Regular Session 2019-2020 House Bill 2210 P.N. 3182

PRINTER'S NO. 3182

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

2210

Session of

2020

INTRODUCED BY GROVE, GREINER, RYAN, ROTHMAN, MILLARD, BERNSTINE,

ZIMMERMAN, MOUL, WHEELAND, STAATS, GAYDOS AND JONES,

JANUARY 21, 2020

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 21, 2020

AN ACT

Amending Title 46 (Legislature) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for preliminary provisions, for

legislative committee on appointments, for Legislative

Reference Bureau, for Independent Fiscal Office, for

Legislative Audit Advisory Commission, for Legislative Data

Processing Center, for Capitol Preservation Committee, for

office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, for Office of

Legislative Auditor General and for Legislative Budget and

Finance Committee.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 46 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a chapters to read:

CHAPTER 1

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

§ 101. (Reserved).

CHAPTER 3

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS

Sec.

301. Definitions.

302. Establishment.

§ 301. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Committee." The Legislative Committee on Appointments

established under section 302 (relating to establishment).

"Legislative officer." An individual appointed by the

committee to lead an office that serves both the Senate and the

House of Representatives.

§ 302. Establishment.

(a) Committee establishment.--Unless otherwise provided in

law, the Legislative Committee on Appointments is established

for the purpose of appointing legislative officers to serve at

the pleasure of the General Assembly.

(b) Membership.--The committee shall consist of the

following members:

(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate.

(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(3) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the

Senate.

(4) The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House

of Representatives.

committee shall appoint a legislative officer when there is a

vacancy of a legislative officer by a two-thirds majority vote.

CHAPTER 5

LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU

Sec.

501. Establishment.

502. Director.

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503. Assistant director.

504. Employees.

505. Office space.

506. Services of bureau.

507. Drafting, opinions and confidentiality.

508. Public access and limitation on legal opinion.

509. Publication and office supplies.

§ 501. Establishment.

The Legislative Reference Bureau is established for the use

and information of the members of the General Assembly, the

Governor, the heads of the departments of the Commonwealth and

citizens of the Commonwealth.

§ 502. Director.

(a) Appointment and term.--The Legislative Reference Bureau

shall be led by a director, who shall be elected biennially

before the first day of February of each odd-numbered year by

the Senate and House of Representatives in joint session. The

director of the present Legislative Reference Bureau in office

at the time of the effective date of this section, until an

election is held under this section, shall hold the office of

Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau created by this

section, subject to removal by the General Assembly.

(b) Qualifications and salary.--The Director of the

Legislative Reference Bureau shall be qualified by experience,

knowledge and ability to conduct the work of the bureau. The

director shall be well versed in legislative procedure and

parliamentary practice, and shall in such matters, when called

upon, be ex officio advisor to the General Assembly. The

director shall devote the entirety of the director's time and

attention to the duties of the bureau. The director shall have

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access to a law library and the publications therein of the

Federal Government and various states. The director's salary

shall be set by the General Assembly.

§ 503. Assistant director.

The director shall appoint an assistant director or

directors, learned in the law, who shall be skilled bill

drafters, and who shall receive a salary to be fixed by the

director. The assistant director or directors shall perform the

duties of the director in the case of a vacancy in the office or

in case of the absence or inability of the director to act, and

shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned to the

assistant director or directors by the director.

§ 504. Employees.

The director shall also appoint a trained librarian and such

attorneys, clerks, secretaries, stenographers, typists,

messengers and other employees, as the director deems necessary,

and for such periods, and on such terms, as the director deems

advantageous to conduct the work of the bureau at all times. The

director shall fix the number and compensation of all employees

within the limits of appropriations made in advance by the

General Assembly.

§ 505. Office space.

The bureau shall continue to occupy the rooms currently

occupied by the Legislative Reference Bureau so as to give it

ready access to the volumes, catalogs, documents and other

papers in the current office space, and where the bureau will be

convenient to the members of the General Assembly and other

persons having official business with the bureau. The bureau

shall be kept open on business days from 8:45 a.m to 4:45 p.m.

during the entire year, and, when the General Assembly is in

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session, at such hours, day and night, as are most convenient to

members of the General Assembly.

§ 506. Services of bureau.

(a) Resources of this Commonwealth and other states.--The

director shall prepare, and have available for use, indices of

Pennsylvania laws, digests of public laws of this and other

states as may be of use for legislative information, records and

files of all bills and resolutions presented in either branch of

the General Assembly, loose leaf files of acts of Assembly,

catalog files of reports of departments, boards and commissions

and other public documents of this Commonwealth, as well as

general books and pamphlets, as pertain to the work and service

of the bureau and of other printed materials as may be proper

for the purposes of the bureau.

(b) Requests of members.--The director shall also, when

requested by the Governor, the members of the General Assembly

or heads of departments, promptly procure available information,

not on file in the bureau, relating to legislation of this

Commonwealth or other states, and investigate the manner in

which laws have operated.

prepare and publish bulletins, pamphlets and circulars,

containing information collected by the bureau and other

compilations of this or other states, as the director deems to

be of service to the Governor, the several departments of the

Commonwealth, the members of the General Assembly and the

citizens of the Commonwealth.

(d) Legal drafting.--The director shall, from time to time,

cause to be prepared, for adoption or rejection by the General

Assembly, codes, by topics, of the existing general statutes,

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arranged by chapters or articles and sections under suitable

headings, and shall add lists of statutes of the existing law to

be repealed. The director shall assist in or supervise, when

called upon by any proper authority, or when directed by the

General Assembly so to do, the compilation and preparation of

any general revision and codifications of the existing laws of

the Commonwealth.

§ 507. Drafting, opinions and confidentiality.

The director and the director's assistants shall neither

oppose nor urge legislation, but shall, upon request, aid and

assist the Governor, the members of the General Assembly and the

heads of departments of the Commonwealth, by advising as to

bills and resolutions. A legal opinion shall be drafted and

provided to the requester notifying to the fullest extent all

information upon all matters within the scope of the bureau. No

officer or employee of the bureau shall reveal to any person

outside of the bureau the contents or nature of any matter not

yet published, without the consent of the person bringing the

matters before the bureau.

§ 508. Public access and limitation on legal opinion.

The bureau shall be available for consultation freely by

citizens of the Commonwealth as to general information or

statutory law of this or any other state on particular subjects,

and shall furnish to citizens, upon request, copies of laws as

are available for distribution. In no case and under no

circumstances shall any officer or employee in the officer's or

employee's official capacity furnish any opinion on any legal

matter to any private citizen.

§ 509. Publication and office supplies.

The printing and binding necessary for the proper performance

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of the duties of the bureau or the proper preservation of

material shall be done by the bureau.

CHAPTER 7

INDEPENDENT FISCAL OFFICE

Sec.

701. Scope of chapter.

702. Definitions.

703. Office established.

704. Duties of office.

705. Revenue estimates.

706. Budget information.

707. Expenditures.

708. Revenue conference.

709. Access to information.

710. Selection and organization committee.

711. Appointment.

712. Powers and duties of director.

713. Records.

714. Applicability.

715. Additional duties.

§ 701. Scope of chapter.

This chapter relates to independent fiscal estimates.

§ 702. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Commonwealth agency." Any office, department, authority,

board, multistate agency or commission of the executive branch.

The term includes:

(1) The Office of the Governor.

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(2) The Office of Attorney General, the Department of

the Auditor General and the Treasury Department.

(3) An independent agency as defined in 62 Pa.C.S. § 103

(relating to definitions).

(4) A State-affiliated entity as defined in 62 Pa.C.S. §

103.

(5) The General Assembly.

(6) The Judiciary.

"Director." The Director of the Independent Fiscal Office.

"Office." The Independent Fiscal Office established in

section 703 (relating to office established).

"Proposed collective bargaining agreement." The terms of

bargaining between a public employer and an employee

organization which:

(1) Apply to wages, hours, terms and conditions of

employment, benefits and working conditions.

(2) Are:

(i) Reduced to writing.

(ii) Agreed upon by designated representatives of

the public employer and the employee organization.

(iii) Submitted for acceptance as a contract to the

public employer and the public employee organization.

"Public employee retirement plan." Any of the following:

(1) The State Employees' Retirement System established

under 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV (relating to retirement for State

employees and officers).

(2) The Public School Employees' Retirement System

established under 24 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to retirement

for school employees).

(3) The Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System

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established under the act of February 1, 1974 (P.L.34,

No.15), known as the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law.

(4) Any other independent pension or retirement plan for

public officers and employees of the Commonwealth.

(5) Pension or public employee retirement plans

established under 11 Pa.C.S. Ch. 143 (relating to pensions).

(6) Pension or public employee retirement plans created

under the act of May 29, 1956 (1955 P.L.1804, No.600),

referred to as the Municipal Police Pension Law.

