APPROPRIATIONS ACTS ENACTED FOR 2006

ACT

DATE

BILL

SUBJECT

EFFECTIVE DATE

1A

May 11

HB 2380

Amends the General Appropriation Act of 2005 increasing the State's appropriation to the PA Housing Finance Agency for the Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program to $8 million from $5 million. The bill adds an appropriation of $5,063,000 to the Attorney General for reimbursement to counties for expenses for full-time district attorneys. The bill also adds an appropriation of $500,000 for the Merchant Marine World War II Veterans' Bonus Fund. The bill appropriates $3,066,000 from the General Fund and $8,289,000 from the Motor License Fund for the recruitment, training and deployment of an additional 180 State Police troopers during the 2005-2006 fiscal year. The appropriation to the Attorney General for reimbursement to counties for full-time district attorneys would be a continuing appropriation until March 31, 2007.

Effective immediately

2A

July 2

HB 2499

This is the General Appropriation Act of 2006 providing for expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments, the public debt, for the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007.

Effective immediately with exceptions

3A

July 2

SB 1159

Act appropriating $4,899,000 to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General.

Effective immediately

4A

July 2

SB 1160

Act appropriating $975,000 to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development.

Effective immediately

5A

July 2

SB 1161

Act appropriating $60,231,000 from the Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry and $184,000 to the Department of Community and Economic Development.

Effective immediately

6A

July 2

SB 1162

Act appropriating $51,631,000 to the PA Public Utility Commission.

Effective immediately

7A

July 2

SB 1163

Act making appropriations totaling $40,305,000 from the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account and from restricted revenue accounts within the General Fund to the Department of State for use by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.

Effective immediately

8A

July 2

SB 1164

Act appropriating $39,455,000 from the Public School Employees' Retirement fund to provide for expenses of the Public School Employees' Retirement Board.

Effective immediately

9A

July 2

SB 1165

Act appropriating $24,925,000 from the State Employees' Retirement Fund to provide for expenses of the State Employees' Retirement Board.

Effective immediately

10A

July 7

HB 2504

Supplement to the act entitled "An act to accept the grant of Public Lands by the US to the several states for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges" making the following appropriations to the Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University for the fiscal year 2005-2006: $258,332,000 for education and general expenses; $25,094,000 for the cost of agricultural research; $29,787,000 for the cost of agricultural extension services; $454,000 to enhance the recruitment and retention of disadvantaged students; $12,659,000 for the Pennsylvania College of Technology; and $1,389,000 for debt service related to the former Williamsport Area Community College.

Effective Immediately

11A

July 7

HB 2505

Supplement to the act entitled "An act providing for the establishment and operation of the University of Pittsburgh as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to serve as a State-related university in the higher education system of the Commonwealth; making the following appropriations to the Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh for the fiscal year 205-2006: $161,090,000 for educational and general expenses; $435,000 for student life initiatives; $442,000 to enhance the recruitment and retention of disadvantaged students; $523,000 for the teen suicide center at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; and $2,157, 000 for rural education outreach.

Effective Immediately

12A

July 7

HB 2506

Supplement to the Temple University-Commonwealth Act making the following appropriations: $169,093,000 for education and general expenses; and $442,000 to enhance the recruitment and retention of disadvantaged students.

Effective Immediately

13A

July 7

HB 2507

Supplement to the Lincoln University-Commonwealth Act appropriating $13,516,000 for carrying the Act into effect.

Effective Immediately

14A

July 7

HB 2508

Act appropriating $6,967,000 to the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia.

Effective Immediately

15A

July 7

HB 2509

Act making the following appropriations to the Trustees of Drexel University, Philadelphia: $1,083,000 for dental clinics; $4,037,000 for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program; $39,254,000 for veterinary activities; $3,200,000 for center for infectious disease; $1,601,000 for cardiovascular studies; and $254,000 for the general maintenance of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the purchase of such apparatus and equipment deemed necessary.

