THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY M.K. KELLER, AUMENT, BAKER, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GERBER, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MASSER, METCALFE, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PERRY, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROSS, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, CULVER, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOBASH, TRUITT, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, JANUARY 27, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 27, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for competitive

bidding of contracts relating to intergovernmental

cooperation.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2308 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2308.  Bids for certain joint purchases.

(a)  Notice.--All joint purchases involving an expenditure of

more than [$10,000] $25,000 subject to annual adjustment under

subsection (b) shall be made by contract, in writing, only after

notice for bids once a week for two weeks in at least one and

not more than two newspapers of general circulation in the

joining local governments. All contracts shall be let to the

lowest responsible bidder. Every contract for the construction,

reconstruction, alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance

of public works shall comply with the provisions of the act of

March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel Products

Procurement Act.

(b)  Annual adjustment.--

(1)  The Department of Labor and Industry shall determine

the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All

Urban Consumers for the 12-month period ending September 30

of the calendar year in which this subsection becomes

effective and for each successive 12-month period thereafter.

(2)  The amount at which competitive bidding is required

under subsection (a) shall be adjusted annually. The positive

percentage change, as determined in accordance with paragraph

(1), shall be multiplied by the amount applicable under

subsection (a) for the current year, and the product thereof

shall be added to the amount applicable under subsection (a)

for the current year with the result rounded to the nearest

multiple of $10.

(3)  The annual determination required under paragraph

(1) and the calculation of the adjustments required under

paragraph (2) shall be made in the period between October 1

and November 15 of the year following the effective date of

this subsection and annually between October 1 and November

15 of each successive year.

(4)  The adjusted amounts obtained in accordance with

paragraph (2) shall become effective January 1 for the

calendar year following the year in which the determination

required under paragraph (1) is made.

(5)  The Department of Labor and Industry shall give

notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin prior to January 1 of

each calendar year of the annual percentage change determined

in accordance with paragraph (1) and the amounts, whether

adjusted or unadjusted in accordance with paragraph (2), at

which competitive bidding is required under subsection (a)

for the calendar year beginning the first day of January

after publication of the notice.

Section 2.  This act shall apply to contracts and purchases

advertised after December 31 of the year in which this section

takes effect.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.