Bill Text: PA HB1058 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the lapsing of appropriations for the Legislative Department.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-24 - Referred to APPROPRIATIONS [HB1058 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1058-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1241
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1058 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, CREIGHTON, GRELL, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, MUSTIO, ROAE, ROCK AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 24, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 24, 2009
AN ACT
Providing for the lapsing of appropriations for the Legislative
Department.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Lapse of
Appropriations Act.
Section 2. Determination.
Within ten days of the effective date of this section, the
State Treasurer shall determine the amounts of appropriations
for the Legislative Department under the general appropriation
acts for all fiscal periods prior to July 1, 2008, which remain
unexpended, uncommitted or unencumbered as of the effective date
of this section.
Section 3. Lapses of Legislative Department amounts.
(a) Immediate automatic lapse.--Any amounts remaining of
appropriations for the Legislative Department enacted in general
appropriation acts prior to July 1, 2008, which remain
unexpended, uncommitted or unencumbered as of the effective date
of this section, except for $60,000,000 of the remaining
amounts, are hereby automatically lapsed.
(b) Future automatic lapse.--Any amounts remaining of
appropriations for the Legislative Department enacted in a
general appropriation act for a fiscal year, which are
unexpended, uncommitted or unencumbered as of June 30 of the
fiscal year or as of the date on which the Governor signs the
general appropriation act for the subsequent fiscal year,
whichever is later, shall automatically lapse as of that date.
Section 4. Applicability.
Section 3(b) shall apply to the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2009, and each fiscal year thereafter.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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