PRINTER'S NO. 545
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
573
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BENHAM, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, D. WILLIAMS,
KINKEAD, DEASY, N. NELSON, KINSEY AND PISCIOTTANO,
MARCH 20, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 20, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"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 in general, further
providing for departmental reports.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 504 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended to
read:
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Section 504. Departmental Reports.--(a) The head of each
administrative department and each independent administrative
board and commission shall, not later than October first of each
even-numbered year, report in writing to the Governor concerning
the condition, management, and financial transactions, of the
department, board, or commission; such reports shall, except
where impracticable, be for the two-year period ending May
thirty-first of the year in which they are made. Each
departmental administrative board and commission, and each
advisory board and commission, shall, not later than September
first of each even-numbered year, report in writing to the head
of the department of which such board or commission is a part.
All such reports shall be attached as exhibits to the report
made by the head of the department to the Governor.
Except as otherwise in this act specifically provided, the
reports required by this section shall be in lieu of all other
reports heretofore required by law to be made by the several
administrative departments, boards, and commissions, either to
the Governor or to the General Assembly.
(b) Reports required under subsection (a) shall:
(1) contain a thorough assessment of the weaknesses and
risks within each administrative department and each independent
administrative board and commission that could negatively affect
the ability of the department or board or commission to respond
to a future emergency in this Commonwealth; and
(2) detail the actions necessary to address or otherwise
resolve the weaknesses and risks within each administrative
department and each independent administrative board and
commission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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