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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 852 | PRINTER'S NO. 1669 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, WOZNIAK AND BLAKE, MARCH 14, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 17, 2011 |
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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. |
4 | § 1126. County officers and employees acting as agents. |
5 | § 1127. Bonds or blanket bond as security coverage. |
6 | § 1128. Insurance as security coverage. |
7 | § 1129. Form of required security. |
8 | § 1130. Amount of coverage. |
9 | § 1131. Custody and filing of required security documents. |
10 | § 1132. Payment of premiums and commissions on collections. |
11 | § 1133. Other requirements, references and approvals. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. Title 16 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
15 | Statutes is amended by adding parts to read: |
16 | PART I |
17 | PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS (Reserved) |
18 | PART II |
19 | CREATION, ALTERATION AND FUNCTIONS (Reserved) |
20 | PART III |
21 | GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
22 | Subpart |
23 | A. General Provisions |
24 | CHAPTER 11 |
25 | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
26 | Subchapter |
27 | A. (Reserved) |
28 | B. Required Fiscal Security for Officers and Employees |
29 | Sec. |
30 | 1121. Short title and scope of subchapter. |
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1 | 1122. Definitions. |
2 | 1123. Required security. |
3 | 1124. Official security and officers. |
4 | 1125. Other county officers and employees. |
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 | § 1121. Short title and scope of subchapter. |
14 | (a) Short title of subchapter.--This subchapter shall be |
15 | known and may be cited as the County Officer and Employee Fiscal |
16 | Security Act. |
17 | (b) Scope of subchapter.--This subchapter applies to |
18 | security coverage and additional coverage in the form of bonds, |
19 | blanket bonds or insurance, protecting against events of loss of |
20 | money or property as a result of misconduct by officers and |
21 | employees in counties of the second class, second class A, third |
22 | class, fourth class, fifth class, sixth class, seventh class or |
23 | eighth class, including counties of these classes which have |
24 | adopted a home rule charter or an optional plan. |
25 | (c) Inapplicability.--This subchapter shall not apply to |
26 | bonds of county treasurers acting as tax collectors as provided |
27 | in section 4 of the act of May 25, 1945 (P.L.1050, No.394), |
28 | known as the Local Tax Collection Law. |
29 | § 1122. Definitions. |
30 | The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter |
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1 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
2 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
3 | "Additional coverage." Insurance that covers each county |
4 | officer or employee who is required to receive, account for or | <-- |
5 | hold any money or property by virtue of his or her office or |
6 | employment and which, at a minimum, indemnifies the county |
7 | against the loss of money and property through robbery, burglary |
8 | and larceny at a minimum for the loss of money or property | <-- |
9 | through robbery, burglary and larceny committed by parties other |
10 | than officers or employees required to receive or hold money. |
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 a governing authority, 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 the officer's or employee's |
13 | duties or to account properly for all money and property |
14 | received, held or required to be accounted for or held, by | <-- |
15 | virtue of the officer's or employee's office or 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 | "Money." Coin or currency of the United States or of any |
2 | other country, travelers checks, personal checks, bank checks |
3 | and bank notes in current use and having a face value, money |
4 | orders and securities. |
5 | "Official security." Security on behalf of a county officer |
6 | to provide protection from events of loss or misconduct when the |
7 | officer fails to faithfully perform the duties of the office. |
8 | "Optional plan." An optional plan adopted under 53 Pa.C.S. |
9 | Pt. III Subpt. E (relating to home rule and optional plan |
10 | government) or its predecessor, the former act of April 13, 1972 |
11 | (P.L.184, No.62), known as the Home Rule Charter and Optional |
12 | Plans Law. |
13 | "Required security." Security coverage and additional |
14 | coverage provided in compliance with this subchapter. |
15 | "Securities." All negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments |
16 | or contracts representing either money or other property, |
17 | including revenue and other stamps in current use, tokens and |
