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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, STOUT AND WOZNIAK, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 14, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, adding provisions for required fiscal security |
3 | through bonding, blanket bonding and insuring of elected and |
4 | appointed county officers and employees; providing for |
5 | determining the form, amount and payment of premiums for and |
6 | the filing and recording of the required security and for the |
7 | subsequent issuance of official commissions; and making |
8 | related repeals. |
9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
10 | TITLE 16 |
11 | COUNTIES |
12 | PART I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS (Reserved) |
13 | PART II. CREATION, ALTERATION AND FUNCTIONS (Reserved) |
14 | PART III. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
15 | Subpart A. General Provisions |
16 | Chapter 11. General Provisions |
17 | Subchapter A. (Reserved) |
18 | Subchapter B. Required Fiscal Security for Officers and |
19 | Employees |
20 | § 1121. Short title and scope of subchapter. |
21 | § 1122. Definitions. |
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1 | § 1123. Required security. |
2 | § 1124. Official security and officers. |
3 | § 1125. Other county officers and employees, deputies and other |
4 | appointees of county officers. |
5 | § 1126. County officers and employees acting as agents. |
6 | § 1127. Bonds or blanket bond as security coverage. |
7 | § 1128. Insurance as security coverage. |
8 | § 1129. Form of required security. |
9 | § 1130. Amount of coverage. |
10 | § 1131. Custody and filing of required security documents. |
11 | § 1132. Payment of premiums and commissions on collections. |
12 | § 1133. Other requirements, references and approvals. |
13 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
14 | hereby enacts as follows: |
15 | Section 1. Title 16 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
16 | Statutes is amended by adding parts to read: |
17 | PART I |
18 | PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS (Reserved) |
19 | PART II |
20 | CREATION, ALTERATION AND FUNCTIONS (Reserved) |
21 | PART III |
22 | GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
23 | Subpart |
24 | A. General Provisions |
25 | CHAPTER 11 |
26 | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
27 | Subchapter |
28 | A. (Reserved) |
29 | B. Required Fiscal Security for Officers and Employees |
30 | Sec. |
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1 | 1121. Short title and scope of subchapter. |
2 | 1122. Definitions. |
3 | 1123. Required security. |
4 | 1124. Official security and officers. |
5 | 1125. Other county officers and employees, deputies and other |
6 | appointees of county officers. |
7 | 1126. County officers and employees acting as agents. |
8 | 1127. Bonds or blanket bond as security coverage. |
9 | 1128. Insurance as security coverage. |
10 | 1129. Form of required security. |
11 | 1130. Amount of coverage. |
12 | 1131. Custody and filing of required security documents. |
13 | 1132. Payment of premiums and commissions on collections. |
14 | 1133. Other requirements, references and approvals. |
15 | § 1121. Short title and scope of subchapter. |
16 | (a) Short title of subchapter.--This subchapter shall be |
17 | known and may be cited as the County Officer and Employee Fiscal |
18 | Security Act. |
19 | (b) Scope of subchapter.--This subchapter applies to |
20 | security coverage and additional coverage in the form of bonds, |
21 | blanket bonds or insurance, protecting against events of loss by |
22 | officers and employees in counties of the second class, second |
23 | class A, third class, fourth class, fifth class, sixth class, |
24 | seventh class or eighth class, including counties of these |
25 | classes which have adopted a home rule charter or an optional |
26 | plan. |
27 | (c) Inapplicability.--This subchapter shall not apply to |
28 | bonds of county treasurers acting as tax collectors as provided |
29 | in section 4 of the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), |
30 | known as the Local Tax Collection Law. |
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1 | § 1122. Definitions. |
2 | The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter |
3 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
4 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
5 | "Additional coverage." Insurance that covers each county |
6 | officer or employee who is required to receive, account for or |
7 | hold any money or property by virtue of his or her office or |
8 | employment and which, at a minimum, indemnifies the county |
9 | against the loss of money and property through robbery, burglary |
10 | and larceny. |
11 | "Blanket bond." Security coverage in the form of a bond for |
12 | county officers and employees as follows: |
13 | (1) for county officers and employees as a comprehensive |
14 | group; |