"Selection and organization committee." The Independent

Fiscal Office Selection and Organization Committee.

§ 703. Office established.

There is established a nonpartisan Independent Fiscal Office

as an independent agency.

§ 704. Duties of office.

(a) Mandatory.--The office shall:

(1) Prepare revenue estimates to include Federal funds,

State revenues and funds from other resources, including any

projected revenue surplus or deficit for a given fiscal year,

as provided under section 705 (relating to revenue

estimates).

(2) By November 15 of each year, provide an assessment

of the current fiscal condition of the Commonwealth and a

projection of what the fiscal condition will be during the

next five years. The assessment shall take into account the

state of the economy, demographics, revenues and

expenditures.

(3) Develop performance measures for executive-level

programs and departments and evaluate performance measures

and results as promulgated and reported by executive-level

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departments. Performance measurements shall be outcome based

and include, but not be limited to, activity cost analysis,

measures of status improvement of recipient populations,

economic outcomes and performance benchmarks against similar

State programs.

(4) Provide an analysis, including economic impact, of

all tax and revenue proposals submitted by the Governor or

the Office of the Budget.

(5) Study and analyze the existing sales and use tax law

and propose recommendations to the Governor and the General

Assembly for amending the tax to:

(i) eliminate obsolete and unnecessary provisions;

(ii) expand the tax base as necessary;

(iii) ensure a competitive economic market in this

Commonwealth; and

(iv) protect the stability of the Commonwealth's

budget.

(6) Establish a publicly accessible Internet website.

(7) Study and analyze the impact of shared-risk

contributions under 24 Pa.C.S. § 8321(b) (relating to regular

member contributions for current service) and 71 Pa.C.S. §

5501.1 (relating to shared-risk member contributions and

shared gain adjustments to regular member contributions).

(8) Provide a cost analysis for the current fiscal year

and remaining subsequent fiscal years of the impact of each

proposed collective bargaining agreement under the

jurisdiction of the Governor prior to execution, including

the costs to cover public employee wages, benefits, pensions

and working conditions that have been reduced in writing

under section 701 of the act of July 23, 1970 (P.L.563,

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No.195), known as the Public Employe Relations Act.

(b) Discretionary.--The office may:

(1) Develop and use econometric models to annually

forecast State revenues and update the models. The office

shall make the equations of a model and any historic

databases related to the model available to the chair and

minority chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate,

the chair and minority chair of the Appropriations Committee

of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader and

Minority Leader of the Senate and the Majority Leader and

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(2) Provide an analysis of the executive budget,

including budgetary projections, economic outlook and

economic impact. The budget analysis may include performance

recommendations to secure greater efficiency and economy.

(3) Provide an assessment of the Pennsylvania economy

and the national economy and the impact of the existing or

emerging State or national economic trends on revenue

performance for the current year and the forecasted or

projected revenue collections for the budget year and the

succeeding year.

§ 705. Revenue estimates.

(a) Initial revenue estimate.--By May 20 of each year, the

office shall submit to the General Assembly an initial revenue

estimate for the next fiscal year.

(b) Official revenue estimate.--The following apply:

(1) By June 20 of each year, the office shall submit an

official revenue estimate for the next fiscal year.

(2) A revenue estimate submitted under this section

shall be considered by the Governor and the General Assembly

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as the amount of revenue which may be considered for the

general appropriation act for the ensuing fiscal year unless

the Governor or the General Assembly determines that revenues

are greater than or less than the estimate provided under

this section. The office may amend the revenue estimate under

this section if changes in law affecting revenues and

receipts are enacted or proposed to be enacted with the

annual State budget or unless significant changes in economic

assumptions occur prior to June 30. The office shall submit

the amended revenue estimate to the General Assembly within

10 days of the change.

(3) The office shall publish the methodology used to

develop revenue estimates.

the Budget, the chair and minority chair of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the

Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives all

data, assumptions or econometric models used to develop

projections and revenue estimates.

(d) Required information.--

(1) A revenue estimate submitted by the office under

subsection (b) shall include:

(i) Projected revenue collections by specific tax or

revenue source, including Federal funds, the General

Fund, the State Lottery Fund and the Motor License Fund.

(ii) All data, assumptions and econometric models

used to develop a revenue estimate.

(iii) Any projected revenue surplus or deficit for

the current fiscal year.

(2) A revenue estimate shall be based on existing law

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and tax policy and existing or emerging State or national

economic trends.

(e) Proposed change in law.--The office shall prepare a

revenue estimate of any change in law affecting revenues and

receipts, including increases in regulatory fees, proposed or

considered as part of the annual State budget. If the proposed

change in law will have a fiscal impact in excess of $10,000,000

in any fiscal year, the estimate shall be prepared on the basis

of assumptions that estimate the probable behavioral responses

of taxpayers, businesses and other persons to the proposed

changes and shall include a statement identifying those

assumptions. The information may be used to revise the revenue

estimate under subsection (a).

(f) Department of Revenue.--The Department of Revenue in

conjunction with the Secretary of the Budget shall make revenue

estimates for the use of the Governor in preparing the budget.

(g) Governor.--The Governor shall certify that any

appropriation bill does not cause total appropriations to exceed

revenues plus any unappropriated surplus as provided in section

618 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The

Administrative Code of 1929.

§ 706. Budget information.

The office shall be notified and shall attend any briefings

provided by the Governor or the Secretary of the Budget under

section 619 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

as The Administrative Code of 1929.

§ 707. Expenditures.

(a) Expenditure reports.--Commonwealth agencies shall make

monthly expenditure data available to the office. The

expenditure data shall be provided within seven days after the

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end of each month and shall include a summary of the last

monthly submission. The data shall be provided in finished

reports or electronically, as provided in this chapter, by fund,

appropriation, department and organization within each

department and shall include:

(1) Number of filled personnel positions and the cost of

the positions.

(2) Itemized personnel vacancies and the cost of the

vacancies.

(3) New positions created and the cost of the positions.

(4) Wage and overtime costs.

(5) Allotments and expenditures for itemized personnel

expenses.

(6) Allotments and expenditures for itemized operating

expenses.

(7) Allotments and expenditures for itemized fixed

assets.

(8) The rate of expenditures in appropriations for major

subsidy and grant programs during the month.

(b) Revenue reports.--The Governor shall direct that monthly

revenue reports be submitted to the office. The revenue reports

shall show the actual collection of revenue itemized by source

and a comparison of the actual collections with estimated

collections for each month. The comparison shall include an

analysis of any change in collection patterns which will cause a

shortfall or overrun on annual estimates of more than 1%.

to be prepared any other revenue data as may be requested from

time to time by the office.

(d) Electronic access.--Except for information that is

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confidential pursuant to statute, the office shall have access

to all information available under this section on inquiry-only

screens through an integrated central computer system.

§ 708. Revenue conference.

By January 31 of each year, the office shall convene a

meeting with the Secretary of the Budget, the Secretary of

Revenue and the chair and minority chair of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the

Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives to

discuss the following:

(1) The Pennsylvania economy and the national economy

and the impact of the economic trends on revenue performance

for the budget year and the succeeding year.

(2) Current year-to-date revenue collections by specific

tax or revenue source, including Federal funds, the General

Fund, the State Lottery Fund and the Motor License Fund and

variations that may be occurring in the revenue estimate

submitted under section 705(a) (relating to revenue

estimates).

(3) Any statutory or tax policy changes that may be

recommended by the Governor or the General Assembly for the

next succeeding fiscal year.

§ 709. Access to information.

(a) Agencies.--The director is authorized to secure

information, data, expense information, estimates and statistics

directly from a Commonwealth agency or a political subdivision.

All Commonwealth agencies and political subdivisions shall

furnish the director with all reports of expenditure for each

Commonwealth agency and any other available material or data

which the director determines to be necessary in the performance

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of the duties of the office, other than material, the disclosure

of which would be a violation of law. The director is also

authorized, upon agreement with the head of any Commonwealth

agency or political subdivision, to utilize the services,

facilities and personnel of the Commonwealth agency or political

subdivision with or without reimbursement.

(b) Office of the Budget.--In carrying out the duties and

functions of the office, the director is authorized to obtain

information, data, estimates and statistics developed by the

Office of the Budget and all Commonwealth agencies. The Office

of the Budget shall submit to the office copies of final

Commonwealth agency budget requests at the same time they are

submitted to the General Assembly under this chapter.

duties under this chapter, the office shall have access to any

computerized database of a Commonwealth agency that is required

to aid the office in the performance of the office's duties,

except that any statutory requirements regarding privacy of

individuals' records shall be observed in providing access.

(d) Daily revenue data.--

(1) The Secretary of Revenue and the Secretary of the

Budget shall post revenue collection data for each deposit

day and make the information available to the office and the

chair and minority chair of the Appropriations Committee of

the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the

Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(2) The Governor, the Attorney General, the Auditor

General and the State Treasurer shall cause to be prepared

any other revenue data as may be requested by the office.

