PRINTER'S NO. 2750
No. 2121 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY MILLIRON AND FISHER, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
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," further providing for
21 certain contracts entered into by the Secretary of
22 Transportation.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2001.1, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
26 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," added May
27 6, 1970 (P.L.356, No.120), is amended to read:
28 Section 2001.1. Certain Contracts by the Secretary.--(a) The
1 secretary shall enter into all necessary contracts and
2 agreements with the proper agencies of any government, Federal,
3 State and/or political subdivision and/or any private agency and
4 shall do all other things necessary and proper in order to
5 obtain any benefits afforded under the provisions of any act of
6 the United States Congress, the General Assembly of the
7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or any governing body of any
8 political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
9 also the governing body of any private agency for any purpose
10 connected in any way with the Department of Transportation of
11 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
12 (b) Before the secretary enters into a contract with a
13 private agency for consultant services, the district engineer or
14 engineers of the districts affected by the consulting services
15 shall submit to the secretary in writing the reasons for the
16 inability of the district office to perform such work. The
17 secretary shall decide whether a contract shall be awarded to
18 the private agency on the basis of the district engineer's
19 report.
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