the Senate, each member 26 shall receive an annual allocation in 27 an amount established by the Senate 28 Committee on Management Operations for 29 actual expenses incurred for lodging 30 and meals while away from home on 20060H2499B3673 - 159 -
1 official legislative business, 2 official postage and all other 3 expenses incidental to legislative 4 duties. 5 State appropriation........ 1,329,000 6 Legislative printing and expenses, 7 furniture, technology improvements, 8 restorations, security enhancements, 9 North Office Building modernization, 10 equipment, renovations and other 11 expenses. 12 State appropriation........ 18,592,000 13 Upon presentation of requisitions 14 by the Chief Clerk against the 15 appropriations for legislative 16 printing and expenses for expenses, 17 such shall be paid on warrant of the 18 State Treasurer directly to and in 19 favor of the persons designated in 20 such requisitions as entitled to 21 receive such expenses. 22 For the Computer Services Account 23 (R) and the Computer Services Account 24 (D), including the payment of 25 salaries, wages, operating costs, 26 contracts, equipment, software and 27 other incidental materials and 28 expenses. Such equipment, software and 29 incidental materials may be ordered 30 directly by the supervising member of 20060H2499B3673 - 160 -
1 the caucus computer services office, 2 to the extent each item is less than 3 $1,000, a copy of the order is 4 forwarded to the Chief Clerk, and all 5 other provisions of the Financial 6 Operating Rules of the Senate, 7 including pricing and services are 8 followed. The sum appropriated shall 9 be divided equally by the State 10 Treasurer and shall be deposited into 11 the Computer Services Account (R) and 12 the Computer Services Account (D). 13 State appropriation........ 10,700,000 14 For the payment of the expenses of 15 the Committee on Appropriations (R) 16 and the Committee on Appropriations 17 (D) for investigating schools, 18 colleges, universities, correctional 19 institutions, mental hospitals, 20 medical and surgical hospitals, homes 21 and other institutions and agencies 22 supported, in whole or in part, by 23 appropriations from the State Treasury 24 in analyzing reports, expenditures and 25 the general operation and 26 administration of the institutions and 27 agencies, in examining and analyzing 28 requests of the same and of the 29 various departments, boards and 30 commissions of the Commonwealth, and 20060H2499B3673 - 161 -
1 for the collection of data from other 2 states, attending seminars and 3 conferences, and in cooperating and 4 exchanging information with 5 legislative budget and financial 6 committees of other states, and for 7 the necessary clerical assistance and 8 other assistance, travel expenses, 9 member lodging rental and all other 10 expenses deemed necessary by the 11 chairman (R) or the chairman (D), as 12 appropriate, in compiling data and 13 information connected with the work of 14 the Senate in compiling comparative 15 costs and other fiscal data and 16 information for the use of the 17 committee and the Senate during 18 legislative sessions and during the 19 interim between legislative sessions 20 to the discharge of such duties. The 21 committee, upon authorization of the 22 chairman (R), shall have the authority 23 to examine and inspect all properties, 24 equipment, facilities, files, records 25 and accounts of any State office, 26 department, institution, board, 27 committee, commission or agency or any 28 institution or agency supported, in 29 whole or in part, by appropriation 30 from the State Treasury and to 20060H2499B3673 - 162 -
1 administer oaths. The Committee on 2 Appropriations may issue subpoenas 3 under the hand and seal of the 4 chairman (R) to compel the attendance 5 of witnesses and the production of any 6 papers, books, accounts, documents and 7 testimony touching matters properly 8 being inquired into by the committee 9 and to cause the deposition of 10 witnesses either residing within or 11 without the State to be taken in the 12 manner prescribed by law for taking 13 depositions in civil actions. Upon 14 presentation of requisitions by the 15 Chief Clerk for such compensation or 16 expenses, such shall be paid on 17 warrant of the State Treasurer 18 directly to and in favor of the 19 persons designated in such requisition 20 as entitled to receive such 21 compensation or expenses. The sum 22 appropriated shall be divided equally 23 by the State Treasurer and shall be 24 deposited in separate accounts for the 25 Committee on Appropriations (R) and 26 the Committee on Appropriations (D). 27 State appropriation........ 9,800,000 28 For the Caucus Operations Account 29 (R) and the Caucus Operations Account 30 (D) for payment of salaries, wages and 20060H2499B3673 - 163 -
1 all other incidental expenses incurred 2 in hiring personnel and staff for 3 services which, in the opinion of the 4 Floor Leader (R) or the Floor Leader 5 (D) as may be appropriate, may be 6 required or arise during legislative 7 sessions and during the interim 8 between legislative sessions and for 9 the payment of all other expenses, 10 including member lodging rental, 11 related to the performance of Senate 12 duties and responsibilities. Upon 13 presentation of requisitions by the 14 Chief Clerk for such compensation or 15 expenses, such shall be paid on 16 warrant of the State Treasurer 17 directly to and in favor of the 18 persons designated in such requisition 19 as entitled to receive such 20 compensation or expenses. The sum 21 appropriated shall be divided equally 22 by the State Treasurer and shall be 23 deposited into the Caucus Operations 24 Account (R) and the Caucus Operations 25 Account (D). 26 State appropriation........ 38,500,000 27 For Committee and Contingent 28 Expenses which in the opinion of the 29 Floor Leader (R) or the Floor Leader 30 (D) may be appropriate, including 20060H2499B3673 - 164 -
1 allocations for contingent expenses in 2 the same amounts as the appropriations 3 for Contingent Expenses contained in 4 section 251 of the Act of June 29, 5 2002 (P.L.2106, No.7A) known as the 6 General Appropriation Act of 2002 7 other than contingent expenses for the 8 President and President pro tempore. 9 Upon presentation of requisitions by 10 the Chief Clerk for such expenses, 11 such shall be paid on warrant of the 12 State Treasurer directly to and in 13 favor of the persons designated in 14 such requisition as entitled to 15 receive such expenses. The sum 16 appropriated shall be divided equally 17 by the State Treasurer and shall be 18 deposited in separate accounts for the 19 Committee and contingent Expense 20 Account (R) and the Committee and 21 Contingent Expense Account (D). 22 State appropriation........ 658,000 23 All appropriations made in this act 24 or in any other fiscal year to any 25 account of the Senate remaining 26 unexpended and unencumbered on the 27 effective date of this part, may be 28 transferred by the Committee on 29 Management Operations, by a vote of 30 two-thirds of its members, in its 20060H2499B3673 - 165 -
1 discretion, to such Senate accounts as 2 the committee deems necessary. Such 3 power to transfer appropriations shall 4 be limited to the 2006-2007 fiscal 5 year. 6 For the Chief Clerk of the Senate 7 for the purchase of Pennsylvania and 8 National flags to be sent to residents 9 of Pennsylvania. 10 State appropriation........ 24,000 11 Section 252. House of 12 Representatives.--The following 13 amounts are appropriated to the House 14 of Representatives: Federal State 15 For the salaries, wages and all 16 necessary expenses for the following 17 purposes: 18 Salaries of Representatives and 19 extra compensation to the Speaker of 20 the House of Representatives. 21 State appropriation........ 19,222,000 22 Salaries: 23 For the salaries of House employees 24 (R) and House employees (D). The sum 25 appropriated shall be divided equally 26 by the State Treasurer and shall be 27 deposited into separate accounts for 28 the House employees (R) and House 29 employees (D). 30 State appropriation........ 40,450,000 20060H2499B3673 - 166 -
1 For the operation of the Speaker's 2 Office. 3 State appropriation........ 897,000 4 Bipartisan Management Committee, 5 Chief Clerk, Comptroller and the 6 Commonwealth Emergency Medical System. 7 State appropriation........ 12,814,000 8 Mileage: 9 Representatives, officers and 10 employees. 11 State appropriation........ 400,000 12 Postage: 13 Chief Clerk and Legislative 14 Journal. 15 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 16 For contingent expenses (R) and 17 (D). The sum appropriated shall be 18 allocated to the officers and members 19 in the same manner and proportion as 20 appropriations for contingent expenses 21 contained in section 252 of the act of 22 July 4, 2004 (P.L. , No.7A), known 23 as the General Appropriation Act of 24 2004. 25 State appropriation........ 761,000 26 The above appropriations for 27 postage and for contingent expenses 28 shall be paid prior to the payment of 29 such expenses on warrant of the State 30 Treasurer in favor of the officers 20060H2499B3673 - 167 -
1 above named upon the presentation of 2 their requisitions for the same: 3 Provided, That the total amount of 4 requisitions for advancements, less 5 the total amount of expenditures made 6 as certified by such officers to the 7 State Treasurer, shall not exceed the 8 amount of the bond of the officer 9 having control of the disbursement 10 from the funds advanced. 11 Miscellaneous expenses: 12 Legislative Office for Research 13 Liaison. 14 State appropriation........ 756,000 15 Incidental expenses. 16 State appropriation........ 8,845,000 17 Expenses - Representatives: In 18 addition to annual reimbursement for 19 expenses heretofore authorized by law 20 for each member of the House of 21 Representatives, each member shall be 22 entitled to reimbursement for actual 23 expenses, not exceeding the sum of 24 $12,500 annually, incurred for lodging 25 and meals while away from home on 26 official legislative business, home 27 office expenses, official postage, 28 staff and all other expenses 29 incidental to legislative duties. 30 State appropriation........ 5,133,000 20060H2499B3673 - 168 -
