PRINTER'S NO. 1851

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1517 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, FREEMAN, BELFANTI, CLARK, PETRARCA,
           VAN HORNE, LETTERMAN, PISTELLA, WARGO, ALDERETTE, MRKONIC,
           DeLUCA, KOSINSKI, GRUITZA, BLAUM, JAROLIN, STEWART, PRESTON,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, DeWEESE, SEMMEL, OLASZ, HALUSKA, MISCEVICH,
           GAMBLE, TELEK, GRUPPO, ANGSTADT, WOGAN, BOYES, PUNT, GEIST
           AND O'BRIEN, OCTOBER 3, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 3, 1983

                                     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," requiring the Department of
    21     Transportation to do certain work on manhole covers, drains
    22     and other devices at the time a road is repaired or
    23     resurfaced.

    24     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    25  hereby enacts as follows:
    26     Section 1.  Section 2005 of the act of April 9, 1929


     1  (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
     2  amended by adding a clause to read:
     3     Section 2005.  General Road Improvement.--The Department of
     4  Transportation shall have the power and its duty shall be:
     5     * * *
     6     (g)  To take design, construction and financial
     7  responsibility for bringing all manhole covers, drains and other
     8  devices up to the road level or other appropriate level at the
     9  time any road is reconstructed, repaired or resurfaced. The
    10  department shall charge an appropriate amount for this work to
    11  any public utility whose manhole cover, drain or other device is
    12  moved or altered by the department in connection with road
    13  repair under this clause.
    14     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.











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