PRINTER'S NO. 144
No. 156 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, GEIST, MAITLAND, NAILOR, PLATTS,
BENNINGHOFF, FLEAGLE, CLARK, GODSHALL, HERSHEY, SEYFERT,
VANCE, PESCI, DEMPSEY, HUTCHINSON, SATHER, YEWCIC, SCRIMENTI,
STERN, CORRIGAN, RUBLEY, MICOZZIE, McNAUGHTON, CLYMER, ROSS,
B. SMITH, MELIO, ARMSTRONG, FARGO, BUNT, BAKER, HALUSKA,
SHANER, PHILLIPS, ALLEN, S. MILLER AND C. WILLIAMS,
JANUARY 27, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JANUARY 27, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further providing for bidding
6 requirements.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 751(b) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended May 4, 1990 (P.L.164, No.38), is amended to read:
12 Section 751. Work to be Done Under Contract Let on Bids;
13 Exception.--* * *
14 (b) The board of school directors in any school district may
15 perform any construction, reconstruction, repairs, or work of
16 any nature, where the entire cost or value, including labor and
17 material, is less than [five thousand dollars ($5000)] twenty-
1 five thousand dollars ($25,000), by its own maintenance
2 personnel. The board of school directors in any school district
3 may authorize the secretary of the board or other executive to
4 award contracts for construction, reconstruction, repairs, or
5 work of any nature, where the entire cost or value, including
6 labor and material, is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less,
7 without soliciting competitive bids, subject, however, to the
8 provisions of subsection (a.1).
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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