1 Legislative printing and expenses. 2 State appropriation........ 18,000,000 3 Attending National Legislative 4 Conference - expenses. 5 State appropriation........ 527,000 6 The above appropriation for 7 attending National Legislative 8 Conference meetings and for attending 9 meetings of the Council of State 10 Governments shall be paid to the Chief 11 Clerk of the House in the same manner 12 and under the same conditions as the 13 appropriations for postage and 14 contingent expenses above. 15 For the payment of the expenses of 16 the Committee on Appropriations (R) 17 and the Committee on Appropriations 18 (D) of the House of Representatives in 19 investigating schools, colleges, 20 universities, correctional 21 institutions, mental hospitals, 22 medical and surgical hospitals, homes 23 and other institutions and agencies 24 supported, in whole or in part, by 25 appropriations from the State Treasury 26 in analyzing reports, expenditures and 27 the general operation and 28 administration of the institutions and 29 agencies in examining and analyzing 30 requests of the same and of the 20060H2499B3673 - 169 -
1 various departments, boards and 2 commissions of the Commonwealth, and 3 for the collection of data from other 4 states, attending seminars and 5 conferences, and in cooperating and 6 exchanging information with 7 legislative budget and financial 8 committees of other states, and any 9 office expenses necessary to serve the 10 committee and its chairman (R) and 11 chairman (D), as appropriate, and for 12 the necessary clerical assistance and 13 other assistance, travel expenses and 14 all other expenses deemed necessary by 15 the chairman (R) or chairman (D), as 16 appropriate, in compiling data and 17 information connected with the work of 18 the committee in compiling comparative 19 cost and other fiscal data and 20 information for the use of the 21 committee and the House of 22 Representatives during legislative 23 sessions and during the interim 24 between legislative sessions to the 25 discharge of such duties. The standing 26 committee shall have the authority to 27 examine and inspect all properties, 28 equipment, facilities, files, records 29 and accounts of any State office, 30 department, institution, board, 20060H2499B3673 - 170 -
1 committee, commission or agency or any 2 institution or agency supported, in 3 whole or in part, by appropriation 4 from the State Treasury and to 5 administer oaths. The portion 6 designated below of the sum 7 appropriated shall be paid on warrant 8 of the State Treasurer in favor of the 9 majority chairman of the committee and 10 the member designated by a majority 11 vote of the House of Representatives 12 Caucus (D), respectively, on the 13 presentation of his requisition for 14 the same. The Majority Chairman of the 15 Committee on Appropriations and the 16 member designated by a majority vote 17 of the House of Representatives Caucus 18 (D), respectively, shall, not later 19 than 30 days after the termination of 20 his term of office or until his 21 successor is elected and also within 22 30 days after the adjournment of any 23 regular or special session, file an 24 account, together with supporting 25 documents whenever possible, in the 26 appropriate majority or minority 27 caucus office of the Committee on 28 Appropriations, of the committee's 29 expenses since the filing of the prior 30 account. The sum appropriated shall be 20060H2499B3673 - 171 -
1 divided equally by the State Treasurer 2 and shall be deposited into separate 3 accounts for the Committee on 4 Appropriations (R) and the Committee 5 on Appropriations (D). 6 State appropriation........ 11,460,000 7 The Committee on Appropriations may 8 issue subpoenas under the hand and 9 seal of the Majority Chairman to 10 compel the attendance of witnesses and 11 the production of any papers, books, 12 accounts, documents and testimony 13 touching matters properly being 14 inquired into by the committee and to 15 cause the deposition of witnesses 16 either residing within or without the 17 State to be taken in the manner 18 prescribed by law for taking 19 depositions in civil actions. 20 For the payment to the Special 21 Leadership Account (R) and the Special 22 Leadership Account (D) for payment of 23 salaries, wages and all other 24 incidental expenses incurred in hiring 25 personnel and staff or for services, 26 which, in the opinion of the Majority 27 Leader or Minority Leader 28 respectively, may be required or arise 29 during legislative sessions and during 30 the interim between legislative 20060H2499B3673 - 172 -
1 sessions and for the payment of all 2 other expenses related to the 3 performance of his duties and 4 responsibilities. The portion 5 designated below of the sum 6 appropriated shall be paid on warrant 7 of the State Treasurer in favor of the 8 Majority Leader and the Minority 9 Leader, respectively, on the 10 presentation of his requisition for 11 the same. The Majority Leader and the 12 Minority Leader, respectively, shall, 13 not later than 30 days after the 14 termination of his term of office or 15 until his successor is elected and 16 also within 30 days after the 17 adjournment of any regular or special 18 session, file an account, together 19 with supporting documents whenever 20 possible, in the office of the 21 Majority Leader or the Minority 22 Leader, respectively, of such expenses 23 since the filing of the prior account. 24 The sum appropriated shall be divided 25 equally by the State Treasurer and 26 shall be deposited into the Special 27 Leadership Account (R) and the Special 28 Leadership Account (D). 29 State appropriation........ 26,658,000 30 For allocation in such amounts as 20060H2499B3673 - 173 -
1 may be designated by the Legislative 2 Management Committee (R) or the 3 Legislative Management Committee (D), 4 as appropriate, to the several 5 standing committees (other than the 6 Committee on Appropriations) of the 7 House for payment of compensation of 8 counsel, research assistants and other 9 staff personnel hired and assigned to 10 work on behalf of the chairman and the 11 majority members of such standing 12 committees and on behalf of the 13 minority members of such standing 14 committees of the House and for other 15 necessary expenses incurred. Upon 16 presentation of requisitions by the 17 Chief Clerk of the House for such 18 compensation or expenses, such shall 19 be paid on warrant of the State 20 Treasurer directly to and in favor of 21 the persons designated in such 22 requisitions as entitled to receive 23 such compensation or expenses. An 24 accounting, together with supporting 25 documents whenever possible, shall be 26 filed in the office of the Chief Clerk 27 of such expenses since the filing of 28 the prior account. The sum 29 appropriated shall be allocated by the 30 State Treasurer and shall be deposited 20060H2499B3673 - 174 -
1 as follows: (i) the Legislative 2 Management Committee Account (R) in 3 the amount of $21,657,000; (ii) the 4 Legislative Management Committee 5 Account (D) in the amount of 6 $20,657,000. 7 State appropriation........ 42,314,000 8 All appropriations made in this act 9 or in any other fiscal year to any 10 account of the House of 11 Representatives remaining unexpended 12 and unencumbered on the effective date 13 of this part, may be transferred by 14 the Bipartisan Management Committee, 15 in its discretion, to such House 16 accounts as the committee deems 17 necessary. Such power to transfer 18 appropriations shall be limited to the 19 2006-2007 fiscal year. 20 For the Chief Clerk of the House of 21 Representatives for the purchase of 22 Pennsylvania and National flags to be 23 sent to residents of Pennsylvania. 24 State appropriation........ 24,000 25 For information and other 26 technology. 27 State appropriation........ 13,000,000 28 For the school for new members. 29 State appropriation........ 15,000 30 Section 253. Legislative Reference 20060H2499B3673 - 175 -
1 Bureau.--The following amounts are 2 appropriated to the Legislative 3 Reference Bureau: Federal State 4 For the salaries, wages and all 5 necessary expenses for the work of the 6 Legislative Reference Bureau, 7 including the Code and Bulletin 8 Section. 9 The Pennsylvania Consolidated 10 Statutes, advance copies of statutes, 11 volumes of the Laws of Pennsylvania 12 and other publications shall be 13 printed under contracts entered into 14 by the Legislative Reference Bureau 15 (without the intervention of any other 16 State agency or officer and without 17 regard to any other statute regulating 18 printing contracts) and distributed 19 (without regard to any other statute 20 regulating distribution of laws) as 21 determined by the bureau, and moneys 22 from sales shall be paid to the bureau 23 or the Department of General Services, 24 as the bureau shall determine, which 25 shall pay the same into the State 26 Treasury to the credit of the General 27 Fund. Such moneys are hereby 28 appropriated from the General Fund to 29 the Legislative Reference Bureau for 30 the editing, printing and distribution 20060H2499B3673 - 176 -
1 of such publications and related 2 expenses. 3 State appropriation........ 7,598,000 4 For contingent expenses connected 5 with the work of the Legislative 6 Reference Bureau to be paid on 7 warrants of the State Treasurer in 8 favor of the director on the 9 presentation of his requisitions for 10 the same. The director shall file an 11 accounting of the expenses, together 12 with supporting documents whenever 13 possible, in the office of the 14 Legislative Reference Bureau. 15 State appropriation........ 20,000 16 For the Pennsylvania Bulletin and 17 Pennsylvania Code and related 18 expenses. 19 State appropriation........ 795,000 20 Section 254. Legislative Budget 21 and Finance Committee.--The following 22 amounts are appropriated to the 23 Legislative Budget and Finance 24 Committee: Federal State 25 For the salaries, wages and all 26 necessary expenses for the work of the 27 Legislative Budget and Finance 28 Committee upon presentation of 29 requisitions for the same from the 30 chairman to be paid on warrants of the 20060H2499B3673 - 177 -
1 State Treasurer directly to and in 2 favor of the person named in the 3 requisitions. 4 State appropriation........ 2,250,000 5 Section 255. Legislative Data 6 Processing Committee.--The following 7 amounts are appropriated to the 8 Legislative Data Processing 9 Committee: Federal State 10 For the operation of the 11 Legislative Data Processing Center 12 upon presentation of requisitions for 13 the same from the chairman to be paid 14 on warrants of the State Treasurer 15 directly to and in favor of the person 16 named in the requisitions. 17 State appropriation........ 3,751,000 18 Section 256. Joint State 19 Government Commission.--The following 20 amounts are appropriated to the Joint 21 State Government Commission: Federal State 22 For the salaries, wages and all 23 necessary expenses for the work of the 24 Joint State Government Commission upon 25 presentation of requisitions for the 26 same from the chairman to be paid on 27 warrants of the State Treasurer 28 directly to and in favor of the person 29 named in the requisition. 30 State appropriation........ 1,795,000 20060H2499B3673 - 178 -
