PRINTER'S NO. 615
No. 565 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, LETTERMAN, KOLTER, L. E. SMITH, D. R. WRIGHT AND KERNICK, MARCH 7, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 7, 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," restricting the right of
21 certain employes and individuals of the Department of
22 Transportation from holding offices in a political party.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
28 Section 2002.1. Limitation on Employes and Contractors.--No
1 employe of the Department of Transportation nor any contractor 2 of the Department of Transportation shall accept or hold any 3 elected or appointed office or position in any political party. 4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A9L55RZ/19790H0565B0615 - 2 -