PRINTER'S NO. 614
No. 555 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY PRATT AND DeWEESE, FEBRUARY 27, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 27, 1985
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 maintenance districts within the Department of
22 Transportation.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 2004 of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
27 amended May 6, 1970 (P.L.356, No.120), is amended to read:
1 Section 2004. Districts.--[The] (a) Subject to the
2 limitation in subsection (b), the Department of Transportation
3 shall have the power, and its duty shall be, to divide the State
4 into suitable districts or divisions or both, and place in
5 charge of each such district or division or both such person as
6 the Secretary of Transportation may in his discretion deem
7 advisable to serve at the pleasure of the secretary. Each such
8 employe shall perform such duties in connection with his
9 district or division or both as the Secretary of Transportation
10 shall prescribe.
11 (b) The number of districts and divisions of the State
12 pursuant to subsection (a) as of July 1, 1984, shall remain the
13 same until the General Assembly, by legislation, permits the
14 Department of Transportation to make further adjustments. This
15 limitation extends to the staff and employes of each district or
16 division, including the position of maintenance manager.
17 Section 2. This act shall be retroactive to July 1, 1984.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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