PRINTER'S NO.  611

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

581

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BAKER, BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, PILEGGI, ORIE, EARLL, SMUCKER, SCARNATI, CORMAN, VANCE, FOLMER, PIPPY AND WONDERLING, MARCH 6, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 6, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

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"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

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executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

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Executive Department thereof and the administrative

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departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

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including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

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Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

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authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

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departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

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duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

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officers, and of the several administrative departments,

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boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

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Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

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and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

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certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

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other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

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and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

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number and compensation of the deputies and all other

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assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

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commissions shall be determined," further providing for

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program evaluation.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 611 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

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

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September 27, 1978 (P.L.775, No.149), is amended to read:

 


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Section 611.  Program Evaluation.--The Secretary of the

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Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to initiate

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and conduct, under the direction of the Governor, evaluations of

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the effectiveness and management efficiency of programs

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supported by any agency under the Governor's jurisdiction;

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including Federally funded as well as State funded programs, and

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to direct, coordinate, assist and/or advise any agency under the

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Governor's jurisdiction in the conduct of evaluations of its

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programs or of programs which it supports. It shall also be the

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duty of the Secretary of the Budget to prepare reports detailing

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the results of program evaluation conducted by the secretary for

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distribution to the Governor, the General Assembly, interested

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agencies, and the public. The Majority Chairman and Minority

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Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the

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Majority Chairman and Minority Chairman of the Appropriations

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Committee of the House of Representatives shall have the power

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to recommend performance measures of the effectiveness and

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management efficiency of programs supported by an agency under

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the Governor's jurisdiction.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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