1 Section 257. Local Government 2 Commission.--The following amounts are 3 appropriated to the Local Government 4 Commission: Federal State 5 For the salaries, wages and all 6 expenses necessary for the work of the 7 Local Government Commission upon 8 presentation of requisitions for the 9 same from the chairman to be paid on 10 warrants of the State Treasurer 11 directly to and in favor of the person 12 named in the requisitions. 13 State appropriation........ 1,159,000 14 For the compilation and 15 distribution of various municipal 16 codes. 17 State appropriation........ 28,000 18 Section 258. Joint Legislative Air 19 and Water Pollution Control and 20 Conservation Committee.--The following 21 amounts are appropriated to the Joint 22 Legislative Air and Water Pollution 23 Control and Conservation Committee: Federal State 24 For the salaries and expenses of 25 the Joint Legislative Air and Water 26 Pollution Control and Conservation 27 Committee upon presentation of 28 requisitions for the same from the 29 chairman to be paid on warrants of the 30 State Treasurer directly to and in 20060H2499B3673 - 179 -
1 favor of the person named in the 2 requisitions. 3 State appropriation........ 498,000 4 Section 259. Legislative Audit 5 Advisory Commission.--The following 6 amounts are appropriated to the 7 Legislative Audit Advisory 8 Commission: Federal State 9 For the salaries, wages and all 10 expenses necessary for the work of the 11 Legislative Audit Advisory Commission. 12 State appropriation........ 178,000 13 Section 260. Independent 14 Regulatory Review Commission.--The 15 following amounts are appropriated to 16 the Independent Regulatory Review 17 Commission: Federal State 18 For the salaries, wages and all 19 necessary expenses for the work of the 20 Independent Regulatory Review 21 Commission. 22 State appropriation........ 1,850,000 23 Section 261. Capitol Preservation 24 Committee.--The following amounts are 25 appropriated to the Capitol 26 Preservation Committee: Federal State 27 For the operation of the Capitol 28 Preservation Committee. All 29 appropriations made in this act or in 30 any other fiscal year to the Capitol 20060H2499B3673 - 180 -
1 Preservation Committee for the 2 restoration of the Capitol remaining 3 unexpended and unencumbered on the 4 effective date of this part may be 5 expended by the committee for such 6 restoration, including any 7 construction, alterations, structural 8 modifications and relocations of 9 existing facilities and services as 10 may be necessary or incidental to 11 accomplish any such restoration. 12 State appropriation........ 900,000 13 For the restoration of the Capitol 14 and its artifacts, including support 15 facilities and services. 16 State appropriation........ 4,150,000 17 For flag conservation. 18 State appropriation........ 60,000 19 For a colonial history of the 20 Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 21 State appropriation........ 197,000 22 For the Capitol Centennial 23 Commission. 24 State appropriation........ 250,000 25 For rare books conservation. 26 State appropriation........ 400,000 27 Section 262. Pennsylvania 28 Commission on Sentencing.--The 29 following amounts are appropriated to 30 the Pennsylvania Commission on 20060H2499B3673 - 181 -
1 Sentencing: Federal State 2 For the Pennsylvania Commission on 3 Sentencing. 4 State appropriation........ 1,120,000 5 Section 263. Center for Rural 6 Pennsylvania.--The following amounts 7 are appropriated to the Center for 8 Rural Pennsylvania: Federal State 9 For the Center for Rural 10 Pennsylvania. 11 State appropriation........ 1,100,000 12 Section 264. Commonwealth Mail 13 Processing Center.--The following 14 amounts are appropriated to the 15 Commonwealth Mail Processing Center: Federal State 16 For the Commonwealth Mail 17 Processing Center. 18 State appropriation........ 1,300,000 19 Section 265. Chief Clerks of the 20 Senate and House of Representatives.-- 21 The following amount is appropriated 22 to the Chief Clerks of the Senate and 23 the House of Representatives: Federal State 24 For host-State expenses for the 25 Council of State Governments/Eastern 26 Regional Conference Annual Meeting and 27 Regional Policy Forum. 28 State appropriation........ 200,000 29 For the Pennsylvania legislative 30 policy database. 20060H2499B3673 - 182 -
1 State appropriation........ 160,000 2 SUBPART C 3 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 4 Section 281. Supreme Court.--The 5 following amounts are appropriated to 6 the Supreme Court: Federal State 7 For the Supreme Court: including 8 the salaries of the Supreme Court 9 justices, for the office of 10 prothonotary and for the library in 11 the Eastern District and Western 12 District, for the office of 13 prothonotary in the Middle District, 14 for criers, tipstaves, official 15 stenographers, court officers and the 16 law secretary of the Chief Justice in 17 Eastern, Middle and Western Districts, 18 home office expenses and Workers' 19 Compensation Insurance Premiums for 20 all Supreme Court employees not funded 21 by other appropriations, for the 22 office of State reporters, including 23 the salaries and compensation of 24 employees, including the fees for 25 prothonotaries of the Supreme Court of 26 the Eastern, Middle and Western 27 Districts on assignment to judges to 28 counties other than their own, and 29 further including assessments for the 30 National Center of State Courts. 20060H2499B3673 - 183 -
1 State appropriation........ 13,801,000 2 For vouchered expenses for 3 justices. 4 State appropriation........ 180,000 5 For the judicial council for the 6 unified judicial system. 7 State appropriation........ 406,000 8 For county court administrators for 9 the unified judicial system. No moneys 10 from any other appropriation or fund 11 may be utilized to supplement this 12 appropriation. 13 State appropriation........ 16,400,000 14 For court management education for 15 the unified judicial system. 16 State appropriation........ 157,000 17 For the Civil Procedural Rules 18 Committee. 19 State appropriation........ 423,000 20 For the Appellate Court/Orphans' 21 Court Rules Committee. 22 State appropriation........ 180,000 23 For the Rules of Evidence 24 Committee. 25 State appropriation........ 169,000 26 For the Minor Court Rules 27 Committee. 28 State appropriation........ 178,000 29 For the Criminal Procedural Rules 30 Committee. 20060H2499B3673 - 184 -
1 State appropriation........ 430,000 2 For the Domestic Relations 3 Committee. 4 State appropriation........ 203,000 5 For the Juvenile Court Rules 6 Committee. 7 State appropriation........ 198,000 8 For the Court Administrator, 9 including the expenses of the Judicial 10 Council of Pennsylvania and the 11 District Justice Administrator. Funds 12 from this appropriation may be used 13 for the operation of the Pennsylvania 14 Board of Law Examiners. All funds so 15 spent shall be repaid in full to the 16 administrative office of the 17 Pennsylvania courts without interest 18 or charges from the augmenting 19 revenues of the Pennsylvania Board of 20 Law Examiners. 21 State appropriation........ 9,220,000 22 The following Federal amounts are 23 appropriated to supplement the sum 24 appropriated for the Court 25 Administrator: 26 (1) "Court Improvement Project." 27 Federal appropriation...... 430,000 28 For the Integrated Criminal Justice 29 System. 30 State appropriation........ 2,095,000 20060H2499B3673 - 185 -
1 For the unified judicial system 2 security program. 3 State appropriation........ 1,058,000 4 Section 282. Superior Court.--The 5 following amounts are appropriated to 6 the Superior Court: Federal State 7 For the salaries and expenses of 8 the Superior Court: including the 9 salary of the Superior Court judges, 10 for panelization of judges program, 11 for criers, tipstaves, official 12 stenographers, home office expenses, 13 court officers and law secretary of 14 the president judge and Workers' 15 Compensation Insurance Premiums for 16 all employees of the Superior Court, 17 for the prothonotary's office in the 18 Philadelphia District, including 19 salaries and compensation for 20 employees, including the expenses of 21 dockets, stationery, supplies, books 22 for the library and other costs of the 23 Superior Court and its offices. Senior 24 judges working as active or senior 25 judges a minimum of 75 days in the 26 prior calendar year are to receive 27 health benefits. 28 State appropriation........ 26,679,000 29 For vouchered expenses for active 30 judges. 20060H2499B3673 - 186 -
1 State appropriation........ 237,000 2 Section 283. Commonwealth Court.-- 3 The following amounts are appropriated 4 to the Commonwealth Court: Federal State 5 For the salaries of judges, for the 6 salaries and expenses of employees and 7 for home office expenses. Senior 8 judges working as active or senior 9 judges a minimum of 75 days in the 10 prior calendar year are to receive 11 health benefits. 12 State appropriation........ 16,060,000 13 For vouchered expenses for active 14 judges. 15 State appropriation........ 143,000 16 Section 284. Courts of common 17 pleas.--The following amounts are 18 appropriated to the courts of common 19 pleas: Federal State 20 For the courts of common pleas: 21 including the salaries and expenses of 22 judges, including the expenses of 23 traveling judges, including the 24 mileage in divided judicial districts, 25 and the payment of a per diem salary, 26 mileage and miscellaneous expenses to 27 active visiting judges for the 28 performance of their official duties. 29 No printing, postage, telephone and 30 supplies may be paid for from this 20060H2499B3673 - 187 -
1 appropriation. No expenses of any kind 2 relating to education may be paid from 3 this appropriation. 4 State appropriation........ 68,436,000 5 For senior judges of the courts of 6 common pleas. Senior judges working as 7 active or senior judges a minimum of 8 75 days in the prior calendar year are 9 to receive health benefits. Senior 10 judges shall not be assigned unless 11 adequate funds are available in this 12 appropriation to provide compensation. 13 Any senior judge assigned in excess of 14 existing funding shall be compensated 15 from the appropriation for the Supreme 16 Court. 17 State appropriation........ 4,217,000 18 For common pleas judicial 19 education. 20 State appropriation........ 1,346,000 21 For the Ethics Committee. 22 State appropriation........ 40,000 23 Section 285. Community courts - 24 magisterial district judges.--The 25 following amounts are appropriated to 26 the community courts and magisterial 27 district judges: Federal State 28 For the salaries and expenses of 29 community court judges and magisterial 30 district judges. Senior judges working 20060H2499B3673 - 188 -
