PRINTER'S NO. 2179
No. 1432 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, BAKER, PIPPY, ORIE,
ERICKSON, EARLL, WONDERLING, WAUGH, SCARNATI, BOSCOLA,
O'PAKE, RHOADES, PILEGGI, BRUBAKER, WOZNIAK, VANCE AND
CORMAN, JUNE 12, 2008
REFERRED TO FINANCE, JUNE 12, 2008
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 program evaluation.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 611 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
25 No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, added
26 September 27, 1978 (P.L.775, No.149), is amended to read:
1 Section 611. Program Evaluation.--The Secretary of the
2 Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to initiate
3 and conduct, under the direction of the Governor, evaluations of
4 the effectiveness and management efficiency of programs
5 supported by any agency under the Governor's jurisdiction;
6 including Federally funded as well as State funded programs, and
7 to direct, coordinate, assist and/or advise any agency under the
8 Governor's jurisdiction in the conduct of evaluations of its
9 programs or of programs which it supports. It shall also be the
10 duty of the Secretary of the Budget to prepare reports detailing
11 the results of program evaluation conducted by the secretary for
12 distribution to the Governor, the General Assembly, interested
13 agencies, and the public. The Majority Chairman and Minority
14 Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the
15 Majority Chairman and Minority Chairman of the Appropriations
16 Committee of the House of Representatives shall have the power
17 to recommend performance measures of the effectiveness and
18 management efficiency of programs supported by an agency under
19 the Governor's jurisdiction.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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