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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1519
PRINTER'S NO. 1621
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1027
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, STEFANO, MENSCH, TARTAGLIONE AND
YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 6, 2020
SENATOR DISANTO, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, APRIL 6, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in organization of departmental administrative
boards and commissions and of advisory boards and
commissions, further providing for State Geospatial
Coordinating Board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 432.1(b)(1)(vii) and (viii) and (j) of
the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
Administrative Code of 1929, are amended, SUBSECTION (B)(1) IS
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AMENDED BY ADDING A SUBPARAGRAPH and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 432.1. State Geospatial Coordinating Board.--* * *
(b) (1) The State Geospatial Coordinating Board shall
consist of the following members:
* * *
(VI.1) THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE OR A DESIGNEE.
(vii) Three members appointed by the President pro tempore
of the Senate in consultation with the Majority Leader and
Minority Leader of the Senate. One member shall be a
representative of a municipal authority. [One member] Two
members shall be [an elected] local government [official
representing a rural community. One member shall be an elected
local government official representing a suburban community]
officials or employees.
(viii) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives in consultation with the Majority Leader and
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. One member
shall be a local [elected] government official or employe
representing an urban community. One member shall be an employe
of a county emergency management agency. One member shall be an
individual with expertise in geospatial technology.
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(f.1) The board may, with the approval of the Governor,
appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of
the board. The selection and removal of the executive director
shall be made by a simple majority of the voting members of the
board that constitute a quorum. Compensation for the executive
director shall be set by a vote of a majority of the board
members representing the Commonwealth agencies identified in
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subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii) and , (iv), (V), (VI) AND
(VI.1), subject to the approval of the Executive Board. Funding
for the executive director's compensation shall be evenly
apportioned amongst all of the Commonwealth agencies identified
REPRESENTED BY MEMBERS in subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii) and ,
(iv) , (V), (VI) AND (VI.1) and administered by the Governor's
Budget Office. The executive director shall be qualified for the
duties of the position, as determined by the board, and shall
conduct the work of the board under the board's direction and
supervision. No current member of the board may serve as the
executive director. The executive director's appointment shall
not continue beyond the expiration of this section. The
executive director shall be subject to the same policies and
procedures as employes of the Office of Administration.
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(j) This section shall expire June 30, [2020] 2024.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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