(e) Tax information.--For the purposes of carrying out the

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office's official duties under section 705(a) (relating to

revenue estimates) and notwithstanding any other law of this

Commonwealth, the office shall be authorized to access any

information in the possession of the Department of Revenue that

is obtained from tax payments, returns or reports, including

adjustments or corrections made by the Department of Revenue.

The information accessed under this section shall be

confidential except for official purposes, and any person

divulging the information shall be subject to section 731 of the

act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal

Code.

(f) Civil action.--If information is not made available by a

Commonwealth agency or political subdivision within a reasonable

time, the director may make a written request to the

Commonwealth agency head stating the authority to receive the

information. The Commonwealth agency head shall have 15 days to

respond. If the information is not provided within 15 days of

the receipt of the director's request, the director may bring a

civil action to require the Commonwealth agency head to provide

the information.

(g) Collective bargaining agreements.--The Office of

Administration and the Office of the Budget shall:

(1) Submit to the office at least 20 days, excluding

weekends and holidays, in advance of execution of the

proposed collective bargaining agreement, copies of each

proposed collective bargaining agreement under the

jurisdiction of the Governor.

(2) Concurrent with each submission under paragraph (1),

provide the office with a detailed cost analysis of the

proposed collective bargaining agreement. The analysis shall

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compare the collective bargaining agreement in effect at the

time of submission to projections for the proposed collective

bargaining agreement for the current fiscal year and the

remaining subsequent fiscal years in the agreement. The

analysis shall include:

(i) The number of employees covered by the proposed

collective bargaining agreement, by fund.

(ii) Wages and salaries, by fund.

(iii) Employer costs for employee benefits,

including pension contributions, by fund.

(iv) A summary of the changes to paid leave, working

hours, working conditions or any other term of employment

in the proposed collective bargaining agreement and the

projected cost of such changes, by fund.

(v) A statement explaining the data, assumptions and

methodology used to make the projections.

(3) Within four days, excluding weekends and holidays,

of a request by the director, provide the office with any

information, data, statistics or analysis determined by the

director to be necessary to fulfill the office's obligations

under section 704 (relating to duties of office).

§ 710. Selection and organization committee.

(a) Selection and organization committee.--The Independent

Fiscal Office Selection and Organization Committee is

established to organize the office and select the director of

the office. The selection and organization committee shall

consist of the following:

(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(2) The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the

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Senate and the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the

House of Representatives.

(3) The chair and minority chair of the Appropriations

Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of

the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(b) Duties of committee.--The selection and organization

committee shall deliberate the following:

(1) The procedures to be adopted to select the director

of the office.

(2) The operational budget for the office.

§ 711. Appointment.

(a) Director.--The office shall be headed by a director

appointed by the selection and organization committee. The

appointment shall be made without regard to political

affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the

duties of the office based on qualifications published by the

selection and organization committee.

(b) Deputy director.--The director shall appoint a deputy

director who shall perform such duties as assigned by the

director and who shall, during the absence or incapacity of the

director or a vacancy, act as the director.

years. An individual appointed as director to fill a vacancy

prior to the expiration of a term shall serve only for the

unexpired portion of that term. An individual serving as

director at the expiration of a term may continue to serve until

a successor is appointed.

(d) Removal.--The director may be removed by a concurrent

resolution passed by the Senate and the House of

Representatives.

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§ 712. Powers and duties of director.

(a) Personnel.--The director shall appoint and fix the

compensation of personnel as necessary to carry out the duties

and functions of the office. All personnel of the office shall

be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely

on the basis of their fitness to perform their duties.

(b) Experts and consultants.--In carrying out the duties and

functions of the office, the director may procure the temporary

or intermittent services of attorneys, experts or consultants or

organizations by contract.

§ 713. Records.

The office shall be a legislative agency for the purpose of

the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-

to-Know Law.

§ 714. Applicability.

To the extent that this chapter is inconsistent with section

618 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The

Administrative Code of 1929, the provisions of this chapter

shall apply.

§ 715. Additional duties.

(a) Actuarial notes.--The office shall prepare actuarial

notes by selecting an enrolled pension actuary to prepare an

actuarial note. Actuarial notes shall include a reliable

estimate of the financial and actuarial effect of the proposed

change in any pension or retirement system in this Commonwealth.

The financial analysis contained in actuarial notes for

legislation that proposes substantial benefit design changes

under 24 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to retirement for school

employees) and 71 Pa.C.S. Pt. XXV (relating to retirement for

State employees and officers) shall include, but not be limited

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to, a risk transfer analysis and, if requested by an officer

listed in this subsection, an analysis of the potential impact

on the asset allocation and related costs for any pension or

retirement system in this Commonwealth. The actuarial note shall

be factual and shall, if possible, provide a reliable estimate

of both the immediate cost and effect of the bill and, if

determinable or reasonably forseeable, the long-range actuarial

cost and effect of the bill. The office shall transmit actuarial

notes in electronic form to the Governor and all members of the

General Assembly within the time periods specified under this

section upon the request of any of the following:

(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate or the

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(2) The Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the

Senate.

(3) The Majority Leader or the Minority Leader of the

House of Representatives.

(4) The chairperson or minority chairperson of the

Appropriations Committee of the Senate.

(5) The chairperson or minority chairperson of the

Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.

(6) The chairperson or minority chairperson of the

standing committee of the Senate to which the bill is

referred.

(7) The chairperson or minority chairperson of the

standing committee of the House of Representatives to which

the bill is referred.

(b) Analysis.--At the request of an individual listed in

subsection (a), the office shall analyze the provisions of a

bill relating to public employee retirement or pension policy

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and issue a report on the bill in a timely fashion. The report

shall provide a synopsis of the bill and financial cost and

shall identify proposed changes to current law and current

policy. The report, after consultation with the requesting

officer, may include an assessment of the actuarial impact and

shall be submitted in electronic form to the Governor and all

members of the General Assembly.

employee retirement plans for actuarial soundness and report the

results to the Governor and the General Assembly.

(d) Website.--The office shall maintain the following on the

office's publicly accessible Internet website:

(1) All actuarial notes issued by the Public Employee

Retirement Commission prior to the effective date of this

section.

(2) All actuarial notes prepared under subsection (a)

and reports under subsection (b) issued by the office, which

shall be posted at the time they are transmitted under

subsection (a).

(3) Any other information that is requested to be posted

by an individual listed in subsection (a).

(e) Reimbursement.--The office shall request, after

expending all appropriations for the performance of the office's

duties under this section, a reimbursement of expenses from the

entity requesting the preparation of materials under this

subsection. A restricted account is established in the General

Fund which shall consist of reimbursement payments received by

the office under this paragraph. The money in the restricted

account is appropriated on a continuing basis to the office for

the purpose of the performance of the office's duties under this

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act, except that the money in the restricted account may not be

expended unless the office expends all other appropriations for

the performance of the office's duties under this section.

(f) Formulation.--The office shall study generally the

subject of retirement, income after retirement, disability and

death benefits and the retirement needs of public employees. The

office shall formulate principles and objectives and recommend

any new legislation the office deems advisable as requested by

an officer listed in subsection (a).

(g) Study.--The office shall study the relationship of

retirement and pension policy to other aspects of public

personnel policy and to the effective operation of government

generally, as requested by an individual listed in subsection

(a).

(h) Note required for bills.--Except as otherwise provided

in subsection (k)(1), no bill proposing any change relative to a

public employee pension or public employee retirement plan may

be given second consideration in either House of the General

Assembly until the office has attached an actuarial note

prepared by an enrolled pension actuary which shall include a

reliable estimate of the cost and actuarial effect of the

proposed change in the pension or retirement system.

(i) Note required for amendments.--Except as otherwise

provided in subsection (k)(2), no amendment to any bill

concerning any public employee pension or public employee

retirement plan may be considered by either House of the General

Assembly until an actuarial note prepared by an enrolled pension

actuary has been attached.

(j) Notes for proposed constitutional amendments.--The

office shall issue an actuarial note, prepared by an enrolled

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pension actuary, for any joint resolution proposing an amendment

to the Constitution of Pennsylvania which initially passes

either House of the General Assembly. If the joint resolution is

subsequently amended and passes either House of the General

Assembly, a new actuarial note shall be prepared.

(k) Effect of failure of office to attach note.--

(1) If the office fails to attach an actuarial note

within 20 legislative days after a bill proposing a change

relative to a public employee pension or public employee

retirement plan has received first consideration in either

House of the General Assembly, the bill may be further

considered in the same manner as if the actuarial note had

been attached to the bill.

