PRINTER'S NO. 2882

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

2054

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, RYAN, BERNSTINE, ZIMMERMAN AND

OBERLANDER, NOVEMBER 18, 2019

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 18, 2019

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

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

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known

as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 1509. Payments Prohibited to Municipalities That

Establish or Operate Supervised Safe Injection Sites.--(a) (1)

The Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall

annually determine whether any municipality, including a

municipality with a home rule charter, has adopted an ordinance,

resolution or policy to establish or operate supervised safe

secretary determines that the municipality no longer has an

ordinance, resolution or policy to establish or operate

supervised safe injection sites for individuals with addictions

to controlled substances, the secretary shall certify the

determination to the State Treasurer and provide notice of the

certification to the municipality.

(b) The State Treasurer is prohibited from issuing a warrant

for payment from any fund in the State Treasury to a

municipality for which notice has been received under subsection

(a)(1) until the State Treasurer receives notice under