15 | (2) for a group of named county officers and employees; |
16 | or |
17 | (3) for county officers and employees in scheduled |
18 | positions. |
19 | "Bond." Security coverage under which a surety guarantees |
20 | the performance of a duty by a county officer or employee in |
21 | compliance with this subchapter. |
22 | "County." A county of the second class, second class A, |
23 | third class, fourth class, fifth class, sixth class, seventh |
24 | class or eighth class, including counties of these classes which |
25 | have adopted or may adopt a home rule charter or an optional |
26 | plan. |
27 | "County officers and employees." Elected and appointed |
28 | county officials, the deputies and other appointees of county |
29 | elected and appointed officials and county employees, whether |
30 | acting on behalf of the county or as agents of a Commonwealth |
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1 | agency or the judicial branch, who are required to receive, |
2 | account for or hold any money or property by virtue of their |
3 | office or employment. |
4 | "Crime-fidelity insurance." Insurance that is endorsed with |
5 | faithful performance of duty coverage and which insures, at a |
6 | minimum, against events of loss of money or other property, |
7 | resulting from one or more fraudulent or dishonest acts, |
8 | including, but not limited to, embezzlement, theft, forgery, |
9 | similar acts of dishonesty or fraud by a county officer or |
10 | employee acting alone or in collusion with others, or from a |
11 | breach of fiduciary duty or a failure of a county officer or |
12 | employee to perform faithfully his or her duties or to account |
13 | properly for all money and property received, held or required |
14 | to be accounted for, by virtue of his or her office or |
15 | employment. |
16 | "Governing authority." Includes: |
17 | (1) The Supreme Court. |
18 | (2) Any agency or unit of the unified judicial system |
19 | exercising a power or performing a duty under 42 Pa.C.S. § |
20 | 1721 (relating to delegation of powers). |
21 | "Governing body." The county board of commissioners or the |
22 | body vested with the legislative authority of the county in |
23 | counties which have adopted a home rule charter or an optional |
24 | plan. |
25 | "Home rule charter." A charter adopted under 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. |
26 | III Subpt. E (relating to home rule and optional plan |
27 | government) or its predecessor, the former act of April 13, 1972 |
28 | (P.L.184, No.62), known as the Home Rule Charter and Optional |
29 | Plans Law, or Article XXXI-C of the act of July 28, 1953 |
30 | (P.L.723, No.230), known as the Second Class County Code. |
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1 | "Judicial branch." The judicial branch specified in section |
2 | 10(c) of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. |
3 | "Money." Coin or currency of the United States or of any |
4 | other country, travelers checks, personal checks, bank checks |
5 | and bank notes in current use and having a face value, money |
6 | orders and securities. |
7 | "Official security." Security on behalf of a county officer |
8 | to provide protection from events of loss or misconduct when the |
9 | officer fails to faithfully perform the duties of the office. |
10 | "Optional plan." An optional plan adopted under 53 Pa.C.S. |
11 | Pt. III Subpt. E (relating to home rule and optional plan |
12 | government) or its predecessor, the former act of April 13, 1972 |
13 | (P.L.184, No.62), known as the Home Rule Charter and Optional |
14 | Plans Law. |
15 | "Required security." Security coverage and additional |
16 | coverage provided in compliance with this subchapter. |
17 | "Securities." All negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments |
18 | or contracts representing either money or other property, |
19 | including revenue and other stamps in current use, tokens and |
20 | tickets and evidences of debt issued in connection with credit |
21 | or charge cards, which cards are not issued by the county. |
22 | "Security coverage." A bond, a blanket bond or a crime- |
23 | fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful |
24 | performance of duty coverage, provided in compliance with this |
25 | subchapter for the purpose of protecting against the loss of |
26 | money and other property sustained as a result of one or more |
27 | fraudulent or dishonest acts, including, but not limited to, |
28 | embezzlement, theft, forgery, similar acts of dishonesty or |
29 | fraud by a county officer or employee acting alone or in |
30 | collusion with others or from a breach of fiduciary duty or a |
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1 | failure of a county officer or employee to perform faithfully |
2 | his or her duties or to account properly for all money and |
3 | property received by virtue of his or her position or |
4 | employment. |
5 | § 1123. Required security. |
6 | (a) In general.--A county shall have the power and its duty |