1 a minimum number of days provided by 2 the Supreme Court are to receive 3 health benefits. Except for those 4 printing costs relating to 42 Pa.C.S. 5 § 3532 (relating to expenses), no 6 other printing, postage, telephone and 7 supplies may be paid for from this 8 appropriation. No expenses of any kind 9 relating to education may be paid from 10 this appropriation. 11 State appropriation........ 56,303,000 12 For magisterial district judges' 13 education. 14 State appropriation........ 605,000 15 Section 286. Philadelphia Traffic 16 Court.--The following amounts are 17 appropriated to the Philadelphia 18 Traffic Court: Federal State 19 For the salaries and expenses of 20 judges. Senior judges working as 21 active or senior judges a minimum of 22 75 days in the prior calendar year are 23 to receive health benefits. 24 State appropriation........ 924,000 25 Section 287. Philadelphia 26 Municipal Court.--The following 27 amounts are appropriated to the 28 Philadelphia Municipal Court: Federal State 29 For the salaries and expenses of 30 judges. Senior judges working as 20060H2499B3673 - 189 -
1 active or senior judges a minimum of 2 75 days in the prior calendar year are 3 to receive health benefits. 4 State appropriation........ 5,842,000 5 For law clerks. 6 State appropriation........ 39,000 7 To provide prompt service and 8 support for victims of domestic 9 violence. 10 State appropriation........ 204,000 11 Section 288. Judicial Conduct 12 Board.--The following amounts are 13 appropriated to the Judicial Conduct 14 Board: Federal State 15 For salaries and expenses of the 16 Judicial Conduct Board. 17 State appropriation........ 1,202,000 18 Section 289. Court of Judicial 19 Discipline.--The following amounts are 20 appropriated to the Court of Judicial 21 Discipline: Federal State 22 For salaries and expenses of the 23 Court of Judicial Discipline. 24 State appropriation........ 451,000 25 Section 290. Juror cost 26 reimbursement.--The following amounts 27 are appropriated for juror cost 28 reimbursement: Federal State 29 For juror cost reimbursement. 30 State appropriation........ 1,369,000 20060H2499B3673 - 190 -
1 Section 291. County court 2 reimbursement.--The following amounts 3 are appropriated for court costs: Federal State 4 For payment to counties as 5 reimbursement for costs incurred by 6 counties in the administration and 7 operation of courts of common pleas 8 during calendar year 2005. 9 Reimbursement shall be provided on the 10 following basis: for each common pleas 11 court judge authorized position, 12 whether filled or vacant within a 13 judicial district, $70,000 per 14 authorized position shall be provided. 15 Judicial districts comprising more 16 than one county shall be entitled to 17 receive $70,000 per authorized common 18 pleas court judge position; the amount 19 payable to each county shall be 20 determined by the proportion of the 21 individual county's population in 22 relation to the population of the 23 entire judicial district. No county 24 shall be reimbursed for costs above 25 the actual direct costs, excluding 26 capital outlays, incurred by them for 27 the operation of the courts of common 28 pleas. For the purposes of 29 reimbursement for common pleas court 30 judge authorized positions, no county 20060H2499B3673 - 191 -
1 shall receive less than 77.5% of the 2 actual reimbursement for court costs 3 provided to them from funds 4 appropriated for the fiscal year July 5 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981. 6 All payments for reimbursement 7 shall be made to the county treasurer 8 and, in cities of the first class 9 coterminous with counties of the first 10 class, to the city treasurer. 11 State appropriation........ 33,036,000 12 For senior judge operational 13 support grants. Funds from this 14 appropriation shall be distributed as 15 provided by statute. 16 State appropriation........ 2,000,000 17 For reimbursement grants for gun 18 courts in cities of the first class. 19 State appropriation........ 125,000 20 For a court consolidation grant for 21 counties of the second class. 22 State appropriation........ 949,000 23 PART III 24 STATE LOTTERY FUND APPROPRIATIONS 25 Section 301. Department of 26 Aging.--The following amounts are 27 appropriated to the Department of 28 Aging: Federal State 29 For audit costs for the Lottery 30 Fund. 20060H2499B3673 - 192 -
1 State appropriation........ 50,000 2 For PENNCARE for older 3 Pennsylvanians, for the purpose of 4 developing, operating and purchasing 5 services for the aged and other 6 adults, including, but not limited to, 7 model projects, community care 8 services, audits of area agencies on 9 aging, protective services and 10 counseling services. This 11 appropriation includes sufficient 12 funds for a 2% cost-of-living increase 13 for direct care staff. No funds from 14 this appropriation shall be used for 15 costs of administration by the 16 Department of Aging. 17 State appropriation........ 217,876,000 18 The following Federal amounts are 19 appropriated to supplement the sum 20 appropriated for PENNCARE: 21 (1) "Programs for the Aging - 22 Title III." 23 Federal appropriation...... 52,000,000 24 (2) "Programs for the Aging - 25 Nutrition." 26 Federal appropriation...... 10,000,000 27 (3) "Programs for the Aging - 28 Title V." 29 Federal appropriation...... 5,300,000 30 (4) "Programs for the Aging - 20060H2499B3673 - 193 -
1 Title VII." 2 Federal appropriation...... 4,700,000 3 (5) "Medical Assistance - 4 Attendant Care." 5 Federal appropriation...... 6,010,000 6 (6) "Medical Assistance - 7 Support." 8 Federal appropriation...... 1,250,000 9 (7) "Elder Mistreatment Research." 10 Federal appropriation...... 275,000 11 (8) "Performance Measures Outcome 12 Projects." 13 Federal appropriation...... 40,000 14 For preadmission assessment. 15 State appropriation........ 7,253,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated to supplement the sum 18 appropriated for preadmission 19 assessment: 20 (1) "Preadmission Assessment." 21 Federal appropriation...... 10,016,000 22 For transfer from the State Lottery 23 Fund to the Pharmaceutical Assistance 24 Fund. 25 State appropriation........ 400,000,000 26 For a senior center grant program. 27 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 28 Section 302. Department of 29 Transportation.--The following amounts 30 are appropriated to the Department of 20060H2499B3673 - 194 -
1 Transportation: 2 For payments to transportation 3 providers for fixed-route 4 transportation services and related 5 improvements and for other 6 transportation activities. 7 State appropriation........ 16,500,000 8 PART IV 9 ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ASSISTANCE 10 FUND APPROPRIATIONS 11 Section 401. Department of 12 Environmental Protection.--The 13 following amounts are appropriated to 14 the Department of Environmental 15 Protection: Federal State 16 For energy conservation programs 17 under the provisions of the Energy 18 Conservation and Assistance Act. At 19 least 75% of these funds must be used 20 for those programs listed as 21 priorities in section 7(b) of the act 22 of July 10, 1986 (P.L.1398, No.122), 23 known as the Energy Conservation and 24 Assistance Act. 25 State appropriation........ 500,000 26 Section 402. Department of Public 27 Welfare.--The following amounts are 28 appropriated to the Department of 29 Public Welfare: Federal State 30 For supplemental assistance under 20060H2499B3673 - 195 -
1 the Energy Conservation and Assistance 2 Act. 3 State appropriation........ 1,600,000 4 PART V 5 JUDICIAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AUGMENTATION 6 ACCOUNT APPROPRIATIONS 7 Section 501. Supreme Court.--The 8 following amounts are appropriated to 9 the Supreme Court: Federal State 10 For the Statewide Judicial Computer 11 System. The Supreme Court and the 12 Court Administrator are prohibited 13 from augmenting this amount by 14 billings to other appropriations to 15 the judicial branch for the Statewide 16 Judicial Computer System or for any 17 other purpose. 18 State appropriation........ 41,727,000 19 PART VI 20 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATING 21 FUND APPROPRIATIONS 22 Section 601. Department of 23 Health.--The following amounts are 24 appropriated to the Department of 25 Health: Federal State 26 For emergency medical services. 27 State appropriation........ 13,033,000 28 For Catastrophic Medical and 29 Rehabilitation Program. 30 State appropriation........ 3,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 196 -
1 PART VII 2 STATE STORES FUND APPROPRIATIONS 3 Section 701. Pennsylvania State 4 Police.--The following amounts are 5 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State 6 Police: Federal State 7 For liquor control enforcement 8 operational expenses. 9 State appropriation........ 20,958,000 10 PART VIII 11 MOTOR LICENSE FUND APPROPRIATIONS 12 FOR 2006-2007 13 SUBPART A 14 MOTOR LICENSE FUND 15 Section 801. Department of 16 Transportation.--The following amounts 17 are appropriated to the Department of 18 Transportation: Federal State 19 For the salaries, wages and all 20 necessary expenses for the proper 21 administration of the Department of 22 Transportation, including the State 23 Transportation Commission and the 24 State Transportation Advisory 25 Committee and the Statewide 26 coordination of municipal services. 27 State appropriation........ 47,022,000 28 For operation of welcome centers. 29 State appropriation........ 2,616,000 30 For advanced highway maintenance 20060H2499B3673 - 197 -
