THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, GOODMAN, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK AND M. O'BRIEN, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012  

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," in administrative

organization, further providing for department heads.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 206 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, amended July

9, 2010 (P.L.348, No.50), is amended to read:

Section 206.  Department Heads.--Each administrative

department shall have as its head an officer who shall, either

personally, by deputy, or by the duly authorized agent or

employe of the department, and subject at all times to the

provisions of this act, exercise the powers and perform the

duties by law vested in and imposed upon the department.

The following officers shall be the heads of the

administrative departments following their respective titles:

Secretary of the Commonwealth, of the Department of State;

Auditor General, of the Department of the Auditor General;

State Treasurer, of the Treasury Department;

Attorney General, of the Office of Attorney General;

Secretary of Education, of the Department of Education;

Adjutant General, of the Department of Military Affairs;

Insurance Commissioner, of the Insurance Department;

Secretary of Banking, of the Department of Banking;

Secretary of Agriculture, of the Department of Agriculture;

Secretary of Transportation, of the Department of

Transportation;

Secretary of Health, of the Department of Health;

Secretary of Drug and Alcohol Programs, of the

Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs;

Secretary of Labor and Industry, of the Department of Labor

and Industry;

Secretary of Aging, of the Department of Aging;

Secretary of Public Welfare, of the Department of Public

Welfare;

Secretary of Revenue, of the Department of Revenue;

Secretary of Community and Economic Development, of the

Department of Community and Economic Development;

[Secretary] Commissioner of Environmental Protection, of the

Department of Environmental Protection;

Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources, of the

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources;

Secretary of General Services, of the Department of General

Services;

Secretary of Corrections, of the Department of Corrections.

Section 2.  All references to the Secretary of Environmental

Protection in any other act shall now be deemed to be references

to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.