PRINTER'S NO. 1012
No. 931 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, BELL, HART, ROBBINS, MELLOW, KUKOVICH,
SCHWARTZ, PUNT, STOUT AND LAVALLE, APRIL 21, 1997
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 21, 1997
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
2 Medicine, Erie County.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $1,000,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie County, for
7 the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998, for instruction
8 in the Doctor of Osteopathy program.
9 Section 2. Payments to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic
10 Medicine on account of the appropriation provided in section 1
11 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
12 basis of costs during the fiscal year. The secretary shall not
13 release more than the first quarterly payment until such time as
14 the Trustees of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
15 agree in writing to include a minimum of five members appointed
16 by the Governor and the General Assembly. The Governor, the
17 President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
1 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
2 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives may each, upon
3 receipt of the written agreement from the trustees, appoint a
4 nonelected official to serve as a member of the board and the
5 terms of office shall be coterminous with that of their
6 appointing authority.
7 Section 3. The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
8 shall provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
9 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
10 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
11 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
12 Committee of the House of Representatives.
13 Section 4. The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
14 shall report its revenues and expenditures and present its
15 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
16 accounting principles and procedures for educational
17 institutions as set forth in the "Higher Education Finance
18 Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
19 Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
20 Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
21 Universities."
22 Section 5. The Trustees of the Lake Erie College of
23 Osteopathic Medicine shall report on forms provided by the
24 Department of Education to both the chairman and minority
25 chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
26 chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee
27 of the House of Representatives by September 30, 1998, on how
28 State-appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 1997-1998
29 to reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to
30 provide services to Pennsylvania residents.
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1 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or
2 immediately, whichever is later.
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