18 | tickets and evidences of debt issued in connection with credit |
19 | or charge cards, which cards are not issued by the county. |
20 | "Security coverage." A bond, a blanket bond or a crime- |
21 | fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful |
22 | performance of duty coverage, provided in compliance with this |
23 | subchapter for the purpose of protecting against the loss of |
24 | money and other property sustained as a result of one or more |
25 | fraudulent or dishonest acts, including, but not limited to, |
26 | embezzlement, theft, forgery, similar acts of dishonesty or |
27 | fraud by a county officer or employee acting alone or in |
28 | collusion with others or from a breach of fiduciary duty or a |
29 | failure of a county officer or employee to perform faithfully |
30 | the officer's or employee's duties or to account properly for |
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1 | all money and property received by virtue of the officer's or |
2 | employee's position or employment. |
3 | § 1123. Required security. |
4 | (a) In general.--A county shall obtain security coverage and |
5 | additional coverage for county officers and employees in |
6 | accordance with this subchapter. |
7 | (b) Security coverage.--Security coverage shall be provided |
8 | in accordance with the following: |
9 | (1) Section 1124 (relating to official security and |
10 | officers). |
11 | (2) Section 1125 (relating to other county officers and |
12 | employees). |
13 | (3) Section 1126 (relating to county officers and |
14 | employees acting as agents). |
15 | (c) Additional coverage.--Supplemental to or as part of the |
16 | security coverage to be provided in accordance with this |
17 | subchapter, the county shall obtain additional coverage in the | <-- |
18 | form of adequate insurance indemnifying it against the loss of | <-- |
19 | money and property through robbery, burglary and larceny, shall | <-- |
20 | be provided for each county officer or employee who is required |
21 | to receive, account for or hold any money and other property by |
22 | virtue of the officer's or employee's office or employment by | <-- |
23 | parties other than those required to obtain security in |
24 | accordance with this chapter. |
25 | (d) Primary liability.-- |
26 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the county |
27 | shall be primarily liable for a claim for the loss of money |
28 | and property which a county officer or employee is required |
29 | to receive, account for or hold by virtue of the officer's or |
30 | employee's office or employment, to the extent that the loss |
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1 | is or could have been the subject of required security under |
2 | this subchapter. |
3 | (2) The county shall not be primarily liable for a claim |
4 | for the loss of money and property under paragraph (1) to the |
5 | extent that recovery of the loss can be obtained from other |
6 | insurance or bond protection provided by the Commonwealth |
7 | agency or any other person or entity asserting a claim. |
8 | (3) With regard to the loss of money or property, |
9 | nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to restrict or |
10 | diminish a county's right to reimbursement or subrogation or |
11 | to limit any right the county may have to be indemnified or |
12 | receive restitution for the loss. |
13 | § 1124. Official security and officers. |
14 | (a) Official security.--Each county shall obtain official |
15 | security in the form of bonds, a blanket bond or a crime- |
16 | fidelity insurance policy, which is endorsed with faithful |
17 | performance of duty coverage, on behalf that protects the county | <-- |
18 | from losses caused by acts of the officers set forth in |
19 | subsection (b) or the equivalent officers in home rule or |
20 | optional plans counties, whether elected, appointed or appointed |
21 | to fill a vacancy, before those officers begin their official |
22 | 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) Probation and parole officers, if required by order |
11 | of court to obtain official security. |
12 | (13) The fire marshal and deputy fire marshals, if |
13 | required by law to obtain official security. |
14 | (14) The secretary of the board of health and the health |
15 | officer in a county in which the secretary is required by law |
16 | to obtain official security. |
17 | § 1125. Other county officers and employees. |
18 | A county shall obtain security coverage with faithful |
19 | performance of duty coverage for all county officers and |
20 | employees who are not subject to section 1124 (relating to |
21 | official security and officers), including deputies and other |
22 | appointees in each county office, who are required to receive, |
23 | account for or hold any money and other property by virtue of |
24 | their office or employment. |
25 | § 1126. County officers and employees acting as agents. |
26 | Each county shall obtain security coverage for county |
27 | officers and employees acting as agents of a Commonwealth agency |
