THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, BRENNAN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, MULLERY, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PRESTON, SANTARSIERO AND WAGNER, MARCH 21, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 21, 2011  

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; 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," providing for automobile

restriction.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 515.1.  Automobile Restriction.--(a)  Except as

otherwise provided by executive order of the Governor or to

address issues of public safety, no executive-level State

employe shall accept or make use of an automobile purchased or

leased with Commonwealth funds.

(b)  For purposes of this subsection, the term "executive-

level State employe" shall include cabinet members, deputy

secretaries, employes of the Governor's Office, employes of the

Lieutenant Governor's Office and any State employe with

discretionary powers which may affect the outcome of a State

agency's regulatory or licensing decisions.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.