PRINTER'S NO. 3278
No. 2355 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COY, CREIGHTON, CURRY,
J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, KIRKLAND,
PRESTON, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, SURRA, THOMAS,
TIGUE, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 11, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 11, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring Commonwealth agencies to allow certain
3 persons to examine certain files, documents and information.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 2304. Obligations of departments and agencies.
9 Every Commonwealth department or agency shall allow a person
10 doing or attempting to do business with the department or agency
11 the right to examine and inspect any file, document or other
12 information maintained by the department or agency which relates
13 to the person's work or to anything else which may have been
14 used by the department or agency as grounds to revoke a contract
15 or to refuse to contract with the person. The person shall also
16 have the rights established under section 3 of the act of June
17 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know
1 Law, with respect to such files, documents and other
2 information.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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