THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, BAKER, BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, PILEGGI, ORIE, EARLL, SMUCKER, SCARNATI, CORMAN, VANCE, FOLMER, PIPPY AND WONDERLING, MARCH 6, 2009

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 6, 2009  

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

program evaluation.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 611 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, added

September 27, 1978 (P.L.775, No.149), is amended to read:

Section 611.  Program Evaluation.--The Secretary of the

Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to initiate

and conduct, under the direction of the Governor, evaluations of

the effectiveness and management efficiency of programs

supported by any agency under the Governor's jurisdiction;

including Federally funded as well as State funded programs, and

to direct, coordinate, assist and/or advise any agency under the

Governor's jurisdiction in the conduct of evaluations of its

programs or of programs which it supports. It shall also be the

duty of the Secretary of the Budget to prepare reports detailing

the results of program evaluation conducted by the secretary for

distribution to the Governor, the General Assembly, interested

agencies, and the public. The Majority Chairman and Minority

Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the

Majority Chairman and Minority Chairman of the Appropriations

Committee of the House of Representatives shall have the power

to recommend performance measures of the effectiveness and

management efficiency of programs supported by an agency under

the Governor's jurisdiction.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.