PRINTER'S NO. 932
No. 858 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, STUBAN, DUFFY, FOSTER AND NAHILL, MARCH 16,
1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 16, 1987
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 the
21 powers and duties of the Department of Community Affairs.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 2501-C of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
26 amended by adding a subsection to read:
27 Section 2501-C. Powers and Duties in General.--The
1 Department of Community Affairs shall have the power, and its
2 duties shall be:
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4 (b.1) To act as a central clearing house for the State in
5 situations where a municipality fails, on two successive filing
6 dates, to file mandated reports or deposit required funds or
7 payments with the responsible State agency which shall, within
8 thirty (30) days of the second successive delinquency, notify
9 the department. After notification by the responsible State
10 agency, the department shall contact the affected municipality
11 and determine the reason for failing to file the reports or make
12 the necessary deposits or payments. The department shall give
13 the affected municipality three (3) months to remedy the
14 problem. If, after the three (3) months has elapsed and the
15 municipality has not remedied the problem and, in the sole
16 discretion of the department, the department determines that the
17 municipality needs assistance, then the department, without any
18 necessity of requests, shall proceed to fully utilize the powers
19 granted in subsections (e), (f) and (g).
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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