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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 3188

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2396 Session of 2000


        INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 16, 2000

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 16, 2000

                                     AN ACT

     1  Making appropriations to the Trustees of the University of
     2     Pennsylvania.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, are hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the
     7  University of Pennsylvania for the fiscal year July 1, 2000, to
     8  June 30, 2001, for the purposes and in the amounts as shown:
     9     (1)  For dental clinics........................      $938,000
    10     (2)  For instruction in the Doctor of Medicine
    11  program...........................................     4,034,000
    12     (3)  For veterinary activities.................    33,083,000
    13     (4)  For cardiovascular studies................       500,000
    14     Section 2.  Payments to the University of Pennsylvania on
    15  account of the appropriations for the items provided in section
    16  1 shall be made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the
    17  basis of costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned


     1  on continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees
     2  of the University of Pennsylvania of a minimum of four persons
     3  who are not elected officials and who are appointed by the
     4  President pro tempore of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
     5  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
     6  Minority Leader of the House of Representatives for terms of
     7  office coterminous with that of the respective appointing
     8  authority.
     9     Section 3.  The University of Pennsylvania shall provide
    10  full, complete and accurate information as may be required by
    11  the Department of Education or the chairman or the minority
    12  chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate or the
    13  chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
    14  Committee of the House of Representatives.
    15     Section 4.  The University of Pennsylvania shall report its
    16  revenues and expenditures and present its financial statements
    17  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
    18  procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
    19  "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the "Commonwealth
    20  of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State System of
    21  Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-State-
    22  Related Colleges and Universities."
    23     Section 5.  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    24  shall report on forms provided by the Department of Education to
    25  both the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations
    26  Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman
    27  of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives
    28  by September 30, 2001, on how State-appropriated funds were
    29  expended for fiscal year 2000-2001 to reduce the costs to
    30  Pennsylvania resident students or to provide services to
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     1  Pennsylvania residents.
     2     Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
     3  immediately, whichever is later.


















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