1 technologies and intelligent 2 transportation systems. 3 State appropriation........ 22,100,000 4 For the salaries, wages and all 5 necessary expenses for the operation 6 of the Highway and Safety Improvement 7 Programs, including planning and 8 research, design, engineering, right- 9 of-way acquisition and the operation 10 of the engineering district facilities 11 and liaison services with communities 12 on local road engineering and 13 construction activities. 14 State appropriation........ 150,000,000 15 For security walls pilot projects. 16 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 17 For the salaries, wages and all 18 necessary expenses for the 19 administration and operation of the 20 maintenance program for State roads, 21 bridges, tunnels and structures, 22 including the operation of the county 23 maintenance district facilities. At 24 least $4,000,000 shall be used for the 25 installation and maintenance of raised 26 reflective pavement markers on 27 interstate and similar highways and 28 for installation and maintenance of 29 such markers on other State roads at 30 locations determined by the Department 20060H2499B3673 - 198 -
1 of Transportation. The $4,000,000 may 2 be drawn from both the highway and 3 safety improvement and maintenance 4 appropriations. At least $3,000,000 5 shall be used for the Crossroads 6 Development Project. The $3,000,000 7 may be drawn from both the highway and 8 safety improvement and maintenance 9 appropriations. At least $1,500,000 10 shall be used for a pilot project to 11 expand the width of pavement markings 12 from four inches to six inches on 13 limited access highways. The 14 $1,500,000 may be drawn from both the 15 highway and safety improvement and 16 maintenance appropriations. 17 State appropriation........ 770,500,000 18 For highway maintenance and safety 19 projects. 20 State appropriation........ 10,000,000 21 For a Statewide pavement 22 preservation program. 23 State appropriation........ 50,000,000 24 For maintenance, repair, 25 rehabilitation, reconstruction or 26 replacement of State-designated 27 highways and bridges damaged or 28 destroyed by the storm emergencies of 29 September 2004, January 2005 and April 30 2005. From this appropriation a 20060H2499B3673 - 199 -
1 portion of these funds shall be 2 distributed to county maintenance 3 districts in the amount of disaster 4 recovery costs not reimbursed by the 5 Federal Government to be used for the 6 maintenance program. 7 State appropriation........ 50,000,000 8 For bridge preservation. 9 State appropriation........ 28,000,000 10 For emergency highway and bridge 11 repairs and bridge replacements. 12 State appropriation........ 5,433,000 13 For reinvestment in Department of 14 Transportation facilities. 15 State appropriation........ 16,540,000 16 For the salaries, wages and all 17 necessary expenses for the 18 administration of the Traffic Safety 19 Program and the administration and 20 operation of the Operator and Vehicle 21 Registration Programs. 22 State appropriation........ 127,708,000 23 For payments to municipalities to 24 assist in maintenance and construction 25 costs of roads. 26 State appropriation........ 190,639,000 27 For supplemental payments to 28 municipalities to assist in 29 maintenance and construction costs of 30 roads in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. 20060H2499B3673 - 200 -
1 Ch. 93 (relating to supplemental 2 funding for municipal highway 3 maintenance). 4 State appropriation........ 5,000,000 5 Section 802. Executive Offices.-- 6 The following amounts are appropriated 7 to the Executive Offices: Federal State 8 For comptroller operations related 9 to the Motor License Fund. 10 State appropriation........ 5,831,000 11 For the Statewide Public Safety 12 Radio System. 13 State appropriation........ 5,871,000 14 Section 803. Treasury 15 Department.--The following amounts are 16 appropriated to the Treasury 17 Department: Federal State 18 For the payment of salaries, wages 19 and all necessary expenses in the 20 proper administration of the program 21 to refund liquid fuels taxes to which 22 the Commonwealth is not entitled. 23 State appropriation........ 455,000 24 For payment of refunds of liquid 25 fuels taxes for agricultural use to 26 which the Commonwealth is not 27 entitled. 28 State appropriation........ 4,000,000 29 For the payment of approved claims 30 for the refunding of liquid fuels 20060H2499B3673 - 201 -
1 taxes and fuel use taxes to which the 2 Commonwealth is not entitled. 3 State appropriation........ 350,000 4 Refunding liquid fuels tax - 5 political subdivision use. 6 State appropriation........ 3,200,000 7 Refunding liquid fuels tax - 8 volunteer fire companies, volunteer 9 ambulance services and volunteer 10 rescue squads. 11 State appropriation........ 400,000 12 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the 13 restricted account created pursuant to 14 75 Pa.C.S. § 7706 (relating to 15 restricted account) for use by the 16 Department of Conservation and Natural 17 Resources for the improvement of the 18 public roadways, highways and bridges 19 of this Commonwealth that are also 20 used by snowmobiles and all-terrain 21 vehicles. For the purpose of this 22 appropriation, improvement includes, 23 but is not limited to, grooming for 24 snowmobile use and safety. 25 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 26 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the 27 Boat Fund for the use of the 28 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission 29 for the improvement of the waters of 30 Pennsylvania on which motorboats are 20060H2499B3673 - 202 -
1 permitted to operate. 2 State appropriation........ 2,800,000 3 For the payment of principal and 4 interest requirements on general 5 obligation bonds issued for 6 transportation projects. 7 State appropriation........ 12,097,000 8 For payment of principal and 9 interest requirements on general 10 obligation bonds issued for public 11 improvements. 12 State appropriation........ 10,625,000 13 For payment of the compensation of 14 the Commonwealth's loan and transfer 15 agent for services and expenses in 16 connection with the registration, 17 transfer and payment of interest on 18 bonds of the Commonwealth and other 19 services required to be performed by 20 the loan and transfer agent. 21 State appropriation........ 50,000 22 Section 804. Department of 23 Conservation and Natural Resources.-- 24 The following amounts are appropriated 25 to the Department of Conservation and 26 Natural Resources: Federal State 27 For the maintenance and mitigation 28 of dust and sediment pollution from 29 forestry roads. 30 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 20060H2499B3673 - 203 -
1 Section 805. Department of 2 Education.--The following amounts are 3 appropriated to the Department of 4 Education: Federal State 5 For administration of the school 6 safe driving program and for payments 7 to school districts or joint school 8 organizations for driver education 9 courses. 10 State appropriation........ 1,230,000 11 Section 806. Department of 12 Environmental Protection.--The 13 following amounts are appropriated to 14 the Department of Environmental 15 Protection: Federal State 16 To the State Conservation 17 Commission for the maintenance and 18 improvement of dirt and gravel roads. 19 State appropriation........ 4,000,000 20 Section 807. Department of General 21 Services.--The following amounts are 22 appropriated to the Department of 23 General Services: Federal State 24 For payment of tort claims. 25 State appropriation........ 20,000,000 26 Section 808. Department of 27 Revenue.--The following amounts are 28 appropriated to the Department of 29 Revenue: Federal State 30 For administration and enforcement 20060H2499B3673 - 204 -
1 of various Motor License Fund tax 2 regulations. 3 State appropriation........ 13,408,000 4 Section 809. Pennsylvania State 5 Police.--The following amounts are 6 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State 7 Police: Federal State 8 For transfer to the General Fund to 9 finance the Traffic Control and the 10 Traffic Safety Facilities Program of 11 the Pennsylvania State Police. At 12 least $25,000 shall be used for 13 highway safety targeted enforcement. 14 State appropriation........ 372,110,000 15 For transfer to the General Fund of 16 the Motor License Fund share for the 17 recruitment, training and deployment 18 of 120 new troopers during the 2006- 19 2007 fiscal year and for the 20 redeployment to patrol duty of at 21 least 60 enlisted personnel through 22 the hiring of civilian personnel to 23 fill their non-police duties totaling 24 180 additional troopers available for 25 patrol, including a number sufficient 26 to patrol interstate highways in 27 cities of the first class. No funds 28 from this appropriation shall be used 29 for any other purpose and one-half of 30 these funds shall be placed in 20060H2499B3673 - 205 -
1 budgetary reserve until the adoption 2 of a civilianization plan agreement. 3 State appropriation........ 8,289,000 4 For Law Enforcement Information 5 Technology. 6 State appropriation........ 32,135,000 7 For transfer to the General Fund to 8 finance the Municipal Police Officers' 9 Education and Training Commission. 10 State appropriation........ 3,846,000 11 For replacement of patrol vehicles, 12 including sufficient patrol vehicles 13 for the additional 180 troopers 14 authorized in this act. 15 State appropriation........ 10,478,000 16 For transfer to the General Fund to 17 finance the Automated Fingerprint 18 Identification System (AFIS). 19 State appropriation........ 121,000 20 For commercial vehicle inspections. 21 State appropriation........ 3,773,000 22 Section 810. Pennsylvania 23 Emergency Management Agency.--The 24 following amounts are appropriated to 25 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management 26 Agency: Federal State 27 For September 2004 Tropical Storm 28 Ivan - Public Assistance. 29 State appropriation........ 12,500,000 30 SUBPART B 20060H2499B3673 - 206 -
1 AVIATION RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT 2 Section 821. Department of 3 Transportation.--The following amounts 4 are appropriated to the Department of 5 Transportation: Federal State 6 For payment for aviation 7 operations, including the operation 8 and maintenance of State-owned 9 aircraft, payment of general expenses, 10 supplies, printing and equipment; for 11 the development and maintenance of 12 State airports and the maintenance and 13 repair of landing fields, intermediate 14 landing fields, landing field 15 equipment, beacon sites and other 16 navigation facilities; and for the 17 encouragement and development of civil 18 aeronautics. 19 State appropriation........ 4,966,000 20 For airport development. 21 State appropriation........ 8,000,000 22 For real estate tax rebate payments 23 to privately owned public use 24 airports. 25 State appropriation........ 250,000 26 PART IX 27 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE 28 FUND APPROPRIATIONS 29 Section 901. Pennsylvania 30 Emergency Management Agency.--The 20060H2499B3673 - 207 -
