PRINTER'S NO. 2065
No. 1636 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, MORRIS, RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, PETRARCA,
GALLAGHER, ANGSTADT, HALUSKA, WOZNIAK, GRUPPO, DeWEESE,
ALDERETTE, WAMBACH, BOOK, DALEY, PETRONE, PISTELLA, SEVENTY,
LESCOVITZ, DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR, ITKIN, MAIALE, VAN HORNE,
PRATT AND VROON, OCTOBER 26, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE,
OCTOBER 26, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled "An
2 act to promote the general welfare and stimulate the economy
3 of the Commonwealth by requiring that all public bodies,
4 including the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, and
5 all authorities, include in all contracts for construction,
6 reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement or
7 maintenance of improvements of a permanent or temporary
8 nature, a provision that if any steel products are to be used
9 in the performance of the contract only steel products
10 produced in the United States shall be used, and imposing
11 liability for violation of this act," further defining steel
12 products to include machinery and equipment.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The definition of "steel products" in section 6,
16 of the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel
17 Products Procurement Act, amended June 18, 1982 (P.L.556,
18 No.161), is amended to read:
19 Section 6. The following words and phrases when used in this
20 act shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
21 the meanings given to them in this section:
1 * * *
2 "Steel products." Products rolled, formed, shaped, drawn,
3 extruded, forged, cast, fabricated or otherwise similarly
4 processed, or processed by a combination of two or more of such
5 operations, from steel made in the United States by the open
6 hearth, basic oxygen, electric furnace, Bessemer or other steel
7 making process and shall include cast iron products and shall
8 include machinery and equipment made of, fabricated from, or
9 containing steel components when the contract amount for such
10 machinery and equipment is in excess of $25,000.
11 * * *
12 Section 2. This act shall not apply to any contract awarded
13 pursuant to an invitation for bids issued on or before the
14 effective date of this act.
15 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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