PRINTER'S NO. 1207
No. 1009 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE AND MUSTO, JUNE 14, 1999
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 14, 1999
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," mandating prompt reporting
21 of vacancies on boards and commissions.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
25 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
26 section to read:
27 Section 207.2. Prompt Reporting of Vacancies.--(a) The
1 chairperson or other head member of a board, commission or other
2 entity comprised, wholly or in part, of members appointed by the
3 Governor or the General Assembly or both shall, within 30 days
4 of the date when a vacancy occurs, report the vacancy to the
5 head of the department in which the board, commission or other
6 entity resides or, if the board, commission or other entity does
7 not reside in a department, to the Secretary of Administration.
8 (b) Wilful failure of a person to comply with the
9 requirements of this section shall result in immediate removal
10 of that person from all boards, commissions and other entities
11 of which that person is a member.
12 (c) If the position of chairperson or other head member of
13 an entity to which this section applies is vacant when a vacancy
14 covered by this section occurs, the responsibility for complying
15 with this section shall fall upon the acting chairperson or
16 other acting head. If there is no acting chairperson or other
17 acting head, the responsibility shall fall upon the senior
18 member in terms of years of service.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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