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PRINTER'S NO. 1380
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1069
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, D. COSTA, HEFFLEY, MASSER, MURT AND
TOPPER, APRIL 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, APRIL 27, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in powers and duties in
general, further providing for departmental reports.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 504 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended to
read:
Section 504. Departmental Reports.--(a) The head of each
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administrative department and each independent administrative
board and commission shall, not later than October first of each
even-numbered year, report in writing to the Governor concerning
the condition, management, and financial transactions, of the
department, board, or commission; such reports shall, except
where impracticable, be for the two-year period ending May
thirty-first of the year in which they are made. Each
departmental administrative board and commission, and each
advisory board and commission, shall, not later than September
first of each even-numbered year, report in writing to the head
of the department of which such board or commission is a part.
All such reports shall be attached as exhibits to the report
made by the head of the department to the Governor.
(b) The head of each administrative department and each
independent administrative board and commission shall, not later
than May thirty-first of each year, report in writing to the
General Assembly outlining the steps the department, board, or
commission has taken over the previous year to streamline and
consolidate overall operations to make them more cost effective
and efficient, including an examination of existing programs,
structures, and functions to determine whether they effectively
and efficiently achieved their mission. Each departmental
administrative board and commission, and each advisory board and
commission, shall, not later than April thirtieth of each year,
report in writing to the head of the department of which such
board or commission is a part. All such reports shall be
attached as exhibits to the report made by the head of the
department to the General Assembly.
(c) Except as otherwise in this act specifically provided,
the reports required by this section shall be in lieu of all
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other reports heretofore required by law to be made by the
several administrative departments, boards, and commissions,
either to the Governor or to the General Assembly.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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