PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3152, 3719 PRINTER'S NO. 3827
No. 2359 Session of 1975
Report of the Committee of Conference
To the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the part of the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of considering House Bill No. 2359, entitled: "An act amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, adding and revising provisions relating to printing and distribution of statutes and making repeals," respectfully submit the following bill as our report: K. LEROY IRVIS JAMES J. MANDERINO ROBERT J. BUTERA (Committee on the part of the House of Representatives.) STANLEY M. NOSZKA JOSEPH F. SMITH RICHARD A. TILGHMAN (Committee on the part of the Senate.)
AN ACT 1 To further provide for the expenses of the Executive, 2 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for 3 the fiscal period July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977; to make 4 additional appropriations from the Federal augmentation to 5 the Executive Department for the fiscal period July 1, 1976 6 to June 30, 1977, and to appropriate the Federal funds 7 available for implementation of Title II, Public Law 94-369, 8 to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 9 Department. 10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 11 hereby enacts as follows: 12 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the 13 "Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1976." 14 Section 2. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be 15 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the General 16 Fund to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive, 17 Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for the 18 payment of the salaries, wages or other compensation and travel 19 expenses of the duly elected or appointed officers and employees 20 of the Commonwealth, for payment of fees of contractual services 21 rendered, for the purchase or rental of goods, services, 22 printing, equipment, land and buildings and for payment of any 23 other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for 24 the proper conduct of the duties, functions and activities and 25 for the purposes hereinafter set forth for the fiscal period 26 beginning July 1, 1976 and for the payment of bills incurred and 27 remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal period ending June 28 30, 1976. 29 I. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 30 To the Governor 31 For payments to fund the Governor's share of 32 the administrative expenses of the Commonwealth
1 Compensation Commission created by the act of 2 June 29, 1976 (No.111)........................... 25,000 3 To the Treasury Department 4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 5 expenses for the proper conduct of the 6 following purposes and activities: 7 Administration of the Treasury Department..... 4,400,000 8 For death benefits payable by the Treasury 9 Department under the provisions of the act of 10 June 24, 1976 (No.101)........................... 500,000 11 For awards made by the Crime Victim's 12 Compensation Board and payable by the Treasury 13 Department under the provisions of the act of 14 July 9, 1976 (No.139)............................ 500,000 15 To the Department of Community Affairs 16 For grants for housing and redevelopment 17 assistance as authorized by the act of May 20, 18 1949 (P.L.1633, No.493), known as the "Housing 19 and Redevelopment Assistance Law," and by payment 20 of the costs of administering such act up to but 21 not exceeding an amount equaling 2% of the 22 appropriation.................................... 15,650,000 23 No more than 20% of the amount herein appropri- 24 ated shall be allocated or granted to any one 25 political subdivision. The 20% limitation shall 26 not include allocations or grants for money 27 formally committed in a prior year to any 28 municipality. 29 To the Department of Environmental Resources 30 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 19760H2359B3827 - 2 -
1 expenses for the proper administration of the 2 Department of Environmental Resources including 3 flood control, prevention, control and extinction 4 of forest fires, reduction of disease and insect 5 damage to forests, air pollution control, water 6 quality management, community environment 7 management, occupational health and safety, 8 radiological health, development, utilization and 9 regulation of water, land and mineral resources, 10 and development, operation and maintenance of 11 recreational areas and facilities................ 16,024,000 12 Stream Improvement Projects................... 750,000 13 Improvements to Hillman State Park............ 200,000 14 For establishing, maintaining and preserving 15 the Appalachian Trail............................ 250,000 16 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the 17 Department of Environmental Resources, is authorized 18 to enter into written cooperative agreements with 19 political subdivisions, landowners, private 20 organizations and individuals, and to acquire by 21 agreement, gift, eminent domain or purchase, land, 22 rights-of-way and easements for the purpose of 23 establishing, protecting and maintaining a walking 24 trail right-of-way across this Commonwealth, now 25 generally known as the Appalachian Trail, under 26 such terms and conditions, including payment by the 27 department in lieu of property taxes on trail lands 28 or property so acquired or subject to such use in 29 accordance with the act of May 17, 1929 (P.L.1798, 30 No.591), relating to payments made by the Common- 19760H2359B3827 - 3 -
1 wealth in lieu of taxes as shall protect the interests 2 of the actual or adjacent landowners, or land users 3 and as shall further the purposes of this act but in 4 the event of acquisition by eminent domain the total 5 amount of land so acquired shall not exceed an average 6 of 25 acres per mile of trail. 7 To the Department of Health 8 For payment of expenses incurred or to be 9 incurred by the Commonwealth and the City of 10 Philadelphia from research, surveillance and 11 investigative efforts related to the 12 "Legionnaires' Disease".......................... 250,000 13 For the Emergency Care Research Institute..... 350,000 14 To the Department of Revenue 15 For the distribution of Public Utility Realty 16 Tax.............................................. 27,016,000 17 To the Pennsylvania Securities Commission 18 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 19 expenses for the proper administration of the 20 Pennsylvania Securities Commission............... 861,000 21 To the Department of State 22 For the costs incurred resulting from the 23 implementation of postcard voter registration.... 1,200,000 24 To the State Employees' Retirement System 25 For payment of the cost of medical/hospital 26 insurance for Commonwealth annuitants............ 1,700,000 27 To the Pennsylvania State Police 28 For the payment of nonservice connected 29 disability benefits and nonservice connected 30 death benefits pursuant to the Greshenfeld Awards 19760H2359B3827 - 4 -