(2) If the office fails to attach an actuarial note

within 20 legislative days after an amendment to a bill

proposing a change relative to a public employee pension or

public employee retirement has been submitted to the office

by an officer listed in subsection (a), the amendment may be

considered in the same manner as if the actuarial note had

been attached to the amendment.

CHAPTER 9

LEGISLATIVE AUDIT ADVISORY COMMISSION

Sec.

901. Audits of affairs of the General Assembly and legislative

agencies.

902. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.

§ 901. Audits of affairs of the General Assembly and

legislative agencies.

The financial affairs of the General Assembly and the General

Assembly's legislative service agencies shall be audited by a

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certified public accountant to be retained by the Legislative

Audit Advisory Commission. At least one such audit shall be made

each year; however, special audits may be made when they appear

necessary in the judgment of the Legislative Audit Advisory

Commission.

§ 902. Legislative Audit Advisory Commission.

(a) Establishment.--The Legislative Audit Advisory

Commission is established and shall consist of eight members:

(1) a majority and a minority member of the Senate and

two public members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Senate; and

(2) a majority and a minority member of the House of

Representatives and two public members appointed by the

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The commission shall organize annually by electing from among

the commission's members a chairman and a secretary.

(b) Compensation.--Except for the public members of the

commission who shall receive a compensation of $100 for each day

the Commission shall meet, no other member of the commission

shall receive any compensation but all members shall receive

traveling and actual expenses incurred as members of the

commission.

commission shall be to:

(1) Examine the standards of audits performed under the

provisions of section 10 of Article VIII, of the Constitution

of Pennsylvania, and recommend measures for the improvement

of preauditing and postauditing of the financial affairs of

the Commonwealth.

(2) Report annually recommendations and suggested

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legislation, if any, for the improvement of auditing in the

Commonwealth.

CHAPTER 15

LEGISLATIVE DATA PROCESSING CENTER

Sec.

1501. Legislative Data Processing Center established.

1502. Committee powers and duties.

1503. Executive director.

1504. Restriction.

1505. Compensation.

1506. Legislative Transparency Portal.

§ 1501. Legislative Data Processing Center established.

(a) Establishment and membership.--The Legislative Data

Processing Committee is established and shall consist of:

(1) two senators appointed by the President pro tempore

of the Senate;

(2) two senators appointed by the Minority Leader of

the Senate;

(3) two representatives appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives;

(4) two representatives appointed by the Minority Leader

of the House of Representatives; and

(5) the Secretary of the Senate and the Parliamentarian

of the House of Representatives who shall serve as nonvoting

members of the Legislative Data Processing Committee.

(b) Term and location.--Members of the Legislative Data

Processing Committee shall serve during each regular session of

the General Assembly and shall continue as members until the

first Tuesday in January of the next odd-numbered year and until

their respective successors shall qualify, provided they

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continue to be members of the Senate or the House of

Representatives. The Legislative Data Processing Committee has a

continuing existence and may meet and conduct the committee's

business at any place within this Commonwealth during the

sessions of Legislature or any recess thereof and in the interim

between sessions.

Data Processing Committee shall constitute a quorum and an

affirmative vote of five members of the Legislative Data

Processing Committee shall be necessary to pass on any matter

requiring Legislative Data Processing Committee action.

(d) Restrictions.--Nothing in this chapter or in any rules

and regulations promulgated by the Legislative Data Processing

Committee shall prohibit a member of the Legislative Data

Processing Committee from participating in a meeting, executive

session, deliberations or any other activity via telephone or

other electronic medium.

(e) Proxies.--The Legislative Data Processing Committee

shall adopt rules allowing for and governing the use of proxies

by members of the Legislative Data Processing Committee, except

that proxies may not be used to establish a quorum.

§ 1502. Committee powers and duties.

The Legislative Data Processing Committee shall have the

following powers and duties:

(1) To establish and operate a legislative data

processing center incorporating a system or systems which

will be capable of storing and retrieving all of the

financial, factual, procedural and legal information

necessary to serve all of the committees, officers and

agencies of the General Assembly.

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(2) With the approval of the Senate Committee on

Management Operations and the Bi-partisan Management

Committee of the House of Representatives, to provide access

to public legislative information within the computer

information systems operated by the Legislative Data

Processing Committee to persons outside the General Assembly

as the Legislative Data Processing Committee deems

appropriate. Such access will be provided in the manner

approved by the Legislative Data Processing Committee, the

Senate Committee on Management Operations and the Bi-partisan

Management Committee of the House of Representatives. No

information residing in the computer information systems

operated by the Legislative Data Processing Committee shall

be released or disseminated by the Legislative Data

Processing Committee or its employees to persons outside the

General Assembly without the approval of:

(i) The Senate Committee on Management Operations if

the document or information was originated, prepared,

generated or maintained in whole or in part by the

Senate.

(ii) The Bi-partisan Management Committee of the

House of Representatives if the document or information

was originated, prepared, generated or maintained in

whole or in part by the House of Representatives.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), to provide access to

information relating to bills, legislative histories and

session calendars to the Governor's Office, the Office of

Attorney General, the Auditor General, the State Treasurer,

the heads of other departments and other offices within State

government as the Legislative Data Processing Committee shall

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determine, with the approval of the Senate Committee on

Management Operations and the Bi-partisan Management

Committee of the House of Representatives.

(4) To appoint and employ an executive director, who

shall be the chief executive officer of the Legislative Data

Processing Committee, and such other personnel as the

Legislative Data Processing Committee may deem necessary in

the performance of the Legislative Data Processing

Committee's duties and to fix the compensation of such

executive director and other personnel.

(5) To enter into contracts for the services of such

professional, expert or technical services as the Legislative

Data Processing Committee may deem necessary in the

performance of the Legislative Data Processing Committee's

duties.

(6) To purchase or rent such equipment and supplies as

the Legislative Data Processing Committee may deem necessary

in the performance of the Legislative Data Processing

Committee's duties.

(7) To select its own chairman, vice-chairman and such

other officers as the Legislative Data Processing Committee

may deem necessary in the performance of the Legislative Data

Processing Committee's duties.

(8) To make such rules and regulations as the

Legislative Data Processing Committee may deem necessary to

properly carry out the purpose of the most efficient use of a

legislative data processing system.

§ 1503. Executive director.

The executive director shall perform duties as shall be

assigned to the executive director by the Legislative Data

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Processing Committee and shall have the following qualifications

to be eligible for appointment:

(1) a master's degree in mathematics, physics, computer

technology or some related field of study from an accredited

institution of higher learning;

(2) a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

of higher learning and at least three years' practical

experience in computer technology;

(3) at least five years' practical experience in

computer technology of which at least two years must have

included administrative and technical responsibility for

developing and implementing a computer oriented data

processing system; or

(4) at least three years' practical experience in

developing computer data processing systems, and any partial

combination of the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3)

which in the Legislative Data Processing Committee's judgment

will result in the selection of an executive director capable

of performing the duties provided under this section.

§ 1504. Restriction.

No person designated by the Legislative Data Processing

Committee as a professional employee, including the executive

director, may:

(1) be a member of or delegate or alternate to any

political convention;

(2) participate at any political convention, except in

the performance of the person's official duty or as a

visitor;

(3) serve as a member of any committee of any political

party, or take an active part in political management or in

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political campaigns or use that person's office or position

to influence political movements or the political action of

any officer or employee in the classified service;

(4) circulate or seek signatures to a nomination or

other petition required by any primary or election law;

(5) seek or accept election, nomination or appointment

as an officer of a political club or organization, or serve

as a member of a committee of any club or organization under

this paragraph;

(6) participate in any matter in or interfere with the

conduct of any election or the preparation therefor at the

polling place or with the election officers while counting

the votes or returning the election material to the place

provided by law for that purpose. This paragraph shall not

apply to the making and depositing of the professional

employee's own ballot as speedily as it reasonably can be

done;

(7) be within 50 feet of the polling place, except for

the purpose of carrying out official duties and of ordinary

travel or residence, during the period of time beginning with

one hour preceding the opening of the polls for holding the

election and ending with the time when the election officers

shall have finished counting the votes and have left the

polling place for the purpose of depositing the election

material in the place provided by law for that purpose:

Provided, however, that the rights of any individual as a

citizen are not impaired, and the prerogative to attend

meetings, to hear or see any candidate or nominee or to

express one's individual opinion, shall remain inviolate.

§ 1505. Compensation.

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The members of the Legislative Data Processing Committee

shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for

expenses incurred while attending sessions of the Legislative

Data Processing Committee or meetings of any subcommittee of the

Legislative Data Processing Committee, or while engaged on other

Legislative Data Processing Committee business authorized by the

Legislative Data Processing Committee, and in going to and

coming from meetings of the Legislative Data Processing

Committee or its subcommittees or for travel and other

Legislative Data Processing Committee business when authorized

by the Legislative Data Processing Committee.

