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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GROVE, GILLESPIE, BOYD, BROOKS, CUTLER, GABLER, GODSHALL, HAHN, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN AND SWANGER, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of July 11, 1917 (P.L.775, No.291), entitled |
2 | "An act authorizing the borrowing of money by the State for |
3 | the purpose of repelling invasions, suppressing |
4 | insurrections, and defending the State in war; designating |
5 | the persons authorized to expend the money so borrowed; |
6 | prescribing the manner in which such money may be drawn from |
7 | the State Treasury; and making certain appropriations," |
8 | further providing for the power to expend money. |
9 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
10 | hereby enacts as follows: |
11 | Section 1. Section 8 of the act of July 11, 1917 (P.L.775, |
12 | No.291), entitled "An act authorizing the borrowing of money by |
13 | the State for the purpose of repelling invasions, suppressing |
14 | insurrections, and defending the State in war; designating the |
15 | persons authorized to expend the money so borrowed; prescribing |
16 | the manner in which such money may be drawn from the State |
17 | Treasury; and making certain appropriations," is amended to |
18 | read: |
19 | Section 8. The Governor[, Lieutenant Governor,] and State |
20 | Treasurer are hereby empowered to expend the money, received |
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1 | from the loan hereby authorized, for the purpose of repelling |
2 | invasions, suppressing insurrections, and defending the State in |
3 | war, in such manner as they may jointly determine. Such money |
4 | shall be paid by the State Treasurer on warrant signed by the |
5 | Governor. |
6 | Vouchers in detail for such expenditures shall be filed with |
7 | the Auditor General. |
8 | Section 2. Upon the ratification of the amendment to the |
9 | Constitution of Pennsylvania abolishing the office of Lieutenant |
10 | Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the date |
11 | of ratification to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. |
12 | Section 3. This act shall take effect as follows: |
13 | (1) The amendment of section 8 of the act shall take |
14 | effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the |
15 | ratification date of the amendment to the Constitution of |
16 | Pennsylvania that abolishes the office of Lieutenant |
17 | Governor. |
18 | (2) Section 2 of this act and this section shall take |
19 | effect immediately. |
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