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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ORIE, BAKER, WAUGH, MUSTO, PICCOLA, M. WHITE, WARD, WONDERLING AND YAW, APRIL 2, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, APRIL 2, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in revenues, further providing for transfers from |
3 | State Gaming Fund; and establishing the Pennsylvania |
4 | Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Retention Program Fund. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Section 1408(c) and (e) of Title 4 of the |
8 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section |
9 | is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
10 | § 1408. Transfers from State Gaming Fund. |
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12 | (c) [Local] State and local law enforcement grants.-- |
13 | (1) Annually, the sum of $1,500,000 shall be transferred |
14 | to the General Fund where it shall be allocated to the |
15 | Pennsylvania State Police for the purpose of enforcing and |
16 | preventing the unlawful operation of slot machines in this |
17 | Commonwealth. |
18 | (2) Annually, the sum of [$5,000,000] $3,500,000 shall |
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1 | be transferred to the board for the purpose of issuing grants |
2 | to local law enforcement agencies to enforce and prevent the |
3 | unlawful operation of slot machines in this Commonwealth. |
4 | (3) Any moneys transferred to the board under paragraph |
5 | (2) that are unexpended and unencumbered by the end of each |
6 | fiscal year shall be transferred as provided under subsection |
7 | (c.1). |
8 | (c.1) Transfer to Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire and Emergency |
9 | Services Retention Program Fund.-- |
10 | (1) Any moneys subject to subsection (c)(3) shall be |
11 | transferred to the Pennsylvania Volunteer Fire and Emergency |
12 | Services Retention Program Fund, which fund is established in |
13 | the State Treasury. |
14 | (2) Annually, an amount equal to the aggregate dollar |
15 | amount of volunteer responder retention and recruitment tax |
16 | credits granted by the Department of Revenue under Article |
17 | XVIII-D of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as |
18 | the Tax Reform Code of 1971, shall be transferred from the |
19 | fund established under this subsection to the General Fund. |
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21 | (e) Transfer to Property Tax Relief Fund.--Monthly, the |
22 | State Treasurer shall transfer the remaining balance in the |
23 | State Gaming Fund which is not allocated or transferred in |
24 | subsections (a), (b), (c), (c.1) and (d) to the Property Tax |
25 | Relief Fund established in section 1409 (relating to Property |
26 | Tax Relief Fund). |
27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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