§ 1506. Legislative Transparency Portal.

(a) Establishment.--The Legislative Data Processing

Committee shall establish a publicly accessible Internet website

for appropriations and expenditures of the General Assembly and

the General Assembly's committees. The website shall provide the

information required under this section separated by the

following:

(1) Officers of the Senate.

(2) Officers of the House Of Representatives.

(3) Each service agency created by the General Assembly.

(4) Caucus operations of the minority and majority

caucus of the Senate.

(5) Caucus operations of the minority and majority

caucus of the House of Representatives.

(b) Website.--The website shall include figures and visual

aids to demonstrate growth or reduction in expenditures and

appropriations starting no later than the 2014-2015 fiscal year.

Legislative Data Processing Committee shall be made available to

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the public to download as an image and spreadsheet document.

(d) Receipt of information.--The Legislative Data Processing

Committee shall receive all necessary information for the

implementation of the website from:

(1) Each service agency of the General Assembly.

(2) Officers of the Senate.

(3) Officers of the House of representatives.

(4) Caucus operations of the majority and minority

caucus of the Senate.

(5) Caucus operations of the majority and minority

caucus of the House of Representatives.

(e) Contracts permitted.--The Legislative Data Processing

Committee may contract with a third party for creating the

website under this section.

CHAPTER 17

CAPITOL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Sec.

1701. Short title.

1702. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

1703. Definitions.

1704. Capitol Preservation Committee.

1705. Duties of the committee.

1706. Capitol Restoration Trust Fund and operating expenses.

§ 1701. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the State

Capitol Preservation Act.

§ 1702. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a rich heritage

of historical buildings, structures, documents, artifacts and

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other objects and resources which bear witness to the

Commonwealth's growth as one of the great states of this

nation.

(2) Efforts have been made toward the restoration and

preservation of buildings, structures, documents, artifacts

and objects evidencing the history of this eminent

Commonwealth and of the General Assembly, and these efforts

should be continued and intensified.

(3) Particular attention should be given to the

preservation of the architectural and historical integrity of

the State Capitol Building and to the restoration and

preservation of artifacts, documents and other historical

objects and resources located within that building.

(4) The most effective way to promote and foster the

historic preservation of the State Capitol Building is by the

establishment of a committee to supervise and coordinate this

work.

§ 1703. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Committee." The Capitol Preservation Committee.

"Fund." The Capitol Restoration Trust Fund.

§ 1704. Capitol Preservation Committee.

(a) Establishment.--The Capitol Preservation Committee is

established to supervise and coordinate the historic

preservation of the State Capitol Building and the preservation

and restoration of historical documents, artifacts and other

objects and resources located in or associated with the State

Capitol Building.

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(b) Membership.--The committee shall be composed of the

following:

(1) Four members of the Senate to be appointed by the

President pro tempore of the Senate, two from the majority

party and two from the minority party.

(2) Four members of the House of Representatives to be

appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two

from the majority party and two from the minority party.

(3) One member, appointed by the Chief Justice, who is

not a member of the judiciary.

(4) The Secretary of General Services or a designee.

(5) The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania

Historical and Museum Commission or a designee.

(6) The Chair of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

(7) Three members appointed by the Governor whose

experience includes restoration of monumental buildings or a

background in historical restoration or fine arts

conservation.

No member appointed under paragraph (3) or (7) shall be a member

of the executive, legislative or judicial branch at the time of

the member's appointment.

(1) Members appointed under subsection (b)(1) and (2)

shall be appointed at the commencement of a regular session

of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year. These

appointments shall take effect 31 days following the

convening of the session and the terms of these members shall

run until 30 days after the convening of the next regular

session of the General Assembly.

(2) The terms of members enumerated in subsection (b)

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(4), (5) and (6) shall be coincident with the members'

respective offices.

(3) The terms of members appointed under subsection (b)

(3) and (7) shall be coincident with that of the appointing

Governor, President pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the

House of Representatives and the Chief Justice.

(d) Vacancies.--Vacancies in the membership of the committee

shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the

same manner as the original appointment.

(e) Organization and procedure.--

(1) The committee shall meet initially within 60 days of

the effective date of this chapter and shall elect by a

majority of all members a chairman and vice chairman from

among the members of the committee, each to serve for a term

of two years. Thereafter, the committee shall meet not less

than twice each year.

(2) A majority of all the members of the committee shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(3) The committee may adopt rules for the government,

organization and procedures of the committee not inconsistent

with the provisions of this chapter.

(f) Expenses.--Committee members shall receive no

compensation for services but shall be reimbursed for all

necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in

connection with the performance of committee members' duties.

§ 1705. Duties of the committee.

In addition to other powers conferred by this act, the

committee shall have the power:

(1) To develop a comprehensive plan and program for the

historic preservation and restoration of the State Capitol

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Building.

(2) To monitor the making of all major repairs,

alterations and improvements in and about the State Capitol

Building, including the furnishing and refurnishing of the

same, where such repairs, alterations or improvements may

alter or otherwise affect the architectural and historical

integrity of the building.

(3) To monitor the maintenance, restoration,

preservation and rehabilitation of historical documents,

artifacts and other historical objects or resources located

within and around, or associated with, the State Capitol

Building.

(4) To acquire on behalf of the Commonwealth artifacts,

documents and other historical objects or resources which

contribute to the historical significance of the State

Capitol Building.

(5) To receive for and on behalf of the Commonwealth,

gifts or bequests of artifacts, documents and other

historical objects or resources which contribute to the

historical significance of the State Capitol Building.

(6) To assist in the preservation of other buildings and

structures located within the Capitol Complex.

(7) To accept grants and subsidies from and enter into

agreements or other transactions with any Federal agency or

agency of the Commonwealth or other entity.

(8) To enter into contracts and to execute all

instruments necessary or convenient for carrying on the

committee's operations.

(9) To issue appropriate regulations for the

implementation of this act.

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(10) To do all other things necessary or convenient to

carry out the powers granted to the committee by this act.

§ 1706. Capitol Restoration Trust Fund and operating expenses.

(a) Establishment and administration.--The Capitol

Restoration Trust Fund is established as a separate fund in the

State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the committee

and all money in the fund is appropriated to the committee on a

continuing basis.

(b) Purpose.--The money in the fund shall be used:

(1) for the maintenance, restoration, preservation and

rehabilitation of artifacts, documents and other historical

objects or resources located within and around or associated

with the State Capitol Building or acquired by the committee;

and

(2) for the acquisition of artifacts, documents and

other historical objects or resources, including, but not

limited to, statuary, art or any element which contribute to

the historical significance of the State Capitol Building.

(1) The committee is authorized:

(i) to accept on behalf of the Commonwealth gifts,

donations, legacies and usages of money from individuals,

organizations, public or private corporations and other

similar entities; and

(ii) to solicit and raise money from public and

private sources through the sale of commemorative medals

and other items of a similar nature which promote the

historic preservation and restoration of the State

Capitol Building.

(2) Except for appropriations made by the General

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Assembly, all money received or raised under this section

shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the

Capitol Restoration Trust Fund.

(d) Operating expenses.--Appropriations made by the General

Assembly to the committee shall be used for payment of necessary

travel and other reasonable expenses of committee members, for

the compensation and expenses of staff for the committee, for

administrative expenses and generally for the purpose of

carrying into effect the provisions of the chapter.

CHAPTER 19

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ANALYST

Sec.

1901. Definitions.

1902. Establishment.

1903. Powers and duties.

1904. Powers of the director.

§ 1901. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Committee." The Legislative Committee on Appointments.

"Director." The Legislative Fiscal Analyst.

"Office." The Office of Legislative Fiscal Analysis

established under section 1902 (relating to establishment).

"Officer of the House of Representatives." Any of the

following:

(1) Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(2) Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(3) Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

House of Representatives.

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(4) Majority Whip of the House of Representatives.

(5) Majority Policy Chairman of the House of

Representatives.

(6) Majority Caucus Administrator of the House of

Representatives.

(7) Caucus Secretary of the House of Representatives.

(8) Caucus Chairman of the House of Representatives.

(9) Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(10) Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee

of the House of Representatives.

(11) Minority Whip of the House of Representatives.

(12) Minority Caucus Policy Chairman of the House of

Representatives.

(13) Minority Caucus Administrator of the House of

Representatives.

(14) Minority Caucus Secretary of the House of

Representatives.

(15) Minority Caucus Chairman of the House of

Representatives.

"Officer of the Senate." Any of the following:

(1) President pro tempore of the Senate.

(2) Majority Leader of the Senate.

(3) Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the

Senate.

(4) Majority Whip of the Senate.

(5) Caucus Policy Chairman of the Senate.

(6) Caucus Secretary of the Senate.

(7) Caucus Administrator of the Senate.

(8) Caucus Chairman of the Senate.

