PRINTER'S NO. 830
No. 690 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, THOMPSON, STOUT AND WOZNIAK, MAY 9, 2003
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 9, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
3 government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
4 collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
5 due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
6 other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
7 or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
8 proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
9 disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
10 possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
11 against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
12 appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
13 the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
14 and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
15 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
16 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
17 authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
18 to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
19 section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
20 Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
21 certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
22 department, board, commission, and officer of the State
23 government, every political subdivision of the State, and
24 certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
25 association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
26 collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
27 imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
28 other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
29 every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
30 Commonwealth," further providing for reports to the Secretary
31 of Revenue.
32 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 901 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
3 No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, amended December 2, 1976
4 (P.L.1274, No.283) and repealed in part April 28, 1978 (P.L.202,
5 No.53), is amended to read:
6 Section 901. Reports to the Secretary of Revenue.--On the
7 fifth day of each month, [and] or at such times and with such
8 frequency as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue, it
9 shall be the duty of each judicial officer of a court not of
10 record, city officer and county officer to render to the
11 Department of Revenue, under oath or affirmation, returns of all
12 moneys or as much as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
13 Revenue, received during the applicable period for the use of
14 the Commonwealth, designating, under proper headings, the source
15 from which such moneys were received, and to pay the same into
16 the State Treasury, through the Department of Revenue, less any
17 compensation and reimbursement for expenses allowable by law for
18 having made the collections.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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