PRINTER'S NO. 2215
No. 1817 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MELUSKEY, BROWN, ZWIKL, DiCARLO, D. R. WRIGHT,
VROON, CALTAGIRONE, TRELLO, RAVENSTAHL, GAMBLE, MILLIRON,
RITTER, SWEET AND GRIECO, OCTOBER 27, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, OCTOBER 27, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," requiring the Department of
21 General Services to conduct cost-life analysis for solar
22 emergency systems.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2401.1, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
26 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended
27 by adding a clause to read:
1 Section 2401.1. Specific Powers of the Department of General
2 Services.--In addition to all other powers and duties set forth
3 in this act, the Department of General Services shall have the
4 power, and its duty shall be:
5 * * *
6 (19.1) To conduct, prior to the construction of any new
7 State building, a life-cost analysis for the utilization of a
8 solar energy system as an alternative to conventional energy
9 sources.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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