PRINTER'S NO.  1319

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1039

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, JULY 16, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, JULY 16, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Making an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of

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Pennsylvania.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The sum of $35,682,000, or as much thereof as may

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be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the

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

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June 30, 2010, for veterinary activities.

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

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on account of the appropriation shall be made quarterly by the

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Secretary of Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal

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year and shall be conditioned on continuing authority for

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inclusion on the Board of Trustees of the University of

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Pennsylvania of a minimum of four persons who are not elected

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officials and who are appointed by the President pro tempore of

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

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the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the

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House of Representatives for terms of office coterminous with

 


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that of the respective appointing authority; and shall be

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further conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting

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rights as members of the board of trustees.

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(b)  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,

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complete and accurate information as may be required by the

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Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman

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of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or

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the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

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House of Representatives.

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(c)  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues

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and expenditures and present its financial statements in

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accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and

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procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the

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

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of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of

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

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Related Colleges and Universities."

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(d)  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall

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report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both

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the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations

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Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman

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of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives

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

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

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Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to

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Pennsylvania residents.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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