Bill Text: PA HB440 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting Commonwealth agencies from awarding contracts to bidders engaged in outsourcing of jobs or functions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-13 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB440 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB440-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 484
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 440 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BEYER, BOYD, BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, MELIO, MILLARD, O'NEILL, PETRARCA, READSHAW, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STURLA, THOMAS, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON AND WHITE, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, prohibiting Commonwealth agencies from awarding
contracts to bidders engaged in outsourcing of jobs or
functions.
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:
§ 109. Prohibiting contract awards to bidders that outsource.
(a) Contract provision required.--Each contract for services
entered into by a Commonwealth agency on or after the effective
date of this section shall include a provision specifying that
all services performed under the contract or performed under any
subcontract awarded under the contract shall be performed at a
physical location within the boundaries of the United States.
(b) Certification.--Each person submitting a bid or offer to
a Commonwealth agency for a contract for services shall certify,
under penalty of perjury, that the services performed under the
contract, including those services performed by subcontractors,
will be performed at a physical location within the boundaries
of the United States.
(c) Damages.--If, during the life of a contract for
services, a contractor or subcontractor performs any of the
contracted services at a physical location outside of the
boundaries of the United States, the contractor or subcontractor
shall pay damages to the applicable Commonwealth agency in an
amount equal to the amount paid for services performed outside
of the boundaries of the United States.
(d) Contract void.--A contract entered into or performed in
violation of this section is void unless its termination would
result in harm to the public health or welfare.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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