PRINTER'S NO. 1199
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1144
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY E. NELSON, GROVE, STRUZZI, DELOZIER, LAWRENCE,
ADAMS, SMITH, BERNSTINE, HAMM, MARCELL, STAATS, KAUFFMAN AND
ECKER, MAY 10, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 10, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in Commonwealth budget procedures, providing for
definitions and further providing for budget implementation
data, for electronic access of information and for lapsing of
funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
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section to read:
Section 601.1. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them
in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Encumbrance." An obligation or commitment in the form of a
purchase order, field purchase order, contract, grant agreement
or other authorizing document related to an unperformed contract
for goods and services that is chargeable to an appropriation
and for which a part of the appropriation is reserved.
"Grants and subsidies." Payments made by the Commonwealth to
political subdivisions, individuals, institutions or
organizations for which no direct services are rendered to the
Commonwealth. The term includes awards, bounties and
indemnities.
Section 2. Section 620 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 620. Budget Implementation Data.--* * *
(a.1) For each special fund used for grants and subsidies,
each department shall prepare a report within twenty (20) days
of the end of each calendar quarter indicating the amount, the
name of each grantee or subsidy recipient and the date of
expected expenditures for each grant and subsidy which has been
awarded or otherwise allocated, but is not reflected in the
Integrated Central System under section 620.1 as an encumbrance
as of the end of the calendar quarter. The report shall be
issued to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and
minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives , the Independent Fiscal Office and
members of the General Assembly . A copy of the report shall be
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sent to the Office of Administration. The Office of
Administration shall make the report available on the public
Internet website called PennWATCH established under the act of
June 30, 2011 (P.L.81, No.18), known as the Pennsylvania Web
Accountability and Transparency (PennWATCH) Act.
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Section 3. Section 620.1 of the act is amended to read:
Section 620.1. Electronic Access of Information.--Except for
confidential information, the Majority and Minority Chairmen of
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives shall have access to all information available
on inquiry-only screens through the Integrated Central System or
a successor system.
Section 4. The definitions of "encumbrance" and "grants and
subsidies" in section 621(a) of the act are amended to read:
Section 621. Lapsing of Funds.--(a) As used in this
section:
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["Encumbrance." Obligation or commitment in the form of
purchase orders, field purchase orders, contracts, grant
agreements or other authorizing documents related to unperformed
contracts for goods and services which are chargeable to an
appropriation and for which a part of the appropriation is
reserved.]
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["Grants and subsidies." Includes all payments made by the
State to political subdivisions, individuals, institutions and
organizations for which no direct services are rendered to the
State. Also included are: awards, bounties and indemnities.]
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Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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