THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ORIE, FONTANA, VOGEL, FOLMER, D. WHITE, EICHELBERGER, WAUGH, MENSCH, EARLL, FARNESE, ERICKSON, ALLOWAY AND PIPPY, MARCH 28, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2011  

AN ACT

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

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

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

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

number and compensation of the deputies and all other

assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

commissions shall be determined," further providing for

gubernatorial appointments.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 207.1(d) of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is

amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 207.1.  Gubernatorial Appointments.--* * *

(d)  The Governor shall nominate in accordance with the

provisions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania and, by and with the advice and consent of a

majority of the members elected to the Senate appoint persons to

fill the following positions:

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(4.1)  The chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania

Turnpike Commission.

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Section 2.  This act shall apply to persons appointed on or

after the effective date of this section.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.