PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 4329, 4566, 4684 PRINTER'S NO. 4712
No. 2860 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY KENNEY AND GORDNER, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 26, 2001 (P.L.755, No.77), entitled "An
2 act establishing a special fund and account for money
3 received by the Commonwealth from the Master Settlement
4 Agreement with tobacco manufacturers; providing for home and
5 community-based care, for tobacco use prevention and
6 cessation efforts, for Commonwealth universal research
7 enhancement, for hospital uncompensated care, for health
8 investment insurance, for medical assistance for workers with
9 disabilities, for regional biotechnology research centers,
10 for the HealthLink Program, for community-based health care
11 assistance programs, for PACE reinstatement and PACENET
12 expansion, for medical education loan assistance and for
13 percentage allocation and appropriation of moneys," further
14 providing for universal research enhancement definitions and
15 for the Tobacco Settlement Investment Board; and extending
16 eligibility for PACE and PACENET.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 304(a) of the act of June 26, 2001
20 (P.L.755, No.77), known as the Tobacco Settlement Act, is
21 amended to read:
22 Section 304. Tobacco Settlement Investment Board.
23 (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established the Tobacco
24 Settlement Investment Board, consisting of [11] 9 members as <--
1 follows: the Governor or a designee; the Secretary of the
2 Budget; [the State Treasurer or a designee;] one member] TWO <--
3 MEMBERS appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and
4 one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; [one <--
5 member] TWO MEMBERS appointed by the Speaker of the House of <--
6 Representatives and one member appointed by the Minority Leader
7 of the House of Representatives; and three members appointed by
8 the Governor[; and one member appointed by the State Treasurer].
9 Legislative appointments shall serve at the pleasure of the
10 appointing authority. Other appointed members shall serve for a
11 term of four years and until a successor is appointed. Members
12 of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be
13 reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the
14 performance of their official duties. The Governor shall select
15 one member as chairperson, and the members of the board shall
16 select one member as secretary.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. The definition of "infrastructure" in section 902
19 of the act is amended to read:
20 Section 902. Definitions.
21 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
22 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
23 context clearly indicates otherwise:
24 * * *
25 "Infrastructure." [Equipment,] Office equipment and
26 supplies, nonprofessional personnel, laboratory or building
27 construction or renovations, [or the development, acquisition or
28 maintenance of technology, including training,] used to conduct
29 research.
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1 Section 3. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
2 Section 2306.1. PACE and PACENET reinstatement.
3 (a) PACE.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
4 contrary, persons who, as of December 31, 2002, are enrolled in
5 the PACE program provided for pursuant to Chapter 5 of the act
6 of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery
7 Law, shall remain eligible for the PACE program if the maximum
8 income limit is exceeded due solely to a Social Security cost-
9 of-living adjustment. Eligibility in the PACE program pursuant
10 to this section shall expire on December 31, 2003.
11 (b) PACENET.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
12 the contrary, persons who, as of December 31, 2002, are enrolled
13 in the PACENET program established pursuant to section 519 of
14 the State Lottery Law, shall remain eligible for the PACENET
15 program if the maximum income limit is exceeded due solely to a
16 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. Eligibility in the
17 PACENET program pursuant to this section shall expire on
18 December 31, 2003.
19 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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