1 but payable only for fiscal year 1976-1977....... 80,000 2 II. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 3 To the Senate 4 Miscellaneous Expenses: 5 For payments to fund the President pro 6 tempore's share of the administrative expenses 7 of the Commonwealth Compensation Commission 8 created by the act of June 29, 1976 (No.111)..... 25,000 9 To the House of Representatives 10 For payments to fund the Speaker of the 11 House of Representatives' share of the 12 administrative expenses of the Commonwealth 13 Compensation Commission created by the act of 14 June 29, 1976 (No.111)........................... 25,000 15 For payment to the Chief Clerk of the House 16 of Representatives for reimbursement of costs 17 and expenses of members and officers of the 18 General Assembly attending the conference for 19 new members....................................... 7,500 20 To the Legislative Reference Bureau 21 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses 22 for the work of the Legislative Reference Bureau 23 including the Document Law Section............... 1,065,000 24 Printing of Laws (including the Pennsylvania 25 Consolidated Statutes)........................... 141,000 26 Advance copies of statutes and volumes of the 27 Laws of Pennsylvania shall be printed under 28 contracts entered into by the Legislative 29 Reference Bureau (without the intervention of any 30 other State agency or officer and without regard 19760H2359B3827 - 5 -
1 to any other statute regulating printing 2 contracts) and distributed (without regard to any 3 other statute regulating distribution of laws) 4 as determined by the Bureau and moneys from sales 5 shall be made to the Bureau or the Department of 6 General Services, as the Bureau shall determine, 7 which shall pay the same into the State Treasury 8 to the credit of the General Fund. Such moneys 9 are hereby appropriated from the General Fund 10 to the Legislative Reference Bureau for the print- 11 ing of such laws. 12 III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 13 Supreme Court 14 Court Administrator, including the expenses of 15 the Judicial Council of Pennsylvania, and the 16 District Justice Administrator pursuant to the act 17 of July 15, 1976 (No.204)........................ 1,198,000 18 Community Courts-District Justices of the Peace 19 Salaries of Community Court Judges and 20 District Justices of the Peace................... 12,174,000 21 IV. FEDERAL AUGMENTATION FUNDS 22 The following sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, 23 are hereby specifically appropriated from the Federal 24 augmentation funds to the several hereinafter named agencies of 25 the Executive and Judicial Departments of the Commonwealth for 26 the payment of the expenses of implementing and carrying out the 27 programs stated herein for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 28 1976. 29 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 30 To the Governor 19760H2359B3827 - 6 -
1 (a) For the Office of Human Resources 2 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 3 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 4 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 5 of $151,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 6 revenues for administration and operation: 7 (1) "Developmental Disabilities - Basic 8 Support": To plan, administer, provide services 9 and contract facilities for the developmentally 10 disabled......................................... $3,000,000 11 (2) "Partnership grant for Services Inte- 12 gration": To assess, coordinate and improve the 13 delivery of human services at the State, county, 14 and local levels................................. 56,000 15 (3) "Grant from the Department of Health, 16 Education and Welfare." 17 To prepare for a National Conference on Handi- 18 capped Individuals............................... 14,000 19 (b) Office of Administration 20 The following Federal augmentation 21 amounts, or as much thereof as may be necessary, 22 are hereby specifically appropriated to supplement 23 the sum of $3,821,000 appropriated from 24 Commonwealth revenues for administration: 25 (1) "Intergovernmental Personnel Act" - For 26 improvement of the State personnel system including 27 but not limited to the completion of evaluation 28 studies, the purchasing of equipment and the 29 employment of consultants........................ 400,000 30 (2) "Law Enforcement Assistance - Telecommun- 19760H2359B3827 - 7 -
1 ications Grant" - For provision, by the Bureau of 2 Management Services, of telecommunication 3 services to the Governor's Justice Commission.... 143,000 4 (c) For the Office of State Planning and Development 5 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 6 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 7 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 8 of $1,063,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 9 revenues for administration: 10 (1) "Comprehensive Planning Assistance" - To 11 undertake State land use policy and Pennsylvania 12 Projection Services planning activities.......... 324,000 13 (2) "Appalachian State Research, Technical 14 Assistance and Demonstration Projects" - To 15 undertake citizen participation development and 16 demonstration project activities................. 200,000 17 (d) For the Human Relations Commission 18 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 19 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 20 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 21 of $3,672,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 22 revenues for administration: 23 (1) Equal Employment Opportunity 24 Commission-Special Project Grant - To 25 undertake, identify and eliminate discrimi- 26 nation in employment due to race, color, religion, 27 sex, ancestry or national origin, in hiring, 28 recruitment, placement, promotion, referral, 29 transfer, lay-off, discharge and other employment 30 practices........................................ 460,000 19760H2359B3827 - 8 -
1 (2) "Department of Housing and Urban Develop- 2 ment-Special Project Grant." 3 To develop a program to combat discrimination 4 in housing....................................... 135,000 5 (3) "Law Enforcement Assistance Agency Anti- 6 discrimination Grant." 7 To combat discrimination in law enforcement 8 agencies......................................... 40,000 9 (e) For the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 10 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 11 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 12 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 13 of $1,004,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 14 revenues for administration: 15 (1) "Labor Liaison" - To form a liaison 16 between union members, their families, organi- 17 zations and communities and the State's artists, 18 art groups and institutions...................... 18,000 19 (2) "Program Development" - To provide 20 support of a music program director, dance 21 touring administrator, visual arts administrator 22 and support staff................................ 41,000 23 (3) Emergency School Aid to provide a pilot 24 program to aid in dealing with racially troubled 25 schools.......................................... 94,000 26 (f) For the Governor's Energy Council 27 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 28 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 29 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 30 of $291,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 19760H2359B3827 - 9 -
