PRINTER'S NO. 3817
No. 2879 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY KNEPPER, WILSON, PRATT, LASHINGER AND RICHARDSON,
JULY 25, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 25, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.984, No.450), entitled
2 "An act to increase the commerce and prosperity of the people
3 of the Commonwealth, to improve their health and living
4 conditions, and to alleviate the problems created by traffic
5 congestion and the existence of inadequate mass
6 transportation facilities, by authorizing the creation of a
7 transportation authority to function in each metropolitan
8 area consisting of any county of the first class and all
9 nearby counties within a radius of twenty (20) miles of any
10 such first class county, as a body corporate and politic for
11 the purpose of establishing an integrated mass transportation
12 system with all pertinent powers including, but not limited
13 to, leasing, acquiring, owning, operating and maintaining a
14 system for, or otherwise providing for, the transportation of
15 persons, authorizing the borrowing of money and issuance of
16 bonds therefor, conferring the right of eminent domain on the
17 authority; altering the jurisdiction of the Public Utility
18 Commission, authorizing the acceptance of grants from
19 Federal, State and local governments, limiting actions
20 against the authority and exempting it from taxation,
21 authorizing counties and municipalities to enter into
22 compacts for the financing of each authority and to make
23 appropriations in accordance with such compacts, conferring
24 exclusive jurisdiction upon certain courts with respect to
25 matters relating to such authority, and empowering each
26 authority to function outside of the metropolitan area under
27 certain terms and conditions," providing for the public
28 inspection of contracts.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
1 Section 1. The act of August 14, 1963 (P.L.984, No.450),
2 known as the "Metropolitan Transportation Authorities Act of
3 1963," is amended by adding a section to read:
4 Section 29.1. Public Inspection of Contracts.--(a) A
5 current list which accurately summarizes the purpose and terms
6 of every contract or group of contracts entered into by an
7 authority or any agency thereof with any person, firm,
8 corporation or association pursuant to this act shall be made
9 available for public inspection during regular business hours by
10 the authority office responsible for keeping copies of such
11 contracts. This list shall be updated within ten days of the
12 execution of any contract by an authority. A copy of any
13 contract shall be given to any person requesting same. An
14 authority may charge a fee for copies of contracts, not to
15 exceed the actual cost of copying.
16 (b) Copies of contracts entered into by an authority in
17 excess of $5,000 shall be filed with the Auditor General within
18 thirty days of execution.
19 (c) For the purposes of this section the term "contract"
20 shall include contracts of employment as well as contracts for
21 goods or services.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days and shall
23 apply to contracts executed on and after that date.
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