PRINTER'S NO. 803
No. 739 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY STOUT, CORMAN, STEWART, BRIGHTBILL, PUNT, LEMMOND,
PORTERFIELD, MADIGAN, AFFLERBACH, REIBMAN AND PETERSON,
MARCH 21, 1989
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 21, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155, No.104), entitled "An
2 act regulating the letting of certain contracts for the
3 erection, construction, and alteration of public buildings,"
4 increasing the minimum bid requirement.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of May 1, 1913 (P.L.155,
8 No.104), entitled "An act regulating the letting of certain
9 contracts for the erection, construction, and alteration of
10 public buildings," amended December 22, 1981 (P.L.546, No.159),
11 is amended to read:
12 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter in the
13 preparation of specifications for the erection, construction,
14 and alteration of any public building, when the entire cost of
15 such work shall exceed [four thousand dollars] ten thousand
16 dollars, it shall be the duty of the architect, engineer, or
17 other person preparing such specifications, to prepare separate
18 specifications for the plumbing, heating, ventilating, and
1 electrical work; and it shall be the duty of the person or
2 persons authorized to enter into contracts for the erection,
3 construction, or alteration of such public buildings to receive
4 separate bids upon each of the said branches of work, and to
5 award the contract for the same to the lowest responsible bidder
6 for each of said branches.
7 Every contract for the construction, reconstruction,
8 alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of public works
9 shall comply with the provisions of the act of March 3, 1978
10 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Steel Products Procurement Act."
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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