Bill Text: PA HB2169 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for public access to procurement information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 61-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-15 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2169 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2169-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3022
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2169 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GRELL, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CIVERA, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MARSICO, METZGAR, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAYLOR, S. H. SMITH, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, DECEMBER 15, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, providing for public access to procurement
information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 106.1. Public access to procurement information.
(a) Access.--Information concerning a procurement shall be
made public, consistent with the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(b) Access for noncompetitive contracts.--Except as provided
under subsection (c), if a procurement is to be made under
section 513 (relating to competitive sealed proposals), 515
(relating to sole source procurement), 517 (relating to multiple
awards), 518 (relating to competitive selection procedures for
certain services), 519 (relating to selection procedure for
insurance and notary bonds) or 905 (relating to procurement of
design professional services), five business days prior to
execution by the contracting official the purchasing agency
shall post the proposed contract on its Internet website.
(c) Exception.--The provisions of subsection (b) shall not
apply to a procurement under section 516 (relating to emergency
procurement).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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