PRINTER'S NO. 1151
No. 994 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, MAY 25, 1999
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, MAY 25, 1999
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 the applicability of the
31 Political Subdivision Procurement Interest Payment Act.
32 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 1610-C of the act of April 9, 1929
3 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, added December 12,
4 1994 (P.L.1015, No.138), is amended to read:
5 Section 1610-C. Nonapplication of Article.--This article
6 shall not apply to any of the following:
7 1. "Public contracts" subject to the act of November 26,
8 1978 (P.L.1309, No.317), referred to as the Public Works
9 Contract Regulation Law.
10 2. A municipality determined to be distressed under the act
11 of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the "Municipalities
12 Financial Recovery Act."
13 3. A school district which has been determined to be a
14 distressed school district under section 691 of the act of March
15 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the "Public School Code of
16 1949."
17 [4. A city of the first class that has entered into the
18 intergovernmental cooperation agreement under the act of June 5,
19 1991 (P.L.9, No.6), known as the "Pennsylvania Intergovernmental
20 Cooperation Authority Act for Cities of the First Class," for so
21 long as any deficit-reducing bonds issued by the authority
22 pursuant to section 301(b)(1) of that act are outstanding and
23 payable.
24 5. Any corporate entity or school district as defined in the
25 "Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Act for
26 Cities of the First Class."]
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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