PRINTER'S NO. 3612
No. 2682 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, C. GEORGE, REED, J. L. WRIGHT JR.,
STUBAN, ZITTERMAN, FISHER, W. D. HUTCHINSON, L. E. SMITH,
KNEPPER, WAGNER, E. Z. TAYLOR, SALVATORE, BITTINGER, KERNICK,
D. R. WRIGHT, RAPPAPORT, NOYE, YAHNER AND WILT,
SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 11, 1978
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 Transportation to submit annual reports to the General
22 Assembly relating to expenditures and highway construction
23 and maintenance.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27 as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended by adding a
1 section to read:
2 Section 2013. Reports by Department of Transportation.--On
3 or before May 1 of each year beginning with 1979, the Department
4 of Transportation shall report to the General Assembly the
5 manner in which all revenues produced have been expended for
6 highway maintenance wages and construction purposes. In such
7 report, the department shall enumerate the number of road miles
8 in need of construction, reconstruction and maintenance and
9 where they are located. This report shall include details of the
10 department's plans to utilize appropriated funds for these
11 purposes and shall also include details of how the funds for the
12 previous year were expended, including the number and location
13 of road miles constructed, reconstructed or maintained during
14 the previous year. This method of reporting shall be an ongoing
15 and continuing function of the department in the discharge of
16 it's responsibility to fulfill the road transportation needs of
17 the Commonwealth.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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