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PRINTER'S NO. 604
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
648
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, SANCHEZ, SAMUELSON, NEILSON, MALAGARI,
CIRESI, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, PISCIOTTANO, KULIK AND BIZZARRO,
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
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 powers and duties of the Department of
General Services and its departmental administrative and
advisory boards and commissions, providing for program for
sale of used pursuit vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
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section to read:
Section 2407.2. Program for Sale of Used Pursuit Vehicles.--
(a) The department shall create a program designed to allow a
local or regional police department within this Commonwealth to
purchase select used pursuit vehicles at a fixed price no later
than twenty days prior to the next scheduled sale date.
(b) The Pennsylvania State Police shall allocate up to ten
per centum (10%) of its available used pursuit vehicle inventory
for the program.
(c) Payment for a used pursuit vehicle under the program
shall be required prior to obtaining the vehicle and shall be
made by organization check only.
(d) The program shall allow a local or regional police
department within this Commonwealth to submit a form, developed
by the department, which shall contain a section for a
description and quantity of desired surplus pursuit vehicles.
Upon submission of the form, the department shall make every
effort to notify the local or regional police department when
vehicles matching the description within the submitted form
become available for purchase through the program at a fixed
price.
(e) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations
necessary for the administration of this section.
(f) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
"Department" means the Department of General Services of the
Commonwealth.
"Fixed price" means a price set by the department that is not
subject to bargaining.
"Local or regional police department" means a police
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department that is established by a political subdivision within
this Commonwealth or that has been consolidated by act of a
municipal governing body.
"Program" means the program for the sale of used pursuit
vehicles under this section.
"Pursuit vehicle" means a publicly owned vehicle that is
operated by a law enforcement agency and used for the patrol
functions of the law enforcement agency.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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