7 | shall be to provide security coverage and additional coverage to |
8 | county officers and employees in accordance with this |
9 | subchapter. |
10 | (b) Security coverage.--Security coverage shall be provided |
11 | in accordance with the following: |
12 | (1) Section 1124 (relating to official security and |
13 | officers). |
14 | (2) Section 1125 (relating to other county officers and |
15 | employees; deputies and other appointees of county officers). |
16 | (3) Section 1126 (relating to county officers and |
17 | employees acting as agents). |
18 | (c) Additional coverage.--Supplemental to or as part of the |
19 | security coverage to be provided in accordance with this |
20 | subchapter, additional coverage in the form of adequate |
21 | insurance indemnifying against the loss of money and property |
22 | through robbery, burglary and larceny, shall be provided for |
23 | each county officer or employee who is required to receive, |
24 | account for or hold any money and other property by virtue of |
25 | his or her office or employment. |
26 | (d) Primary liability.-- |
27 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the county |
28 | shall be primarily liable for a claim for the loss of money |
29 | and property which a county officer or employee is required |
30 | to receive, account for or hold by virtue of his or her |
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1 | office or employment, to the extent that the loss is or could |
2 | have been the subject of required security under this |
3 | subchapter. |
4 | (2) The county shall not be primarily liable for a claim |
5 | for the loss of money and property under paragraph (1) to the |
6 | extent that recovery of the loss can be obtained from other |
7 | insurance or bond protection provided by the Commonwealth |
8 | agency or any other person or entity asserting a claim. |
9 | (3) With regard to the loss of money or property, |
10 | nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to restrict or |
11 | diminish a county's right to reimbursement or subrogation or |
12 | to limit any right the county may have to be indemnified or |
13 | receive restitution for the loss. |
14 | § 1124. Official security and officers. |
15 | (a) Official security.--Each county shall obtain official |
16 | security in the form of bonds, a blanket bond or a crime- |
17 | fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful |
18 | performance of duty coverage, on behalf of the officers set |
19 | forth in subsection (b) or the equivalent officers in home rule |
20 | or optional plans counties, whether elected, appointed or |
21 | appointed to fill a vacancy, before those officers enter upon |
22 | their official duties. |
23 | (b) Officers.--The following are the officers or equivalent |
24 | officers in home rule or optional plans counties upon whose |
25 | behalf official security shall be obtained in accordance with |
26 | subsection (a): |
27 | (1) Each county commissioner. |
28 | (2) The chief clerk of the county commissioners. |
29 | (3) The controller. |
30 | (4) The county treasurer. |
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1 | (5) The prothonotary of the court of common pleas. |
2 | (6) The sheriff. |
3 | (7) The coroner. |
4 | (8) The clerk of the courts of the court of common |
5 | pleas. |
6 | (9) The clerk of the orphans' court division of the |
7 | court of common pleas. |
8 | (10) The recorder of deeds. |
9 | (11) The register of wills. |
10 | (12) The probation and parole officers, if required by |
11 | order of court to give bond to the county. |
12 | (13) The fire marshal and deputy fire marshals, if |
13 | required by law to give bond. |
14 | (14) The secretary of the board of health and the health |
15 | officer in counties in which they are required by law to give |
16 | bond. |
17 | § 1125. Other county officers and employees, deputies and other |
18 | appointees of county officers. |
19 | With regard to county officers and employees generally who |
20 | are not subject to section 1124 (relating to official security |
21 | and officers), including the deputies and other appointees in |
22 | each county office, who are required to receive, account for or |
23 | hold any money and other property by virtue of their office or |
24 | employment, each county shall obtain security coverage, in the |
25 | form of a blanket bond or a crime-fidelity insurance policy, |
26 | with faithful performance of duty coverage for all such |
27 | officers, employees, deputies and appointees. |
28 | § 1126. County officers and employees acting as agents. |
29 | Each county shall obtain security, in the form of a bond, |
30 | blanket bond or a crime-fidelity insurance policy covering |
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1 | county officers and employees acting as agents of a Commonwealth |
2 | agency or the judicial branch in accordance with this subchapter |
3 | or any other law, regulation or rule requiring the posting of |
4 | security in the form of a bond or otherwise. |
5 | § 1127. Bonds or blanket bond as security coverage. |
