Bill Text: PA HB1704 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-17 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB1704 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1704-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2144 PRINTER'S NO. 2780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1704 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, JUNE 12, 2009
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 7, 2009
AN ACT
Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. (a) The following sums, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2009, to
June 30, 2010, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
(1) For veterinary activities................. 35,682,000 <--
(2) For Center for Infectious Disease......... 2,871,000
(1) For veterinary activities................. 34,419,000 <--
(b) The sum of $226,000 $113,000 is hereby appropriated to <--
the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal
year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for the general maintenance
of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of
such apparatus and equipment as the trustees may deem necessary
for the best interest of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Section 2. (a) Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
on account of the appropriations for the items provided in
section 1(a) shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of
Education on the basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall
be conditioned on continuing authority for inclusion on the
Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum
of four persons who are not elected officials and who are
appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
respective appointing authority; and shall be further
conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
members of the board of trustees.
(b) The University of Pennsylvania shall provide full,
complete and accurate information as may be required by the
Department of Education or the chairman or the minority chairman
of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairman or
the minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania shall report its revenues
and expenditures and present its financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
"Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
Related Colleges and Universities."
(d) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
report on forms provided by the Department of Education to both
the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
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Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
by September 30, 2010, on how State-appropriated funds were
expended for fiscal year 2009-2010 to reduce the costs to
Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
Pennsylvania residents.
Section 3. (a) Payments to the University of Pennsylvania
Museum on account of the appropriation provided in section 1(b)
shall be made quarterly by the Executive Director of the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
(b) The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania shall
provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
required by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission or
the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
Committee of the Senate or the chairman or the minority chairman
of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or <--
immediately, whichever is later. <--
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