Section 241 - The Governor (Adm. Code Section 701)The Governor shall have the power and it shall be his duty:
(a) To take care that the laws of the Commonwealth shall be faithfully executed;(b) To act as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the Commonwealth, and of the Militia, except when they shall be called into active service by the United States Government;(c) To cause to be published, through the Department of Property and Supplies, from time to time, for the information of the public, bulletins of the work of the State Government;(d) To prescribe and require the installation of a uniform system or systems of bookkeeping, accounting, and reporting, for the several administrative departments, boards, and commissions, except for the Department of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department but, before prescribing and requiring such installation, the Governor shall consult with the Department of the Auditor General;(e) Repealed by 1982, Dec. 13, P.L. 1123, No. 256, § 9(a), effective Jan. 1, 1983.(f) To approve or disapprove all investments by departments, boards, or commissions, of funds administered by such departments, boards, or commissions;(g) To submit to the General Assembly a State budget;(h) After each annual appropriation to the Department of Property and Supplies, (1) for the purchase of stationery, paper, printing, binding, ruling, lithographing, color printing, engraving, paper, envelopes, and other printing and binding supplies, (2) for fuel, supplies, furniture, furnishings, repairs, alterations, and improvements, (3) for automobiles, and (4) for rentals of branch offices, after making proper deductions for the needs of the legislative and judicial departments, to allocate and, from time to time, to reallocate to the several administrative departments, boards, and commissions, such portions of such appropriations as will fairly represent the needs of the departments, boards, and commissions, for the year, taking into consideration the right of any such department, board, or commission, to pay its necessary expenses or purchase furniture, materials, or supplies out of fees or other moneys received by or moneys specifically appropriated to it. Every administrative department, board, or commission shall be limited in its right to make requisition upon the Department of Property and Supplies to the amount allocated to it, unless the Governor shall subsequently permit the Department of Property and Supplies to honor requisitions in excess of such amount.
(i) To do all other acts, make all appointments, fill all vacancies, exercise all the powers vested in him, and perform all the duties imposed upon him, as provided and required by the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, however, That whenever the Governor is authorized or required by law to sign or approve any plans, agreements, contracts, bonds or any official documents, he may in his discretion, authorize another person or other persons to approve such documents as specified in his stead, and may substitute or direct to be substituted in lieu of his signature or as evidence of his approval, a facsimile signature, which shall have the same force and effect as his personal signature.(j) To grant to pilots, engaged in the aeronautical work of the Department of Revenue, commissions of such grades as the Governor may prescribe.(k) To appoint such competent accountants as may be necessary to make an annual audit of the affairs of the Auditor General and the Department of the Auditor General.(l) To prescribe the filing system to be adopted by each department, board and commission; to direct, with the approval of the Executive Board, what records shall be destroyed and what records preserved by photographic process, and to assign space in the Capitol Buildings, or in leased quarters for conduct of work and for storage of records.(m) To provide for the participation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the programs of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Public Law 88-452, 78 P.S. 508, as supplemented or amended, and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as enacted, supplemented or amended and in furtherance thereof to direct any department, board or commission under his jurisdiction to make arrangements, enter into agreements, appoint and assign personnel and to take any other measures for such purposes and in such manner as he deems necessary to ensure efficient Commonwealth participation in said programs.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. VII, § 701. Amended 1937, June 21, P.L. 1865, § 1; 1941, April 23, P.L. 21, § 4; 1941, July 21, P.L. 429, § 2; 1943, May 21, P.L. 467, § 2; 1947, June 5, P.L. 407, § 3; 1961, April 14, P.L. 90, § 1; 1965, June 8, P.L. 107, § 1; 1968, Dec. 18, P.L. 1232, No. 390, § 14; 1980, Dec. 19, P.L. 1333, No. 244, § 4, imd. effective. Affected 1982, Dec. 13, P.L. 1123, No. 256, § 9(a), effective 1/1/1983.