THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 12, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 12, 2009  

AN ACT

Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of

Pennsylvania.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  (a)  The following sums, or as much thereof as

may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the

University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to

June 30, 2010, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:

(1)  For veterinary activities.................    35,682,000

(2)  For Center for Infectious Disease.........     2,871,000

(b)  The sum of $226,000 is hereby appropriated to the

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year

July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for the general maintenance of

the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of such

apparatus and equipment as the trustees may deem necessary for

the best interest of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.

Section 2.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania

on account of the appropriations for the items provided in

section 1(a) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of

Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall

be conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the

Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum

of four persons who are not elected officials and who are

appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the

Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of

Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the

respective appointing authority; and shall be further

conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as

members of the board of trustees.

(b)  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,

complete and accurate information as may be required by the

Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or

the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

House of Representatives.

(c)  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues

and expenditures and present its financial statements in

accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and

procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the

"Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of

Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-

Related Colleges and Universities."

(d)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall

report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both

the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives

by September 30, 2010, on how State-appropriated funds were

expended for fiscal year 2009-2010 to reduce the costs to

Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to

Pennsylvania residents.

Section 3.  (a)  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania

Museum on account of the appropriation provided in section 1(b)

shall be made quarterly by the Executive Director of the

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

(b)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall

provide full, complete and accurate information as may be

required by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or

the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman

of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or

immediately, whichever is later.