PRINTER'S NO. 1315
No. 1118 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, MILLIRON, A. C. FOSTER JR., CIMINI, ZELLER,
WAGNER, PITTS, MOWERY, DeVERTER, O'KEEFE, SHUPNIK, SCHWEDER
AND KOLTER, MAY 5, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 5, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," adding the State Fire
21 Safety Commission.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 201, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
25 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," amended
26 July 22, 1975 (P.L.75, No.45) and December 19, 1975
27 (P.L.602,No.172), is amended to read:
1 Section 201. Executive Officers, Administrative Departments
2 and Independent Administrative Boards and Commissions.--The
3 executive and administrative work of this Commonwealth shall be
4 performed by the Executive Department, consisting of the
5 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
6 Attorney General, Auditor General, State Treasurer, and
7 Secretary of Education; by the Executive Board, and the
8 Pennsylvania State Police; by the following administrative
9 departments: Department of State, Department of Justice,
10 Department of the Auditor General, Treasury Department,
11 Department of Education, Department of Military Affairs,
12 Insurance Department, Department of Banking, Department of
13 Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Department of Health,
14 Department of Labor and Industry, Department of Public Welfare,
15 Department of General Services, Department of Revenue,
16 Department of Commerce, Department of Community Affairs and
17 Department of Environmental Resources; and by the following
18 independent administrative boards and commissions: Pennsylvania
19 Game Commission, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, State Civil
20 Service Commission, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the
21 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, [and] the
22 Pennsylvania Securities Commission and the State Fire Safety
23 Commission.
24 All of the provisions of this act, which apply generally to
25 administrative departments, or generally except to the
26 Department of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department,
27 shall apply to the Executive Board and to the Pennsylvania State
28 Police.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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