Pennsylvania Act 2018-140 — BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS (8 PA.C.S.) AND CITIES (11 PA.C.S.) - REGULATION OF CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTS OR PURCHASES NOT REQUIRING ADVERTISING OR BIDDING

Act text

Session of 2018

No. 2018-140

SB 801

AN ACT

Amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in contracts, further providing for regulation of contracts; and, in contracts, further providing for contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or bidding.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1402(d)(3.1) of Title 8 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1402. Regulation of contracts.

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(d) Contracts or purchases.--The contracts or purchases made by council, which shall not require advertising, bidding or price quotations as provided in this part, are as follows:

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(3.1) Those for used personal property, such as equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts of vehicles being purchased from a public utility, municipal corporation, county, school district, municipal authority, council of government , volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service, volunteer rescue squad or Federal or State Government.

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Section 2. Section 11901.4(b) of Title 11 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 11901.4. Contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or bidding.

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(b) In excess of base amount.--The following city contracts or purchases involving an expenditure over the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1, do not require advertising or bidding:

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(9) Those for used personal property, such as equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts of vehicles being purchased from a volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad.

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

APPROVED--The 24th day of October, A.D. 2018.

TOM WOLF