Pennsylvania Act 1933-15 (session 1) — STATE STORES FUND, APPROPRIATIONS FROM

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STATE STORES FUND, APPROPRIATIONS FROM
         Act of Dec. 20, 1933, Special Session 1, P.L. 89, No. 15     Cl. 47
                      Special Session No. 1 of 1933
                               No. 1933-15

                                  AN ACT

     Appropriating the moneys in The State Stores Fund.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That as much of the moneys,
     from time to time, in The State Stores Fund as may be necessary
     are hereby appropriated to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
     for the proper conduct of its work in establishing, maintaining,
     and operating Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, warehousing and
     testing liquor, issuing liquor licenses to hotels, restaurants,
     clubs, and public service companies, and otherwise administering
     and enforcing the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Act, as follows:
        (a)  For the payment of the salaries, wages or other
     compensation, and traveling and other necessary expenses, of the
     members of the board, and such superintendents, managers,
     assistant superintendents, assistant chiefs, assistant
     engineers, draftsmen, accountants, secretaries, auditors,
     inspectors, examiners, statisticians, clerks, stenographers,
     bookkeepers, messengers, laborers, and other assistants and
     employes, as may be required in the performance of the duties
     above mentioned, and such special deputy attorneys general,
     assistant deputy attorneys general, and attorneys, as may be
     assigned by the Attorney General to the board or for handling
     any legal business pertaining to its work.
        (b)  For the purchase, maintenance, and repair of furniture,
     furnishings, stationery, supplies, materials, equipment, fuel,
     and printing and binding, and for the payment of the premiums on
     policies of insurance covering motor vehicles operated by
     employes of the board, and surety bonds for officers and
     employes of the board required to furnish such bonds, but all
     such purchases and all such contracts of insurance and surety
     bonds shall be placed through the Department of Property and
     Supplies as purchasing agent.
        (c)  For the purchase of automobiles and other automotive
     equipment through the Department of Property and Supplies, the
     maintenance and operation of automobiles, and for the payment of
     mileage charges to the Department of Property and Supplies for
     the use of automobiles.
        (d)  For the purchase of liquors to be sold in or through
     Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.
        (e)  For the payment of postage, telegrams, telephone rentals
     and toll charges, and rentals for or royalties upon leased
     office equipment, or other devices or machines.
        (f)  For the payment of rentals for buildings or other
     accommodations leased by the board, through the Department of
     Property and Supplies, for use by, or in connection with,
     Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, or for the storage or testing of
     liquors purchased by the board.
        (g)  For the payment of premiums upon policies insuring the
     Commonwealth against workmen's compensation liability to
     employes, or dependents of employes, of the board and for the
     payment of premiums upon such policies of insurance as may be
     obtainable to protect (1) the interest of the Pennsylvania
     Liquor Control Board in the premises and contents of its stores
     and the personal property of the manager, other store employes
     and any other Liquor Control Board employe on official business
     against loss caused by robbery, holdup or attempt thereat, and
     (2) the manager, other store employes and any other Liquor
     Control Board employe on official business against bodily injury
     or death thus caused. ((g) amended July 17, 1961, P.L.782,
     No.343)
        (g)  For the payment of premiums upon policies insuring the
     Commonwealth against workmen's compensation liability to
     employes, or dependents of employes, of the board, and for the
     payment of premiums upon such policies of public liability
     insurance as may be obtainable to protect the enforcement
     officers of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board while engaged
     in the performance of their duties. ((g) amended July 20, 1961,
     P.L.819, No.355)
        (h)  For all other expenses of every kind and description
     necessary for the performance by the board of the aforesaid
     work.
        (i)  For the payment to the Department of the Auditor General
     of the costs incurred by that department in auditing
     requisitions drawn on The State Stores Fund, and in auditing
     annually, periodically, or specially the affairs of the
     Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board at such amounts, as the
     Department of the Auditor General with the approval of the
     Executive Board shall determine; for the payment to the Treasury
     Department of the cost of making disbursements out of The State
     Stores Fund on behalf of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
     in the performance of the duties of the board, at such amounts
     as the Treasury Department with the approval of the Executive
     Board shall determine; for the payment to the Department of
     Property and Supplies for space occupied in the Capitol
     Buildings and for water, light, heat, power, telephone, and
     other services utilized and consumed by the Pennsylvania Liquor
     Control Board for the performance of its duties, at such amounts
     as the Department of Property and Supplies with the approval of
     the Executive Board shall determine.
        (j)  For the payment of claims for refunds made to, and
     approved by, the board for moneys paid into The State Stores
     Fund, to which the Commonwealth is not rightfully entitled.
        (1 amended July 18, 1935, P.L.1316, No.412 1/2)
        Section 2.  (2 repealed Aug. 5, 1941, P.L.752, No.286)
        Section 3.  Any moneys in the State Stores Fund, from time to
     time, which may not be required for any of the purposes
     hereinbefore specified in this act, shall be paid over into the
     General Fund, and shall be available for the payment of
     appropriations made from the General Fund. The Pennsylvania
     Liquor Control Board, with the approval of the Governor, shall
     from time to time, fix the amount of money which may be so paid
     over into the General Fund, and, by its requisition, shall
     direct the Department of the Auditor General and the Treasury
     Department to transfer such moneys from the State Stores Fund
     into the General Fund.
        (3 added July 18, 1935, P.L.1316, No.412 1/2)
        Section 4.  Estimates of the amounts to be expended from the
     State Stores Fund under this act, from time to time, by the
     Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and the Department of Public
     Instruction, respectively, shall be submitted to the Governor
     for his approval or disapproval as in the case of other
     appropriations made to administrative departments, boards, and
     commissions; and it shall be unlawful for the Auditor General to
     honor any requisition for the expenditure of any moneys
     whatsoever out of the State Stores Fund, by the Pennsylvania
     Liquor Control Board or by the Department of Public Instruction,
     for any purpose whatsoever in excess of the estimates approved
     by the Governor.
        Subject to the foregoing provision, the moneys in the State
     Stores Fund shall be paid out of the fund upon warrant of the
     Auditor General, drawn after requisition by the Pennsylvania
     Liquor Control Board or the Department of Public Instruction, as
     the case may be.
        (4 added July 18, 1935, P.L.1316, No.412 1/2)
        Section 5.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     are hereby repealed.
        (5 added July 18, 1935, P.L.1316, No.412 1/2)
        Section 6.  This act as amended shall become effective
     immediately upon its final enactment, and shall be retroactive
     to the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-five.
        (6 renumbered from 2 and amended July 18, 1935, P.L.1316,
     No.412 1/2)