PRINTER'S NO. 2213
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1796
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, HAMM, M. JONES, LAWRENCE AND GILLEN,
OCTOBER 27, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 27, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), entitled
"An act relating to roads, streets, highways and bridges;
amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws
administered by the Secretary of Highways and by the
Department of Highways relating thereto," in construction,
improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways,
further providing for duty on Department of Highways.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 401 of the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242,
No.428), known as the State Highway Law, is amended to read:
Section 401. Duty on Department of Highways.--(a) The
department shall construct or improve, and thereafter maintain
and repair, at the cost and expense of the Commonwealth, the
highways forming the plan or system of the State highways, in
the several counties and townships. Such improvement and
maintenance shall be made according to specifications to be
prepared by the department, as regards the character,
construction, and material to be used. The work of construction
and maintenance of said State highways shall be done under the
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direction and supervision of the secretary. The secretary, in
addition to the powers conferred upon him in this act, shall
enjoy and possess, in the construction and maintenance of State
highways, all the rights and powers conferred by existing laws
on supervisors or commissioners in townships in the construction
or maintenance of township roads.
(b) All State highways shall be resurfaced at least once
every twenty-five (25) years and shall be improved and
maintained in coordination with the department's engineering
districts, metropolitan planning organizations and rural
planning organizations. The department shall create a twenty-
five-year plan for each engineering district for the resurfacing
of all State highways in that district. During the penultimate
year of the plan, any State highway that has not been resurfaced
during that twenty-five-year period shall be prioritized
immediately. The department shall publish a publicly available
list of all State highways, organized by county, that includes
the last year a complete or partial resurfacing was performed on
each State highway.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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