71 Pa. Stat. § 11

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 11 - Executive officers, administrative departments, and independent administrative boards and commissions

The executive and administrative work of this Commonwealth shall be performed by the Executive Department, consisting of the:

Governor,

Lieutenant Governor,

Secretary of the Commonwealth,

Attorney General,

Auditor General,

State Treasurer,

Secretary of Internal Affairs, and

Superintendent of Public Instruction;

by the

Executive Board, which is hereby created;

by the

Department of State Police, hereafter to be known as Pennsylvania State Police;

by the following administrative departments which, except as in this act expressly otherwise provided, shall continue as now organized and existing:

Department of the Auditor General, and

Treasury Department;

by the

Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Attorney General's Department, the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Internal Affairs, the Adjutant General's Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the State Highway Department, the Department of Public Welfare, the Banking Department, the Insurance Department, and the Department of Mines which shall be reorganized as in this act provided, and shall hereafter be known respectively, as:

Department of State,

Department of Justice,

Department of Public Instruction,

Department of Internal Affairs,

Department of Military Affairs,

Department of Agriculture,

Department of Forests and Waters,

Department of Labor and Industry,

Department of Health,

Department of Highways,

Department of Welfare,

Department of Banking,

Insurance Department, and

Department of Mines;

by the following administrative departments, which are hereby created:

Department of Property and Supplies, and

Department of Revenue;

and by the Board of Game Commissioners, the Department of Fisheries, and the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which shall be reorganized as provided in this act, and shall be known as independent administrative boards and commissions under the following names respectively:

Board of Game Commissioners,

Board of Fish Commissioners, and

The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

All of the provisions of this act which apply generally to administrative departments, except the Department of the Auditor General and Treasury Department, shall apply to the Executive Board and to the Pennsylvania State Police.

71 P.S. § 11

1923, June 7, P.L. 498, No. 274, art. II, § 201. Amended 1927, April 13, P.L. 207, § 3.