PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2550
PRINTER'S NO. 3165
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1849
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, B. MILLER, DUNBAR, RYAN, McGINNIS,
LAWRENCE, IRVIN, GREINER, MENTZER, KAUFFMAN, HICKERNELL,
SAYLOR, KEEFER, GROVE, WARD, COX, M. K. KELLER, SACCONE,
TALLMAN, ZIMMERMAN, ROTHMAN, MARSICO, MILNE, DELOZIER,
DIAMOND, METCALFE, PHILLIPS-HILL, CUTLER, RAPP, BENNINGHOFF,
KNOWLES, NELSON, FEE, SONNEY AND MACKENZIE, OCTOBER 10, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 13, 2018
AN ACT
Providing for open contracting by the Commonwealth and its
political subdivisions and their agencies and authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Public Works
Open Contracting Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Public body." The Commonwealth or any of its political
subdivisions, or an agency or authority of either.
"Public works." Construction, reconstruction, demolition,
alteration or repair work, other than routine maintenance work,
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