Bill Text: PA HB1143 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the State Gaming Fund.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-27 - Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT [HB1143 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1143-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1355
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1143 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, CASORIO, CAUSER, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, EVERETT, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, K. SMITH, SWANGER, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 27, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 27, 2009
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 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
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," further providing for the State Gaming Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1799-E(a) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added July 17, 2007
(P.L.141, No.42), is amended to read:
Section 1799-E. State Gaming Fund.
(a) Transfers for Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer
Ambulance Service Grant Act.--Commencing with fiscal year
2007-2008 [and continuing annually thereafter] through fiscal
year 2008-2009, the sum of $25,000,000, and commencing with
fiscal year 2009-2010 and continuing annually thereafter, the
sum of $75,000,000 shall be transferred from the State Gaming
Fund to the General Fund and is hereby appropriated on a
continuing basis to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
for the purpose of making grants in accordance with Chapter 7 of
the act of July 31, 2003 (P.L.73, No.17), known as the Volunteer
Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act. Annually
for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, the sum of $22,000,000
shall be expended for the purpose of making grants to eligible
volunteer fire companies pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Volunteer
Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act. Annually
for fiscal year 2009-2010 and continuing annually thereafter,
the sum of $66,000,000 shall be expended for the purpose of
making grants to eligible fire companies pursuant to Chapter 3
of that act. Annually for fiscal years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009,
the sum of $3,000,000 shall be expended for the purpose of
making grants to eligible volunteer ambulance services pursuant
to Chapter 5 of the Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer
Ambulance Service Grant Act. Annually for fiscal years 2009-2010
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and continuing annually thereafter, the sum of $9,000,000 shall
be expended for the purpose of making grants to eligible
ambulance services pursuant to Chapter 5 of that act.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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