(9) Minority Leader of the Senate.

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(10) Minority Chairman of the Appropriations Committee

of the Senate.

(11) Minority Whip of the Senate.

(12) Minority Policy Chairman of the Senate.

(13) Minority Caucus Secretary of the Senate.

(14) Minority Caucus Administrator of the Senate.

(15) Minority Caucus Chairman of the Senate.

§ 1902. Establishment.

The Legislative Office of Fiscal Analysis is established as

an agency of the General Assembly.

§ 1903. Powers and duties.

(a) Duties.--The office shall:

(1) Provide the General Assembly with estimates about

general revenue including:

(i) Current revenue estimates for each major type of

tax revenue including the long-term trends for that

revenue source.

(ii) Current estimates for Federal funds receipts

and the long-term trend concerning the receipt of Federal

funds.

(iii) Current estimates for tax collections and

Federal receipts to long-term trends deflated for the

inflationary effects of debt monetization.

(2) Prior to the Governor's budget address, report in

detail, the Commonwealth's operating budget and make

recommendations to the General Assembly concerning each line

item and program appearing in the budget. The report shall

include:

(i) Program funding and performance measures.

(ii) Determinations by an agency of the Commonwealth

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of whether a program should have funding maintained,

increased or decreased.

(iii) Determinations of whether a program should be

terminated.

(iv) Whether or not increases or decreases to

spending authority and other resource allocations for the

current fiscal year are required.

(v) Whether or not increases or decreases to

spending authority and other resource allocations for the

next three fiscal years are required.

(3) Prepare fiscal estimates for all proposed

legislation which shall include:

(i) impacts to the Commonwealth revenue collections;

(ii) anticipated changes to Commonwealth agency

expenditures;

(iii) anticipated expenditure changes for political

subdivisions of the Commonwealth;

(iv) anticipated direct cost to the residents of

this Commonwealth, including, but not limited to the unit

costs and total costs;

(v) anticipated direct and indirect cost to business

located in this Commonwealth; and

(vi) whether the legislation will change the

regulatory burden for residents and businesses including:

(A) whether the impact increases or decreases

the regulatory burden on businesses or residents of

this Commonwealth; and

(B) whether the change in the regulatory burden

is significant, moderate or nominal.

(4) Report instances in which the administration may be

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failing to carry out the expressed intent of the General

Assembly.

(5) Propose and analyze statutory changes for more

effective operational economies or more effective

administration of State finances.

(6) Prepare a summary at the start of the fiscal year

showing the current status compared to the past nine fiscal

years of the following and providing recommendations to the

General Assembly:

(i) Debt.

(ii) Long-term liabilities.

(iii) Contingent liabilities.

(iv) General Fund debt obligations.

(v) Balances in the Budget Stabilization Reserve

Fund.

(vi) Lapsing and nonlapsed fund balances.

(vii) Cash funded capital investment.

(7) Provide, at the end of every legislative session, a

summary showing the fiscal effect of the laws passed by the

General Assembly and the financial condition of the

Commonwealth. The summary shall be made available on the

office's publicly accessible Internet website.

(8) Prepare, deliver upon request and post on the

office's publicly accessible Internet website reports on the

finances of the Commonwealth and on anticipated or proposed

request for appropriations by any of the following:

(i) An officer of the Senate.

(ii) An officer of the House of Representatives.

(iii) Chairpersons of a standing committee of the

Senate.

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(iv) Chairpersons of a standing committee of the

House of Representatives.

(b) Report on fiscal outlook.--The office shall prepare a

report on the fiscal outlook and sustainability of the

Commonwealth beginning January 1, 2021, and every three years

thereafter. The following shall apply:

(1) In the first year the office shall report to the

General Assembly on the volatility of the Commonwealth's

revenue collections. The report shall include:

(i) Analysis of the Commonwealth tax base and

volatility of the revenue sources for the Commonwealth's

operating budget.

(ii) A review of Federal funding included in the

Commonwealth's General Fund and operating budget.

(iii) An identification of the balance of the

Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund and whether the balance

is adequate to handle volatility of the Commonwealth's

revenue sources.

(iv) Impact of transfers of the Commonwealth's

General Fund revenue sources to special or restricted

funds on the Commonwealth's General Fund.

(2) In the second year the office shall report to the

General Assembly on the long-term budget for programs

appropriated from major Commonwealth funds and revenue

sources.

(3) In the third year, the office shall provide a report

analyzing estimated future revenues and expenditures from

major funds and revenue sources under various potential

economic conditions. These conditions shall include, but are

not limited to:

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(i) Nominal economic growth or decline.

(ii) Moderate economic growth or decline.

(iii) Significant economic growth or decline.

(iv) Anticipated changes in Federal funds.

access to the Integrated Central System as provided under

section 620.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No. 175),

known as The Administrative Code of 1929.

(d) Subpoena.--The office may, under the hand and seal of

the director, issue a subpoena to compel a Commonwealth agency

to provide documentation and information necessary to fulfill

the duties under this section.

§ 1904. Powers of the director.

(a) Director.--The office shall operate under the

supervision of the director who shall hire and appoint staff to

fulfill the duties of the office under section 1903 (relating to

powers and duties) within the office's appropriated budget.

(b) Appointment.--The director shall be appointed by the

committee for a term of six years.

CHAPTER 21

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR GENERAL

Sec.

2101. Definitions.

2102. Establishment.

2103. Legislative Auditor General.

2104. Powers and duties of the office.

2105. Audits.

2106. Audit of Commonwealth agency appropriations.

2107. Report.

2108. Prohibition.

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2109. Disclosure of records.

§ 2101. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Commission." The Legislative Audit Advisory Commission

established under section 902 (relating to Legislative Audit

Advisory Commission).

"Committee." The Legislative Committee on Appointments

established under section 302 (relating to establishment).

"Entity." An organization that receives money from the

Commonwealth that is not a Commonwealth agency.

"Legislative Auditor." The Legislative Auditor General.

"Office." The Office of Legislative Auditor General

established under section 2102 (relating to establishment).

§ 2102. Establishment.

The Office of Legislative Auditor General is established.

§ 2103. Legislative Auditor General.

(a) Term.--The Legislative Auditor shall be appointed by the

committee for a six-year term.

(b) Qualifications.--The Legislative Auditor shall be a

licensed certified public accountant or certified internal

auditor with at least five years' experience in the auditing or

public accounting profession or equivalent experience.

staff necessary to fulfill the duties of the office under this

chapter.

(d) Restriction.--The Legislative Auditor may not serve or

be appointed to serve on any board, authority, commission or

other agency of the Commonwealth during the Legislative

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Auditor's term.

§ 2104. Powers and duties of the office.

(a) Review and audit of finances.--The office shall exercise

the power of the General Assembly to review and audit the

finances of any Commonwealth agency or entity that receives

money from the Commonwealth.

(b) Report.--The office shall prepare and write a report on

each audit or examination of public finances to the commission

and to members of the General Assembly.

new programs and agencies created by the General Assembly or

executive action during the legislative session. The following

shall apply:

(1) The office shall provide the Commonwealth agency

administering the program with a list of best practices for

operating the program, including:

(i) Policies.

(ii) Performance measures.

(iii) Data collection.

(2) The office shall send each new agency or program,

for the first two years following the establishment of an

agency or program, the necessary documents for self-

evaluation policies, performance measures and data

collection.

(3) The office shall use the self-evaluation documents

provided under paragraph (2) to recommend to the commission

that an audit be conducted.

(4) The office shall provide the Commonwealth agency

with an explanation why an audit is being performed should

the Legislative Auditor choose to initiate an audit.

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(5) The office shall provide information to the General

Assembly using the information under this subsection on

whether the agency or program is meeting the legislative

duties and objectives.

(6) The office shall audit, examine or review any entity

that receives funds from the Commonwealth or one of the

Commonwealth's political subdivisions including a

determination of the following:

(i) The honesty and integrity of all the entity's

fiscal affairs.

(ii) The accuracy and reliability of the entity's

financial statements and reports.

(iii) Whether or not the entity's financial controls

are adequate and effective to properly record and

safeguard the entity's acquisition, custody, use and

accounting of public funds.

(iv) Whether or not the administrators of the entity

have faithfully adhered to the legislative intent.

(v) Whether or not the programs of the entity have

been effective in accomplishing intended objectives.

(vi) Whether or not the entity's managements control

and information systems are adequate and effective.

(d) Subpoena.--The office may, under the hand and seal of

the Legislative Auditor, issue a subpoena to compel a

Commonwealth agency to provide documentation or information

necessary to fulfill the duties under this section.

§ 2105. Audits.

(a) Additional audits permitted.--In addition to the audits

under this chapter, the office may perform audits under the

following circumstances:

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(1) If an audit is requested by the President pro

tempore of the Senate.

