Bill Text: PA SB1494 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In Treasury Department, providing for boards and commissions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-08 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [SB1494 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1494-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2308
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1494 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, D. WHITE, VOGEL AND MENSCH, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 8, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in Treasury Department, providing for boards
and commissions.
WHEREAS, The introduction and consideration of this bill
confirms that the provisions of the Pennsylvania Race Horse
Development and Gaming Act designate the State Treasurer as a
nonvoting member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board who is
entitled to exercise all nonvoting rights and privileges as a
member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, including
without limitation, attending and participating in all public
and executive sessions of the board; and
WHEREAS, The introduction and consideration of this bill
shall not be construed or interpreted as evidence that a
determination has been made by the General Assembly or the
legislative sponsors of this initiative that the State Treasurer
is not statutorily entitled to exercise all such nonvoting
rights and privileges as a member of the Pennsylvania Gaming
Control Board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 311. Boards and Commissions.--(a) The State
Treasurer shall serve as a fiduciary of the Commonwealth on such
boards, commissions, agencies or authorities as may be
designated by law.
(b) Except as otherwise clearly limited by an act of the
General Assembly, the State Treasurer shall be accorded all such
rights and privileges as are provided to all other members of
the board, commission, agency or authority to which he is
designated by law as a voting or nonvoting member. Such rights
and privileges shall include, without limitation, attending
public and executive sessions, making motions, voicing opinions
and objections, proposing rules and regulations, questioning of
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witnesses, receipt and review of confidential information,
requesting and receiving records and information from parties
and participating in all deliberations of the board, commission,
agency or authority.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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