PRINTER'S NO. 566
No. 546 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, GREENLEAF, CORMAN, WAUGH, MOWERY AND
THOMPSON, FEBRUARY 21, 2001
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 21, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), entitled
2 "An act concerning townships of the first class; amending,
3 revising, consolidating, and changing the law relating
4 thereto," further providing for separate specifications for
5 branches of work for erection or alteration of public
6 buildings.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1805 of the act of June 24, 1931
10 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,
11 reenacted and amended May 27, 1949 (P.L.1955, No.569) and
12 amended July 10, 1990 (P.L.389, No.92), is amended to read:
13 Section 1805. Separate Specifications for Branches of
14 Work.--(a) In the preparation of specifications for the
15 [erection or] alteration of any public building, when the entire
16 cost of such work exceeds ten thousand dollars or in the
17 preparation of specifications for the erection of any public
18 building when the entire cost of such work shall exceed two
19 hundred fifty thousand dollars, the architect, engineer, or
1 person preparing such specifications shall prepare separate
2 specifications for the plumbing, heating, ventilating, and
3 electrical work, and the township shall receive separate bids
4 upon each of such branches of work, and award the contract for
5 the same to the lowest responsible bidder.
6 (b) The minimum bid amount for erection provided for in
7 subsection (a) shall be adjusted annually by applying to it a
8 percentage change that is equal to the percentage change in the
9 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, United States City
10 Average, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
11 United States Department of Labor, for the preceding calendar
12 year. The Department of General Services shall publish the
13 revised amount in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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