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PRINTER'S NO.   867
                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 766
                                               Session of
                                                 2023
     INTRODUCED BY COMITTA, HUTCHINSON, DUSH, BROWN AND KEARNEY,
        JUNE 14, 2023
     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 14, 2023
                                    AN ACT
 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
    "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
    executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
    Executive Department thereof and the administrative
    departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
    including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
    Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
    authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
    departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
    prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
    of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
    certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
    determined," in organization of departmental administrative
    boards and commissions and of advisory boards and
    commissions, further providing for State Planning Board.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby enacts as follows:
    Section 1.    Section 451(b)(1) and (2) of the act of April 9,
 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
 1929, are amended and the subsection is amended by adding
 paragraphs to read:
    Section 451.    State Planning Board.--* * *
    (b)    (1)   The State Planning Board shall consist of [fifteen
 members to be appointed by the Governor from among the citizens
 of the State, who during their terms shall hold no other office
 in the executive branch of State Government to which any salary
 is attached. In addition to these members, there shall be six ex
 officio members, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
 Community and Economic Development, the Secretary of
 Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Conservation and
 Natural Resources, the Secretary of Public Welfare and the
 Secretary of Transportation. There shall also be two] the
 following:
    (i)    Two members appointed by, and who serve at the pleasure
 of, the President pro tempore of the Senate, neither of whom
 shall be members of the same political party[, and two].
    (ii)    Two members appointed by, and who serve at the pleasure
 of, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, neither of whom
 shall be members of the same political party.
    (iii)     Fifteen members appointed by the Governor from among
 the residents of this Commonwealth, who during their terms shall
 hold no other office in the executive branch of State Government
 to which a salary is attached.
    (iv)    The following ex officio members:
    (A)    The Secretary of Agriculture.
    (B)    The Secretary of Community and Economic Development.
    (C)    The Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources.
    (D)    The Secretary of Environmental Protection.
    (E)    The Secretary of Human Services.
    (F)    The Secretary of Transportation.
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    (G)    The Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management
 Agency.
    (H)    The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical
 and Museum Commission.
    (1.1)    The terms of office of those members appointed by the
 Governor under paragraph (1)(iii) shall be for four years and
 until their successors are appointed and have qualified. In case
 of a vacancy, the Governor shall make an appointment for the
 unexpired portion of the term.
    (1.2)    The Governor shall designate the chairman and vice-
 chairman of the board from among the members of the board, other
 than the ex officio and legislative members.
    (2)    [Thirteen] Fourteen members of the board shall
 constitute a quorum.
    * * *
    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: 
Printer's No. 0867: P.L.177, No.175