PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1283 PRINTER'S NO. 1479
No. 1092 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GEIST, McCALL, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI, CRAHALLA, DALEY, DeLUCA,
DERMODY, DeWEESE, EACHUS, GOODMAN, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HARPER, HERMAN, JAMES, KOTIK, LaGROTTA, LAUGHLIN, LEACH,
MARKOSEK, PHILLIPS, ROBERTS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCHRODER,
SHANER, STERN, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, MAHER, STAIRS AND
THOMAS, APRIL 8, 2003
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 28, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for deputy
21 secretaries in the Department of Transportation.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 2001.3(a), (C), (D) AND (G) of the act of <--
1 April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative
2 Code of 1929, amended June 22, 1982 (P.L.573, No.166), is ARE <--
3 amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
4 read:
5 Section 2001.3. Deputy Secretaries.--(a) The Secretary of
6 Transportation shall appoint, with the approval of the Governor,
7 [six] seven deputy secretaries who shall have the title of
8 Deputy Secretary for Administration, Deputy Secretary for
9 Highway Administration, Deputy Secretary for [Safety
10 Administration] Driver and Vehicle Services, Deputy Secretary
11 for Planning, Deputy Secretary for Local and Area Transportation
12 [and], Deputy Secretary for Aviation, Rail Freight, Ports and
13 Waterways and Deputy Secretary for Transportation Security.
14 * * *
15 (C) THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, WITH <--
16 THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL HAVE THE
17 POWERS AND PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES PROVIDED IN SECTIONS
18 2002 THROUGH 2009 OF THIS ACT REGARDING THE DESIGN,
19 CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND LAND ACQUISITION OF STATE
20 DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS AND SHALL ASSURE THAT THE DESIGN,
21 MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND REPLACEMENT OF HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUCH
22 AS TO PROTECT HEALTH AND MINIMIZE DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY[.]
23 AND SHALL CONDUCT A CONTINUING STUDY OF MEANS TO PREVENT
24 ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES ON THE HIGHWAYS.
25 (D) THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR [SAFETY ADMINISTRATION] DRIVER
26 AND VEHICLE SERVICES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF
27 TRANSPORTATION [SHALL CONDUCT A CONTINUING STUDY OF MEANS TO
28 PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES ON THE HIGHWAYS], SHALL HAVE THE
29 POWERS AND PERFORM THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS [HERETOFORE IMPOSED
30 UPON AND] PERFORMED BY THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES [IN THE
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1 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE] AND THE BUREAU OF [TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE
2 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND SHALL EXERCISE SUCH POWERS AND DUTIES
3 WITH REGARD TO SAFETY IN OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AS MAY BE
4 PRESCRIBED BY LAW] DRIVER LICENSING.
5 * * *
6 (G) THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR AVIATION, RAIL FREIGHT, PORTS
7 AND WATERWAYS WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF
8 TRANSPORTATION SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS
9 AND DUTIES AS PROVIDED BY LAW RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
10 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AVIATION, AIRPORTS [AND], AIR SAFETY, RAIL
11 FREIGHT, RAIL SAFETY AND PORTS AND WATERWAYS WITHIN THE
12 COMMONWEALTH.
13 (h) The Deputy Secretary for Transportation Security, with
14 the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, shall have the
15 power and the duty to establish, implement and administer
16 department internal security, including, but not limited to,
17 computer networks, internal and external security at department
18 facilities and coordination of security matters with all
19 transportation entities located within this Commonwealth,
20 including, but not limited to, airports, trucking terminals,
21 buses, toll roads and bridges, transit agencies, railroads,
22 ships and barge companies AND SHALL EXERCISE SUCH POWERS AND <--
23 DUTIES WITH REGARD TO SAFETY IN OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AS
24 MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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