PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 99 PRINTER'S NO. 1272
No. 97 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. GREEN, SHANE, CUMBERLAND AND PRATT,
JANUARY 27, 1975
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 28, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled <--
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," authorizing the Department
21 of Education to enter into contracts with fire companies for
22 the protection of property of State colleges.
23 AMENDING THE ACT OF MARCH 10, 1949 (P.L.30, NO.14), ENTITLED "AN <--
24 ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, INCLUDING CERTAIN
25 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE AS WELL TO PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL
26 SCHOOLS; AMENDING, REVISING, CONSOLIDATING AND CHANGING THE
27 LAWS RELATING THERETO," ADDING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF
28 PRESIDENTS OF CERTAIN STATE COLLEGES AND STATE UNIVERSITIES.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1309, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, <--
2 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," added
3 August 10, 1951 (P.L.1214, No.275), is amended to read:
4 Section 1309. Bureau of Higher Education.--(a) In addition
5 to such other bureaus as may be created or named in the
6 Department of Public Instruction, there shall be a Bureau of
7 Higher Education, which shall be in charge of a deputy
8 superintendent, and which shall have the responsibility for all
9 matters relating to higher education assigned thereto by law or
10 by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
11 (b) The bureau shall have the power to enter into contracts
12 with fire companies for the purpose of providing fire protection
13 to the property of State colleges and State universities.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
15 SECTION 1. SECTION 2004.1, ACT OF MARCH 10, 1949 (P.L.30, <--
16 NO.14), KNOWN AS THE "PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF 1949," ADDED
17 FEBRUARY 17, 1970 (P.L.24, NO.13), IS AMENDED TO READ:
18 SECTION 2004.1. MANAGEMENT OF STATE COLLEGES AND STATE
19 UNIVERSITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.--SUBJECT TO THE STATED
20 AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS
21 AND THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES, THE PRESIDENT OF EACH OF THE SEVERAL
22 STATE COLLEGES AND STATE UNIVERSITIES SHALL ADMINISTER THE
23 INSTITUTION. EACH PRESIDENT SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND HIS DUTY
24 SHALL BE:
25 * * *
26 (16) AT HIS DISCRETION, TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO THOSE
27 VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION TO THE
28 PROPERTY OF STATE COLLEGES AND STATE UNIVERSITIES, SUBJECT TO
29 THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
30 SECTION 2. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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