Pennsylvania Act 1931-325 — INTERSTATE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU

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INTERSTATE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
                 Act of Jun. 23, 1931, P.L. 1200, No. 325             Cl. 46
                                  AN ACT

     Recognizing, and for the support of the American Legislators'
        Association and its executive and administrative agency, the
        Interstate Legislative Reference Bureau; and making an
        appropriation.

        Section 1.  Interstate Legislative Reference Bureau;
     delegates to meetings; expenses of delegates
        The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby recognizes the
     American Legislators' Association and its executive and
     administrative agency, the Interstate Legislative Reference
     Bureau, as agencies capable of rendering valuable assistance and
     information to the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, and
     the members thereof, and as agencies quasi-governmental in their
     character.
        The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of
     the House of Representatives shall annually, respectively,
     appoint one senator and one member as delegates to attend the
     meetings of the American Legislators' Association; and the
     Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, or some person
     from the staff of the Legislative Reference Bureau, appointed by
     the director, may attend annually the Legislative Reference
     Conference conducted under the auspices of the American
     Legislators' Association.
        Biennially an item shall be inserted in the general
     appropriation law to pay the expenses of the delegates of the
     Senate and House attending the said conference. The expenses of
     the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, or his
     representative attending such conference, shall be paid from the
     regular appropriations to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
     such purposes. 1931, June 23, P.L. 1200, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Appropriation
        In order to assist in the support of the Interstate
     Legislative Reference Bureau, established by the American
     Legislators' Association to coordinate the work of the various
     state legislative reference bureaus, and other official agencies
     dealing with legislative matters, the sum of four thousand
     dollars ($4,000) is hereby specifically appropriated for the
     fiscal biennium beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred
     and thirty-one. One-half of said appropriation shall be paid
     during each fiscal year of said biennium, in equal quarterly
     installments, on requisition drawn by the Auditor General.
     Warrants for such payments shall be drawn to the order of the
     director of the Interstate Legislative Reference Bureau.
     Biennially hereafter an item of such amount as may be deemed
     necessary for the support of said bureau shall be inserted in
     the general appropriation law. 1931, June 23, P.L. 1200, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Annual accounting
        On or before March first of each year, the Interstate
     Legislative Reference Bureau shall furnish to the Auditor
     General a printed accounting containing an itemized summary of
     receipts and expenditures for its preceding fiscal year,
     verified by oath or affirmation, accompanied by a verified copy
     of a report by one or more certified public accountants. Upon
     failure to file such accounting, the financial support hereby
     granted shall be withdrawn. 1931, June 23, P.L. 1200, No. 325,
     Sec. 3.