PRINTER'S NO. 1357
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
922
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, BROWN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DUNBAR, GREINER,
GROVE, HAHN, HELM, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, M. K. KELLER, LAWRENCE,
MENTZER, MILLARD, NEILSON, OBERLANDER, ROTHMAN, RYAN AND
STRUZZI, APRIL 10, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 10, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in Commonwealth budget procedures, further
providing for submission of budget to General Assembly and
for transmission of budget information to the General
Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 613 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by
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adding a clause to read:
Section 613. Submission of Budget to General Assembly.--As
soon as possible after the organization of the General Assembly,
but not later than the first full week in February of each year,
except in the case where a Governor has been elected for his
first term of office and then no later than the first full week
in March, the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly
copies of original agency budget requests and all subsequent
revised agency budget requests and a State budget and program
and financial plan embracing:
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(5) Suggested legislative language necessary to implement
the operating budget and program and financial plan submitted
under this section. The following apply to suggested legislative
language submitted under this clause:
(i) The suggested legislative language shall be sent to each
member of the General Assembly and made available on the Office
of the Budget's publicly accessible Internet website no later
than fifteen (15) days after the submissions are presented under
clauses (1), (2) and (3).
(ii) The submission shall include a general appropriation
bill, other appropriation bills, nonpreferred appropriation
bills or statutory authorizations, including language for
proposals for bills to raise revenue and proposals for formulas
for distribution of money.
Section 2. Section 619 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 619. Transmission of Budget Information to the
General Assembly.--* * *
(e) No later than ninety (90) days after the enactment of a
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general appropriation act, the Secretary of the Budget shall
prepare and submit a summary of appropriations to the Majority
and Minority Chairmen of the Appropriations Committees of the
Senate and the House of Representatives , the Independent Fiscal
Office and members of the General Assembly . The summary shall
include the following for each appropriation in the general
appropriation act:
(1) The name and description of the appropriation.
(2) Whether the appropriation or the program funded by the
appropriation is required by State law.
(3) Citations to applicable State law governing the use,
allocation or distribution of the money appropriated.
(4) Whether the appropriation or the program funded by the
appropriation is required by Federal law.
(5) Citations to applicable Federal law governing the use,
allocation or distribution of the money appropriated.
(6) Whether the appropriation is augmented by other State
money.
(7) Whether the appropriation is augmented by Federal money.
(8) Whether the appropriation is used to receive Federal
matching funds.
(9) Whether the appropriation is used to fund a program
which, under Federal law, requires services to be provided to
all eligible applicants regardless of the amount appropriated.
(10) Whether the appropriation is used to fund a program
which, under State law, requires services to be provided to all
eligible applicants regardless of the amount appropriated.
Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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