28 | or governing authority in accordance with this subchapter or any |
29 | other law, regulation or rule requiring the posting of security |
30 | in the form of a bond or otherwise. |
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1 | § 1127. Bonds or blanket bond as security coverage. |
2 | (a) In general.--A county may comply with section 1123(b) |
3 | (relating to required security) by providing bonds or a blanket |
4 | bond in accordance with the following: |
5 | (1) The bond or blanket bond shall be joint and several, |
6 | with one or more surety companies authorized to do business |
7 | in this Commonwealth and licensed by the Insurance |
8 | Commissioner. |
9 | (2) The bond or blanket bond shall be conditioned upon |
10 | each of the following: |
11 | (i) The faithful performance of all duties required |
12 | of the person holding the office or position. |
13 | (ii) The just and faithful use, accounting or |
14 | payment over, according to law, of all moneys and |
15 | balances and other property, which is required to be | <-- |
16 | received, accounted for received or held by the officer | <-- |
17 | or employee by virtue of the officer's or employee's |
18 | office or employment whether on behalf of the county, the |
19 | Commonwealth, a political subdivision or any other |
20 | person. |
21 | (iii) The delivery to the successor in office of all |
22 | books, papers, documents or other official things, whole, |
23 | safe and undefaced, held in right of the office. |
24 | (3) A bond or blanket bond shall be taken in the name of |
25 | the county and, in case of a breach of any of the conditions |
26 | thereof by the acts or neglect of a principal on the bond, |
27 | shall be for the use of the county, the Commonwealth, a |
28 | political subdivision or any other person as that person's |
29 | interest shall otherwise appear. |
30 | (4) The county, the Commonwealth, a political |
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1 | subdivision or other interested persons listed obligees or | <-- |
2 | insureds, as the case may be, may sue upon the bond in its |
3 | name or for its own use. Acts of the General Assembly |
4 | pertaining to actions and limitations of actions upon |
5 | official bonds given to the Commonwealth shall apply to the |
6 | bonds provided for in this subchapter just as if they were |
7 | given to the Commonwealth, except as otherwise specifically |
8 | provided in this subchapter. |
9 | (b) Combined offices.--In counties in which one or more of |
10 | the county offices set forth in section 1124(b) (relating to |
11 | official security and officers) are combined, if officers are |
12 | covered by individual bonds, a single bond covering the combined |
13 | offices shall suffice for the officer holding the combined |
14 | offices. |
15 | § 1128. Insurance as security coverage. |
16 | A county may comply with section 1123(b) (relating to |
17 | required security) by providing crime-fidelity insurance for |
18 | county officers or employees in accordance with this subchapter. |
19 | § 1129. Form of required security. |
20 | The form and contents of a bond, a blanket bond or insurance |
21 | obtained in compliance with this subchapter shall be approved by |
22 | the governing body of the county, after review by the county |
23 | solicitor and consultation with the county risk manager, if any. |
24 | In cases in which required security is being provided for a |
25 | county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a |
26 | Commonwealth agency or the governing authority, the Commonwealth |
27 | agency or the governing authority may review and comment on the |
28 | form of the required security. The governing body may refer to |
29 | sample forms that may be made available by the Department of |
30 | State in the approval process. |
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1 | § 1130. Amount of coverage. |
2 | (a) Governing body.--The governing body shall establish a |
3 | procedure pursuant to which the governing body shall annually |
4 | determine the form and amount of required security that will be |
5 | reasonably sufficient to protect against the risks of loss in |
6 | compliance with this subchapter. |
7 | (b) Risk manager.--The governing body may appoint a risk |
8 | manager who, at the request of the governing body, shall compile |
9 | and submit information relevant to the determination of an |
10 | amount of required security under subsection (a). |
11 | (c) Consultation.-- To determine the amount of security for |
12 | a county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a |
13 | Commonwealth agency or governing authority, the governing body |
14 | may, or the risk manager shall, if directed by the governing |
15 | body, provide written notice to the secretary or head of the |
16 | Commonwealth agency or the governing authority. The Commonwealth |
17 | agency or governing authority may provide input concerning the |
18 | amount of security it believes is reasonably sufficient to |
