PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3151
PRINTER'S NO. 3378
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2314
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI AND KHAN, MAY 21, 2024
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 24, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fiscal affairs, further providing for
ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF GAME FUND AND FOR appropriation and
audit of moneys.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 522(a) and (c) of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
SECTION 1. SECTION 521 OF TITLE 34 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SUBSECTION TO READ:
§ 521. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF GAME FUND.
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(C) PROHIBITED USE.--NO MONEYS FROM THE GAME FUND, INCLUDING
AMOUNTS DONATED TO THE COMMISSION UNDER SECTION 523 (RELATING TO
DONATIONS), MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES,
WINE OR LIQUOR, INCLUDING AS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR DIRECT OR
INDIRECT PURCHASES MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THE
DIRECTOR OR EMPLOYEES OF THE COMMISSION.
SECTION 2. SECTION 522(A) AND (C) OF TITLE 34 ARE AMENDED TO
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READ:
§ 522. Appropriation and audit of moneys.
(a) Appropriation.--
(1) Subject to an annual review and recommendations
under subsection (b), all moneys in the Game Fund are hereby
appropriated to the commission and may be expended only for
the purposes authorized under this title. This paragraph
expires June 30, 2025.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, the commission shall
prepare and annually submit to the chair of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chair of the
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives the
information required under subsection (b)(2) and an analysis
of and requests and recommendations regarding the itemized
budget of amounts to be appropriated from the Game Fund.
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(c) Expenditures from Game Fund.--
(1) After review under subsection (a), the commission
shall submit to the Governor, for approval or disapproval,
estimates of the amount of moneys to be expended from the
Game Fund. The State Treasurer shall not honor any
requisition for expenditure of any moneys in excess of the
amount approved by the Governor. Moneys in the Game Fund
shall be paid out upon warrant of the State Treasurer drawn
after requisition by the director of the commission. This
paragraph expires June 30, 2025.
(2) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, moneys in
the Game Fund shall be paid out upon appropriation by the
General Assembly and, after requisition by the director of
the commission, warrant of the State Treasurer.
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Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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