PRINTER'S NO. 3853
No. 2693 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY TIGUE, M. COHEN, CAWLEY, CAPPABIANCA, THOMAS,
BARRAR, BATTISTO, BEBKO-JONES, COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, COSTA,
DALLY, FRANKEL, HARHAI, HORSEY, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, MANN,
MELIO, PESCI, ROONEY, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN, STURLA, TRAVAGLIO,
WASHINGTON, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, EACHUS, FREEMAN, HASAY,
JOSEPHS, KENNEY, MANDERINO, McCALL, MUNDY, RAMOS, SHANER,
STABACK, STERN, TANGRETTI, TRELLO, WATERS, WOJNAROSKI AND
ROEBUCK, AUGUST 21, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, AUGUST 21, 2000
AN ACT
1 Appropriating a portion of any unallocated surplus in the
2 General Fund to the Department of Education for the purchase
3 of textbooks for public school students.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Appropriation of unexpended and unencumbered
7 surplus.
8 If the Secretary of the Budget certifies that there is a
9 surplus of operating funds for the fiscal year 1999-2000 in the
10 General Fund, and if a surplus continues to exist after the
11 transfer under section 622 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
12 No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, then there is
13 hereby appropriated to the Department of Education for the
14 fiscal year 2000-2001 a sum of money not to exceed $35 per pupil
15 for all public school pupils enrolled as of May 1, 2000, in the
1 public schools to be distributed by the Department of Education
2 to the public school districts on a per pupil basis and to be
3 used for the purchase of new textbooks. These funds must be
4 expended by December 31, 2001.
5 Section 2. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect immediately.
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