THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, JULY 16, 2009

SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 2, 2009   

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L.843, No.355), entitled "An

act providing for the establishment and operation of Temple

University 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;

providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in

tuition; providing for public support and capital

improvements; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be

fixed annually by the General Assembly; providing for the

auditing of accounts of expenditures from said

appropriations; authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from

taxation within the Commonwealth; requiring the President to

make an annual report of the operations of Temple

University," making appropriations for carrying the same into

effect; providing for a basis for payments of such

appropriations; and providing 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.  (a)  The following sum, or as much thereof as may

be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Temple

University for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010,

for the purposes and in the amount as shown:

For general support...........$164,974,000

(b)  The following Federal amount is hereby appropriated to

the Trustees of Temple University in order to supplement the sum

appropriated under subsection (a):

"ARRA - Fiscal Stabilization - general support."

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Federal appropriation..........................$7,943,000

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Federal appropriation..........................$7,763,000

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(c)  The following Federal amount, or as much thereof as may

be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Temple

University for the fiscal year July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009,

for the purpose and in the amount as shown, including the

payment of bills remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal

year ending June 30, 2009:

"ARRA - Fiscal Stabilization - general support."

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Federal appropriation..........................$7,943,000

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Federal appropriation..........................$8,930,000

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(d)  For purposes of this section, "ARRA" means the American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5, 123

Stat. 115).

Section 2.  Payments to Temple University on account of the

appropriations for all items as provided in section 1 shall be

made on the basis of costs during the fiscal year.

Section 3.  (a)  Payment to Temple University of the

appropriations provided in section 1(a) and (b) shall be made

monthly during the fiscal year and the appropriation provided in

section 1(c) shall be made no later than September 15, 2009 30

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days from the Commonwealth's receipt of funds under the ARRA

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Program.

(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 Temple University 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.

Section 4.  (a)  Temple University 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,

Temple University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,

the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the

Commonwealth, 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 Temple University 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 said expenditures

as the General Assembly or any of its committees may require.

Section 5.  Temple University 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.  Temple University 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 Temple University.

Section 7.  Temple University shall make all articulation

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agreements with other higher education institutions available on

the Internet.

Section 8 7.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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