PRINTER'S NO.  203

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

252

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GROVE, AUMENT, BAKER, BUXTON, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EVERETT, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, M.K. KELLER, MAJOR, MOUL, PYLE, RAPP, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH AND BROOKS, JANUARY 26, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 26, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

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"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

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executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

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Executive Department thereof and the administrative

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departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

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including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

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Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

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authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

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departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

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duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

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officers, and of the several administrative departments,

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boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

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Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

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and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

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certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

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other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

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and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

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number and compensation of the deputies and all other

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assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

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commissions shall be determined," establishing the Emergency

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State Employee Salary Fund.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

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as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a

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section to read:

 


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Section 225.  Emergency State Employee Salary Fund.--(a)  The

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Emergency State Employee Salary Fund is established as a

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separate fund in the State Treasury. The moneys of the fund are

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hereby appropriated on a continuing basis to carry out the

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provisions of this section.

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(b)  If a general appropriation act is not enacted by June

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30, the State Treasurer shall periodically transfer

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unappropriated, unrestricted General Fund moneys, to the extent

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that such funds are available, to the Emergency State Employee

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Salary Fund. The transfers shall be up to such dollar amounts

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and at such times as necessary to meet the requirements of

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section 223.

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(c)  If the Governor fails to certify revenue estimates under

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section 618 for the current fiscal year the Secretary of Revenue

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shall certify to the State Treasurer each time a transfer is

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needed under subsection (a) that there are adequate

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unappropriated, unrestricted General Fund moneys to make the

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transfer.

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(d)  The Secretary of Administration shall draw a warrant on

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the State Treasurer in favor of each State agency for the amount

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to which it is entitled, to pay the salaries of its employees as

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required under section 223.

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(e)  Transfers provided under this section shall only be in

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effect during the time in which no general appropriation act has

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been enacted and shall be made only in the amount necessary to

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pay the salaries of State employees as required under section

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223.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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