1 revenues for administration: 2 "Cooperative Agreement" - For specific energy 3 projects including but not limited to studies on 4 energy conservation.............................. 466,000 5 (g) Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse 6 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 7 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 8 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 9 of $17,184,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 10 revenues for Grants to Drug and Alcohol Programs: 11 (1) State Training Systems Project National 12 Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse........ 45,562 13 (2) Integrated Drug Abuse Reporting Process - 14 National Institute on Drug Abuse................. 52,507 15 To the Department of Agriculture 16 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 17 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 18 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 19 of $13,658,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 20 revenues for general government operations: 21 (1) "Title 1 of the Comprehensive Employment 22 and Training Act of 1973 (CETA)" - To develop a 23 multiservice program for rehabilitating housing 24 and provide employment for economically disadvan- 25 taged, underemployed and unemployed persons; also, 26 for the repair of rural homes, particularly homes 27 owned by the handicapped, low income public 28 assistance recipients and senior citizens, with 29 high priority given to farm houses and rural 30 small town residents............................. 277,000 19760H2359B3827 - 10 -
1 (2) "Fruit Tree Survey" - To conduct a survey 2 of fruit trees and grapevines during fiscal year 3 1976-1977........................................ 6,700 4 (3) Federal/State Ornamental Crop Reporting 5 for development and support of a marketing infor- 6 mation system.................................... 21,000 7 To the State Council of Civil Defense 8 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 9 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 10 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 11 of $456,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 12 revenues for general government operations: 13 "Civil Defense - Federal CFDA Program 14 No. 12.300" - For payment of salaries, benefits 15 and administrative expenses and travel of author- 16 ized State and local civil defense employees and 17 for equipment, supplies and facilities........... 564,000 18 To the State Civil Service Commission 19 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 20 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 21 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 22 of $1,000 appropriated from Commonwealth revenues 23 for general government operations: 24 (1) "Sharing With a Purpose (S.W.A.P.)" - For 25 publication of a newsletter containing research 26 data related to Civil Service personnel 27 activities....................................... 8,000 28 (2) Federal Social Security Act, Title IV 29 Parts A and C as enacted 1960 and 1971 (State) 30 Work Incentive Program.......................... 1,000 19760H2359B3827 - 11 -
1 To the Department of Commerce 2 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 3 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 4 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 5 of $4,759,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 6 revenues for general government operations: 7 (1) "Appalachian Regional Commission - Child 8 Development Grant" - For provision and develop- 9 ment of demonstration health centers, child 10 development facilities, and day care centers..... 20,000 11 (2) "Appalachian Regional Commission - Manage- 12 ment Grant" - For salary and expenses of one 13 individual responsible for completion of project 14 status and assessment reports on all Appalachian 15 Regional Commission project established in 16 Pennsylvania since 1965.......................... 27,000 17 (3) "Minority Business Development Grant" - 18 To assist in the development and operation of the 19 State minority enterprise program................ 110,000 20 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 21 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 22 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 23 of $950,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 24 revenues for the Pennsylvania Science and 25 Engineering Foundation: 26 Public Works and Economic Development Act 27 Section 304 grant for public works projects for 28 the purposes of making loans or grants for urban 29 land acquisition, site development, and construc- 30 tion costs for industrial development purposes... 506,000 19760H2359B3827 - 12 -
1 To the State Bicentennial Commission 2 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 3 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 4 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 5 of $1,250,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 6 revenues for general government operations: 7 (1) "Bicentennial Administration - Matching 8 Project Grant" - For promotion of Bicentennial 9 projects in the State............................ 230,000 10 (2) "Bicentennial Administration - Direct 11 Grants" - To support the Bicentennial Commission. 25,000 12 To the Department of Community Affairs 13 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 14 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 15 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 16 of $5,782,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 17 revenues for general government operations: 18 (1) "Water Pollution Control Training" - 19 Training wastewater treatment plant operators in 20 technical subjects at regional locations......... 32,000 21 (2) "Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, 22 Title II_B, Section 231, as amended" - To provide 23 technical assistance and program review to C.S.A. 24 funded programs in the Commonwealth and to assist 25 grantee agencies, public or private, in develop- 26 ing innovative new concepts and sustaining 27 effective current anti-poverty programs.......... 312,000 28 (3) "Consultive Services to Local Government 29 in Police Administration" - To provide consulting 30 services to municipalities to improve police 19760H2359B3827 - 13 -
1 administration by LEAA support of five positions 2 in the regional offices.......................... 75,000 3 (4) Federal Planning Grants and Innovative 4 Housing Program - Appalachian Regional Commis- 5 sion." Use of funds for planning purposes and 6 establishment of an Appalachian Housing Program 7 providing seed money and technical assistance.... 638,000 8 (5) "Specialized Services to Minorities" 9 CETA Title III - To provide services to 10 migrants......................................... 73,000 11 The following Federal augmentation amount 12 or as much thereof as may be necessary is hereby 13 specifically appropriated to supplement the 14 sum of $1,750,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 15 revenues for the Statewide manpower employment 16 assistance and training program: 17 Second Language Program for non-English 18 speaking residents of the Commonwealth........... 95,000 19 To the Department of Education 20 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 21 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 22 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 23 of $12,328,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 24 revenues for general government operations: 25 (1) "Education of Exceptional Children - State 26 Operated Program" - Administration of the 27 initiation, expansion, and improvement of 28 educational programs for handicapped children.... 657,000 29 (2) "Higher Education Instruction Program 30 (undergraduate), HEA Title VI A" - To administer a 19760H2359B3827 - 14 -