1 following amounts are appropriated to 2 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management 3 Agency: Federal State 4 For general administration and 5 operational expenses, including 6 expenses of the Hazardous Material 7 Emergency Planning and Response 8 Advisory Committee. 9 State appropriation........ 117,000 10 For training programs for hazardous 11 material response teams. 12 State appropriation........ 417,000 13 For grants to support counties' 14 activities. 15 State appropriation........ 824,000 16 For public and facility owner 17 education, information and 18 participation programs. 19 State appropriation........ 117,000 20 PART X 21 MILK MARKETING FUND APPROPRIATIONS 22 Section 1001. Milk Marketing 23 Board.--The following amounts are 24 appropriated to the Milk Marketing 25 Board: Federal State 26 For the operation of the Milk 27 Marketing Board. 28 State appropriation........ 2,737,000 29 PART XI 30 HOME INVESTMENT TRUST 20060H2499B3673 - 208 -
1 FUND APPROPRIATIONS 2 Section 1101. Department of 3 Community and Economic Development.-- 4 The following amounts are appropriated 5 to the Department of Community and 6 Economic Development: Federal State 7 For administration of the Home 8 Program. 9 State appropriation........ 1,200,000 10 PART XII 11 TUITION PAYMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS 12 Section 1201. Treasury 13 Department.--The following amounts are 14 appropriated to the Treasury 15 Department: Federal State 16 For the operation of the Tuition 17 Account Program Bureau. However, no 18 money deposited with the Treasury 19 Department for the purchase of tuition 20 credits can be used for the 21 administration of the program. 22 State appropriation........ 1,033,000 23 PART XIII 24 BANKING DEPARTMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS 25 Section 1301. Department of 26 Banking.--The following amounts are 27 appropriated to the Department of 28 Banking: Federal State 29 For general government operations 30 of the Department of Banking. 20060H2499B3673 - 209 -
1 State appropriation........ 18,120,000 2 Section 1302. Department of 3 General Services.--The following 4 amounts are appropriated to the 5 Department of General Services: Federal State 6 For Harristown rental charges. 7 State appropriation........ 141,000 8 For Harristown utility and 9 municipal charges. 10 State appropriation........ 213,000 11 PART XIV 12 FIREARM RECORDS CHECK FUND APPROPRIATIONS 13 Section 1401. Pennsylvania State 14 Police.--The following amounts are 15 appropriated to the Pennsylvania State 16 Police: Federal State 17 For activities associated with the 18 purchase of firearms by individuals. 19 State appropriation........ 5,807,000 20 PART XV 21 BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 22 AUTHORITY FUND APPROPRIATIONS 23 Section 1501. Department of 24 Community and Economic Development.-- 25 The following amounts are appropriated 26 to the Department of Community and 27 Economic Development: Federal State 28 For the Ben Franklin Technology 29 Development Authority Fund. The 30 allocation from this appropriation for 20060H2499B3673 - 210 -
1 Ben Franklin centers for fiscal year 2 2006-2007 shall not be less than the 3 allocation for fiscal year 2005-2006. 4 No more than $1,362,000 may be used 5 for administration. 6 State appropriation........ 55,485,000 7 The following Federal amounts are 8 appropriated to supplement the sum 9 appropriated for the Ben Franklin 10 Technology Development Authority: 11 (1) "Assistive Technology." 12 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 13 (2) "Telecommunications 14 Initiatives." 15 Federal appropriation...... 6,000,000 16 (3) "Technology Opportunities." 17 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 18 (4) "Telecommunications 19 Infrastructure." 20 Federal appropriation...... 2,000,000 21 (5) "Integrated Technology." 22 Federal appropriation...... 1,000,000 23 (6) "Telecommunications Projects." 24 Federal appropriation...... 500,000 25 PART XVI 26 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND 27 Section 1601. Tobacco Settlement 28 Board.--The following amounts are 29 appropriated to the Tobacco Settlement 30 Board: Federal State 20060H2499B3673 - 211 -
1 For the general government 2 operations of the Tobacco Settlement 3 Board. 4 State appropriation........ 376,000 5 PART XVI-A 6 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RETENTION ACCOUNT 7 Section 1601-A. Department of 8 Public Welfare.--The following amounts 9 are appropriated to the Department of 10 Public Welfare: Federal State 11 For health care provider retention 12 pursuant to section 443.7 of the act 13 of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), 14 known as the Public Welfare Code. 15 State appropriation........ 209,467,000 16 The following Federal amounts are 17 appropriated to supplement the sum 18 appropriated for health care provider 19 retention under section 443.7 of the 20 Public Welfare Code: 21 (1) "Medical Assistance - Provider 22 Retention." 23 Federal appropriation...... 256,533,000 24 PART XVII 25 RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS 26 Section 1701. General provisions.--The Secretary of the 27 Budget may create the restricted receipt accounts set forth in 28 this part for the purpose of administering Federal grants only 29 for the purposes herein designated during the fiscal year July 30 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. 20060H2499B3673 - 212 -
1 Section 1702. Department of Community and Economic 2 Development.--The following restricted receipt account may be 3 established for the Department of Community and Economic 4 Development: 5 (1) "ARC Housing Revolving Loan Program." 6 Section 1703. Department of Conservation and Natural 7 Resources.--The following restricted receipt accounts may be 8 established for the Department of Conservation and Natural 9 Resources: 10 (1) "Federal Aid to Volunteer Fire Companies." 11 (2) "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act." 12 (3) "National Forest Reserve Allotment." 13 (4) "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act - 14 Conservation and Natural Resources." 15 Section 1704. Department of Education.--The following 16 restricted receipt accounts may be established for the 17 Department of Education: 18 (1) "Education of the Disabled - Part C." 19 (2) "LSTA - Library Grants." 20 (3) "Penn State University Federal Aid." 21 (4) "Emergency Immigration Education Assistance." 22 (5) "Education of the Disabled - Part D." 23 (6) "Homeless Adult Assistance Program." 24 (7) "Severely Handicapped." 25 (8) "Medical Assistance Reimbursements to Local Education 26 Agencies." 27 Section 1705. Department of Environmental Protection.--The 28 following restricted receipt accounts may be established for the 29 Department of Environmental Protection: 30 (1) "Federal Water Resources Planning Act." 20060H2499B3673 - 213 -
1 (2) "Flood Control Payments." 2 (3) "Soil and Water Conservation Act - Inventory of 3 Programs." 4 Section 1706. Department of Transportation.--The following 5 restricted receipt accounts may be established for the 6 Department of Transportation: 7 (1) "Capital Assistance Elderly and Handicapped Programs." 8 (2) "Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Assistance." 9 (3) "Ridesharing/Van Pool Program - Acquisition." 10 Section 1707. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.--The 11 following restricted receipt account may be established for the 12 Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency: 13 (1) "Receipts from Federal Government - Disaster Relief - 14 Disaster Relief Assistance to State and Political Subdivisions." 15 Section 1708. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 16 Commission.--The following restricted receipt account may be 17 established for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum 18 Commission: 19 (1) "Federal Grant - Historical Preservation Act of 1966." 20 PART XVII-A 21 COMMUNITY HEALTH REINVESTMENT RESTRICTED ACCOUNT 22 Section 1701-A. Community Health Reinvestment Restricted 23 Account. 24 (a) Establishment.--There is established a restricted 25 receipt account in the Tobacco Settlement Fund in the State 26 Treasury to be known as the Community Health Reinvestment 27 Restricted Account. 28 (b) Payment.--In calendar year 2006, a corporation under 40 29 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to hospital plan corporations) or Ch. 30 63 (relating to professional health services plan corporations) 20060H2499B3673 - 214 -
1 which is a party to the Agreement on Community Health 2 Reinvestment entered into February 2, 2005, by the Insurance 3 Department and Capital Blue Cross, Highmark, Inc., Independence 4 Blue Cross and Hospital Service Association of Northeastern 5 Pennsylvania shall pay to the Community Health Reinvestment 6 Restricted Account the amount calculated for the 2006 calendar 7 year in section 5 of the agreement. The full text of the 8 Agreement on Community Health Reinvestment shall be published in 9 the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 30 days of the effective date 10 of this section. 11 (c) Insurance Department.--The money in the Community Health 12 Reinvestment Restricted Account is appropriated to the Insurance 13 Department to be used for contracts to provide basic health care 14 insurance for eligible adults under Chapter 13 of the act of 15 June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement 16 Act. 17 PART XVIII 18 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 19 FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 20 SUBPART A 21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 22 Section 1801. State appropriations.--(a) The following sums 23 set forth in this part, or as much thereof as may be necessary, 24 are hereby specifically appropriated from the General Fund to 25 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 26 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, 27 wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the duly 28 elected or appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, 29 for the payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for 30 the purchase or rental of goods and services, printing, public 20060H2499B3673 - 215 -
