PRINTER'S NO. 249
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
287
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, PHILLIPS-HILL, VOGEL AND STEFANO,
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled,
as amended, "An act providing for and reorganizing the
conduct of the executive and administrative work of the
Commonwealth by the Executive Department thereof and the
administrative departments, boards, commissions, and officers
thereof, including the boards of trustees of State Normal
Schools, or Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating,
reorganizing or authorizing the reorganization of certain
administrative departments, boards, and commissions; defining
the powers and duties of the Governor and other executive and
administrative officers, and of the several administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the
salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain
other executive and administrative officers; providing for
the appointment of certain administrative officers, and of
all deputies and other assistants and employes in certain
departments, boards, and commissions; providing for judicial
administration; and prescribing the manner in which the
number and compensation of the deputies and all other
assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
commissions shall be determined," in powers and duties of the
Department of General Services and its departmental
administrative and advisory boards and commissions, further
providing for grounds, buildings and monuments in general.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2402(d) of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
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read:
Section 2402. Grounds, Buildings and Monuments in General.--
The Department of General Services shall have the power, and its
duty shall be:
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(d) To contract in writing for and rent proper and adequate
offices, rooms, or other accommodations, outside of the Capitol
buildings, for any department, board, or commission, which
cannot be properly and adequately accommodated with offices,
rooms, and accommodations in the Capitol buildings; and, in all
cases in which the head of a department, for such department or
for a departmental administrative board or commission within
such department, or an independent administrative board or
commission, with the approval of the Executive Board, has
established or is about to establish a branch office in any city
or place outside of the capital city, with the approval of the
Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, to
contract in writing for and rent such offices, rooms, and other
accommodations, as shall be proper and adequate for such
department, board, or commission. The department shall rent such
garages or contract for such garage space as may be necessary
for the accommodation of State-owned automobiles, either in or
outside of the capital city, at such rentals or rates as it
shall deem reasonable. The department may also, if the General
Assembly shall have appropriated funds therefor, lease any lands
which may be necessary for use by any department, board, or
commission in the exercise of its powers or the performance of
its duties. It shall be unlawful for any other department,
board, commission, or agency of the State Government to enter
into any leases, but the Department of General Services shall
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act only as agent in executing leases for departments, boards,
and commissions, the expenses of which are paid wholly or mainly
out of special funds, and, in such cases, the rentals shall be
paid out of such special funds. Any nonprofit corporation which
leases lands, offices or accommodations to the Commonwealth for
any department, board, commission or agency with a rental amount
in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000) per year shall be deemed an agency as defined by
[the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L.388, No.84), known as the
"Sunshine Act,"] 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings)
and the act of [June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to]
February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-To-Know Law,
and any such nonprofit corporation shall be subject to and
governed by the provisions of [the "Sunshine Act" and the Right-
To-Know Law] those laws.
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(p) To sell through a competitive procedure authorized under
62 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to Commonwealth Procurement Code),
the naming rights of State-owned buildings and facilities. The
proceeds of such sale shall be deposited into a restricted
account within the General Fund, the purpose of which shall be
to rehabilitate State-owned buildings and facilities. The
Department of General Services shall prepare and submit an
annual report to the chairpersons of the State Government
Committee of the Senate and the State Government Committee of
the House of Representatives. The report shall include detailed
information relating to the proceeds deposited into and payments
made from the restricted account during the previous year. The
sale of naming rights under this subsection does not apply to
the State Capitol Building and the public grounds and buildings
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connected with the State Capitol, the Executive Mansion, the
Mansion of the Lieutenant Governor and the State System of
Higher Education.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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