3501 - Definitions.
PART IV FINANCIAL MATTERS Chapter 35. Budget and Finance 37. Facilities and Supplies Enactment. Part IV was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, generally effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978 (P.L.202, No.53). Provisions relating to budgeting and financial matters are effective with respect to fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 1978, as to political subdivisions, and with respect to fiscal years commencing July 1, 1977, in all other cases. CHAPTER 35 BUDGET AND FINANCE Subchapter A. General Provisions B. Judicial Department Budget and Finance C. County Finance D. Money Paid into Court E. Fines, Etc. F. Compensation and Salaries Enactment. Chapter 35 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586, No.142, generally effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of the act of April 28, 1978 (P.L.202, No.53). Provisions relating to budgeting and financial matters are effective with respect to fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 1978, as to political subdivisions, and with respect to fiscal years commencing July 1, 1977, in all other cases. SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 3501. Definitions. 3502. Financial regulations. 3503. Penalties. § 3501. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this part which are applicable to specific provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: "Appropriated through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision." An appropriation through the budget of the Judicial Department direct from the General Fund to the treasury of a political subdivision under circumstances where the manner of the expenditure of the appropriation is within the control of officers of the political subdivision. "Appropriated to the unified judicial system." An appropriation to the Judicial Department other than one appropriated through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision. "Budget respondent." The courts, magisterial district judges, other agencies or units of the unified judicial system, the Director of Finance of the City of Philadelphia, the county controllers or county auditors of other counties of this Commonwealth, the Treasurer of the City of Pittsburgh, and any other government unit from which the Administrative Office is authorized to obtain information relating to the budget of the Judicial Department. "Judicial and related functions." All functions relating to the organization and operation of courts and magisterial district judges and all offices of system and related personnel. The term does not include any function relating to the detection of crime, the apprehension of persons suspected of criminal conduct (except in connection with the enforcement of bench warrants, injunctions or other judicial orders in specific matters), the maintenance of public peace or other police functions or penal and correctional functions. (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days) 2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended the defs. of "budget respondent" and "judicial and related functions." See sections 28 and 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability and construction of law.