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Pennsylvania. Treasury Department

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1776 - Present

Biography

The Pennsylvania State Treasury is responsible for safeguarding and managing the state of Pennsylvania's finical assets, but also the State Treasury of PA has other responsibilities which include: Conducting investigations of loss, theft, or fraud involving commonwealth checks, Reviewing and approving real estate leases and sole source contracts entered into by commonwealth agencies before such leases and contracts can become effective, and making certain government contract information public due to the Right-to-Know law which was signed into law in 2008.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Finance Committee, 2007-2008

 Collection
Identifier: ST2007_09
Scope and Contents The 2007-2008 Finance Committee dealt with several specific topics, most relating to taxes. Public hearings were held on the following issue: earned income tax credit (House Bill 377); the treatment of Goodwill following business combination of a banking institution; the amusement tax; combined reporting (House Bill 1186); youth employment incentive tax credit (House Bill 333); property tax reform (House Bill 1600); property tax relief for low income seniors in Philadelphia (House Bill...
Dates: 2007 - 2008