1 advertising by or through any medium, equipment, land and 2 buildings and for payment of any other expenses, as provided by 3 law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct of the 4 duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 5 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 6 2005, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 7 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. 8 (b) The following sums set forth in this part, or as much 9 thereof as may be necessary, are hereby specifically 10 appropriated from the Motor License Fund to the several 11 hereinafter named agencies of the Executive Department of the 12 Commonwealth for the payment of salaries, wages or other 13 compensation and travel expenses of the duly appointed officers 14 and employees of the Commonwealth, for the payment of fees for 15 contractual services rendered, for the purchase or rental of 16 goods and services and for payment of any other expenses, as 17 provided by law or by this act, necessary for the proper conduct 18 of the duties, functions and activities and for the purposes 19 hereinafter set forth for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 20 2005, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid 21 at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. 22 Section 1802. Federal augmentation appropriations.--The 23 following Federal augmentation appropriations set forth in this 24 part, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 25 specifically appropriated from the Federal augmentation funds to 26 the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 27 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of the expenses 28 of implementing and carrying out the programs stated herein for 29 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and for the payment of 30 bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal 20060H2499B3673 - 216 -
1 year ending June 30, 2005. Unless otherwise stated, the 2 appropriations include any carryovers from the prior fiscal 3 year. 4 SUBPART B 5 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 6 Section 1811. Department of 7 Education.--The following amounts are 8 appropriated to the Department of 9 Education: Federal State 10 For special education - approved 11 private schools. 12 State appropriation........ 83,772,000 13 Section 1812. Department of Public 14 Welfare.--The following amounts are 15 appropriated to the Department of 16 Public Welfare: Federal State 17 For cash assistance grants 18 including employment and training and 19 child care services for cash 20 assistance recipients and child care 21 services for former cash assistance 22 recipients. 23 State appropriation........ 421,717,000 24 For medical assistance payments - 25 capitation plans. For provision of 26 outpatient services and inpatient 27 hospital services to eligible persons 28 enrolled in an approved capitation 29 plan. No part of this appropriation 30 shall be used to pay any provider who 20060H2499B3673 - 217 -
1 has not supplied information in such 2 form as required by the department in 3 order to facilitate claims for Federal 4 financial participation for services 5 rendered to general assistance 6 clients. The Department of Public 7 Welfare shall not require a recipient 8 to obtain a physician referral in 9 order to receive chiropractic 10 services. 11 State appropriation........ 2,519,978,000 12 For medical assistance - long-term 13 care. 14 State appropriation........ 755,890,000 15 Section 1813. Pennsylvania 16 Emergency Management Agency.--The 17 following amounts are appropriated to 18 the Pennsylvania Emergency Management 19 Agency: Federal State 20 For July 2003 Summer Storm - Hazard 21 Mitigation. 22 State appropriation........ 75,000 23 Section 1814. Pennsylvania Housing 24 Finance Agency.--The following amounts 25 are appropriated to the Pennsylvania 26 Housing Finance Agency: Federal State 27 For transfer to the Pennsylvania 28 Housing Finance Agency for the 29 Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage 30 Assistance Program. 20060H2499B3673 - 218 -
1 State appropriation........ 8,000,000 2 SUBPART E 3 MOTOR LICENSE FUND 4 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 5 Section 1881. Treasury 6 Department.--The following amounts are 7 appropriated to the Treasury 8 Department: Federal State 9 Refunding liquid fuels tax - to the 10 restricted account created pursuant to 11 75 Pa.C.S. § 7706 (relating to 12 restricted account) for the use by the 13 Department of Conservation and Natural 14 Resources for the improvement of the 15 public roadways, highways and bridges 16 of the Commonwealth that are also used 17 by snowmobiles and all-terrain 18 vehicles. For the purpose of this 19 appropriation, improvement includes, 20 but is not limited to, grooming for 21 snowmobile use and safety. 22 State appropriation........ 1,000,000 23 SUBPART J 24 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 2005-2006 25 Section 1891. Prior laws unaffected.--This act is not 26 intended to be inconsistent with or to repeal any provision of 27 any act enacted at this or any prior session of the General 28 Assembly regulating the purchase of supplies, the ordering of 29 printing and binding, the purchase, maintenance and use of 30 automobiles, the method of making payments from the State 20060H2499B3673 - 219 -
1 Treasury for any purpose or the functioning of any 2 administrative department, board or commission. 3 Section 1892. Compliance with other law before funds 4 available.--No appropriation made by this part to any 5 department, board, commission or agency of the Executive 6 Department shall be available unless and until the department, 7 board, commission or agency has complied with sections 615 and 8 616 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The 9 Administrative Code of 1929. 10 Section 1893. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or 11 committing funds.--Funds for the purchase of supplies, materials 12 and equipment shall not be deemed to be committed or encumbered 13 until contracts covering the purchase have been entered into 14 with the vendors. 15 Section 1894. Minority business set-asides.--(a) Each 16 department or other instrumentality of the Commonwealth listed 17 in Subpart B authorized to contract for buildings, highways, 18 commodities, equipment, supplies or services shall report to the 19 General Assembly all information pertinent to anticipated 20 procurement needs at the beginning of each fiscal year and each 21 fiscal quarter thereafter. 22 (b) As used in this section, the term "minority business" 23 means a minority business enterprise as defined in the act of 24 July 22, 1974 (P.L.598, No.206), known as the Pennsylvania 25 Minority Business Development Authority Act. 26 Section 1895. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous 27 sources.--(a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this 28 part, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies 29 furnished to employees and other persons, except inmates, by an 30 institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the sale 20060H2499B3673 - 220 -
1 of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber or other 2 materials sold by the department shall be paid into the General 3 Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the 4 several respective institutions for the operation and 5 maintenance of the institutions. 6 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this part, 7 all moneys received from any other source, except the Federal 8 Government, as contributions for the programs provided herein or 9 as payment for services or materials furnished by one 10 institution to another, except those collections designated as 11 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby 12 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the 13 respective appropriations. 14 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by 15 this part, all moneys received by a department or agency of the 16 Commonwealth from any other sources, except the Federal 17 Government, as contributions or supplements to the department or 18 agency for a program or administration of an act included in 19 this part shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to 20 the appropriation for that program or administration of the act. 21 Section 1896. Lapsing of unused funds.--(a) Except as 22 otherwise provided by law or by this section, that part of all 23 appropriations in Part XVIII unexpended, uncommitted or 24 unencumbered as of June 30, 2005, shall automatically lapse as 25 of that date. 26 (b) The appropriation in section 1881 to the Treasury 27 Department shall be a continuing appropriation until June 30, 28 2007. 29 Section 1897. Construction with prior appropriation acts.-- 30 Any appropriation in Subparts B and E of this part which is the 20060H2499B3673 - 221 -
1 same or similar to any appropriation in the act of July 7, 2005 2 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of 3 2005, shall replace that appropriation. 4 Section 1898. Deduction of expended appropriations under 5 prior law.--Any money which has been appropriated and expended 6 under the act of July 7, 2005 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the 7 General Appropriation Act of 2005, shall be deducted from the 8 corresponding appropriation in this part. 9 PART XIX 10 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS 11 FOR 2006-2007 12 Section 1901. General Fund repository for Federal funds.-- 13 All moneys received from the Federal Government as contributions 14 or supplements to the departments or agencies of the 15 Commonwealth or the programs herein provided shall be paid into 16 the General Fund. 17 Section 1902. Limitation on encumbering or spending Federal 18 funds.--Federal funds shall be encumbered or spent only to the 19 extent that such funds are estimated as being available during 20 the fiscal year of the Commonwealth. 21 Section 1903. Appropriation of prior unspent Federal 22 funds.--Any Federal money which has been previously appropriated 23 by the General Assembly and authorized or allocated by the 24 Federal Government but remains unspent from prior fiscal years 25 and will not be renewed for fiscal year 2006-2007 is hereby 26 appropriated. 27 Section 1904. Subgrants between Federal fund 28 appropriations.--Subgrants may be made between appropriations 29 without further approval of the General Assembly. The Secretary 30 of the Budget shall submit a list of subgrants to the chairman 20060H2499B3673 - 222 -
