Bill Text: PA SB607 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In Center for Rural Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors and for grants.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-09 - Act No. 52 [SB607 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB607-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 657
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 607 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, FONTANA, ORIE, GORDNER, SCARNATI, BRUBAKER, COSTA AND WONDERLING, MARCH 12, 2009
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 12, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 30, 1987 (P.L.163, No.16), entitled "An
act providing for the revitalization of rural Pennsylvania;
establishing the Center for Rural Pennsylvania; providing for
rural education partnerships and adult literacy programs;
allocating funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce
for a Regional Center for Continuing Education of Health
Science Practitioners in western Pennsylvania; making
appropriations; and making a repeal," in Center for Rural
Pennsylvania, further providing for board of directors and
for grants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 302 and 304 of the act of June 30, 1987
(P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization
Act, are amended to read:
Section 302. Board of directors.
(a) Members.--The Center for Rural Pennsylvania shall be
governed by a board of directors which shall consist of 11
members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint two members from the House of Representatives, one from
the majority party and one from the minority party. The
President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members
from the Senate, one from the majority party and one from the
minority party. Two members shall be representatives of
universities in the State System of Higher Education. One member
shall be from The Pennsylvania State University. One member
shall be from the University of Pittsburgh. One member shall be
the Director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development. The Governor shall appoint two members from among
the memberships of the following Statewide organizations:
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, Pennsylvania Grange
Association[, Pennsylvania Farmers' Association and Pennsylvania
Rural Coalition] and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.
(b) Terms.--The term of office of all members of the board
shall be two years. Each member shall be eligible to be
reappointed to the board.
(c) Meetings; quorum.--The board shall meet at least every
four months, or as often as it deems necessary. [Six members] A
simple majority of the duly qualified members of the board shall
constitute a quorum.
(d) Expenses.--The members of the board, except for the
director of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, shall serve
without salary or compensation, but shall be entitled to such
expenses as are reasonable and necessary to the performance of
their duties.
Section 304. Grants.
(a) Eligibility.--Grants shall be available only to the
qualified faculty members of the various colleges and university
members of the State System of Higher Education and the current
land grant university and the regional campuses of the
University of Pittsburgh.
(b) Amounts.--No grant shall exceed the sum of [$50,000]
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$60,000.
(c) Subjects.--The subject areas of the grant program are as
follows:
(1) Rural people and communities.
(2) Economic development.
(3) Local government finance and administration.
(4) Community services.
(5) Natural resources and environment.
(6) Educational outreach.
(7) Rural values and social change.
(8) Agriculture.
(9) Health and welfare concerns.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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