Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 651.4 - Legislative oversight and public review (Adm. Code Section 2404-A)(a) The property disposition plan shall be transmitted to the Chairmen and Minority Chairmen of the House and Senate State Government Committees or their successor committees not later than May 1 of each year. The House and Senate Committees shall conduct public hearings which may be joint hearings to review the plan and shall advise the department of any suggested modifications in the plan not later than June 1 of each year.(b) The department shall publish its proposed property disposition plan in the Pennsylvania Bulletin not later than May 1 of each year and invite public comments on the plan during the following 30-day period. The proposed plan shall not require review by the Attorney General for form and legality prior to publication, but during the 30-day comment period the department shall request that the Attorney General review the plan for form and legality. The Attorney General shall communicate his evaluation of the plan, in writing, to the department and to the Chairmen and Minority Chairmen of the House and Senate State Government Committees or their successor committees.(c) Whenever the department deems that there is significant public interest in the plan proposed for disposition of a parcel of real property, the department shall, in the vicinity of the site, hold public hearings on the proposed property disposition plan for the parcel.(d)(1) Not later than June 15, the department shall transmit the plan to the Governor for his approval and the Governor shall transmit the plan to the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate for consideration by the General Assembly in the manner specified by the act of April 7, 1955 (P.L. 23, No. 8), known as the "Reorganization Act of 1955," except that either House of the General Assembly may reject a plan for the disposition of a specific parcel while approving the balance of the surplus property disposition plan.(2) If no action is taken on the plan within 20 calendar days after submission of the plan to the General Assembly, any five members of the Senate or 25 members of the House may petition their respective presiding officer to schedule a vote on the plan. This vote shall be scheduled to occur within five calendar days of the presentation of the petition.(3) If the General Assembly disapproves any plan in whole or in part, the department may submit to the Governor for transmittal to the General Assembly an amended plan designed to resolve the General Assembly's objections to the disapproved plan.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XXIV-A, § 2404-A, added 1981, July 1, P.L. 143, No. 48, § 5, imd. effective. Amended 1996, Feb. 23, P.L. 27, No. 10, § 7, effective 1/1/1996.