Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 37, September 14, 2024
Section 19.161 - Amend and add sectionsSection 1. Section 2 of the act of May 15, 1969 (P. L. 40, No. 14), known as the Vietnam Conflict Veterans' Compensation Bond Act, amended July 29, 1970 (P. L. 652, No. 221), is amended to read:Section 2. Authority to Borrow.-The Governor, the Auditor General and the State Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to borrow, on the credit of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate, at any one time, the sum of [fifty-five million dollars ($55,000,000)] sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) as may be found necessary to carry out the purposes of the act of July 18, 1968 (P. L. 405, No. 183), known as the "Vietnam Conflict Veterans' Compensation Act."Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read: 13.1. Referendum.-The question whether the debt shall be increased shall be submitted to the electors at the next Statewide primary or municipal election to be held in this Commonwealth after the question has been published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in at least two newspapers in every county where two are published.