1 and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the 2 Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the 3 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives 4 quarterly. No subgrant to a State agency, however, may be made 5 from a restricted receipt account without a specific 6 appropriation by the General Assembly. 7 Section 1905. Utilization of emergency Federal funds.--(a) 8 Federal funds available for costs and damages resulting from 9 natural disasters or civil disobedience may be added to an 10 appropriation contained in this act or to funds appropriated or 11 may be used for the purposes prescribed by the Federal 12 Government. 13 (b) In addition to the moneys appropriated by this act, all 14 moneys received from the Federal Government for the purpose of 15 disaster assistance or relief, or other moneys received as a 16 direct result of terrorist acts and moneys for homeland security 17 and defense, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby 18 appropriated out of the General Fund to the departments, boards, 19 commissions or agencies designated by the Governor. 20 (c) In the event of any emergency situation in which the 21 General Assembly cannot act in sufficient time, the Governor is 22 authorized through executive authorization to provide up to 23 $10,000,000 in Federal funds to alleviate the emergency 24 situation. For the purposes of this section, "emergency" is 25 defined as any situation in which there is a chance of or which 26 may result in substantial human suffering. 27 Section 1906. Transfer of funds from TANFBG to CCDFBG and 28 SSBG.--In accordance with Federal law which permits the transfer 29 of funds from the TANFBG to the CCDFBG and SSBG, the Department 30 of Public Welfare, upon approval of the Secretary of the Budget, 20060H2499B3673 - 223 -
1 may make such transfers of funds provided that any such transfer 2 will not result in a deficit in any appropriation from which 3 funds are transferred. The Secretary of the Budget shall provide 4 ten days prior notification of any such transfers to the 5 chairman and the minority chairman of the Appropriations 6 Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman 7 of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. 8 Section 1907. Transfer of LIHEAP funds.--(a) The Department 9 of Public Welfare, upon approval of the Secretary of the Budget, 10 may transfer up to 15% of any additional funds received for the 11 LIHEAP program either through an increase in the regular program 12 or a Presidential release of contingency funds, to the 13 Department of Community and Economic Development for the LIHEAP 14 - Weatherization Program. The Secretary of the Budget shall 15 provide ten days prior notification of any such transfers to the 16 chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee 17 of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the 18 Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. 19 (b) The Department of Public Welfare, upon approval of the 20 Secretary of the Budget, may transfer LIHEAP administrative 21 funds to the Department of Community and Economic Development 22 subject to any limitations under Federal law. The Secretary of 23 the Budget shall provide ten days prior notification of any such 24 transfer to the chairman and minority chairman of the 25 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and 26 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House 27 of Representatives. 28 PART XX 29 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS FOR 2006-2007 30 Section 2001. Prior laws unaffected.--Except as provided in 20060H2499B3673 - 224 -
1 section 253, this act is not intended to be inconsistent with or 2 to repeal any provision of any act enacted at this or any prior 3 session of the General Assembly regulating the purchase of 4 supplies, the ordering of printing and binding, the purchase, 5 maintenance and use of automobiles, the method of making 6 payments from the State Treasury for any purpose or the 7 functioning of any administrative department, board or 8 commission. 9 Section 2002. Compliance with other law before funds 10 available.--No appropriation made by this act to any department, 11 board, commission or agency of the Executive Department shall be 12 available unless and until the department, board, commission or 13 agency has complied with sections 615 and 616 of the act of 14 April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative 15 Code of 1929. 16 Section 2003. Contracts prerequisite to encumbering or 17 committing funds.--Funds available to agencies, boards, 18 departments, commissions, or other governmental entities under 19 this act for the procurement of supplies, services or 20 construction shall not be available for payment of, or to be 21 committed to or encumbered for payment of, any such procurement 22 unless and until the agency, board, department or other 23 governmental entity has complied with all of the requirements 24 applicable to the procurement that are set out in 62 Pa.C.S. 25 (relating to procurement) and in the policies, procedures and 26 regulations instituted in accordance with that code. 27 Section 2004. Minority business set-asides.--(a) Each 28 department or other instrumentality of the Commonwealth listed 29 in Subpart A of Part II authorized to contract for buildings, 30 highways, commodities, equipment, supplies or services shall 20060H2499B3673 - 225 -
1 report to the General Assembly all information pertinent to 2 anticipated procurement needs at the beginning of each fiscal 3 year and each fiscal quarter thereafter. 4 (b) As used in this section, the term "minority business" 5 means a minority business enterprise as defined in the act of 6 July 22, 1974 (P.L.598, No.206), known as the Pennsylvania 7 Minority Business Development Authority Act. 8 Section 2005. Appropriation of funds from miscellaneous 9 sources.--(a) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this 10 act, moneys received in payment for food and household supplies 11 furnished to employees and other persons, except inmates, by an 12 institution, and moneys received from the proceeds from the sale 13 of any products of the soil, meats, livestock, timber or other 14 materials sold by the department shall be paid into the General 15 Fund and are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund to the 16 several respective institutions for the operation and 17 maintenance of the institutions. 18 (b) In addition to the amounts appropriated by this act, all 19 moneys received from any other source, except the Federal 20 Government, as contributions for the programs provided herein or 21 as payment for services or materials furnished by one 22 institution to another, except those collections designated as 23 revenues, shall be paid into the General Fund and are hereby 24 appropriated out of the General Fund for the purposes of the 25 respective appropriations. 26 (c) In addition to any funds specifically appropriated by 27 this act, all moneys received by a department or agency of the 28 Commonwealth from any other sources, except the Federal 29 Government, as contributions or supplements to the department or 30 agency for a program or administration of an act included in 20060H2499B3673 - 226 -
1 this act shall be paid into the General Fund and credited to the 2 appropriation for that program or administration of the act. 3 Section 2006. Lapsing of unused funds.--(a) Except as 4 otherwise provided by law or by this section, that part of all 5 appropriations in Parts II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, 6 XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XVI-A unexpended, uncommitted or 7 unencumbered as of June 30, 2007, shall automatically lapse as 8 of that date. 9 (b) The appropriation in Part II to the Pennsylvania 10 Emergency Management Agency for volunteer company grants shall 11 lapse if funding for this purpose becomes available from another 12 source during fiscal year 2006-2007. 13 (c) The appropriations in Part II to the Legislative 14 Department shall be continuing appropriations. 15 (d) The appropriations in Part II to the Supreme Court for 16 the unified judicial security programs shall be a continuing 17 appropriation. 18 Section 2007. Appellate courts appropriation contingency.-- 19 The funds appropriated in Part II to the Supreme, Superior and 20 Commonwealth Courts for justice and judge expenses are 21 contingent upon a vouchered expense account plan being continued 22 by the Supreme Court. 23 Section 2008. Transfer of excess funds.--The Governor may 24 transfer any excess money in those funds receiving proceeds of 25 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania general obligation bonds in excess 26 of the amount necessary for the purposes for which the bonds 27 were issued to the appropriate sinking fund for payment of debt 28 service due on outstanding bonds. If such excess funds, together 29 with any available balance, exceed the amount of debt service 30 remaining to be paid, the funds shall be transferred to the 20060H2499B3673 - 227 -
1 General Fund or to the appropriate special fund responsible for 2 such debt service. 3 Section 2009. Transfer of funds by the Supreme Court.--The 4 Supreme Court may transfer during the fiscal year funds 5 appropriated in sections 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290 6 and 291 to the Judicial Department in Part II, among any of the 7 line items contained within those sections. In order to avoid a 8 deficit in any line items in those sections, the Supreme Court 9 may also transfer any funds deposited into the Judicial Computer 10 System Augmentation Account to any line items in those sections. 11 The Supreme Court may also transfer any excess funds 12 appropriated in those sections to the Judicial Computer System 13 Augmentation Account during the month of June 2007. Whenever the 14 Supreme Court makes a transfer under this section, the Supreme 15 Court shall give written notification to the Secretary of the 16 Budget and chairman and minority chairman of the Senate 17 Committee on Appropriations and the chairman and the minority 18 chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on 19 Appropriations ten days prior to any transfer. This section 20 shall not apply to the appropriation in section 291 for gun 21 courts. 22 Section 2010. Motor License Fund limitation.--The Department 23 of Transportation is authorized to make adjustments to 24 construction contracts for highway capital projects involving 25 steel entered into prior to March 1, 2004, where the adjustments 26 are supported by mutual consideration. 27 PART XXI 28 EFFECTIVE DATE 29 Section 2101. Effective date.--This act shall take effect 30 July 1, 2006, or immediately, whichever is later. C3L84RZ/20060H2499B3673 - 228 -