PRINTER'S NO. 2160
No. 1809 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY HARLEY, NAILOR, FARGO, PITTS, M. N. WRIGHT,
GORDNER, PETTIT, LEH, KREBS, BAKER, SAYLOR, HESS, SCHULER,
FLEAGLE, CLARK, LAUB, FAJT, STERN, B. SMITH, RUBLEY, TRELLO,
WAUGH, MILLER, BARLEY, BUSH, MICOZZIE, HUTCHINSON, GLADECK,
HENNESSEY, D. W. SNYDER, GEIST, ARMSTRONG, HANNA, PETRONE,
PLATTS, DRUCE, TULLI, SCHEETZ, ADOLPH, EGOLF, ROHRER, BUNT,
L. I. COHEN, STEELMAN, FLICK AND GERLACH, JUNE 16, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 16, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further providing for work to be done
6 under contract let on bids.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 751(a) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended May 4, 1990 (P.L.164, No.38), is amended to read:
12 Section 751. Work to be Done Under Contract Let on Bids;
13 Exception.--(a) All construction, reconstruction, repairs,
14 maintenance or work of any nature, including the introduction of
15 plumbing, heating and ventilating, or lighting systems, upon any
16 school building or upon any school property, or upon any
17 building or portion of a building leased under the provisions of
1 section 703.1, made by any school district, where the entire
2 cost, value, or amount of such construction, reconstruction,
3 repairs, maintenance or work, including labor and material,
4 shall exceed [ten thousand dollars ($10,000)] twenty-five
5 thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be done under separate
6 contracts to be entered into by such school district with the
7 lowest responsible bidder, upon proper terms, after due public
8 notice has been given asking for competitive bids. Whenever a
9 board of school directors shall approve the use of a
10 prefabricated unit, complete in itself, for a school building or
11 other proper structure to be erected upon school property, the
12 board of school directors may have prepared appropriate
13 specifications detailing the size and material desired in a
14 particular prefabricated unit, including all utilities such as
15 plumbing, heating and ventilating, and electrical work, and may
16 advertise for a single bid on all the work and award the
17 contract therefor to the lowest responsible bidder: Provided,
18 That if due to an emergency a school plant or any part thereof
19 becomes unusable competitive bids for repairs or replacement may
20 be solicited from at least three responsible bidders, and upon
21 the approval of any of these bids by the Secretary of Education,
22 the board of school directors may proceed at once to make the
23 necessary repairs or replacements in accordance with the terms
24 of said approved bid or bids.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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