PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1050, 1497
PRINTER'S NO. 4075
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
885
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GAYDOS, GLEIM, LEWIS, MIHALEK, RYAN, BERNSTINE,
BROOKS, GROVE, KAUFFMAN, B. MILLER, ROTHMAN, ZIMMERMAN,
KEEFER, WHEELAND AND DUSH, MARCH 25, 2019
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 7, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 20, 1967 (P.L.869, No.385),
entitled "An act establishing a uniform and mandatory system
governing the requirement of bonds to be furnished by
contractors in the prosecution of any public building, or
other public work or public improvement, including road work;
the rights and remedies of persons furnishing labor or
material in the prosecution of such public building, public
work or public improvement, including road work; procedure in
connection with suits on payment bonds; rights of persons
furnishing labor or materials to a copy of bond; prescribing
penalties; and repealing other prior acts or provisions
thereof inconsistent herewith," further providing for duty of
prime contractor to provide financial security in certain
contracts involving public works and public improvements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3.1(a) of the act of December 20, 1967
(P.L.869, No.385), known as the Public Works Contractors' Bond
Law of 1967, is amended to read:
Section 3.1. (a)--Before any contract exceeding [ten
thousand dollars ($10,000)] fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for
the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any
public building or other public work or public improvement,
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