Pennsylvania HB 676: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in additional special funds, further providing for use of the Tobacco Settlement Fund.

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PRINTER'S NO. 722 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL 

No.

676 

Session of 

2017 

INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, MILLARD, WARD, A. HARRIS AND McNEILL, 

MARCH 2, 2017 

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 2, 2017 

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled, 

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State 

government; providing for the settlement, assessment, 

collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts 

due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and 

other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth, 

or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the 

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other 

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the 

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims 

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and 

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to 

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth 

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting 

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, 

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth, 

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes 

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of 

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of 

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of 

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every 

department, board, commission, and officer of the State 

government, every political subdivision of the State, and 

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person, 

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or 

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws 

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or 

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof, 

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the 

Commonwealth," in additional special funds, further providing 

for use of the Tobacco Settlement Fund.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 

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hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1713-A.1(b)(1) introductory paragraph of 

the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal 

Code, amended July 13, 2016 (P.L.664, No.85), is amended and the 

subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 1713-A.1. Use of fund.

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(b) Appropriations.--

(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (1.1), 

(1.2), (1.3), (1.4) and (1.5) and after applying paragraph 

(1.6), the General Assembly appropriates the remaining moneys 

in the fund in accordance with the following percentages 

based on the annual payment received in each year:

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(1.6) The sum of $5,000,000 is appropriated annually 

from the fund to the Department of Health for the purpose of 

establishing and maintaining eight regional detoxification 

centers to address opioid overdose. One center shall be 

established in each of the following regions:

(i) Allentown.

(ii) Altoona and Johnstown.

(iii) Erie.

(iv) Greensburg.

(v) Pittsburgh.

(vi) Philadelphia.

(vii) Reading.

(viii) Scranton.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017, or 

immediately, whichever is later.

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