Effective Immediately

16A

July 7

HB 2510

Act making the following appropriations to the Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation: $7,720,000 for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program; $1,718,000 for the general maintenance of the Colleges of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, including the Allied Health, Professions and Graduate Schools, and for student aid; $305,000 for minority educational and recruitment programs; $712,000 for continued pediatric outpatient and inpatient treatment of severe physically disabling diseases; $149,000 for continued support of the handicapped children's clinic; and $2,001,000 for the College of Medicine for the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, for operating expenses.

Effective Immediately

17A

July 7

HB 2511

Act making the following appropriations to the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia: $5,564,000 for instruction in the Doctor of Medicine program; $4,239,000 for the general maintenance of the Thomas Jefferson University, including the College of Allied Health Sciences, student aid and Children's Heart Hospital; and $59,000 for a comprehensive program relating to persons with Tay-Sachs disease.

Effective Immediately

18A

July 7

HB 2512

Act appropriating $6,543,000 to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia.

Effective Immediately

19A

July 7

HB 2513

Act appropriating $1,852,000 to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie.

Effective Immediately

20A

July 7

HB 2514

Act appropriating $1,685,000 to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia.

Effective Immediately

21A

July 7

HB 2515

Act appropriating $1,208,000 to the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, for instruction and student aid.

Effective Immediately

22A

July 7

HB 2516

Act appropriating to the Trustees of the Berean Training and Industrial School at Philadelphia $1,497,000 for operation and maintenance of the school.

Effective Immediately

23A

July 7

HB 2517

Act appropriating $193,000 to the Johnson Technical Institute of Scranton for operation and maintenance expenses.

Effective Immediately

24A

July 7

HB 2518

Act appropriating $71,000 to the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Delaware County for operation and maintenance expenses.

Effective Immediately

25A

July 7

HB 2519

Act appropriating $776,000 to the Fox Chase Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, for the operation and maintenance of the cancer research program.

Effective Immediately

26A

July 7

HB 2520

Act making the following appropriations to the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia: $214,000 for the operation and maintenance of the institute; and $92,000 for research on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Effective Immediately

27A

July 7

HB 2521

Act appropriating $130,000 to the Central Penn Oncology Group.

Effective Immediately

28A

July 7

HB 2522

Act appropriating $59,000 to the Lancaster Cleft Palate for outpatient-inpatient treatment.

Effective Immediately

29A

July 7

HB 2523

Act appropriating $418,000 to the Burn Foundation, Philadelphia, for outpatient and inpatient treatment.

Effective Immediately

30A

July 7

HB 2524

Act appropriating $970,000 to The Children's Institute, Pittsburgh, for treatment and rehabilitation of certain persons with disabling diseases.

Effective Immediately

31A

July 7

HB 2525

Act appropriating $451,000 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for comprehensive patient care and general maintenance and operation of the hospital.

Effective Immediately

32A

July 7

HB 2526

Act appropriating $105,000 to the Beacon Lodge Camp

Effective Immediately

33A

July 7

HB 2527

Act making the following appropriations to the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: $254,000 for maintenance and the purchase of apparatus, supplies and equipment; and $254,000 for the general operation of the planetarium and center.

Effective Immediately

34A

July 7

HB 2528

Act appropriating $769,000 to the Franklin Institute Science Museum for maintenance expenses.

Effective Immediately

35A

July 7

HB 2529

Act appropriating $471,000 to the Academy of Natural Sciences for maintenance expenses.

Effective Immediately

36A

July 7

HB 2530

Act appropriating $359,000 to the African-American Museum in Philadelphia for operating expenses.

Effective Immediately

37A

July 7

HB 2531

Act appropriating $46,000 to the Everhart Museum in Scranton for operating expenses.

Effective Immediately

38A

July 7

HB 2532

Act appropriating $196,000 to the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, for operating expenses. (

Effective Immediately

39A

July 7

HB 2533

Act appropriating $141,000 to the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for operating expenses.

Effective Immediately