Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1507.1. Settlement agreements;  enforcement actions

(1) Unless otherwise provided by this section or another provision of law, money received by an agency as a result of a settlement, litigation or an enforcement action shall be deemed funds of the Commonwealth and shall, upon receipt, be deposited into the General Fund.

(2) If money to pursue a settlement, litigation or enforcement action was expended by the agency from the General Fund or other fund or account established by law, those costs recovered shall be credited to the appropriation, fund or account from which the original costs were expended and used as provided by law and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the law governing the expenditure.

(3) Amounts that exceed the actual costs of a settlement, litigation or enforcement action and are deposited in the General Fund may be redirected to the agency that was the party to the settlement, litigation or enforcement action to supplement the activities of the agency upon request of the agency and approval of the Secretary of the Budget.

(4) If there is a redirection under paragraph (3), the secretary shall provide notice of the transfer to the chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chair of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and include a detailed determination of actual costs incurred by the agency and the identification of the associated settlement, litigation or enforcement action.

(1) The recovery of Federal money shall be disposed of in accordance with this section and applicable Federal or State law or contract.

(2) Nothing in this section shall supersede any payments, including restitution, ordered by a court.