Bill Text: PA SB1087 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for use and appropriation of unused Commonwealth funds.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 21-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-21 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [SB1087 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1087-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1413
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1087 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, GORDNER, FOLMER, ARGALL, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, YAW, D. WHITE, VOGEL, SMUCKER, SCARNATI, ERICKSON, WAUGH, ORIE, FONTANA, BRUBAKER, KITCHEN, GREENLEAF, WARD, MUSTO, LEACH AND ALLOWAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, SEPTEMBER 21, 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 use and appropriation of
unused Commonwealth funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1508 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 1508. Use and Appropriation of Unused Commonwealth
Funds.--(a) The following apply:
(1) Whenever the Governor has declared a disaster emergency,
the Governor may transfer any unused funds which may have been
appropriated for the ordinary expenses of the State government
in the General Fund to such Commonwealth agencies as the
Governor may direct to be expended for relief of disaster in
such manner as the Governor shall approve[, and the].
(2) For the payment of officers and employes of the
Commonwealth who are subject to 51 Pa.C.S. § 4102(b) (relating
to leaves of absence for certain government employees), the
Governor may transfer any unused funds which may have been
appropriated for the ordinary expenses of the State government
in the General Fund to such Commonwealth agencies as the
Governor may direct to be expended for the purposes set forth in
51 Pa.C.S. § 4102(b) in such manner as the Governor shall
approve.
(3) The funds referred to in clauses (1) and (2) are hereby
appropriated to the Governor for [such] the specified purposes.
(4) The total of the transfers under this subsection shall
not exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in any one
fiscal year except by action of the General Assembly.
(b) Whenever the Governor shall have proclaimed a disaster
emergency under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(c) (relating to general
authority of Governor), the Governor shall have power to
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transfer any unused funds which may have been appropriated for
the ordinary expenses of government in the General Fund to such
Commonwealth agencies as he may direct to be expended for
reimbursements as provided in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7705(a) and (b)
(relating to special powers of local agencies). Such
reimbursements shall be made in accordance with and to the
extent permitted by regulations issued by such agency or
agencies as the Governor may designate to administer the
reimbursement programs established by 35 Pa.C.S. § 7705(a) and
(b). The total of such transfers shall never exceed five million
dollars ($5,000,000) in any one fiscal year except by action of
the General Assembly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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