HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 714 PRINTER'S NO. 2038
No. 672 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, CORMAN, THOMPSON, STOUT AND AFFLERBACH,
MARCH 12, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 2, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
3 government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
4 collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
5 due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
6 other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
7 or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
8 proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
9 disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
10 possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
11 against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
12 appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
13 the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
14 and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
15 moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
16 and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
17 authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
18 to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
19 section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
20 Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
21 certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
22 department, board, commission, and officer of the State
23 government, every political subdivision of the State, and
24 certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
25 association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
26 collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
27 imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
28 other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
29 every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
30 Commonwealth," PROVIDING FOR DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT <--
31 CONTRACT AWARDS; AND further providing for reports to the
1 Secretary of Revenue.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Section 901 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, <--
5 No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, amended December 2, 1976
6 (P.L.1274, No.283) and repealed in part April 28, 1978 (P.L.202,
7 No.53), is amended to read:
8 SECTION 1. THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929 (P.L.343, NO.176), KNOWN <--
9 AS THE FISCAL CODE, IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
10 SECTION 215. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.--
11 WHEN A COMMONWEALTH CONTRACT IS AWARDED BY A COMMONWEALTH
12 AGENCY, FUNDED BY COMMONWEALTH MONEYS, THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
13 SHALL PROVIDE DISCLOSURE OF AND MAKE AVAILABLE AND PUBLIC ALL
14 INFORMATION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTS, UPON WHICH THE AWARD WAS
15 BASED. INFORMATION TO BE DISCLOSED, AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT IS
16 AWARDED, SHALL INCLUDE DOCUMENTS UPON WHICH THE AWARD WAS BASED,
17 BIDS SUBMITTED, INCLUDING THOSE SUBMITTED BY UNSUCCESSFUL
18 BIDDERS, AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
19 SECTION 2. SECTION 901 OF THE ACT, AMENDED DECEMBER 2, 1976
20 (P.L.1274, NO.283) AND REPEALED IN PART APRIL 28, 1978 (P.L.202,
21 NO.53), IS AMENDED TO READ:
22 Section 901. Reports to the Secretary of Revenue.--On the
23 fifth day of each month, [and] or at such times and with such
24 frequency as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue, it
25 shall be the duty of each judicial officer of a court not of
26 record, city officer and county officer to render to the
27 Department of Revenue, under oath or affirmation, returns of all
28 moneys or as much as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
29 Revenue, received during the applicable period for the use of
30 the Commonwealth, designating, under proper headings, the source
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1 from which such moneys were received, and to pay the same into
2 the State Treasury, through the Department of Revenue, less any
3 compensation and reimbursement for expenses allowable by law for
4 having made the collections.
5 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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