PRINTER'S NO. 2011
No. 1628 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, ARMSTRONG, CORMAN, AFFLERBACH, HELFRICK,
RHOADES, REIBMAN, HECKLER, ROBBINS AND TILGHMAN,
MARCH 22, 1994
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 22, 1994
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 4, 1984 (P.L.193, No.40), entitled "An
2 act requiring certain public agencies in the Commonwealth of
3 Pennsylvania to purchase or lease motor vehicles which are
4 manufactured or assembled in the United States; and imposing
5 a penalty," further providing for purchase or lease of
6 certain motor vehicles.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 5 of the act of April 4, 1984 (P.L.193,
10 No.40), known as the Motor Vehicle Procurement Act, amended May
11 16, 1985 (P.L.37, No.18), is amended to read:
12 Section 5. Contract provisions.
13 (a) Motor vehicles to be manufactured in North America.--A
14 public agency shall procure only motor vehicles which are
15 manufactured in North America. A motor vehicle is manufactured
16 in North America if a substantial majority of the principal
17 components are assembled into the final product in an assembly
18 plant in North America. Contract documents for the procurement
19 of motor vehicles shall contain a provision that the vehicles
1 procured by the public agency shall be manufactured in North
2 America.
3 (b) Exception.--This section shall not apply:
4 (1) where the head of the public agency shall state in
5 writing that it is inconsistent with the public interest or that
6 the cost is unreasonable[.]; or
7 (2) as to the procurement of a motor vehicle designed
8 primarily for use in construction or agriculture or road
9 maintenance such as tractors and earth-moving equipment, where
10 the manufacturer of such vehicle has its principal place of
11 business in this Commonwealth, has at least 1,000 employees in
12 this Commonwealth and pays more than $1,000,000 annually in
13 Pennsylvania corporate taxes, including the corporate net income
14 tax and the capital stock and franchise tax.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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