PRINTER'S NO. 2208
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1663
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, BURGOS, HARKINS, PASHINSKI, MULLERY,
PETRARCA, CALTAGIRONE, BARRAR, JOHNSON-HARRELL, DeLUCA,
T. DAVIS, SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN AND GALLOWAY,
JUNE 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 19, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for cancer control, prevention and
research, for ambulatory surgical center data collection, for
the Joint Underwriting Association, for entertainment
business financial management firms, for private dam
financial assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes;
providing for the settlement, assessment, collection, and
lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts due the
Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and other
money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or
any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
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other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund, further
providing for funding.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1702-A(b)(1) introductory paragraph of
the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal
Code, is amended and the subsection is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 1702-A. Funding.
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(b) Transfer of portion of surplus.--
(1) Except as may be provided in [paragraph] paragraphs
(1.1) and (2), for fiscal years beginning after June 30,
2002, the following apply:
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(1.1) After the deposit under paragraph (1) occurs, the
balance of the surplus shall be immediately deposited into
the Property Tax Relief Fund.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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