PRINTER'S NO. 1262

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1145 Session of 1993


        INTRODUCED BY PISTELLA, LESCOVITZ, BATTISTO, MERRY AND
           D. W. SNYDER, APRIL 19, 1993

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 1993

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
     2     "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
     3     revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
     4     thereto," further providing for contracts.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The introductory paragraph and clause (2) of
     8  subsection (d) of section 1802 of the act of June 24, 1931
     9  (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
    10  reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and
    11  amended July 10, 1990 (P.L.389, No.92), is amended to read:
    12     Section 1802.  General Regulations Concerning Contracts.--* *
    13  *
    14     (d)  The contracts or purchases made by the commissioners
    15  [involving an expenditure of over ten thousand dollars,] which
    16  shall not require advertising [or], bidding or price quotations,
    17  as hereinbefore provided, are as follows:
    18     * * *


     1     (2)  Those made for improvements, repairs and maintenance of
     2  any kind made or provided by any township through its own
     3  employes: Provided, however, That all materials used for street
     4  improvement, maintenance, and/or construction in excess of [ten
     5  thousand dollars] four thousand dollars be subject to the
     6  relevant price quotation or advertising requirements as
     7  contained herein.
     8     * * *
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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