Regular Session 2023-2024 Senate Bill 1138 P.N. 1531

PRINTER'S NO. 1531

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1138

Session of

2024

INTRODUCED BY CULVER, VOGEL, KANE AND DILLON, APRIL 22, 2024

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2024

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 the State Geospatial

Coordinating Board.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 432.1(a), (b)(1), (c)(5), (d), (e), (f),

(f.1), (g), (i) and (j) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,

No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, are amended

and the section is amended by adding subsections to read:

Section 432.1. State Geospatial Coordinating Board.--(a)

There is established a State Geospatial Coordinating Board

[within the Governor's Office of Administration. The board is

established] to provide advice and recommendations to the

Governor and the citizens of this Commonwealth on geospatial

issues and provide uniform data standards, coordination and

efficiency in geospatial policy and technology issues among

Federal, State and local government agencies, academic

institutions and the private sector.

(b) (1) The State Geospatial Coordinating Board shall

consist of the following members:

(i) The Secretary of Administration or a designee.

(ii) The Secretary of Environmental Protection or a

designee.

(iii) The Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources or

a designee.

(iv) The Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management

Agency, or its successor agency, or a designee.

(v) The Secretary of Transportation or a designee.

(vi) The Secretary of General Services or a designee.

(vi.1) The Secretary of Agriculture or a designee.

(vi.2) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development

or a designee.

(vi.3) The Secretary of the Commonwealth or a designee.

(vii) Three members appointed by the President pro tempore

of the Senate in consultation with the Majority Leader and

Minority Leader of the Senate. One member shall be a

representative of a municipal authority. Two members shall be

local government officials or employees.

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(viii) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives in consultation with the Majority Leader and

Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. One member

shall be a local government official or employe representing an

urban community. One member shall be an employe of a county

emergency management agency. One member shall be an individual

with expertise in geospatial technology.

(ix) Three members appointed by the Governor. One member

shall be a county commissioner. One member shall be a member of

the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. One member shall be

an individual with expertise in data development and sharing.

(x) One member designated by the County Geographic

Information Systems Professionals Association of Pennsylvania.

(xi) One member designated by [the Pennsylvania Mapping and

Geographic Information Consortium] Keystone GIS.

(xii) One member designated by the County Commissioners

Association of Pennsylvania.

[(xiii) One member designated by the Pennsylvania Chapter of

the Management Association for Private Photogrammetric

Surveyors.]

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officio members or their designees, who shall have all the

rights of other members, except for voting:

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[(5) One member designated by the Pennsylvania Municipal

Authorities Association.]

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(d) The terms of office of members representing State

agencies shall coincide with the term of the Governor, except

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that the representatives shall continue to serve on the board

until their successors are appointed. In case of a vacancy, the

Governor shall make an appointment for the unexpired portion of

the term. An organizational designee shall serve a term of three

years. In the case of a vacancy, the appropriate organization

shall provide a designee for the unexpired portion of the term.

The replacement council member shall serve until an alternate

designee is duly appointed by the appropriate organization for

the following term.

(e) The Governor or a designee shall designate the

chairperson and vice-chairperson of the board from among the

members of the board, other than the ex officio members. The

board shall meet not less than four times yearly. Additional

meetings shall be at the discretion of the chairperson. [Ten]

Eleven members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(f) The members of the board shall serve without

compensation. [The board may, with the approval of the Governor,

appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director who

shall be technically qualified for the duties of the office and

who shall act as secretary of the board and conduct the work of

the board under its supervision.]

(f.1) The board may, with the approval of the Governor,

appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of

the board. The selection and removal of the executive director

shall be made by a [simple] majority of the voting members of

the board that constitute a quorum. Compensation for the

executive director shall be set by a vote of a majority of the

board members identified in subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii),

(iv), (v), (vi) [and], (vi.1), (vi.2) and (vi.3), subject to the

approval of the Executive Board. Funding for the executive

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director's compensation shall be evenly apportioned amongst all

of the Commonwealth agencies represented by members in

subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) [and],

(vi.1), (vi.2) and (vi.3) and administered by the Governor's

Budget Office. The executive director shall be qualified for the

duties of the position, as determined by the board, and shall

conduct the work of the board under the board's direction and

supervision and act as the secretary of the board. No current

member of the board may serve as the executive director. The

executive director's appointment shall not continue beyond the

expiration of this section. The executive director shall be

subject to the same policies and procedures as employes of [the

Office of Administration] administrative departments.

[(g) From funds appropriated for the purposes of this

subsection or to the Office of Administration, the board may

employ and fix the compensation of such experts, stenographers

and assistants as necessary to carry out the work on the board.

The board shall make a diligent effort to enlist voluntary

assistance as may be available from citizens, research

organizations and other agencies in this Commonwealth or

elsewhere, generally recognized as qualified to aid the board.]

(g.1) The Office of Administration shall make available

facilities, administrative support and other assistance to the

board, except that the compensation of the personnel providing

the administrative support or assistance to the board shall be

made from funds that are apportioned to the Office of

Administration for this purpose, or as evenly apportioned

amongst each of the Commonwealth agencies represented by members

under subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi),

(vi.1), (vi.2) and (vi.3) and administered by the Office of the

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Budget. The board shall make a diligent effort to enlist

voluntary assistance as may be available from citizens, research

organizations and other agencies, generally recognized as

qualified to aid the board.

(g.2) The board may contract with vendors as needed to carry

out the work of the board, except that the payment of the

vendors shall be made from funds that are apportioned to the

Office of Administration for this purpose or as evenly

apportioned amongst each of the Commonwealth agencies

represented by members under subsection (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iii),

(iv), (v), (vi), (vi.1), (vi.2) and (vi.3) and administered by

the Office of the Budget.

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[(i) The Office of Administration shall provide

administrative assistance to the board and may provide other

assistance to the board upon recommendation of the chairperson,

if sufficient Commonwealth resources exist.]

(j) This section shall expire [June 30, 2024] July 31, 2028.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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