PRINTER'S NO. 1799
No. 1492 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, NAILOR, VANCE, FARGO, HUTCHINSON, HERSHEY, DEMPSEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, HESS, SCHRODER, HALUSKA, CLYMER, WAUGH, SATHER, EGOLF, GEIST, MAITLAND, PRESTON, SAYLOR, RUBLEY, MILLER, McNAUGHTON, HENNESSEY, SCHULER, L. I. COHEN, ALLEN, ROSS, McILHATTAN, BARD, BENNINGHOFF, BUNT, LEH, PLATTS AND STERN, MAY 13, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 13, 1997
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- 18 five thousand dollars ($25,000), by its own maintenance
1 personnel. The board of school directors in any school district 2 may authorize the secretary of the board or other executive to 3 award contracts for construction, reconstruction, repairs, or 4 work of any nature, where the entire cost or value, including 5 labor and material, is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less, 6 without soliciting competitive bids, subject, however, to the 7 provisions of subsection (a.1). 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L19L24JS/19970H1492B1799 - 2 -