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PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB 2524, PN4196:
The legislation appropriates $23,490,000
to the State Employees Retirement System for the 2004-05 fiscal year.
A 50-0 vote was recorded.
PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB2527, PN4197:
The
legislation transfers funds from the Workmen's Compensation
Administration Fund to the Department of Labor and Industry to provide
$55 million for administrative expenses for the 2003-04 fiscal year. The
bill also appropriates $184,000 to the Department of Community and
Economic Development to fund workers' compensation activities by the
Small Business Advocate. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
SB 1099, PN1739:
The legislation amends the Judicial Code to
add judges to the Courts of Common Pleas. The bill adds one judge to
the Court of Common Pleas in each of the following counties: Blair
County, Berks County, Butler County, Chester County, Lackawanna County,
Luzerne County, Pike County and Washington County. The bill also adds
two judges to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. A 49-1 vote
was recorded.
PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB 2522, PN3665:
The legislation appropriates $4,689,000 from
the revenue restricted account in the General Fund to the Office of
Consumer Advocate within the Office of the Attorney General for the
2004-05 fiscal year. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB 2523, PN3666:
The legislation appropriates $967,000 through the Department of
Community and Economic Development for the Small Business Advocate for
the 2004-05 fiscal year. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB 2525, PN3668:
The legislation appropriates $41,776,000 from
the Public School Employees’ Retirement Fund to the Public School
Employees Retirement Board for its administrative and operational
expenses for the 2004-05 fiscal year. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
PREFERRED APPROPRIATION BILL,
HB 2526, PN3669:
The legislation appropriates $22,902,000 from
the Professional Licensure Augmentation Account within the General Fund
to the Department of State for the operation of the Bureau of
Professional and Occupational Affairs for the 2004-05 fiscal year. A
50-0 vote was recorded.
HB 445, PN4198:
The legislation creates the Sign Language
Interpreter and Transliterator State Registration Act. The bill
provides that individuals seeking registration as qualified
interpreters/transliterators register with the Department of Labor &
Industry. The department is vested with the responsibility of
administering the act and maintaining a list of all registered
interpreters/transliterators. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
SB 1095, PN1565:
The legislation designates Exit 182 on
Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County as the Chuck Mattei Interchange. A
50-0 vote was recorded.
SB 1155, PN1682:
The legislation amends the Tax Reform Code to further provide for the
phase-out of the Pennsylvania Capitol Stock and Franchise Tax. The bill
accelerates the phase-out period of the Capitol Stock and Franchise Tax
so that the final rate of 1 mill would begin on January 1, 2009 and
finish on December 31, 2009. The taxable rate of zero mills would be in
effect thereafter. A 48-2 vote was recorded.
SB 1160, PN1696:
The legislation designates the Roaring
Creek Tract of the Wyoming State Forest in Northumberland and Columbia
counties as the Senator Edward W. Helfrick Area of the Wyoming State
Forest. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
SB 1184, PN 1734:
The legislation authorizes the release of
Project 70 land restrictions on certain lands presently owned and being
conveyed by the City of Scranton, to Lackawanna Land and Energy Inc. In
exchange, Project 70 land restrictions are to be imposed on certain land
owned by the Lackawanna land and Energy Inc. and being conveyed by the
City of Scranton. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
HB 1937, PN2533:
The legislation redesignates the bridge
currently known as the Napoleon Street Bridge in the City of Johnstown
to the Edward A. Silk Memorial Bridge. A 50-0 vote was recorded.
HB 2378, PN3356:
The legislation designates the portion of
State Route 4013, known as Chestnut Avenue, from 8th Street
to North 8th Street in the City of Altoona and Logan
Township, Blair County, as the Jack E. Kuhn Memorial Highway. A 50-0
vote was recorded.
HB 2649, PN3944:
The legislation designates the portion of
State Route 405 from Clinton Township to Montgomery Borough in Lycoming
County as the Dr. Charles F. Taylor Memorial Highway. The bill also
designates the bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on
State Route 405 between Muncy Creek Township and Clinton Township in
Lycoming County as The Last Raft Memorial Bridge. A 50-0 vote was
recorded.
The Senate concurred in
House amendments, as amended by the Senate, to the following bills:
SB 157, PN1766:
The legislation amends the Public School Code
to allow for firefighter and emergency service training courses to be
added to high school curricula as credit-earning courses. The bill also
requires the State Board of Education to compel all accredited community
colleges, universities, and private or independent colleges to adopt a
policy to regulate marketing practices used on college campuses by
credit card companies. Language in the bill regarding education
empowerment districts and temporary special aid to school districts
suffering loss of tax revenue due to reduction in assessed valuation of
taxable property is reenacted to cure erroneous Act 48 of 2003
amendments of sections instead of reenactment.
SB 200, PN1765:
The legislation amends Title 24 (Education) to further provide for
termination of annuities. The bill permits annuitants, who are
certified teachers or other personnel who hold instructional or
administrative certificates (including coaches, advisors, etc.), to
return to service without penalty against their annuity, for a period
not to extend beyond the school year during which the emergency or
shortage occurs. The annuitant will not be entitled to earn any credited
service and no contributions may be made by the annuitant, the employer
or the Commonwealth.
The Senate also
concurred in House amendments to the following bills:
SB 319, PN1030:
The legislation
establishes the Interstate
Compact for Juveniles. The compact manages the interstate movement of
adjudicated youth, the return of non-adjudicated runaway youth, and the
return of youth to states where they were charged with delinquent
acts.
SB 751, PN1432:
The legislation amends the Medical Practice
Act to require respiratory care practitioners to obtain twenty hours of
continuing education as a condition of biennial renewal of respiratory
care practitioner licenses.
SB 752, PN1545:
The legislation amends the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act to change
the definitions of “certification” and “physician assistant.” The bill
also requires respiratory care practitioners to obtain twenty hours of
continuing education as a condition of biennial renewal of respiratory
care practitioner licenses; for physician assistants to be licensed” as
opposed to “certified” and for physician assistants to hold the minimum
of a baccalaureate degree and to complete not fewer than 60 hours of
instruction in pharmacology or other related courses.
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