(2) If an audit is requested by the Majority Leader or

Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) If an audit is requested by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives.

(4) If an audit is requested by the Majority Leader or

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(5) Passage of a resolution in the Senate.

(6) Passage of a resolution in the House of

Representatives.

(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be

construed to require the office to perform an audit requested

under subsection (a).

§ 2106. Audit of Commonwealth agency appropriations.

(a) Appropriations audit.--The office, in addition to other

audits performed under this chapter, shall establish a schedule

for reviewing and auditing the appropriations of Commonwealth

Agencies. The office shall review and audit the appropriations

of at least one Commonwealth agency every fiscal year.

(b) Efficiency.--The audit of a Commonwealth agency's

appropriation shall determine the extent to which the

Commonwealth agency has efficiently and effectively used the

money appropriated to the agency.

under subsection (b) by reviewing the following information:

(1) a Commonwealth agency's appropriation history;

(2) the Commonwealth agency's history of expenditures

and the Commonwealth agency's history of efficiency relative

to the Commonwealth agency's expenditures. As used in this

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paragraph, the term "efficiency" shall include, but is not

limited to a determination of:

(i) Whether a Commonwealth agency has successfully

met performance goals while remaining within the

Commonwealth agency's authorized appropriation.

(ii) Whether a Commonwealth agency's performance

goals are measurable and allow for the Commonwealth

agency and the Governor's Budget Office to a measure the

impact of services provided by a program of the

Commonwealth agency.

(iii) Historic trends in the Commonwealth agency's

operational performance effectiveness.

(iv) Whether the Commonwealth agency's employee

complement and operation are commensurate with the

Commonwealth agency's expenditure history.

(v) Whether the Commonwealth agency has been

diligent in the Commonwealth agency's stewardship of

taxpayer dollars. For the purpose of this section, the

term "diligent" shall include:

(A) whether the Commonwealth agency has

maintained proper financial records;

(B) whether the Commonwealth agency has taken

advantage of opportunities to save funds appropriated

to the Commonwealth agency; and

within the Commonwealth agency's appropriation over

the past five fiscal years.

(vi) Whether the Commonwealth agency provided notice

to the Governor's Budget Office and the General Assembly

if the agency did not expend all of the Commonwealth

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agency's appropriation.

(vii) Whether the Commonwealth agency's returned any

unexpended funds to the General Fund.

(viii) If the money lapsed, whether the Commonwealth

agency followed the procedure for lapsed funds under

section 621 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. The

audit performed by the office shall include information

on when lapsed funds by the Commonwealth agency were

expended.

(ix) Whether the Commonwealth agency has exceeded

the Commonwealth agency's authorized appropriation.

(d) Overspend.--If an agency has overspent the Commonwealth

agency's appropriation in a prior fiscal year, the audit shall

thoroughly review the reasons why and provide recommendations to

the Commonwealth agency and the General Assembly to address the

overspending in the subsequent fiscal year.

(e) Audit release.--Following completion of an audit under

this section, the office shall release the audit to the

Governor, members of the General Assembly and the Secretary of

the Budget and place the audit on the office's publicly

accessible Internet website.

(f) Governor's use of audit.--The Governor shall utilize

audits performed by the office in the preparation of the

Governor's executive budget under section 613 of The

Administrative Code of 1929. If the Governor recommends to

increase funding to a Commonwealth agency whose most recent

audit determined the agency has not been diligent, as defined in

subsection (c)(2)(v), or efficient with the funds appropriated

to it, the Governor shall provide a written explanation for

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recommending the increase.

§ 2107. Report.

The office shall, no later than December 31 of each year,

provide a summary to the Governor and members of the General

Assembly of the audits performed by the office during the

calendar year along with the findings and recommendations of the

office.

§ 2108. Prohibition.

No elected official may act in such a manner that would

attempt to place undue pressure or burden on the office, the

Legislative Auditor General or any employee of the office

concerning an audit, review or examination of an entity.

§ 2109. Disclosure of records.

(a) Confidentiality.--The following records collected by the

office shall be protected and confidential information exempt

from the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the

Right-to-Know Law:

(1) Records that would disclose information relating to

allegations of misconduct, gross mismanagement or illegal

activity in the past or present of a government employee

which cannot be collaborated by the Legislative Auditor

through other documents, evidence or records, and the records

relating to the allegation are not relied upon by the

Legislative Auditor in the office's final report.

(2) Records and audit work paper to the extent they

would disclose the identity of a person who during the course

of a legislative audit communicated the existence of any

waste of public funds, property or manpower if the

information was disclosed to the office with the

understanding that the identity of the person would be

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protected.

(3) Records and audit work paper to the extent they

would disclose the identity of a person who during the course

of a legislative audit communicated the violation or

suspected violation of a law, rule or regulation adopted

under the laws of the Commonwealth or one of the

Commonwealth's political subdivisions or any recognized

entity of the United States if the information was disclosed

to the office with the understanding that the identity of the

person would be protected.

(4) Records that would disclose or outline any part of a

current or future audit.

(5) Information pertaining to the request for an audit

if disclosure would threaten the integrity of the audit or

prevent the office from being able to successfully perform

the audit.

(b) Certain disclosure permitted.--The office shall disclose

information and records under this section pertaining to a

violation of the law by a Commonwealth agency, employee of the

Commonwealth or audited entity under this chapter to the proper

prosecuting authority.

this section shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree.

CHAPTER 23

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

Sec.

2301. Definitions.

2302. Establishment and membership.

2303. Officers and role of committee.

2304. Powers and duties.

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2305. Duties of executive director.

2306. Compensation and reimbursements.

2307. Comments.

§ 2301. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter

shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Committee." The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee

established under section 2302 (relating to establishment and

membership).

§ 2302. Establishment and membership.

(a) Establishment of committee.--The Legislative Budget and

Finance Committee is established.

(b) Membership.--The committee shall consist of:

(1) The President pro tempore of the Senate or a

designee.

(2) The Majority leader of the Senate or a designee.

(3) The Minority leader of the Senate or a designee.

(4) Three other members of the Senate, two of which

shall be in the minority party.

(5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(6) The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives

or a designee.

(7) The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives

or a designee.

(8) Three additional members of the House of

Representatives.

reappointed during each regular session of the General Assembly,

and shall continue as members until the first Tuesday in January

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of the next odd-numbered year and until their respective

successors shall be appointed, provided they continue to be

members of the Senate or the House of Representatives. The term

of office of the committee members that are not members of the

Senate or the House of Representatives shall cease upon the

convening of the next regular session of the General Assembly

after the member's appointment. The committee has a continuing

existence and may meet and conduct committee business at any

place within this Commonwealth during the sessions of the

General Assembly or any recess thereof and in the interim

between sessions.

§ 2303. Officers and role of committee.

The committee shall have the power and duty to appoint a

chairman, vice-chairman and other officers, to make rules and

regulations governing committee proceedings and to perform,

either through the committee or through subcommittees of the

committee, all duties and functions relating to the study of the

revenues, expenditures and fiscal issues of the Commonwealth,

Commonwealth officers, boards, committees, commissions,

institutions and other State agencies.

§ 2304. Powers and duties.

The committee shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To request, receive, review, examine, study,

ascertain and compare fiscal information concerning the

budget, the revenues and expenditures of the Commonwealth and

to make recommendations to the General Assembly, when found

advisable, directed to the elimination of unnecessary

expenditures and to the promotion of economy in the

government of the Commonwealth.

(2) To make current examination and, when pertinent,

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reports concerning the current condition of all State funds,

appropriations and other money, whether or not the

appropriations are currently being expended for the purposes

and within the statutory restrictions provided by the General

Assembly, and concerning the current availability of revenue

to meet expenditures under appropriations.

(3) To report to the General Assembly, the Governor and

the Auditor General, when it appears that any appropriation

is being expended for purposes other than the purposes for

which the appropriation was intended, or if it appears that

any statutory restrictions or provisions are being violated.

(4) To make reports, from time to time, to the members

of the General Assembly and, upon request, to the standing

committees of the Senate and House of Representatives with

respect to any of the committee's findings or recommendations

of a fiscal nature. The committee shall keep complete minutes

of meetings and make and distribute a final report to the

members of the ensuing General Assembly not later than 10

days after the convening of the regular session of the

General Assembly.

(5) The committee may issue subpoenas, under the hand

and seal of the chairperson, to compel the attendance of

witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts,

documents and testimony touching matters of a fiscal nature

properly being inquired into by the committee, to administer

oaths and to cause the deposition of witnesses, either

residing within or without this Commonwealth, to be taken in

the manner prescribed by laws for taking depositions in civil

actions. Any person who willfully neglects or refuses to

comply with any subpoena issued on behalf of the committee,

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or refuses to testify to any matters regarding which the

person may be lawfully interrogated, shall be subject to the

penalties provided by the laws of this Commonwealth in such

cases.

