HB 169 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in powers and duties of the Department of General Services and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and commissions, providing for program for sale of used pursuit vehicles.

PRINTER'S NO.   127

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 169
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, McNEILL, NEILSON, CONKLIN, GIRAL, SANCHEZ,
        PIELLI, SAMUELSON, HILL-EVANS, CIRESI, HADDOCK, HARKINS,
        FREEMAN, KUZMA, KHAN, BIZZARRO, BURGOS AND MENTZER,
        JANUARY 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, JANUARY 16, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in powers and duties of the Department of
22      General Services and its departmental administrative and
23      advisory boards and commissions, providing for program for
24      sale of used pursuit vehicles.
25      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
26   hereby enacts as follows:
27      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
 1   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
 2   section to read:
 3         Section 2407.2.   Program for Sale of Used Pursuit Vehicles.--
 4   (a)    The department shall create a program designed to allow a
 5   local or regional police department within this Commonwealth to
 6   purchase select used pursuit vehicles at a fixed price no later
 7   than 20 days prior to the next scheduled sale date.
 8         (b)   The Pennsylvania State Police shall allocate up to ten
 9   per centum (10%) of its available used pursuit vehicle inventory
10   for the program.
11         (c)   Payment for a used pursuit vehicle under the program
12   shall be required prior to obtaining the vehicle and shall be
13   made by organization check only.
14         (d)   The program shall allow a local or regional police
15   department within this Commonwealth to submit a form, developed
16   by the department, which shall contain a section for a
17   description and quantity of desired surplus pursuit vehicles.
18   Upon submission of the form, the department shall make every
19   effort to notify the local or regional police department when
20   vehicles matching the description within the submitted form
21   become available for purchase through the program at a fixed
22   price.
23         (e)   The department shall promulgate rules and regulations
24   necessary for the administration of this section.
25         (f)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
26   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
27         "Department" means the Department of General Services of the
28   Commonwealth.
29         "Fixed price" means a price set by the department that is not
30   subject to bargaining.

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 1      "Local or regional police department" means a police
 2   department that is established by a political subdivision within
 3   this Commonwealth or that has been consolidated by act of a
 4   municipal governing body.
 5      "Program" means the program for the sale of used pursuit
 6   vehicles under this section.
 7      "Pursuit vehicle" means a publicly owned vehicle that is
 8   operated by a law enforcement agency and used for the patrol
 9   functions of the law enforcement agency.
10      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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