Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 1701-E.5. Legislative Department appropriations

(a) Amounts available.--By August 1, 2018, the Secretary of the Budget shall notify the State Treasurer of amounts available in appropriations to the Senate, the House of Representatives and the State Government Support Agencies for line item appropriation vetoes that were executed on July 10, 2014, in the act of July 10, 2014 (P.L. 3051, No. 1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of 2014, and subsequently determined through judicial review to have been erroneously effected:

(b) Contents of notification.--The notification under subsection (a) shall include the agency, the line item appropriation name, the amount to be made available and the resulting balance in the line item appropriation.

(c) Action by State Treasurer.--No later than August 3, 2018, the State Treasurer shall apply each amount under subsection (a) to the respective line item appropriation for fiscal year 2014-2015, and the amount applied shall be available immediately for expenditure.

(d) Action by Senate.--Following application of the amount under subsection (a) to the Senate's line item appropriation, by September 1, 2018, the Chief Clerk of the Senate shall authorize and direct the State Treasurer to transfer the sum of $15,000,000 to the School Safety and Security Fund in the State Treasury.  The remainder of the amount under subsection (a) shall be lapsed to the General Fund no later than September 1, 2018.

(e) Action by House of Representatives.--Following application of the amount under subsection (a) to the House of Representatives' line item appropriation, by September 1, 2018, the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, upon the approval of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, shall authorize and direct the State Treasurer to transfer the sum of $15,000,000 to the School Safety and Security Fund in the State Treasury.  The remainder of the amount under subsection (a) shall be lapsed to the General Fund no later than September 1, 2018.

(f) Action by government support agencies.--Following application of the amount under subsection (a) to the government support agencies line item appropriations, the restored amounts shall be lapsed to the General Fund no later than September 1, 2018.