PRINTER'S NO. 344
No. 324 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, GALLEN, MOWERY, SPENCER, STEWART,
KOLTER, MILANOVICH, MULLEN AND ZITTERMAN, FEBRUARY 13, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 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
21 confirmation of gubernatorial appointees.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Clause (6) of subsection (d) of section 207.1,
25 act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The
26 Administrative Code of 1929," added November 8, 1976 (P.L.1109,
27 No.227), is amended to read:
1 Section 207.1. Gubernatorial Appointments.--* * *
2 (d) The Governor shall nominate in accordance with the
3 provisions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
4 Pennsylvania and, by and with the advice and consent of a
5 majority of the members elected to the Senate appoint persons to
6 fill the following positions:
7 * * *
8 (6) All other positions [hereinafter] statutorily created
9 [by amendment to this act or in any other act or amendment
10 thereto] for which Senate confirmation is specified but for
11 which the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members
12 elected to the Senate is not required and appointments made by
13 the Governor to fill vacancies in elective offices not
14 enumerated herein.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. Section 6, act of November 8, 1976 (P.L.1109,
17 No.227), entitled "An act amending the act of April 9, 1929
18 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled 'An act providing for and
19 reorganizing the conduct of the executive and administrative
20 work of the Commonwealth by the Executive Department thereof and
21 the administrative departments, boards, commissions, and
22 officers thereof, including the boards of trustees of State
23 Normal Schools, or Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating,
24 reorganizing or authorizing the reorganization of certain
25 administrative departments, boards, and commissions; defining
26 the powers and duties of the Governor and other executive and
27 administrative officers, and of the several administrative
28 departments, boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the
29 salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other
30 executive and administrative officers; providing for the
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1 appointment of certain administrative officers, and of all
2 deputies and other assistants and employes in certain
3 departments, boards, and commissions; and prescribing the manner
4 in which the number and compensation of the deputies and all
5 other assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
6 commissions shall be determined,' changing the confirmation
7 requirements for certain gubernatorial appointments," is
8 repealed.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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