19 | protect against the risks of loss required to comply with this |
20 | subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall impair the right of |
21 | a Commonwealth agency or governing authority from approving the |
22 | amount of required security, if it is explicitly authorized by |
23 | law to approve the amount of a bond or other security of a |
24 | county officer or employee acting as its agent. |
25 | § 1131. Custody and filing of required security documents. |
26 | (a) Custody.--The governing body shall direct the chief |
27 | clerk or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan |
28 | county to present the documents evidencing required security |
29 | obtained in accordance with this subchapter to the recorder of |
30 | deeds or equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plan |
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1 | county for recording. No tax, fee or other charge shall be |
2 | imposed for the recording of documents in compliance with this |
3 | section. Following the recording, the documents shall be |
4 | returned to the chief clerk or equivalent officer in a home rule |
5 | or optional plan county, who shall maintain the custody of these |
6 | documents on behalf of the governing body. |
7 | (b) Department of State filing.-- |
8 | (1) In compliance with section 809 of the act of April |
9 | 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code |
10 | of 1929, it shall be sufficient for a copy of the recorded |
11 | documents evidencing the required security for county |
12 | officers to be filed with the Department of State in |
13 | accordance with deadlines established by the department. |
14 | (2) No other filing or approvals, except as provided in |
15 | section 1133(c)(2) (relating to other requirements, |
16 | references and approvals) of documents evidencing the |
17 | required security for county officers, except that required |
18 | in accordance with paragraph (1), shall be required as a |
19 | condition for the issuance of commissions to elected county |
20 | officials by the Department of State. |
21 | (3) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, no |
22 | tax, fee or other charge shall be imposed as a result of the |
23 | issuance of commissions to elected county officials, and no |
24 | fee may be imposed for the recording of required security |
25 | documents or commissions. |
26 | (c) Copies.--If requested by the Commonwealth agency or |
27 | governing authority on whose behalf a county officer or employee |
28 | is acting as an agent, a copy of recorded documents evidencing |
29 | the required security shall be provided by the chief clerk or |
30 | the equivalent officer in a home rule or optional plans county |
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1 | to the Commonwealth agency or governing authority. No charge or |
2 | fee shall be imposed for any copy provided in accordance with |
3 | this subsection. |
4 | (d) Filing by governing body.--The governing body shall have |
5 | the duty to file documents as required by this section. |
6 | (e) Retention of documents.--Documents evidencing required |
7 | security shall be held by the custodian thereof for the longer |
8 | of the following periods: |
9 | (1) For at least one year after the officer's term of |
10 | office or employee's period of employment and, in the case of |
11 | a county officer or employee who is acting as an agent for a |
12 | Commonwealth agency or governing authority, for at least one |
13 | year after the settlement of accounts with the Commonwealth |
14 | agency or the governing authority. |
15 | (2) For the period of time required by the act of August |
16 | 14, 1963 (P.L.839, No.407), entitled "An act creating a |
17 | county records committee; imposing powers and duties upon it; |
18 | authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |
19 | to assist and cooperate with it; defining county records; and |
20 | authorizing the disposition of certain county records by |
21 | county officers in counties of the second to eighth class," |
22 | or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. |
23 | (f) Evidence.--A copy of original documents evidencing |
24 | required security, certified as true and correct by the |
25 | custodian thereof, or a copy of the recorded documents |
26 | evidencing required security, certified as true and correct by |
27 | the recorder of deeds, shall be competent evidence thereof in |
28 | any judicial proceeding, in the same manner as the original |
29 | would be if produced and offered in evidence. |
30 | (g) Sufficiency of filing and recording.--Notwithstanding |
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1 | any other provision of law, it shall be sufficient to file and |
2 | record documents evidencing required security in accordance with |
3 | this subchapter without further acknowledgment, filing or |
4 | recording of these documents with any other county officer or |
