PRINTER'S NO. 1012
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
801
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, EICHELBERGER, McGARRIGLE, BLAKE AND
SCHWANK, JUNE 26, 2017
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 26, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11
(Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
contracts, further providing for regulation of contracts;
and, in contracts, further providing for contracts or
purchases not requiring advertising or bidding.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1402(d)(3.1) of Title 8 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1402. Regulation of contracts.
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(d) Contracts or purchases.--The contracts or purchases made
by council, which shall not require advertising, bidding or
price quotations as provided in this part, are as follows:
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(3.1) Those for used personal property, such as
equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts
of vehicles being purchased from a public utility, municipal
corporation, county, school district, municipal authority,
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council of government, volunteer fire company, volunteer
ambulance service, volunteer rescue squad or Federal or State
Government.
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Section 2. Section 11901.4(b) of Title 11 is amended by
adding a paragraph to read:
§ 11901.4. Contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or
bidding.
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(b) In excess of base amount.--The following city contracts
or purchases involving an expenditure over the base amount of
$18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1, do not
require advertising or bidding:
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(9) Those for used personal property, such as equipment,
articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts of
vehicles being purchased from a volunteer fire company,
volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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