PRINTER'S NO. 79
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
99
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, BAKER, GREINER, MILLARD, PICKETT,
HICKERNELL, MENTZER, PEIFER, WARD, FLYNN, RADER, B. MILLER
AND GILLEN, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in contracts, further
providing for regulation of contracts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1402(d)(1) of Title 8 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the subsection is amended
by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 1402. Regulation of contracts.
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(d) Contracts or purchases.--The contracts or purchases made
by council, which shall not require advertising, bidding or
price quotations as provided in this part, are as follows:
(1) Those for emergencies or for maintenance, repairs or
replacements for water, electricity or public works of the
borough, if they do not constitute new additions, extensions
or enlargements of existing facilities and equipment, but
security may be required by council, as in other cases of
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work done. For those contracts or purchases made in cases of
emergencies, the actual emergency and the nature of the
procurement shall be stated in a resolution by council and
adopted at the next public meeting.
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(7) Those made for materials and supplies or equipment
rental under emergency conditions under 35 Pa.C.S. Pt. V
(relating to emergency management services).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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