1 program to acquire laboratory and special equip- 2 ment, closed circuit television equipment and 3 related materials................................ 21,000 4 (3) "Administration of ESEA Title IV B" - 5 To administer a program to improve quality of 6 education by distributing Federal funding for 7 libraries, learning resources and guidance....... 373,000 8 (4) "Food and Nutrition Service (Administration)" - 9 To administer all food nutrition programs........ 600,000 10 (5) "Indo-Chinese Children Refugee Program" - 11 To assist in providing inservice training for 12 cultural adjustment.............................. 32,000 13 (6) "Program for Bilingual Education, ESEA Title 14 VII". Coordination of Technical Assistance to 15 Monitor Local Education Agency Programs.......... 17,000 16 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 17 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 18 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 19 of $1,486,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 20 revenues for the State Library: 21 "Library Services and Construction Act Title I, 22 Public Library Services" - To provide library 23 services and administer aid to public libraries.. 800,000 24 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 25 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 26 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 27 of $169,026,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 28 revenues for the State Colleges and State-owned 29 University: 30 (1) "Basic Education Opportunity Grants" - For 19760H2359B3827 - 15 -
1 scholarships to students......................... 10,703,000 2 (2) "Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants" - 3 For scholarships to students..................... 1,111,000 4 (3) "National Direct Student Loan Program" - 5 For loans to students............................ 1,328,000 6 (4) "Vocational Education Information Network" - 7 For Millersville State College to collect and 8 disseminate materials for use in the vocational 9 and technical schools of the Commonwealth........ 197,000 10 (5) "Migrant Project" - For Millersville State 11 College to develop and provide and administer a 12 program which meets the educational needs of 13 children of migrant workers...................... 400,000 14 (6) "Head Start Program" - For California 15 State College to administer a program throughout 16 Fayette County to provide pre-school educational 17 experience for three to five year old children 18 from economically disadvantaged families......... 365,000 19 (7) "Basic Institutional Development Program" - 20 To strengthen the programs at Cheyney State 21 College through curriculum development, 22 administrative development, and student services. 375,000 23 (8) "Law Enforcement Education Program" - For 24 grants and loans to students at Indiana Univer- 25 sity............................................. 129,000 26 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 27 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 28 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 29 of $3,834,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 30 revenues for the Scotland School for Veteran's 19760H2359B3827 - 16 -
1 Children: 2 "ESEA Title I - Education for the Disadvantaged" - 3 To provide programs in: remedial reading, 4 developmental and corrective reading, remedial 5 math, environmental education; summer school 6 instruction, and home life counseling............ 245,000 7 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 8 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 9 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 10 of $8,896,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 11 revenues for the improvement of library services: 12 (1) Library Services and Construction Act 13 Title I, Public Library Services" - To promote the 14 extension of library services, develop library 15 systems, improve library services for minorities 16 and provide special library services for blind 17 and physically handicapped....................... 2,339,000 18 (2) "Library Services and Construction Act - 19 Title III" - To encourage inter library 20 cooperation and coordination of library services 21 and resources.................................... 124,000 22 To the Department of Environmental Resources 23 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 24 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 25 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 26 of $16,774,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 27 revenues for general government operations: 28 (1) Federal Reimbursement for Acid Mine 29 Drainage, Environmental Protection Agency for 30 cost incurred for literary reviews and research 19760H2359B3827 - 17 -
1 and demonstration projects to abate acid mine 2 drainage from abandoned mines.................... 107,000 3 (2) Federal Reimbursement - Abandoned Mine 4 Reclamation Program A.R.C. for reclamation of 5 non-burning refuse banks......................... 29,000 6 (3) Federal Reimbursement - Land Use Inven- 7 tory Data Collection A.R.C....................... 9,000 8 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 9 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 10 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 11 of $2,144,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 12 revenues for the deep mine safety inspections: 13 "Training and Education of Underground Coal 14 Miners" - For the conduct of a training program 15 for private coal industry employees in mine safety 16 and first aid practice including: (i) safe mine 17 machinery operation, (ii) emergency medical 18 training, and (iii) underground gas detection 19 training and other such activities as may be 20 necessary to carry out the purposes of this grant 21 program.......................................... 353,000 22 The following Federal Augmentation Amounts, 23 or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 24 hereby specifically appropriated to supplement 25 the sum of $600,000 appropriated from Common- 26 wealth revenues for occupational health: 27 (a) "Occupational Health and Safety Pro- 28 grams" - For the conduct of (1) special consulta- 29 tive programs with foundries in Pennsylvania, (2) 30 OSHA planning for State and local government 19760H2359B3827 - 18 -
1 employees, and (3) the Target Health Hazards 2 Program. 3 (b) "Childhood Lead Poisoning Centralized 4 Laboratory Facility" - For the operation of a 5 centralized laboratory facility for lead 6 detection and analysis and other such activities 7 as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 8 of these grant programs.......................... 384,000 9 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 10 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 11 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 12 of $2,409,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 13 revenues for land protection: 14 "Solid Waste Planning, Study, Feasibility and 15 Demonstration Grants" and "Water Pollution 16 Control Areawide Waste Treatment Management 17 Planning Grants" (consolidated) - To be used for 18 the purposes of : (i) hazardous solid waste 19 planning, (ii) demonstrate and evaluate recla- 20 mation, stabilization and erosion control of strip 21 mine land for agricultural purposes using 22 municipal sewage sludge, (iii) use of flu gas 23 desulfurization sludges and fly ash to abate 24 mine drainage and subsidence, and (iv) feasibility 25 of lime encapsulation of planting waste sludges to 26 prevent waste pollution and for the conduct of a 27 program relating to the residual waste work 28 plan portion of the Comprehensive Water Quality 29 Management Planning Grant - P.L.92-500, section 30 208, and other such activities as may be required 19760H2359B3827 - 19 -
