Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 601a.7 - Service to departments, boards and commissions, agencies and political subdivisions; reimbursement for services(a)Acquisition of services. The merit system employment services and facilities of the Office of Administration, and its staff, will be made available to departments, boards, commissions or agencies, and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, under the following terms and conditions: (1) A formal request for extension of the merit system employment services of the Office of Administration shall be made in writing and shall be signed by the executive head or chair of the requesting department, board, commission or agency, or the proper official of the political subdivision. If appropriate, the written request shall be accompanied by a resolution or similar document adopted by the board, commission or agency, or by the proper official of the political subdivision.(2) A request for the extension of services may be granted at the discretion of the Office of Administration.(3) Granting of the request shall be evidenced by a formal written contract or agreement, consistent with this section, between the department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision and the Office of Administration. The written contract or agreement shall include a provision addressing the termination of the contract or agreement.(b)Reimbursement for services. Reimbursement shall be as follows: (1) An appointing authority shall reimburse the Office of Administration on a semiannual basis, as determined by the Office of Administration, for the actual cost of preparing, administering and rating examinations delivered at test centers.(2) For all other services and facilities, an appointing authority shall reimburse the Office of Administration for the semiannual cost of services and facilities made available, in the proportion which the cost of the services and facilities bears to the total cost of these services and facilities of the Office of Administration, based on the ratio of the appointing authority's employees in the classified service to those of all the appointing authorities serviced by the Office of Administration.(3) At the request of the Office of Administration, the number of employees in the classified service in each appointing authority serviced shall be reported to the Office of Administration.(c)Compliance with act, regulations and contract . A personnel action taken by a department, board, commission, agency or political subdivision under contract with the Office of Administration shall conform to the act, this subpart, and the contract executed under subsection (a)(3). This section cited in 4 Pa. Code § 601a.9 (relating to general).