Pennsylvania HB 2513: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in general budget implementation, further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3400
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2513
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, CIRESI, DEASY, INGLIS, KULIK, PROBST,
HILL-EVANS, RIVERA, McNEILL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HADDOCK,
FIEDLER, BRENNAN AND NEILSON, MAY 13, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 13, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; 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,
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every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in general budget implementation, further
providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "school entity" in section
1753.2-E(n) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
Section 1753.2-E. Commonwealth Financing Authority.
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(n) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"School entity." A school district, intermediate unit or
area career and technical school.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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