6 | (a) In general.--A county may comply with section 1123(b) |
7 | (relating to required security) by providing bonds or a blanket |
8 | bond in accordance with the following: |
9 | (1) The bond or blanket bond shall be joint and several, |
10 | with one or more corporate sureties, which shall be surety |
11 | companies authorized to do business in this Commonwealth and |
12 | licensed by the Insurance Commissioner. |
13 | (2) The bond or blanket bond shall be conditioned upon |
14 | each of the following: |
15 | (i) The faithful performance of all duties required |
16 | of the person holding the office or position. |
17 | (ii) The just and faithful use, appropriation, |
18 | accounting or payment over, according to law, of all |
19 | moneys and balances and other property, which is required |
20 | to be received, accounted for or held by the officer or |
21 | employee by virtue of his or her office or employment |
22 | whether on behalf of the county, the Commonwealth, any |
23 | political subdivision or any other person. |
24 | (iii) The delivery to the successor or successors in |
25 | office of all books, papers, documents or other official |
26 | things, whole, safe and undefaced, held in right of the |
27 | office. |
28 | (3) A bond or blanket bond shall be taken in the name of |
29 | the county and, in case of a breach of any of the conditions |
30 | thereof by the acts or neglect of the principal or principals |
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1 | on the bond, shall be for the use of the county, the |
2 | Commonwealth, any political subdivision or any other person |
3 | as that person's interest shall otherwise appear. |
4 | (4) The county, the Commonwealth, any political |
5 | subdivision or other interested persons may sue upon the bond |
6 | in its or their own names for its or their own use. Acts of |
7 | the General Assembly pertaining to actions and limitations of |
8 | actions upon official bonds given to the Commonwealth shall |
9 | apply to the bonds provided for in this subchapter just as if |
10 | they were given to the Commonwealth, except as otherwise |
11 | specifically provided in this subchapter. |
12 | (b) Combined offices.--In counties in which any of the |
13 | county offices as set forth in section 1123(b) are combined, if |
14 | officers are covered by individual bonds, a single bond covering |
15 | the combined offices shall suffice for the officer holding the |
16 | combined offices. |
17 | § 1128. Insurance as security coverage. |
18 | A county may comply with section 1123(b) (relating to |
19 | required security) by providing crime-fidelity insurance for |
20 | county officers or employees in accordance with this subchapter. |
21 | § 1129. Form of required security. |
22 | The form and contents of a bond, a blanket bond or insurance |
23 | obtained in compliance with this subchapter shall be approved by |
24 | the governing body, after review by the county solicitor and |
25 | consultation with the county risk manager, if any. In cases in |
26 | which required security is being provided for a county officer |
27 | or employee who is acting as an agent for a Commonwealth agency |
28 | or the judicial branch, the relevant Commonwealth agency or the |
29 | appropriate governing authority may review and comment on the |
30 | form of the required security. In approving the form and |
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1 | contents of a bond, a blanket bond or insurance obtained in |
2 | compliance with this subchapter, the governing body may refer to |
3 | sample forms that may be made available by the Department of |
4 | State. |
5 | § 1130. Amount of coverage. |
6 | (a) Governing body.--The governing body shall have the power |
7 | and its duty shall be to establish a procedure pursuant to which |
8 | the governing body shall annually determine an amount of |
9 | required security in whatever form that will be reasonably |
10 | sufficient to protect against the risks of loss to be covered in |
11 | compliance with this subchapter. |
12 | (b) Risk manager.--The governing body may appoint a risk |
13 | manager who, at the request of the governing body, shall compile |
14 | and submit information relevant to the determination of an |
15 | amount of required security under subsection (a). |
16 | (c) Consultation.--In determining the amount of required |
17 | security under this section for a county officer or employee who |
18 | is acting as an agent for a Commonwealth agency or the judicial |
19 | branch, the governing body may, or the risk manager shall, if |
20 | directed by the governing body, give notice in writing to the |
21 | secretary or head of the relevant Commonwealth agency or the |
22 | appropriate governing authority. The Commonwealth agency or |
23 | governing authority may provide input concerning the amount of |
24 | security it believes is reasonably sufficient to protect against |
25 | the risks of loss to be covered in compliance with this |
