PRINTER'S NO. 171
No. 165 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BELL, JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for definitions, for disposition
3 of funds; authorizing the transfer of functions, personnel,
4 office supplies and equipment relating to the Bureau of
5 Weights and Measures from the Department of Agriculture to
6 the Department of State; and providing for the power and duty
7 of the Legislative Reference Bureau to recodify certain
8 regulations.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The definitions of "bureau" and "director" in
12 section 4102 of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
13 Statutes are amended to read:
14 § 4102. Definitions.
15 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
16 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
17 context clearly indicates otherwise:
18 "Bureau." The Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards in
19 the Department of [Agriculture] State.
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1 "Director." The Director of the Bureau of Ride and
2 Measurement Standards in the Department of [Agriculture] State.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Title 3 is amended by adding a section to read:
5 § 4103. Transfer authorized.
6 (a) Functions to the Department of State.--The functions of
7 the Department of Agriculture set forth in this title or any
8 other law relating to weights and measures are hereby
9 transferred to the Department of State.
10 (b) Personnel, equipment and other items.--All personnel,
11 allocations, equipment, files, records, contracts, agreements,
12 obligations and other materials which are used, employed or
13 expended in connection with the powers, duties or functions
14 transferred by this section to the Department of State are
15 hereby transferred to the Department of State with the same
16 force and effect as if the appropriations had been made to and
17 these items had been the property of the Department of State in
18 the first instance and as if the contracts, agreements and
19 obligations had been incurred or entered into by the Department
20 of State.
21 (c) Division of general administrative personnel and
22 materials.--The personnel, appropriations, equipment and other
23 items and materials transferred by this section shall include an
24 appropriate portion of the general administrative, overhead and
25 supporting personnel, appropriations, equipment and other
26 materials of the Department of Agriculture and shall also
27 include, where applicable, Federal grants and funds and other
28 benefits from any Federal program.
29 (d) Retention of civil service status.--All personnel
30 transferred under this section shall retain any civil service
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1 employment status assigned to them prior to the effective date
2 of this section.
3 Section 3. Section 4193(a) of Title 3 is amended to read:
4 § 4193. Disposition of funds.
5 (a) Deposit in State Treasury.--When the proceeding is
6 instituted by the department, moneys received from fines and
7 civil penalties shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall
8 be credited to the general government appropriations of the
9 Department of [Agriculture] State for administering the
10 provisions of this chapter.
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12 Section 4. The Legislative Reference Bureau has the power
13 and duty to recodify regulations to effectuate the provisions of
14 this act.
15 Section 5. In accordance with section 7, all references to
16 the Department of Agriculture in affected acts or portions of
17 acts shall, after the effective date of this act, be deemed to
18 be references to the Department of State unless otherwise
19 provided by this act.
20 Section 6. The Department of State may continue to use or
21 recycle all forms, stationery, business cards and other office
22 supplies or materials transferred by this act and that contain
23 references to the Department of Agriculture until those supplies
24 and materials are depleted.
25 Section 7. All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar
26 as they are inconsistent with this act.
27 Section 8. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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