(a) Accounts established.--The State Treasurer shall establish within the State Treasury an account for each terminal operator for the deposit of a regulatory assessment amount required under subsection (b) to recover costs or expenses incurred by the board, the department, the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Attorney General in carrying out their powers and duties under this part based upon a budget submitted by the department under subsection (c).
(b) Bi-monthly deposits.--
(1) The department shall determine the appropriate assessment amount for each terminal operator licensee, which shall be a percentage assessed on the terminal operator licensee's bi-monthly gross terminal revenue.
(2) The percentage assessed shall not exceed an amount equal to the costs or expenses incurred by the board, the department, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Office of Attorney General in carrying out their powers and duties under this part based upon a budget submitted by the department under subsection (c).
(c) Itemized budget reporting.--
(1) The department shall prepare and annually submit to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives an itemized budget consisting of amounts to be appropriated out of the accounts established under this section necessary to administer this part.
(2) As soon as practicable after submitting copies of the itemized budget, the department shall submit to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives analyses of and recommendations regarding the itemized budget.
(3) The itemized budget required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in conjunction with the budget required to be submitted under section 1202(b)(28) (relating to general and specific powers).
(d) Appropriation.--
(1) Costs and expenses may be paid from the accounts established under subsection (a) only upon appropriation by the General Assembly.
(2) If the total costs or expenses incurred by the board, the department, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Office of Attorney General exceed the amounts available in the accounts established under subsection (a), the General Assembly may appropriate additional amounts to the board, the department, the Pennsylvania State Police or the Office of Attorney General from the Video Gaming Fund.
Cross References. Section 4104 is referred to in sections 3301, 4102 of this title.