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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PETRI, ADOLPH, CIVERA, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FARRY, GINGRICH, GROVE, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, MELIO, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, PYLE, QUINN, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, J. TAYLOR, TRUE AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 29, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 29, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, providing for cost-benefit analysis; and further |
3 | providing for powers and duties. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 109. Cost-benefit analysis. |
9 | (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided under |
10 | subsection (b), a contract involving property, real, personal or |
11 | mixed of any kind or description or any contract for personal |
12 | services where the consideration involved is $50,000 or more |
13 | shall not be implemented and no supplies, services or |
14 | construction shall be accepted or work begun until a cost- |
15 | benefit analysis of the contract is completed by the purchasing |
16 | agency. |
17 | (b) Applicability.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall |
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1 | not apply where: |
2 | (1) there is a threat to public health, welfare or |
3 | safety; or |
4 | (2) there are circumstances outside the control of the |
5 | Commonwealth agency that create an urgency of need that does |
6 | not permit the delay involved for the completion of a cost- |
7 | benefit analysis. |
8 | (c) Publication of cost-benefit analysis.--The purchasing |
9 | agency shall file with the Treasury Department a copy of the |
10 | cost-benefit analysis prepared under this section. The analysis |
11 | shall be available for inspection at no charge with the |
12 | corresponding contracts on the Treasury Department's publicly |
13 | accessible Internet website as required under section 1702 of |
14 | the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right- |
15 | to-Know Law. |
16 | Section 2. Section 321 of Title 62 is amended by adding a |
17 | paragraph to read: |
18 | § 321. Powers and duties. |
19 | Except as otherwise specifically provided in this part, the |
20 | department shall have the following powers and duties: |
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22 | (7) Complete a cost-benefit analysis of each contract |
23 | awarded when the department acts as the purchasing agency. |
24 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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