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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1461
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY HARRIS, JUNE 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 20, 2023
A SUPPLEMENT
To the act of July 7, 1972 (P.L.743, No.176), entitled "An act
providing for the establishment and operation of Lincoln
University as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve
as a State-related institution in the higher education system
of the Commonwealth; providing for change of name; providing
for the composition of the board of trustees; terms of
trustees, and the power and duties of such trustees;
providing for preference to Pennsylvania residents in
tuition; authorizing appropriations in amounts to be fixed
annually by the General Assembly; providing for the auditing
of accounts of expenditures from said appropriations;
providing for public support and capital improvements;
authorizing the issuance of bonds exempt from taxation within
the Commonwealth; requiring the President to make an annual
report of the operations of Lincoln University," making an
appropriation for carrying the same into effect; providing
for a basis for payments of the appropriation; providing for
a method of accounting for the funds appropriated; and
providing for certain fiscal information disclosure.
Providing for funding for State-related universities for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
for costs basis, for frequency of payments and for
recordkeeping requirements; imposing a duty on the Auditor
General; providing for financial statements, for the
Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund and for restrictions;
and making appropriations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The sum of $19,000,000, or as much thereof as may
be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of Lincoln
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University, Chester County, for the fiscal year July 1, 2023, to
June 30, 2024, for general support.
Section 2. Payments to Lincoln University on account of the
appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made on the basis
of costs during the fiscal year.
Section 3. (a) Payments to Lincoln University of the
appropriation provided in section 1 shall be made monthly during
the fiscal year.
(b) The monthly payments shall be made in accordance with
the provisions of section 2 on the basis of estimated costs. The
estimate of costs shall be submitted by Lincoln University to
the Secretary of Education, the General Assembly and the State
Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date on which such
payment is to be made.
Section 4. (a) Lincoln University shall apply the money
appropriated by this act only for the purposes as are permitted
in this act and shall at all times maintain proper records
showing the application of such money. Not later than 120 days
after the close of the fiscal year to which this act relates,
Lincoln University shall file, with the Secretary of Education,
the General Assembly and the Auditor General of the
Commonwealth, a statement setting forth the amounts and purposes
of all expenditures made from money appropriated by this act and
costs, as provided in section 2, used as a basis for receipt of
any appropriation during the fiscal year.
(b) The statement of expenditures and costs shall be
reviewed by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth, and he
shall have the right, in respect to the money appropriated by
this act, to audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
not permitted by this act and to cause such sums to be recovered
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and paid by Lincoln University to the State Treasurer. In
respect to expenditures made by the university from money other
than money appropriated by this act, the Auditor General shall
have the right to review only, and he shall file annually with
the General Assembly such information concerning said
expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
may require.
Section 5. Lincoln University shall provide full, complete
and accurate information as may be required by the Department of
Education or the chairperson or the minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the chairperson or the
minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives.
Section 6. Lincoln University shall present and report its
financial statements required under the provisions of this act
in accordance with: the generally accepted accounting principles
as prescribed by the National Association of College and
University Business Officers, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
other recognized authoritative body; the "Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of Higher
Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-Related
Colleges and Universities"; and the financial reporting policies
and standards promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and by the Federal Government that apply to Lincoln University.
Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023, or
immediately, whichever is later.
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the State-related
University Nonpreferred Appropriation Act of 2023.
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Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Auditor General." The Auditor General of the Commonwealth.
"Current fiscal year." The fiscal year beginning July 1,
2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
"Department." The Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"Secretary." The Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth.
"State-related university." The term includes:
(1) The Pennsylvania State University.
(2) The University of Pittsburgh.
(3) Temple University.
(4) Lincoln University.
Section 3. Cost basis during current fiscal year.
Payments made to a State-related university on account of an
appropriation under this act shall be made on the basis of costs
during the current fiscal year.
Section 4. Frequency and basis of payments.
(a) Monthly payments.--Payments made to a State-related
university from an appropriation provided in this act shall be
made monthly during the current fiscal year.
(b) Estimated costs.--The monthly payments shall be made to
a State-related university under section 3 on the basis of
estimated costs. The estimate of costs shall be submitted by the
State-related university to the secretary, the General Assembly
and the State Treasurer not later than 30 days prior to the date
on which the payment is to be made.
Section 5. Purposes of expenditures and statement of
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expenditures and costs.
(a) Duties of State-related universities.--
(1) A State-related university shall apply the money
appropriated by this act only for such purposes as are
permitted in this act and shall at all times maintain proper
records showing the application of the money.
(2) Not later than 120 days after the close of the
current fiscal year, the State-related university shall file,
with the secretary, the General Assembly and the Auditor
General, a statement that specifies the amounts and purposes
of all expenditures made from money appropriated by this act
and other university accounts during the current fiscal year,
as provided in section 3, used as a basis for receipt of an
appropriation during the current fiscal year.
(b) Duties of Auditor General.--The statement of
expenditures and costs shall be reviewed by the Auditor General.
The Auditor General may, with respect to the money appropriated
by this act, audit and disallow expenditures made for purposes
not permitted by this act, recover the sums from the State-
related university and transmit the recovered sums to the State
Treasurer. In respect to expenditures made by the State-related
university from money other than that appropriated by this act,
the Auditor General may review only, and shall file annually
with the General Assembly, information concerning those
expenditures as the General Assembly or any of its committees
may require.
Section 6. Duty to provide information.
A State-related university shall provide full, complete and
accurate information as may be required by the department or the
chairperson or minority chairperson of the Appropriations
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Committee of the Senate or the chairperson or minority
chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of
Representatives.
Section 7. Financial statements.
A State-related university shall present and report its
financial statements required under this act in accordance with:
(1) the generally accepted accounting principles as
prescribed by the National Association of College and
University Business Officers, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, or their successors, or by any
other recognized authoritative body;
(2) the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget
Instructions for the State System of Higher Education, State-
Related Universities and Non-State-Related Colleges and
Universities"; and
(3) the financial reporting policies and standards
promulgated by the Federal Government and by the Commonwealth
that apply to the State-related university.
Section 8. Agricultural College Land Scrip Fund.
The money of the restricted account within the Agricultural
College Land Scrip Fund is hereby appropriated for the current
fiscal year, in accordance with the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, establishing the
restricted account.
Section 9. Restrictions and limitations on use of
appropriations.
The following restrictions and limitations apply:
(1) Money appropriated by this act to the University of
Pittsburgh may not be used for costs of personnel and
operations of an environmental law clinic.
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(2) Money appropriated by this act to the University of
Pittsburgh shall only be used for costs directly related to
the provision of instruction for graduate and undergraduate
students and costs incurred in providing student-related
services and community outreach services consistent with the
existing laws of this Commonwealth.
Section 10. Appropriations.
The following sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary,
are hereby appropriated to the boards of trustees of the
respective State-related universities for the current fiscal
year, for the purposes and in the amounts as follows:
(1) To The Pennsylvania State University, for general
support.
State appropriation..........................$242,096,000
(2) To The Pennsylvania State University, for the
Pennsylvania College of Technology.
State appropriation...........................$29,971,000
(3) To the University of Pittsburgh, for general
support.
State appropriation..........................$151,507,000
(4) To the University of Pittsburgh, for rural education
outreach.
State appropriation............................$3,346,000
(5) To Temple University, for general support.
State appropriation..........................$158,206,000
(6) To Lincoln University, for general support.
State appropriation...........................$18,401,000
Section 11. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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