1 to carry out the purposes of these grant 2 programs......................................... 444,000 3 So much as may be necessary to aid the Common- 4 wealth in establishing, preserving and maintaining 5 the Appalachian Trail, including any additional 6 funds which may be available from the Federal 7 Government....................................... 250,000 8 To the Department of Health 9 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 10 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 11 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 12 of $16,350,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 13 revenues for general government operations: 14 (1) "Comprehensive Health Planning - Grants 15 to States" - To establish the health priorities 16 of the Commonwealth through studies of existing 17 and potential health facilities, manpower, and 18 services, and stimulate the development of Regional 19 Comprehensive Health Planning Agencies........... 950,000 20 (2) "Migrant Health Grants" - To provide 21 clinic services at medical centers, and intensify 22 public health nursing services and sanitary surveys 23 of camps for migrant health laborers and their 24 families in the Commonwealth..................... 223,000 25 (3) Cooperative Health Statistics Program - 26 Manpower. 27 To develop, establish and maintain the health 28 manpower component of the cooperative health 29 statistics system of the national center for 30 health statistics at the State/local level of 19760H2359B3827 - 20 -
1 government....................................... 98,000 2 (4) Tuberculosis record system to refine the 3 tuberculosis reporting system in the State....... 51,000 4 (5) "Maternal and Child Health Services" - To 5 extend and improve services, in rural areas and 6 in areas suffering from severe distress, for 7 reducing infant mortality and improvement of the 8 health of mothers and children and to advancement 9 of maternal and child health services............ 9,308,000 10 (6) "Crippled Children's Services" - To provide 11 medical, surgical and corrective care and services; 12 facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization; and 13 post-hospital care for children who are crippled 14 or suffering from conditions which lead to 15 crippling........................................ 4,615,000 16 (7) "Comprehensive Public Health Services - 17 Formula Grants" - To develop coordinated programs 18 of State and local public health services, includ- 19 ing those directed at maintaining physical and 20 mental health; detection, preventing and controlling 21 disease, injuries and disability; and protecting 22 and maintaining a healthful environment.......... 3,913,000 23 (8) For the purpose of administration of 24 facility construction............................ 100,000 25 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 26 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 27 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 28 of $550,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 29 revenues for Maternal and Child Health: 30 "Maternal and Child Health Research (Child 19760H2359B3827 - 21 -
1 Health Research Grants Program" - To research and 2 evaluate Prenatal Care and Pregnancy Outcome..... 140,000 3 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 4 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 5 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 6 of $4,267,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 7 revenues for the Elizabethtown Hospital for 8 Children and Youth: 9 "Educationally Deprived Children - Handicapped" - 10 To provide an educational program for children 11 from low-income families......................... 55,000 12 To the Historical and Museum Commission 13 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 14 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 15 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 16 of $5,477,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 17 revenues for general government operations: 18 National Endowment for the Humanities Division 19 of Research Grants. 20 For microfilming and guide preparation of the 21 records of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive 22 Council and for the acquisition and preparation 23 of the Henry Boquet papers....................... 39,000 24 To the Department of Justice 25 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 26 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 27 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 28 of $503,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 29 revenues for the Bureau of Investigations: 30 "Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving and 19760H2359B3827 - 22 -
1 Strengthening Law Enforcement" - To augment 2 staffing in the Bureau of Investigations in the 3 areas of investigation of organized crime........ 70,000 4 (1) "Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving 5 and Strengthening Law Enforcement" - For training 6 of new State and local personnel in enforcement 7 of the Commonwealth's Drug and Narcotic Laws..... 32,000 8 (2) "Law Enforcement Assistance Improving and 9 Strengthening Law Enforcement - For the Bureau of 10 Drug Control - For the Drug Diversion Investiga- 11 tion Unit"....................................... 53,000 12 (3) Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving 13 and Strengthening Law Enforcement - For Drug 14 Control Training for the Northwest Region........ 23,000 15 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 16 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 17 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 18 of $249,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 19 revenues for the Pennsylvania Crime Commission: 20 "Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving and 21 Strengthening Law Enforcement" - For support 22 of the organized crime control program........... 1,096,000 23 The following Federal Augmentation Amounts, or 24 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 25 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 26 of $950,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 27 revenues for the Community Treatment Centers. 28 Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving and 29 Strengthening Law Enforcement - For the Community 30 Service Centers Program.......................... 296,000 19760H2359B3827 - 23 -
