HB 861 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund.

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
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
 2      "An act relating to the finances of the State government;
 3      providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
 4      ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
 5      Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
 6      financial management firms, for private dam financial
 7      assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
 8      the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
 9      bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
10      collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
11      due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
12      including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
13      the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
14      and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
15      Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
16      Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
17      courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
18      Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
19      all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
20      moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
21      and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
22      authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
23      to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
24      section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
25      Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
26      certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
27      department, board, commission, and officer of the State
28      government, every political subdivision of the State, and
29      certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
30      association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
31      collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
32      imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
33      other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
 1      every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
 2      Commonwealth," in additional special funds and restricted
 3      accounts, further providing for distributions from
 4      Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.   Section 1723-A.1(b) of the act of April 9, 1929
 8   (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, is amended to read:
 9   Section 1723-A.1.   Distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse
10                   Development Fund.
11      * * *
12      (b)   Annual transfers to State Racing Fund.--The General
13   Assembly shall authorize the transfer of funds from the fund to
14   the State Racing Fund to provide for each cost associated with
15   the collection and research of and testing for medication, which
16   shall include the cost of necessary personnel, equipment,
17   supplies and facilities, except holding barns or stables, to be
18   located at horse race facilities, grounds or enclosures or at
19   other locations designated by the commission. All such costs
20   shall be reviewed and approved by the commission. The transfer
21   shall be made in 52 equal weekly installments during the fiscal
22   year before any other distribution from the fund. This
23   subsection shall expire on June 30, [2025] 2028.
24      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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