PRINTER'S NO. 889
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.861
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, MOUL, GIRAL, MERSKI, NEILSON, HILL-
EVANS, BRENNAN, CAUSER, SANCHEZ AND FRIEL, MARCH 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 11, 2025
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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33 every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," in additional special funds and restricted
accounts, further providing for distributions from
Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1723-A.1(b) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
Section 1723-A.1. Distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse
Development Fund.
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(b) Annual transfers to State Racing Fund.--The General
Assembly shall authorize the transfer of funds from the fund to
the State Racing Fund to provide for each cost associated with
the collection and research of and testing for medication, which
shall include the cost of necessary personnel, equipment,
supplies and facilities, except holding barns or stables, to be
located at horse race facilities, grounds or enclosures or at
other locations designated by the commission. All such costs
shall be reviewed and approved by the commission. The transfer
shall be made in 52 equal weekly installments during the fiscal
year before any other distribution from the fund. This
subsection shall expire on June 30, [ 2025] 2028.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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