Bill Text: PA SB599 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for the Commonwealth Technology Fund.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY [SB599 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB599-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 608
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 599 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, ERICKSON, BREWSTER, YUDICHAK, FERLO AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 18, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011
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," providing for the Commonwealth Technology
Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Article XVII-A of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended by
adding a subarticle to read:
SUBARTICLE K
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FUNDS
Section 1799-A. Location in Fiscal Code.
Additional special funds may be found in Article XVII-O of
this act.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding an article to read:
article XVII-O
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FUNDS
SUBARTICLE A
COMMONWEALTH TECHNOLOGY FUND
Section 1701-O. Establishment of Commonwealth Technology Fund.
There is hereby established a fund within the State Treasury
to be called the Commonwealth Technology Fund.
Section 1702-O. Transfer to Commonwealth Technology Fund.
The Secretary of the Budget shall transfer the sum of
$25,000,000 of proceeds from the tax imposed under Article II of
the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform
Code of 1971, to the Commonwealth Technology Fund by September
30 of each year.
Section 1703-O. Use of Commonwealth Technology Fund.
(a) Request by Governor.--As a component to the annual
budget submission required under section 613 of the act of April
9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
1929, the Governor shall provide a request for utilizing the
moneys that the Governor reasonably expects to be in the
Commonwealth Technology Fund within the fiscal year covered by
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the budget. The request shall list the departments, agencies,
offices or commissions and the dollar amount that each would
receive in the upcoming fiscal year, a brief description of the
project and an estimate of the total cost of each project if it
is a multiyear project.
(b) Description of project.--As part of the budget
information submitted under section 619(d) of the Administrative
Code of 1929 any department, agency, office or commission
expected to receive funds under subsection (a) shall include a
detailed description of the technology project that would be
funded. This description shall include a detailed explanation of
the hardware and software that will be purchased, the
anticipated date of these purchases, the expected vendors and
the reason that the project is necessary and the amount of any
expected savings from the project.
(c) Requirement for funds.--For a project to be eligible for
funding under this subarticle the project must be for computing
technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet
or telecommunications to process and distribute information in
digital form.
(d) List of projects.--The General Assembly may, in
consultation with the Governor, amend the list of projects that
will be funded. No funds shall be spent unless appropriated.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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