(6) To reimburse each witness who appears before the

committee by order of the committee, other than an officer or

employee of the Commonwealth, for fees and mileage provided

for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record, which shall

be audited and paid out of the funds of the committee upon

the presentation of proper vouchers signed by the witness and

approved by the chairman or vice-chairman of the committee.

(7) To appoint an executive director, and to fix the

compensation of the director, who shall be the chief

executive officer of the committee and assist in the duties

and information compilation of the committee. The committee

is authorized to select and employ other personnel that the

committee may deem necessary in the performance of its

duties. The compensation and salaries of committee personnel

shall be fixed by the committee.

§ 2305. Duties of executive director.

The duties of the executive director shall be as follows:

(1) By continuous review of State expenditures, revenues

and analysis of budget to ascertain the facts, compare cost,

workload and other data, and make recommendations concerning

the State's budget and revenue of the departments, boards,

commissions and agencies of the Commonwealth.

(2) Such other duties as shall be assigned to the

director by the committee.

§ 2306. Compensation and reimbursements.

The members of the committee shall serve without compensation

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but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred:

(1) While attending sessions of the committee or

meetings of any subcommittee of the committee.

(2) While engaged on other committee business authorized

by the committee.

(3) In going to and coming from meetings of the

committee or its subcommittees.

(4) For travel and other committee business when

authorized by the committee.

§ 2307. Comments.

Before any written report is made by the committee, the

department, officer or agency of the government involved therein

shall be afforded an opportunity to comment. Comments shall be

attached to the report.

Section 2. Repeals are as follows:

(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 5.

(2) The act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119), entitled

"An act creating a Legislative Reference Bureau; providing

for the election of a director by the General Assembly;

designating the officers and employes of such bureau,

defining their duties; fixing their salaries; abolishing the

present Legislative Reference Bureau; and making an

appropriation," is repealed.

(3) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (4) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 7.

(4) Article VI-B of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is

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repealed.

(5) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (6) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 9.

(6) The act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151), entitled

"An act implementing the provisions of Article VIII, section

10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, by designating the

Commonwealth officers who shall be charged with the function

of auditing the financial transactions after the occurrence

thereof of the Legislative and Judicial branches of the

government of the Commonwealth, establishing a Legislative

Audit Advisory Commission, and imposing certain powers and

duties on such commission," is repealed.

(7) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (8) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 15.

(8) The act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365),

entitled "An act creating and establishing the Legislative

Data Processing Committee: providing for its membership;

prescribing its powers, functions and duties; and making an

appropriation," is repealed.

(9) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (10) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 17.

(10) The act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1442, No.327),

known as the State Capitol Preservation Act, is repealed.

(11) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under

paragraph (12) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 23.

(12) The act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195),

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entitled "An act creating and establishing the Legislative

Budget and Finance Committee; providing for its membership;

prescribing its powers, functions and duties; providing for

the appointment of an executive director and other personnel,

and making an appropriation," is repealed.

(13) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed:

(i) The act of May 29, 1935 (P.L.244, No.102),

entitled "An act creating a Local Government Commission

to study and report on functions of local government;

their allocation and elimination; the cost of local

government and means of reducing it; and the

consolidation of local government; and making an

appropriation."

(ii) The act of July 1, 1937 (P.L.2460, No.459),

entitled "An act creating a joint legislative commission,

to be known as the Joint State Government Commission;

providing for its membership, chairman and executive

committee; defining its powers and duties; and defining

the powers and duties of standing committees of the

General Assembly."

(iii) Chapter 3 of the act of June 30, 1987

(P.L.163, No.16), known as the Rural Pennsylvania

Revitalization Act.

Section 3. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 is a

continuation of the act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119),

entitled "An act creating a Legislative Reference Bureau;

providing for the election of a director by the General

Assembly; designating the officers and employes of such bureau,

defining their duties; fixing their salaries; abolishing the

present Legislative Reference Bureau; and making an

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appropriation." The following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 5, all activities initiated under the act of May

7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119), shall continue and remain in full

force and effect and may be completed under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5.

Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made

under the act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119), and in effect

on the effective date of section 2(2) of this act shall

remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or

modified under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5. Contracts, obligations and

collective bargaining agreements entered into under the act

of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119), are not affected nor

impaired by the repeal of the act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158,

No.119).

(2) Any difference in language between the addition of

46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 and the act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158,

No.119), is intended only to conform to the style of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to

change or affect the legislative intent, judicial

construction or administration and implementation of the act

of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119).

Section 4. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 is a

continuation of Article VI-B of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. The

following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 7, all activities initiated under Article VI-B of

The Administrative Code of 1929 shall continue and remain in

full force and effect and may be completed under 46 Pa.C.S.

Ch. 7. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were

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made under Article VI-B of The Administrative Code of 1929

and in effect on the effective date of section 2(4) of this

act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked,

vacated or modified under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7. Contracts,

obligations and collective bargaining agreements entered into

under Article VI-B of The Administrative Code of 1929 are not

affected nor impaired by the repeal of Article VI-B of The

Administrative Code of 1929.

(2) Any difference in language between the addition of

46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 and Article VI-B of The Administrative Code

of 1929 is intended only to conform to the style of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to

change or affect the legislative intent, judicial

construction or administration and implementation of Article

VI-B of The Administrative Code of 1929.

Section 5. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9 is a

continuation of the act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151),

entitled "An act implementing the provisions of Article VIII,

section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, by designating

the Commonwealth officers who shall be charged with the function

of auditing the financial transactions after the occurrence

thereof of the Legislative and Judicial branches of the

government of the Commonwealth, establishing a Legislative Audit

Advisory Commission, and imposing certain powers and duties on

such commission." The following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 9, all activities initiated under the act of June

30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151), shall continue and remain in full

force and effect and may be completed under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9.

Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made

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under the act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151), and in

effect on the effective date of section 2(6) of this act

shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated

or modified under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9. Contracts, obligations

and collective bargaining agreements entered into under the

act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151), are not affected nor

impaired by the repeal of the act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442,

No.151).

(2) Any difference in language between the addition of

46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 9 and the act of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442,

No.151), is intended only to conform to the style of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to

change or affect the legislative intent, judicial

construction or administration and implementation of the act

of June 30, 1970 (P.L.442, No.151).

Section 6. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15 is a

continuation of the act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365),

entitled "An act creating and establishing the Legislative Data

Processing Committee: providing for its membership; prescribing

its powers, functions and duties; and making an appropriation."

The following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 15, all activities initiated under the act of

December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365), shall continue and

remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 15. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions

which were made under the act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158,

No.365), and in effect on the effective date of section 2(8)

of this act shall remain in full force and effect until

revoked, vacated or modified under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15.

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Contracts, obligations and collective bargaining agreements

entered into under the act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158,

No.365), are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the

act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365).

(2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), any difference

in language between the addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15 and the

act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365), is intended only

to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the

legislative intent, judicial construction or administration

and implementation of the act of December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158,

No.365).

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the additions of 46

Pa.C.S. § 1506(b), (c), (d) and (e).

Section 7. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 17 is a

continuation of the act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1442, No.327),

known as the State Capitol Preservation Act. The following

apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 17, all activities initiated under the State

Capitol Preservation Act shall continue and remain in full

force and effect and may be completed under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch.

17. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made

under the State Capitol Preservation Act and in effect on the

effective date of section 2(10) of this act shall remain in

full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified

under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 17. Contracts, obligations and

collective bargaining agreements entered into under the State

Capitol Preservation Act are not affected nor impaired by the

repeal of the State Capitol Preservation Act.

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(2) Any difference in language between the addition of

46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 17 and the State Capitol Preservation Act is

intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect

the legislative intent, judicial construction or

administration and implementation of the State Capitol

Preservation Act.

Section 8. The addition of 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 is a

continuation of the act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195),

entitled "An act creating and establishing the Legislative

Budget and Finance Committee; providing for its membership;

prescribing its powers, functions and duties; providing for the

appointment of an executive director and other personnel, and

making an appropriation." The following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the addition of 46

Pa.C.S. Ch. 23, all activities initiated under the act of

August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195) shall continue and remain in

full force and effect and may be completed under 46 Pa.C.S.

Ch. 23. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were

made under the act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195) and in

effect on the effective date of section 2(12) of this act

shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated

or modified under 46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23. Contracts, obligations

and collective bargaining agreements entered into under the

act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195) are not affected nor

impaired by the repeal of the act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587,

No.195).

(2) Any difference in language between the addition of

46 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 and the act of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587,

No.195) is intended only to conform to the style of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to

change or affect the legislative intent, judicial

construction or administration and implementation of the act

of August 4, 1959 (P.L.587, No.195).

Section 9. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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