PRINTER'S NO. 2000
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1766
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, R. BROWN, BURGOS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, FRITZ,
GREINER, GUENST, HAMM, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, OWLETT,
PICKETT, SANKEY, SNYDER, STAMBAUGH, STRUZZI, TOPPER, WHEELAND
AND ZIMMERMAN, AUGUST 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AUGUST 5, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"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 emergency COVID-19 response, providing for
Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program; and making an
appropriation.
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 135-C. Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program.
The sum of $100,000,000 in the account is appropriated and
shall be transferred by the State Treasurer to the Commonwealth
Financing Authority for the Unserved High-Speed Broadband
Funding Program established under the act of November 25, 2020
(P.L.1253, No.132), known as the Unserved High-Speed Broadband
Funding Program Act.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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