H0735B2209A02753 VDL:CMH 10/24/23 #90 A02753
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 735
Sponsor: SENATOR PITTMAN
Printer's No. 2209
Amend Bill, page 1, line 22, by inserting after
"DETERMINED,""
in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for scope and for
definitions;
Amend Bill, page 5, lines 28 through 30, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding
sections to read:
Section 601. Scope.--(a) This article applies to all
legislative and executive actions related to the enactment and
implementation of legislation under sections 13 and 14 of
Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
(b) Subsection (a) includes the determination of a surplus
under this article and Subarticle A of Article XVII-A of the act
of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as "The Fiscal Code."
Section 602. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them
in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Surplus." A fiscal operating result which occurs in a fund
at the end of a fiscal year, whereby expenditures, including tax
refunds, are less than the fund's beginning balance, revenues
and receipts and lapses during the same period.
Section 1.1. The act is amended by adding an article to
read:
Amend Bill, page 11, by inserting between lines 13 and 14
Section 2.1. The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In all legislative and executive actions related to
the enactment and implementation of legislation under
sections 13 and 14 of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, the term "surplus" has always meant a fiscal
operating result which occurs in a fund at the end of a
fiscal year, whereby expenditures, including tax refunds, are
less than the fund's beginning balance, revenues and receipts
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and lapses during the same period.
(2) The addition of the definition of "surplus" in
section 602 of the act is a clarification of existing law.
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