5 | with any other Commonwealth agency, except as required by this |
6 | subchapter. |
7 | § 1132. Payment of premiums and commissions on collections. |
8 | (a) Premiums and costs.--The premiums and costs for all |
9 | forms of required security for county officials and employees |
10 | shall be paid by the county. The requirement of this subchapter |
11 | that a county acquire and pay the premiums and costs for |
12 | required security shall not relieve a Commonwealth agency on |
13 | whose behalf a county officer or employee is acting as an agent |
14 | from an obligation, imposed by law, to procure insurance or |
15 | bonding protection. |
16 | (b) Commissions on collections.--Nothing in this subchapter |
17 | shall affect the right, provided for in any other law, of a |
18 | county officer or employee to retain a commission, for use of |
19 | the county, on amounts collected or transmitted as agent for a |
20 | Commonwealth agency. Notwithstanding the right to retain |
21 | commissions in accordance with this paragraph, no county officer |
22 | or employee shall be entitled to retain any additional sums from |
23 | amounts collected for or to be transmitted to the Commonwealth |
24 | agency for the purpose of paying premiums or costs related to |
25 | the acquisition of required security. |
26 | § 1133. Other requirements, references and approvals. |
27 | (a) Compliance .--A requirement in another law, regulation |
28 | or rule that a bond be provided by a county officer or employee |
29 | to secure the faithful performance of duty or to act as the |
30 | agent of a Commonwealth agency or governing authority may be |
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1 | satisfied by including this obligation within the coverage of |
2 | required security supplied in accordance with this subchapter. |
3 | (b) Reference to bonds.--Reference to bonds of county |
4 | officers and employees in any other law shall be construed and |
5 | read together with this subchapter, and if a conflict exists |
6 | between this subchapter and the reference to bonds of county |
7 | officers and employees in any other law, the provisions of this |
8 | subchapter shall prevail. |
9 | (c) Other approvals.--Notwithstanding any other provision of |
10 | law, the following shall apply to required security in the form |
11 | of a bond, a blanket bond or insurance: |
12 | (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), when required |
13 | security is obtained in compliance with this subchapter, it |
14 | shall not require the approval of any Commonwealth agency or |
15 | the Governor as to form, content or amount. |
16 | (2) If any other law explicitly authorizes a |
17 | Commonwealth agency or the Governor to approve the amount of |
18 | a bond or other security of a county officer or employee, the |
19 | amount of required security under this subchapter shall be |
20 | subject to approval by the Commonwealth agency or the |
21 | Governor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
22 | Section 2. Repeals are as follows: |
23 | (1) The General Assembly declares that the repeals under |
24 | paragraph (2) are necessary to effectuate the amendment or |
25 | addition of 16 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 Subch. B. |
26 | (2) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: |
27 | (i) Sections 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, |
28 | 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 802, |
29 | 803, 804 of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), |
30 | known as The County Code. |
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1 | (ii) Sections 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, |
2 | 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 802, 803, 804, 1261 and 1262 of |
3 | the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), known as the |
4 | Second Class County Code. |
5 | (iii) As much of section 3103 of the Second Class |
6 | County Code, as reads as follows: "The bond of the fire |
7 | marshal shall be in the sum of ten thousand dollars |
8 | ($10,000) and the bonds of the deputy fire marshals shall |
9 | be in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5000)." |
10 | (3) All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as |
11 | they are inconsistent with this act. |
12 | Section 3. A county may, at any time after the effective |
13 | date of this section, obtain required security in accordance |
14 | with 16 Pa.C.S. Ch.11 Subch. B. A county shall have in place |
15 | required security in accordance with 16 Pa.C.S. Ch.11 Subch. B |
16 | prior to the time that any elected county official takes office |
17 | after the municipal election next following the effective date |
18 | of this section. Bonds and insurance, which, on the effective |
19 | date of this section, cover county officers and employees, shall |
20 | remain in force and effect until required security is purchased. |
21 | Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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