1 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 2 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 3 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 4 of $209,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 5 revenues for the Juvenile Court Judges Commission: 6 "Law Enforcement Assistance Improving and 7 Strengthening Law Enforcement" - Statistical 8 Analysis Center for the Juvenile Courts.......... 87,000 9 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 10 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 11 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 12 of $66,948,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 13 revenues for the State Correctional Institutions: 14 (1) Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving 15 and Strengthening Law Enforcement for Staff 16 Development and Training, Treatment Program 17 for Drug Abusers, Treatment Program for 18 Psychiatrically Disturbed Inmates, for Physical 19 Fitness Training through Boxing, for Inmate 20 Data Bank Tracking System, for a Two-Way Radio 21 System, for Assessment, Training or Assertive 22 and Perspective Skills and the County Cor- 23 rectional Statistics Program..................... 954,000 24 To the Department of Military Affairs 25 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 26 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 27 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 28 of $851,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 29 revenues for the Soldiers and Sailors Home: 30 "Soldiers and Sailors Home" - To maintain and 19760H2359B3827 - 24 -
1 operate a domiciliary and nursing unit for 2 discharged, aged and indigent veterans of the 3 U.S. Armed Services.............................. 517,000 4 To the Department of Public Welfare 5 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 6 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 7 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 8 of $20,204,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 9 revenues for general government operations: 10 (1) "Child Welfare Services" - For adminis- 11 trative expenses incurred to establish, extend, and 12 strengthen services provided by the Commonwealth 13 and local Public Welfare Programs for development 14 of preventive services, which will prevent the 15 neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of 16 children......................................... 1,649,000 17 (2) Child Abuse - Prevention and Treatment 18 Act.............................................. 5,000 19 (3) Public Assistance - Social Services Train- 20 ing - To train Commonwealth personnel in support 21 of Social Services provision...................... 105,000 22 (4) Food Stamp Program - For administration 23 of the Food Stamp Program........................ 760,000 24 (5) Supplemental Security Income - For 25 administrative expenses in providing the 26 Supplemental Security Income Program............. 100,000 27 (6) Work Incentive Program - For adminis- 28 trative expenses relating to the Work Incentive 29 Program.......................................... 200,000 30 The following Federal Augmentation Amounts, 19760H2359B3827 - 25 -
1 or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 2 hereby specifically appropriated to supplement 3 the sum of $450,000 appropriated from Common- 4 wealth revenues for Internal Audit and Investiga- 5 tion Unit: 6 Medical Assistance - Internal Audit and 7 Investigation.................................... 192,000 8 Public Assistance - Internal Audit and 9 Investigation.................................... 61,000 10 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 11 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 12 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 13 of $23,237,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 14 revenues for youth development centers and 15 forestry camps: 16 "Law Enforcement Assistance - Improving 17 and Strengthening Law Enforcement" - To provide 18 for community group homes, youth development 19 centers, and for treatment of juvenile offenders 20 from adult correctional institutions............. 3,001,000 21 (1) "Medicare" - To provide Medicare services 22 for eligible persons at State Medical and 23 Surgical Hospitals............................... 17,682,000 24 (2) Medical Assistance Program - To provide 25 medical assistance services for eligible persons 26 at State Medical and Surgical Hospitals.......... 5,417,000 27 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 28 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 29 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 30 of $50,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 19760H2359B3827 - 26 -
1 revenues for training personnel - geriatric 2 homes: 3 "Medical Assistance - Training" - For medical 4 assistance expenses in the training of personnel 5 for geriatric homes.............................. 100,000 6 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 7 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 8 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 9 of $323,271,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 10 revenues for institutions for the mentally ill 11 and mentally retarded: 12 (1) "Hospital Improvement Grants" - To provide 13 funds to State mental hospitals for projects which 14 will improve the quality of care, treatment, and 15 rehabilitation of patients, encourage transition 16 to open institutions, and develop relations with 17 community programs for mental health............. 306,000 18 (2) "Medical Assistance Program" - To provide 19 medical assistance services for eligible persons 20 at State mental hospitals and State schools and 21 hospitals........................................ 118,400,000 22 (3) "Medicare" - To provide Medicare service 23 to eligible persons at State hospitals and 24 State schools and hospitals...................... 3,415,000 25 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 26 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 27 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 28 of $8,000,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 29 revenues for the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric 30 Institution: 19760H2359B3827 - 27 -
1 Public Health Service Grant - To provide 2 training in mental health center cost outcome 3 information system............................... 20,000 4 Federal Grant - Indirect Cost Reimbursement... 200,000 5 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 6 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 7 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 8 of $502,600,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 9 revenues for cash assistance: 10 "Indo-Chinese Refugee Program" - To furnish 11 temporary aid for refugees from Vietnam and 12 Cambodia......................................... 1,800,000 13 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 14 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 15 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 16 of $93,573,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 17 revenues for county administration. 18 (1) "Public Assistance - Social Services" - 19 To provide social services to eligible persons... 23,342,000 20 (2) "Medical Assistance" - For administrative 21 expenses in relation to the providing of medical 22 assistance services.............................. 16,024,000 23 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 24 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 25 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 26 of $3,173,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 27 revenues for claims settlement: 28 "Child Support Enforcement Program" - To 29 identify, locate and require parents, voluntarily 30 or through court action, to financially support 19760H2359B3827 - 28 -
