SPEAKER K. LEROY IRVIS AND NORTH OFFICE BUILDING - DESIGNATION AND USE Act of Dec. 30, 2002, P.L. 2088, No. 236 Cl. 71 AN ACT Providing for the designation and use of certain State office buildings; and making a repeal. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. South Office Building. (a) Designation.--The South Office Building in the City of Harrisburg is designated as, and shall be referred to as, the Speaker K. Leroy Irvis Office Building. (b) Use.--The use of the Speaker K. Leroy Irvis Office Building in the City of Harrisburg is hereby granted to the General Assembly. The Bi-Partisan Management Committee of the House of Representatives shall allocate and reallocate the space for such legislative and judicial purposes as it deems necessary. The space currently utilized by the Commonwealth Court shall become available for allocation by the committee upon the court's relocation to and occupation of space in the Pennsylvania Judicial Center. Section 2. North Office Building. The use of the North Office Building in the City of Harrisburg is hereby granted to the General Assembly. The President pro tempore of the Senate shall, after consultation with the Committee on Management Operations of the Senate, allocate and reallocate space for such legislative purposes as he deems appropriate. The Department of General Services and the Department of State may continue to use such space in the North Office Building as the departments are using as of the effective date of this section. If the Department of General Services or the Department of State vacates its space in the North Office Building, the use of the space shall be transferred to the General Assembly for use in accordance with this section. Hearing rooms in the North Office Building formerly utilized by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission shall be available for use by the committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives and the executive branch departments located in the building. Section 3. Repeal. The act of April 6, 1980 (P.L.104, No.40), entitled "An act providing for the use of the South Office Building by the General Assembly," is repealed. Section 4. Effective date. This act shall take effect immediately. |