PRINTER'S NO. 758
No. 685 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY LESCOVITZ, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN,
LAUGHLIN, SOLOBAY AND HORSEY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), entitled
2 "A supplement to the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
3 entitled 'An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct
4 of the executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth
5 by the Executive Department thereof and the administrative
6 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
7 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
8 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
9 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
10 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
11 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
12 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
13 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
14 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
15 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
16 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
17 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
18 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
19 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
20 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
21 commissions shall be determined,' implementing the addition
22 of section 4.1 to Article IV of the Constitution of
23 Pennsylvania; establishing the Office of Attorney General
24 elected by the citizens and setting forth powers and duties
25 of the Attorney General; creating an Office of General
26 Counsel and providing for legal services for Commonwealth
27 agencies; transferring, reorganizing or reconstituting
28 certain boards, commissions and agencies; placing certain
29 duties upon the courts and district attorneys; repealing
30 certain acts and parts of acts and making appropriations,"
31 further providing for the duties of the Office of General
32 Counsel.
33 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 301(5) of the act of October 15, 1980
3 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act,
4 repealed in part December 30, 1984 (P.L.1299, No.245), is
5 amended to read:
6 Section 301. General Counsel.
7 There is hereby established the Office of General Counsel
8 which shall be headed by a General Counsel appointed by the
9 Governor to serve at his pleasure who shall be the legal advisor
10 to the Governor and who shall:
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12 (5) Until otherwise provided by law, serve as chief
13 administrative officer of the following agencies which are
14 hereby placed and made administrative agencies of the Office
15 of General Counsel:
16 (ii) The Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
17 established under sections 905.1 and 905.2 of the act of
18 April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The
19 Administrative Code of 1929," and the act of December 21,
20 1959 (P.L.1962, No.717), entitled "An act providing for
21 the creation and operation of the Juvenile Court Judges'
22 Commission in the Department of Justice; prescribing its
23 powers and duties; and making an appropriation."
24 (iii) The administrator and the office of
25 Administrator for Arbitration Panels for Health Care
26 established under section 301 of the act of October 15,
27 1975 (P.L.390, No.111), known as the "Health Care
28 Services Malpractice Act."
29 [(iv) The Crime Victim's Compensation Board
30 established under sections 477.6, 477.7 and 477.12 of
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1 "The Administrative Code of 1929."]
2 (v) The Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
3 established under section 404 of "The Administrative Code
4 of 1929."
5 (vi) The State Health Facility Hearing Board
6 established under sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506
7 and 507 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48),
8 known as the "Health Care Facilities Act."
9 (vii) The Commission on Dispute Resolution and
10 Conflict Management established under section 480 of "The
11 Administrative Code of 1929."
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, or
14 immediately, whichever is later.
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