THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 15, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 15, 2009  

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act of July 28, 1966 (3rd Sp.Sess., P.L.87, No.3),

entitled "An act providing for the establishment and

operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an

instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-

related university in the higher education system of the

Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing for the

composition of the board of trustees; terms of trustees, and

the power and duties of such trustees; authorizing

appropriations in amounts to be fixed annually by the General

Assembly; providing for the auditing of accounts of

expenditures from said appropriations; providing for public

support and capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of

bonds exempt from taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring

the chancellor to make an annual report of the operations of

the University of Pittsburgh," making Federal and State

appropriations for carrying the same into effect; providing

for a basis for payments of such appropriations, for a method

of accounting for the funds appropriated and for certain

fiscal information disclosure.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be

necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the

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

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

Section 2.  Payments to the University of Pittsburgh on

account of the appropriation in section 1 shall be made on the

basis of costs during the fiscal year.

Section 3.  (a)  Subject to the requirements of subsection

(c), payments to the University of Pittsburgh of the

appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made monthly during

the fiscal year.

(b)  Such monthly payments shall be made in accordance with

the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The

estimate of costs shall be submitted by the University of

Pittsburgh to the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly

and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date

on which such payment is to be made.

(c)  No funds appropriated under this act shall be received

by the University of Pittsburgh unless the university agrees to

enter into articulation agreements with the community colleges

and the State System of Higher Education institutions pursuant

to Article XX-C of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14),

known as the Public School Code of 1949, and agrees to

participate in a longitudinal data system operated by the

Commonwealth consistent with any applicable United States

Department of Education guidelines. Failure to implement

agreements and participate in the longitudinal data system for

the 2010-2011 school year shall result in the university

returning to the Commonwealth payments received under this act. 

Section 4.  (a)  The University of Pittsburgh shall apply the

moneys appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are

permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper

records showing the application of such moneys. Not later than

120 days after the close of the fiscal year to which this act

relates, the University of Pittsburgh shall file, with the

Secretary of Education, the General Assembly, the Auditor

General of the Commonwealth and the chief administrator of each

branch campus, a statement setting forth the amounts and

purposes of all expenditures made from moneys appropriated by

this act and other university accounts during said fiscal year,

as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of any

appropriation during said fiscal year.

(b)  Such statement of expenditures and costs shall be

reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he

shall have the right, in respect to the moneys appropriated by

this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes

not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered

and paid by the University of Pittsburgh to the State Treasurer.

In respect to expenditures made by the university from moneys

other than those appropriated by this act, the Auditor General

shall have the right to review only, and he shall file annually

with the General Assembly such information concerning such

expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees

may require.

Section 5.  The University of Pittsburgh 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.

Section 6.  The University of Pittsburgh shall present and

report its financial statements required under the provisions of

this act in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting

principles as prescribed by the National Association of College

and University Business Officers, the American Institute of

Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any

other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher

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

Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies

and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

and by the Federal Government that apply to the University of

Pittsburgh.

Section 7.  The University of Pittsburgh shall make all

articulation agreements with other higher education institutions

available on the Internet.

Section 8.  No funds appropriated by this act may be used for

costs of personnel and operations of the environmental law

clinic.

Section 9.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or

immediately, whichever is later.