1 their children................................... 9,345,000 2 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 3 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 4 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 5 of $286,816,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 6 revenues for medical assistance: 7 "Indo-Chinese Refuge Program" - To provide 8 Medical Assistance Services to refugees 9 from Vietnam and Cambodia........................ 538,000 10 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 11 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 12 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 13 of $8,058,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 14 revenues for services for the aging: 15 (1) "Special Programs for the Aging - State 16 Agency Activities and Area Planning and Social 17 Services Programs" - For support of programs for 18 older persons through Statewide planning, area 19 planning and social services..................... 5,072,000 20 (2) "Special Programs for the Aging - Nutri- 21 tion" - To provide older citizens with low cost 22 nutritious meals with appropriate supportive 23 services, including health services, education 24 and counseling, outreach socialization and 25 recreation....................................... 14,293,000 26 (3) "Special Programs for the Aging - 27 Training" - To support activities that attract 28 qualified persons to the field of aging, and 29 train persons employed or preparing for employ- 30 ment in aging and related fields................. 393,000 19760H2359B3827 - 29 -
1 (4) "Public Assistance - Social Services - 2 Training" - For training purposes in 3 relationship to Aging programs for eligible 4 persons.......................................... 950,000 5 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 6 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 7 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 8 of $32,689,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 9 revenues for payments to counties for Child 10 Welfare Programs: 11 (1) "Public Assistance - Maintenance Assistance" 12 - To provide cash and emergency assistance to 13 families with dependent children................. 7,145,000 14 (2) Indo-Chinese Refuge Program - To furnish 15 temporary aid for refuges from Indo-China........ 600,000 16 The following Federal augmentation amounts, or 17 as much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby 18 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 19 of $18,500,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 20 revenues for Day Care: 21 "Public Assistance - Social Services" - 22 To provide social services to eligible persons... 41,723,000 23 The following Federal Augmentation Amounts, 24 or as much thereof as may be necessary, are 25 hereby specifically appropriated to supplement 26 the sum of $2,533,000 appropriated from 27 Commonwealth Revenues for the Social Services 28 Program. 29 Public Assistance - Social Services - To provide 30 social services to eligible persons............... 2,391,000 19760H2359B3827 - 30 -
1 "Public Assistance - Social Services" - For 2 the provision of social services program for 3 eligible persons.................................. 21,348,000 4 "Public Assistance - Social Services - 5 Training" - For training purposes in relation to 6 social services programs for eligible persons..... 586,000 7 To the Department of Transportation 8 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 9 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 10 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 11 of $1,058,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 12 revenues for Mass Transit Operations: 13 "Urban Mass Transportation Technical Studies 14 Grants" - For support of planning and technical 15 studies directed at development of a unified or 16 officially coordinated Urban Transportation 17 System........................................... 707,000 18 The following Federal augmentation amounts or 19 as much thereof as may be necessary are hereby 20 specifically appropriated to supplement the sum 21 of $1,200,000 appropriated from Commonwealth 22 revenues for Intercity Rail Transportation: 23 "Title IV Rail Assistance" - To be used to 24 reimburse eight railroad companies or their 25 successors for continuing freight operations on 26 373 miles of railroad that would otherwise be 27 abandoned........................................ 8,000,000 28 V. RESTRICTED RECEIPT ACCOUNTS 29 The Secretary of the Budget may create the following 30 restricted receipt accounts for the purpose of administering 19760H2359B3827 - 31 -
1 Federal grants: 2 Governor's Office 3 (1) "Office of State Planning and Development - Western 4 Pennsylvania Conservancy" - For deposit of private source funds 5 and Federal funds received from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 6 and from a Federal Grant under the Housing Act of 1954. A 7 disbursement will be made in the form of a grant to the Western 8 Pennsylvania Conservancy. 9 (2) "Federal Grant - Economic Development Council" - For 10 deposit of a Federal grant under the Housing Act of 1954 and the 11 Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to be conveyed to 12 the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. 13 (3) "Federal Grant - Comprehensive Employment and Training 14 Act": 15 Title 1 - Special grant. 16 Title 2 - Public service employment programs - subgrants to 17 prime sponsors. 18 Title 3 - Specialized service to minorities. 19 (4) "Federal Grant - Office of State Planning and 20 Development - Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission" - 21 For a Federal planning grant to the Delaware Valley Regional 22 Planning Commission. This restricted receipt will be a holding 23 account until the grant is passed onto Delaware Valley Regional 24 Planning Commission. 25 Department of Education 26 (1) "Gifts and Grants for Educational Research" for payment 27 of Federal grants to State-owned colleges and universities for 28 the conduct of educational research projects. 29 (2) "Higher Education Facilities Projects" for the purpose 30 of constructing and equipping classroom facilities in the State- 19760H2359B3827 - 32 -
1 owned colleges and universities. 2 (3) "ESEA Title V Part C - Aid to Local Educational 3 Agencies" to provide technical training and assistance to 4 improve planning skills in intermediate units and local school 5 districts. 6 (4) "Library Services and Construction Act Title II - 7 Library Construction" for matching payments to local libraries 8 for construction of library facilities. 9 (5) "Manpower Development Training Grants" for the purpose 10 of providing 90% of the training costs for unemployed and 11 underemployed individuals seeking to improve their employable 12 skills. 13 (6) "Area Redevelopment Act Training Grants" for payment of 14 100% of training costs of unemployed individuals in Appalachian 15 Counties with high unemployment rates. 16 (7) "NDEA Title III" - Reimbursement for Equipment - for 17 reimbursement to school districts for the purchase of 18 instructional equipment and materials to strengthen priority 19 curriculum areas. 20 (8) "ESEA Title VI, Regional Resource Center" to stimulate 21 the development of instructional media and support systems for 22 handicapped learners and to provide education diagnosis and 23 remediation programs for handicapped children. 24 (9) "Adult Indo-Chinese Refugee Education Program" to 25 reimburse schools which have been providing English as a second 26 language program for refugees and for State level special 27 projects. 28 (10) "Higher Education Act of 1965; Community Services 29 Program" for grants to universities assisting university 30 communities in alleviating problems. 19760H2359B3827 - 33 -
