PRINTER'S NO. 1568
No. 1350 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, GEIST, BILLOW, BELFANTI AND COLAIZZO,
MAY 8, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 8, 1991
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 by the Secretary of Transportation.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 2001.1 of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
26 added May 6, 1970 (P.L.356, No.120), is amended to read:
27 Section 2001.1. Certain Contracts by the Secretary.--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. The secretary is authorized to
12 hold the Federal Government harmless from damages due to
13 construction, operation and maintenance of emergency streambank
14 protection projects under section 103(j) of the Water Resources
15 Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662, 33 U.S.C. §
16 2213(j)), except for damages due to the fault or negligence of
17 the Federal Government or its contractors.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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