PRINTER'S NO. 1912
No. 1633 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, MACKOWSKI, COSLETT, LEHR, STEVENS, LEVI,
A. C. FOSTER, JR., PETERSON, WASS, MADIGAN, BOWSER, McINTYRE,
CALTAGIRONE, E. H. SMITH AND SNYDER, JUNE 16, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 16, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 20, 1968 (P.L.1075, No.329),
2 entitled "An act providing for the growth and development of
3 noncommercial educational television; creating the
4 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission as an
5 independent commission and defining its powers and duties,"
6 further providing for contracts.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 4, act of November 20, 1968 (P.L.1075,
10 No.329), referred to as the Public Television Network System
11 Law, amended October 4, 1978 (P.L.1039, No.235), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 4. Contracts.--All contracts or purchases made by
14 the commission involving the expenditure of over [two thousand
15 five hundred dollars ($2,500)] four thousand dollars ($4,000),
16 except those involving personal services or items that can only
17 be obtained from one source, shall be in writing, awarded on the
18 basis of competitive bidding and shall be made only after notice
19 of the proposed contract or purchase is published in at least
1 twelve newspapers, as the commission shall determine will be
2 sufficient to ensure distribution of the notice throughout the
3 Commonwealth, at least twenty days before the letting of the
4 contract or purchase.
5 Every contract for the construction, reconstruction,
6 alteration, repair, improvement or maintenance of public works
7 shall comply with the provisions of the act of March 3, 1978
8 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the "Steel Products Procurement Act."
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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