1 (11) "Higher Education Act of 1965; Teachers Program" to 2 provide financial support for the training or retraining of 3 vocational education personnel. 4 Department of Justice 5 (1) "Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Grants" - For 6 implementation of the State's comprehensive State-wide law 7 enforcement improvement program involving: Improvement of police 8 operations; improvement of the courts and corrections systems; 9 crime prevention; reduction of organized crime; improvement of 10 community relations; research; and prevention and control of 11 juvenile delinquency. Except as specified in section 2 of the 12 act of July 1, 1976 (No.17-A), known as the "Federal 13 Augmentation Appropriation Act of 1976," all funds in this 14 account shall be grants to units of municipalities and private 15 agencies only. 16 Department of Environmental Resources 17 (1) "Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act" - For 18 deposit of Federal funds received from the Bureau of Outdoor 19 Recreation for outdoor recreation. 20 Department of Transportation 21 (1) "Federal Grants - Capital Assistance Elderly and 22 Handicapped Programs." 23 (2) "Rural Highway Public Demonstration Program - FHWA." 24 VI. PUBLIC LAW 94-369 25 The General Assembly hereby appropriates $16,060,000, or as 26 much thereof as may be necessary, from the Federal Funds 27 available in the General Fund for implementation of Title II, 28 Public Law 94-369, known as the "Public Works Employment Act of 29 1976" to the several hereinafter named agencies of the Executive 30 Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of expenses of 19760H2359B3827 - 34 -
1 implementing and carrying out the programs stated herein for the 2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976: 3 To the Governor 4 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 5 expenses for the proper administration of the 6 Human Relations Commission Program............... 120,000 7 For the administration and operation of the 8 Pennsylvania Commission for Women................ 20,000 9 To the Department of Education 10 To the State Public School Building Authority 11 for the salaries, wages and expenses incurred in 12 the proper administration of the authority, 13 subject to the condition that the authority 14 shall repay the amount appropriated within five 15 years. The repayments shall be paid into the 16 General Fund..................................... 1,200,000 17 To the Department of General Services 18 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses 19 for the proper administration of the Department 20 of General Services including distribution of 21 surplus State property, purchase, maintenance 22 and disposition of State automotive equipment, 23 standards and specifications of commodities 24 for State agencies, purchase of commodities 25 for State agencies, real estate and insurance, 26 building, construction and engineering, mainten- 27 ance and custody of State office buildings and 28 grounds, general services, Federal surplus 29 property, and distribution of Federal surplus 30 commodities...................................... 1,000,000 19760H2359B3827 - 35 -
1 To the Department of Insurance 2 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 3 expenses for the proper administration of the 4 Department of Insurance including policyholder 5 services and protection, regulation of rates and 6 policies, liquidation of companies and regulation 7 of companies..................................... 70,000 8 To the Department of Justice 9 For the Bureau of Consumer Protection......... 300,000 10 For the operation, maintenance and administra- 11 tion of the State Correctional Institutions...... 750,000 12 For the operation, maintenance and administra- 13 tion of the community service centers............ 800,000 14 To the Department of Public Welfare 15 For the operation, maintenance and administra- 16 tion of the State institutions for the mentally 17 ill and the mentally retarded, except for the 18 Southeastern State School and Hospital and the 19 Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute....... 2,300,000 20 For the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric 21 Institute........................................ 1,800,000 22 For the operation, maintenance and administra- 23 tion of the State Restoration Centers............ 250,000 24 For the operation, maintenance and administra- 25 tion of the State medical and surgical hospitals. 250,000 26 To the Department of Revenue 27 For salaries, wages and all necessary expenses 28 for the proper administration of the Department 29 of Revenue including corporation taxes, county 30 collection, cigarette and beverage taxes, 19760H2359B3827 - 36 -
1 education tax administration, and administration 2 of the personal income tax....................... 250,000 3 To the Department of Transportation 4 For transfer to the Motor License Fund and 5 specifically appropriated therefrom for the 6 specific purpose of highway maintenance and 7 snow removal..................................... 6,450,000 8 To the Pennsylvania State Police 9 For the salaries, wages and all necessary 10 expenses for the organization and operation of a 11 new cadet class for the Pennsylvania State Police 12 beginning in January of 1977..................... 500,000 13 All Title II Federal funds expended by the several State 14 agencies named herein, or by any political subdivision, 15 organization or other agency receiving such moneys from the 16 State agencies named herein shall be spent only in accordance 17 with rules and regulations regarding the expenditure of funds 18 made available under Public Law 94-369, entitled the "Public 19 Works Employment Act of 1976." 20 Section 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) that 21 part of all appropriations in this act unexpended, uncommitted 22 and unencumbered as of June 30, 1977 shall automatically lapse 23 as of that date. 24 (b) The appropriation to the Department of Community Affairs 25 for housing and redevelopment assistance and the appropriations 26 to the Legislative Department shall be continuing 27 appropriations. 28 Section 4. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any 29 appropriation under the provisions of this act which is the same 30 or similar to an appropriation under the act of June 4, 1976 19760H2359B3827 - 37 -
1 (No.7-A), entitled "An act to provide for the expenses of the 2 Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the 3 Commonwealth, the public debt and for the public schools for the 4 fiscal period July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977, and for the payment 5 of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the 6 fiscal period ending June 30, 1976," or the act of July 1, 1976 7 (No.17-A), entitled "An act appropriating the Federal 8 augmentation to the Executive and Judicial Departments of the 9 Commonwealth for the fiscal period July 1, 1976 to June 30, 10 1977," shall replace such appropriation. 11 Section 5. (a) The act of June 4, 1976 (No.7-A), known as 12 the "General Appropriation Act of 1976," is repealed insofar as 13 it is inconsistent herewith. 14 (b) The act of July 1, 1976 (No.17-A), known as the "Federal 15 Augmentation Appropriation Act of 1976," is repealed insofar as 16 it is inconsistent herewith. 17 Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately. E7L39CM/19760H2359B3827 - 38 -