PRINTER'S NO. 209
No. 217 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HOLL, JANUARY 27, 1997
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 27, 1997
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
21 qualifications of Governor's appointee as Secretary of
22 Education.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 701(i) of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
27 amended December 19, 1980 (P.L.1333, No.244), is amended to
1 read:
2 Section 701. The Governor.--The Governor shall have the
3 power and it shall be his duty:
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5 (i) To do all other acts, make all appointments, fill all
6 vacancies, exercise all the powers vested in him, and perform
7 all the duties imposed upon him, as provided and required by the
8 Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, however,
9 That [whenever] the person the Governor appoints as Secretary of
10 Education shall hold a superintendent's commission issued at
11 least six years prior to the appointment. Whenever the Governor
12 is authorized or required by law to sign or approve any plans,
13 agreements, contracts, bonds or any official documents, he may
14 in his discretion, authorize another person or other persons to
15 approve such documents as specified in his stead, and may
16 substitute or direct to be substituted in lieu of his signature
17 or as evidence of his approval, a facsimile signature, which
18 shall have the same force and effect as his personal signature.
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20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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