SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1647, 2289, 3297, PRINTER'S NO. 4732
4427, 4558, 4695
No. 1401 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY OLIVER, THOMAS, BISHOP, CURRY, DeWEESE, HORSEY,
JAMES, JOSEPHS, MANDERINO, ROBINSON, ROEBUCK, SHANER,
WASHINGTON, WATERS, J. WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, McILHATTAN AND
STETLER, APRIL 24, 2001
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER 26, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for <--
21 furnishing lists of employees to certain State officers; and <--
22 THE CONTENTS OF LISTS OF COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES; AND <--
23 PROVIDING FOR LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE BLOCK GRANTS; <--
24 AND exempting certain persons from Federal law relating to
25 public assistance.
26 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
27 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 614(a) and (c) of the act of April 9, <--
2 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
3 1929, amended November 26, 1997 (P.L.530, No.57), is ARE amended <--
4 to read:
5 Section 614. List of Employes to be Furnished to Certain
6 State Officers.--(a) All administrative departments, boards,
7 and commissions and the Attorney General shall on July 15 of
8 each year, transmit to the Auditor General, the State Treasurer
9 and Secretary of the Budget a complete list, and to the
10 Legislative Data Processing Center a computer tape of such list,
11 as of July 1 preceding, of the names of all persons, except day-
12 laborers, entitled to receive compensation from the Commonwealth
13 for services rendered in or to the department, board, or
14 commission, as the case may be. Such list shall show FOR EACH <--
15 SUCH PERSON the position occupied [by each such person, the], <--
16 date of birth [and], COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, voting residence [of <--
17 such person], the salary at which or other basis upon which such <--
18 person is entitled to be paid, the date [when such person <--
19 entered] OF ENTRY INTO the service of the Commonwealth, whether <--
20 such person has been continuously employed by the Commonwealth
21 since that date, and all periods of service and positions held
22 as an employe of the Commonwealth, or such part of such
23 information RELATED TO PREVIOUS SERVICE AND POSITIONS as the <--
24 Governor may prescribe. Notwithstanding the preceding <--
25 requirement, the lists of persons furnished by the Department of
26 Corrections, the Board of Probation and Parole and the Pardons
27 Board shall also list the county of residence of each person.
28 * * *
29 (c) The information received by the Auditor General, the
30 State Treasurer and the Secretary of the Budget, under this
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1 section, shall be public information[.], except that the
2 information identifying the voting residence of the persons
3 furnished by the Department of Corrections, the Board of <--
4 Probation and Parole and the Pardons Board EMPLOYED BY THE <--
5 COMMONWEALTH is not SHALL NOT BE public information and may not <--
6 be treated as such.
7 Section 2. Section 2301 of the act, amended July 13, 1957
8 (P.L.852, No.390), is amended to read:
9 SECTION 1. SECTION 2301 OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 <--
10 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS "THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929,"
11 AMENDED JULY 13, 1957 (P.L.852, NO.390), IS AMENDED TO READ:
12 SECTION 1. THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN <--
13 AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929, IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
14 SECTION TO READ:
15 SECTION 626. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE BLOCK
16 GRANT.--(A) THE LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE BLOCK GRANT
17 (LIHEABG) IS TO HELP LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE HIGH COST OF
18 ENERGY ON LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING ENERGY
19 EFFICIENCY GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME DWELLINGS. NO LESS THAN FIFTEEN
20 PER CENTUM (15%) OF ALL LIHEABG FUNDS RECEIVED SHALL BE USED FOR
21 WEATHERIZATION.
22 (B) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
23 SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS REGARDING THE WEATHERIZATION
24 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (A) AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE
25 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.
26 (C) UNEXPENDED LIHEABG WEATHERIZATION FUNDS WHICH WOULD
27 RESULT IN LIHEABG FUNDS BEING RETURNED TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
28 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MAY BE SPENT FOR ASSISTANCE GRANTS
29 AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BUDGET. THE SECRETARY
30 OF THE BUDGET SHALL NOTIFY THE CHAIRMAN AND MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF
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1 THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND THE CHAIRMAN AND
2 THE MINORITY CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE
3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INTENT TO REALLOCATE ANY SUCH
4 FUNDS TEN DAYS PRIOR TO ANY REALLOCATION.
5 SECTION 2. SECTION 2301 OF THE ACT, AMENDED JULY 13, 1957
6 (P.L.852, NO.390), IS AMENDED TO READ:
7 Section 2301. Powers and Duties in General.--(a) The
8 Department of Public Welfare shall, subject to any inconsistent
9 provisions in this act contained, continue to exercise the
10 powers and perform the duties by law vested in and imposed upon
11 the said department, the Secretary of Public Welfare, and the
12 former Department of Public Welfare, and Commissioner of Public
13 Welfare, and the former Department of Welfare.
14 (b) Pursuant to the authorization provided to the states
15 under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
16 Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 21 U.S.C. §
17 862a(d)(1)(A)), Pennsylvania elects to exempt all individuals
18 domiciled in the State from application of 21 U.S.C. § 862a(a).
19 After approval of benefits, the department shall refer all
20 affected individuals for assessment and treatment under the act
21 of April 14, 1972 (P.L.221, No.63), known as the "Pennsylvania
22 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act." This subsection shall not
23 be construed to alter or supersede the provisions of section
24 405.1 of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the
25 "Public Welfare Code."
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
27 SECTION 2 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 2003. <--
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