PRINTER'S NO. 567
No. 547 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 May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), entitled, as
2 reenacted and amended, "An act concerning townships of the
3 second class; and amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the law relating thereto," further providing for the
5 separate specifications for branches of work for the erection
6 or alteration of public buildings.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 3107 of the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103,
10 No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, reenacted and
11 amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.350, No.60), is amended to read:
12 Section 3107. Separate Specifications for Branches of
13 Work.--(a) In the preparation of specifications for the
14 [erection or] alteration of any public building, when the entire
15 cost of the work exceeds the advertising requirement price or in
16 the preparation of specifications for the erection of any public
17 building when the entire cost of the work exceeds two hundred
18 fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), the architect, engineer or
19 person preparing the specifications shall prepare separate
1 specifications for the plumbing, heating, ventilating and
2 electrical work, and the township shall receive separate bids
3 upon each of those branches of work and award the contract to
4 the lowest bidder.
5 (b) The minimum bid amount provided for erection in
6 subsection (a) shall be adjusted annually by applying to it a
7 percentage change that is equal to the percentage change in the
8 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, United States City
9 Average, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
10 United States Department of Labor, for the preceding calendar
11 year. The Department of General Services shall publish the
12 revised amount in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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