PRINTER'S NO. 42
No. 63 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, YOUNGBLOOD, READSHAW, ARMSTRONG, TIGUE,
SEYFERT, GIGLIOTTI, RAMOS AND SOLOBAY, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 20, 1999
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 deposits of surplus property by the Department of General
22 Services.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
28 Section 516.1. Deposits of Surplus Property.--All proposed
1 sales of surplus property by the Department of General Services
2 shall be brought to settlement within two years of the date of
3 bid openings resulting in a successful auction, request for
4 proposal, negotiation or high bid. If the proposed purchaser is
5 acting in good faith and moving forward in a timely manner, the
6 department, upon the approval of the Secretary of General
7 Services, may grant up to two six-month extensions. Such
8 proposed sale shall be rescinded if this section is not complied
9 with.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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