PRINTER'S NO. 3032
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2554
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY FEE, HICKERNELL, MILLARD, HENNESSEY, CAUSER,
GILLEN, PASHINSKI, SCHLEGEL CULVER, LAWRENCE, ECKER, GREINER,
B. MILLER AND ZIMMERMAN, APRIL 26, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
APRIL 26, 2022
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," providing for 2022-2023 budget implementation.
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 an article to read:
ARTICLE XVII-P
2022-2023 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
SUBARTICLE A
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
(Reserved)
SUBARTICLE B
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
Section 1711-P. Governor (Reserved).
Section 1712-P. Executive offices (Reserved).
Section 1713-P. Lieutenant Governor (Reserved).
Section 1714-P. Attorney General (Reserved).
Section 1715-P. Auditor General (Reserved).
Section 1716-P. Treasury Department (Reserved).
Section 1717-P. Department of Aging (Reserved).
Section 1718-P. Department of Agriculture.
The following apply to appropriations for the Department of
Agriculture:
(1) From money appropriated for agricultural
preparedness and response, no less than $2,000,000 shall be
used for costs associated with highly pathogenic avian
influenza preparedness and response.
(2) (Reserved).
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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