26 | subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall impair the right of |
27 | a Commonwealth agency from approving the amount of required |
28 | security, if it is explicitly authorized by law to approve the |
29 | amount of a bond or other security of a county officer or |
30 | employee acting as its agent. |
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1 | § 1131. Custody and filing of required security documents. |
2 | (a) Custody.--The governing body shall direct the chief |
3 | clerk or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan |
4 | county to present the documents evidencing required security |
5 | obtained in accordance with this subchapter to the recorder of |
6 | deeds or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan |
7 | county for recording. No tax, fee or other charge shall be |
8 | imposed for the recording of documents in compliance with this |
9 | section. After the documents evidencing required security are |
10 | recorded, they shall be returned to the chief clerk or |
11 | equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan county, who |
12 | shall maintain the custody of these documents on behalf of the |
13 | governing body. |
14 | (b) Department of State filing of required security |
15 | documents and commissions.-- |
16 | (1) In satisfaction of section 809 of the act of April |
17 | 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code |
18 | of 1929, it shall be sufficient for a copy of the recorded |
19 | documents evidencing the required security for county |
20 | officers to be filed with the Department of State in |
21 | accordance with deadlines established by the department. |
22 | (2) No other filing or approvals, except as provided in |
23 | section 1133(c)(2) (relating to other requirements, |
24 | references and approvals) of documents evidencing the |
25 | required security for county officers, except that required |
26 | in accordance with paragraph (1), shall be required as a |
27 | condition to the issuance of commissions to elected county |
28 | officials by the Department of State according to law. |
29 | (3) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, no |
30 | tax, fee or other charge shall be imposed as a result of the |
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1 | issuance of the commissions to elected county officials, and |
2 | no fee may be made for the recording of required security |
3 | documents or commissions. |
4 | (c) Copies.--If requested by the Commonwealth agency or |
5 | governing authority of the judicial branch on whose behalf a |
6 | county officer or employee is acting as an agent, a copy of |
7 | recorded documents evidencing the required security shall be |
8 | provided by the chief clerk or the equivalent officer in a home |
9 | rule or optional plans county to the Commonwealth agency or |
10 | governing authority. No charge or fee shall be imposed for any |
11 | copy provided in accordance with this subsection. |
12 | (d) Filing by governing body.--The governing body shall have |
13 | the duty to file documents as required by this section. |
14 | (e) Retention of documents.--Documents evidencing required |
15 | security shall be held by the custodian thereof for the longer |
16 | of the following periods: |
17 | (1) For at least one year after the officer's term of |
18 | office or employee's period of employment and, in the case of |
19 | a county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a |
20 | Commonwealth agency of the judicial branch, for at least one |
21 | year after the settlement of accounts with the Commonwealth |
22 | agency or the governing authority. |
23 | (2) For the period of time required by the act of August |
24 | 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled "An act creating a |
25 | county records committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; |
26 | authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
27 | to assist and cooperate with it; defining county records; and |
28 | authorizing the disposition of certain county records by |
29 | county officers in counties of the second to eighth class," |
30 | or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. |
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1 | (f) Evidence.--A copy of original documents evidencing |
2 | required security, certified as true and correct by the |
3 | custodian thereof, or a copy of the recorded documents |
4 | evidencing required security, certified as true and correct by |
5 | the recorder of deeds, shall be competent evidence thereof in |
6 | any judicial proceeding, in the same manner as the original |
7 | would be if produced and offered in evidence. |
8 | (g) Sufficiency of filing and recording.--Notwithstanding |
9 | any other provision of law, it shall be sufficient to file and |
10 | record documents evidencing required security in accordance with |
11 | this subchapter without further acknowledgment, filing or |
12 | recording of these documents with any other county officer or |
13 | with any other Commonwealth agency, except as required by this |
