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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, CHRISTIANA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, HORNAMAN, HOUGHTON, HUTCHINSON, METCALFE, MILNE, ROCK AND VULAKOVICH, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Prohibiting public funding of certain plaques projects. |
2 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
3 | hereby enacts as follows: |
4 | Section 1. Short title. |
5 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Public |
6 | Construction Plaque Act. |
7 | Section 2. Definitions. |
8 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
9 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
10 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
11 | "Agency." A Commonwealth agency, a local agency, a judicial |
12 | agency or a legislative agency. |
13 | "Commonwealth agency." Any of the following: |
14 | (1) Any office, department, authority, board, multistate |
15 | agency or commission of the executive branch, an independent |
16 | agency and a State-affiliated entity. The term includes: |
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1 | (i) The Governor's Office. |
2 | (ii) The Office of Attorney General, the Department |
3 | of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department. |
4 | (iii) An organization established by the |
5 | Constitution of Pennsylvania, a statute or an executive |
6 | order that performs or is intended to perform an |
7 | essential governmental function. |
8 | (2) The term does not include a judicial or legislative |
9 | agency. |
10 | "Judicial agency." A court of this Commonwealth or any other |
11 | entity or office of the unified judicial system. |
12 | "Legislative agency." Any of the following: |
13 | (1) The Senate. |
14 | (2) The House of Representatives. |
15 | (3) The Capitol Preservation Committee. |
16 | (4) The Center for Rural Pennsylvania. |
17 | (5) The Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution |
18 | Control and Conservation Committee. |
19 | (6) The Joint State Government Commission. |
20 | (7) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. |
21 | (8) The Legislative Data Processing Committee. |
22 | (9) The Independent Regulatory Review Commission. |
23 | (10) The Legislative Reference Bureau. |
24 | (11) The Local Government Commission. |
25 | (12) The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. |
26 | (13) The Legislative Reapportionment Commission. |
27 | (14) The Legislative Office for Research Liaison. |
28 | (15) The Legislative Audit Advisory Commission. |
29 | "Local agency." Any of the following: |
30 | (1) Any political subdivision, intermediate unit, |
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1 | charter school, cyber charter school or public trade or |
2 | vocational school. |
3 | (2) Any local, intergovernmental, regional or municipal |
4 | agency, authority, council, board, commission or similar |
5 | governmental entity. |
6 | Section 3. Prohibition. |
7 | No agency may expend public funds for the purpose of |
8 | purchasing or producing a plaque or sign that identifies a |
9 | public official, architect, designer, contractor or other person |
10 | involved in a construction project that is partially or wholly |
11 | paid for with public funds. |
12 | Section 4. Effective date. |
13 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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