PRINTER'S NO. 290
No. 270 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY FREIND, FEBRUARY 13, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 1979
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," further providing for the
21 duties of the Department of Justice.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 902, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
25 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," amended
26 December 17, 1970 (P.L.935, No.292), is amended to read:
27 Section 902. Legal Advice.--The Department of Justice shall
28 have the power, and its duty shall be:
1 (a) To furnish legal advice to the Governor, and to all
2 administrative departments, other than the Department of the
3 Auditor General, boards, commissions, and officers of the State
4 Government, concerning any matter or thing arising in connection
5 with the exercise of the official powers or the performance of
6 the official duties of the Governor, or such administrative
7 departments, boards, commissions, or officers;
8 (b) To supervise, direct and control all of the legal
9 business of every administrative department, other than the
10 Department of the Auditor General, board, and commission of the
11 State Government.
12 (c) To perform any and all legal services required with
13 respect to the issuance of general obligation bonds or tax
14 anticipation notes of the Commonwealth. Such legal services
15 shall be performed by one or more assistant attorneys general
16 who are salaried employes of the department. Under no
17 circumstances shall such legal services be performed by the
18 retaining of outside bond counsel.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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