14 | subchapter. |
15 | § 1132. Payment of premiums and commissions on collections. |
16 | (a) Premiums and costs.--The premiums and costs for all |
17 | forms of required security for county officials and employees |
18 | shall be paid by the county. The requirement of this subchapter |
19 | that a county acquire and pay the premiums and costs for |
20 | required security shall not relieve a Commonwealth agency on |
21 | whose behalf a county officer or employee is acting as an agent |
22 | from an obligation, imposed by law, to procure insurance or |
23 | bonding protection. |
24 | (b) Commissions on collections.--Nothing in this subchapter |
25 | shall affect the right, provided for in any other law, of a |
26 | county officer or employee to retain a commission, for use of |
27 | the county, on amounts collected or transmitted as agent for a |
28 | Commonwealth agency. Notwithstanding the right to retain |
29 | commissions in accordance with this paragraph, no county officer |
30 | or employee shall be entitled to retain any additional sums from |
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1 | amounts collected for or to be transmitted to the Commonwealth |
2 | agency for the purpose of paying premiums or costs related to |
3 | the acquisition of required security. |
4 | § 1133. Other requirements, references and approvals. |
5 | (a) Compliance with this subchapter.--A requirement in |
6 | another law, regulation or rule that a bond be provided by a |
7 | county officer or employee to secure the faithful performance of |
8 | duty or to act as the agent of a Commonwealth agency or the |
9 | judicial branch may be satisfied by including this obligation |
10 | within the coverage of required security supplied in accordance |
11 | with this subchapter. |
12 | (b) Reference to bonds.--Reference to bonds of county |
13 | officers and employees in any other law shall be construed and |
14 | read together with this subchapter, and if a conflict exists |
15 | between this subchapter and the reference to bonds of county |
16 | officers and employees in any other law, the provisions of this |
17 | subchapter shall prevail. |
18 | (c) Other approvals.--Notwithstanding any other provision of |
19 | law, the following shall apply to required security in the form |
20 | of a bond, a blanket bond or insurance: |
21 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), when required |
22 | security is obtained in compliance with this subchapter, it |
23 | shall not require the approval of any Commonwealth agency or |
24 | the Governor as to form, contents or amount. |
25 | (2) If, by law, a Commonwealth agency or the Governor is |
26 | explicitly authorized to approve the amount of a bond or |
27 | other security of a county officer or employee, the amount of |
28 | required security under this subchapter shall be subject to |
29 | approval by the Commonwealth agency or the Governor, which |
30 | approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
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1 | Section 2. Repeals are as follows: |
2 | (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeals under |
3 | paragraph (2) are necessary to effectuate the amendment or |
4 | addition of 16 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 Subch. B. |
5 | (2) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: |
6 | (i) Sections 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, |
7 | 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 802, |
8 | 803, 804 of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), |
9 | known as The County Code. |
10 | (ii) Sections 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, |
11 | 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 802, 803, 804, 1261 and 1262 of |
12 | the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the |
13 | Second Class County Code. |
14 | (iii) As much of section 3103 of the Second Class |
15 | County Code, as reads as follows: "The bond of the fire |
16 | marshal shall be in the sum of ten thousand dollars |
17 | ($10,000) and the bonds of the deputy fire marshals shall |
18 | be in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5000)." |
19 | (3) All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as |
20 | they are inconsistent with this act. |
21 | Section 3. A county may, at any time after the effective |
22 | date of this section, obtain required security in accordance |
23 | with 16 Pa.C.S. Ch.11 Subch. B. A county shall have in place |
24 | required security in accordance with 16 Pa.C.S. Ch.11 Subch. B |
25 | prior to the time that any elected county official takes office |
26 | after the municipal election next following the effective date |
27 | of this section. Bonds and insurance, which, on the effective |
28 | date of this section, cover county officers and employees, shall |
29 | remain in force and effect until required security is purchased. |
30 | Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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