Bill Text: PA HB939 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for general and specific powers, for gross terminal revenue deductions and for itemized budget reporting.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-04 - Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT [HB939 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB939-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1007
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 939 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, BARRAR, BOBACK, CLYMER, P. COSTA, CREIGHTON, DAY, DENLINGER, GEIST, GROVE, HESS, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MOUL, SCHRODER, STERN, TALLMAN AND WAGNER, MARCH 4, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 4, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for general and specific powers,
for gross terminal revenue deductions and for itemized budget
reporting.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1202(b)(28) and (29) of Title 4 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1202. General and specific powers.
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(b) Specific powers.--The board shall have the specific
power and duty:
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(28) To prepare and, through the Governor, submit
annually to the General Assembly an itemized budget
consistent with Article VI of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
consisting of the amounts necessary to be appropriated by the
General Assembly out of the accounts established under
section 1401 (relating to slot machine licensee deposits)
required to meet the obligations accruing during the fiscal
period beginning July 1 of the following year. The budget
shall include itemized recommendations for the Attorney
General, the Auditor General, the department and the
Pennsylvania State Police as to the amount needed to meet
their obligations under this part.
(29) In the event that, in any year, appropriations for
the administration of this part are not enacted by June 30,
any funds appropriated for the administration of this part
which are unexpended, uncommitted and unencumbered at the end
of a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure by
the board [or other agency to which they were appropriated],
the department, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Auditor
General or the Attorney General until the enactment of
appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year.
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Section 2. Sections 1402(a)(4) and 1402.1(a) of Title 4,
amended January 7, 2010 (P.L.1, No.1), are amended to read:
§ 1402. Gross terminal revenue deductions.
(a) Deductions.--After determining the appropriate
assessments for each slot machine licensee, the department shall
determine costs, expenses or payments from each account
established under section 1401 (relating to slot machine
licensee deposits). The following costs and expenses shall be
transferred to the appropriate agency upon appropriation by the
General Assembly:
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(4) The costs and expenses to be incurred by the
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Pennsylvania State Police, the Office of the Auditor General
and the Office of Attorney General and not otherwise
reimbursed under this part in carrying out their respective
responsibilities under this part based upon budgets submitted
by the Pennsylvania State Police, the Auditor General and the
Attorney General under section 1402.1.
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§ 1402.1. Itemized budget reporting.
(a) Submission.--The board, department, Pennsylvania State
Police, Office of the Auditor General and Office of Attorney
General shall prepare and annually submit to the chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives an
itemized budget consisting of amounts to be appropriated out of
the accounts established under section 1401 (relating to slot
machine licensee deposits) necessary to administer this part.
The department, Pennsylvania State Police, Office of the Auditor
General and Office of Attorney General shall provide copies of
their itemized budgets to the board at the same time they are
submitted to the chairmen of the committees.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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