PRINTER'S NO. 1638
No. 1430 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, J. L. WRIGHT, JR., THOMAS, YAHNER,
BENNETT, B. F. O'BRIEN, F. TAYLOR, CAPPABIANCA, COCHRAN,
ZELLER, STAIRS, WILT, BROWN, ZWIKL, DeWEESE, MUSTO,
LETTERMAN, PRATT, PISTELLA, RAPPAPORT, HASAY, REED, KUKOVICH,
FISCHER, PERZEL, BRANDT, COHEN AND GATSKI, MAY 31, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 31, 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," requiring the Department of
21 General Services to establish an experimental vehicle
22 district to evaluate the effectiveness of gasahol.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2401.1, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
26 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended
1 by adding a clause to read:
2 Section 2401.1. Specific Powers of the Department of General
3 Services.--In addition to all other powers and duties set forth
4 in this act, the Department of General Services shall have the
5 power, and its duty shall be:
6 * * *
7 (9.1) To establish an experimental vehicle district in which
8 all State vehicles shall be powered by gasahol, the ethanol
9 content of which shall have been manufactured from agricultural
10 products grown or waste generated within the Commonwealth. The
11 use of gasahol in State vehicles in the experimental district
12 shall be for a period of 18 months, after which time the
13 department shall report to the General Assembly on the
14 effectiveness of the use of gasahol.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. For purposes of this amendatory act, the
17 following words and phrases as used in this amendatory act shall
18 have the following meanings:
19 "Ethanol." Alcohol made from grain or other agricultural
20 products or from agricultural wastes.
21 "Gasahol." A mixture of not less than 7% and not more than
22 10% ethanol and gasoline which is used as a substitute for
23 unleaded gasoline.
24 "State vehicle." A passenger car or truck owned or leased by
25 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
27 expire in three years.
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