4 Pa. Code Ch. 7 — Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 7.177. Notification of the Secretary of Administration. When an employe has been charged with criminal conduct, the agency head or his designee shall immediately notify the Secretary of Administration of the name and position of the employe, the criminal charges against the emp…

§ 7.178. Criminal charges against the head of an agency. Whenever a criminal charge involves the head of an agency, the steps set forth in this part shall be followed as in the case of any other agency employe or official, except that the determinations and actions required shall…

RESCISSIONS § 7.179. Rescissions. (a) Executive Orders 1974-6 and 1978-7 are rescinded. This amended Order replaces Executive Order 1980-18, dated September 3, 1980, and revised 1—9 thereto. Executive Order 1980-18 Revision No. 2, date July 5, 2004, is rescinded. (b) Executive Or…

§ 7.181. General. The uncoordinated sale of bonds and notes by the Commonwealth and its agencies, authorities and commissions may lead to marketing conflicts between the various issuers. The conflicts may result in increased interest costs to the Commonwealth. Source The provisio…

§ 7.182. Responsibilities. (a) Avoidance of uncoordinated sales and their adverse effect on the costs and marketability of these bonds and notes shall be the responsibility of debt issuers. (b) The Secretary of the Budget shall be responsible for coordinating and scheduling bond …

§ 7.183. Rescission. Executive Order 1975-11 is rescinded. Source The provisions of this § 7.183 adopted by Executive Order No. 1981-3, dated January 30, 1981, effective January 30, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 1926.

§ 7.201. Access to list of salaried employes. Under section 3 of the act of June 21, 1957 (P. L. 390, No. 212) (65 P. S. § 66.3), a list of salaried employes under the jurisdiction of the Governor, having been declared public information by section 603 of The Administrative Code …

§ 7.21. Basic Commonwealth responsibilities. Basic Commonwealth responsibilities mandated by the Appalachian Regional Development Act (40 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.) are to: (1) Have a State Member and an Alternate to be designated by the Governor on the Appalachian Regional Commission…

§ 7.211. Command and control. (a) The Governor will retain command of State peacekeeping forces during a civil disorder. The Governor may designate the Lieutenant Governor or a member of the Governor’s staff as the on-the-scene representatives with the power and authority the Gov…

§ 7.212. Planning and coordination. (a) In the event of disorder, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council will convene under the Emergency Management Services Code to prepare for and coordinate planning and preparation between local and State government support agencies. (b…

§ 7.22. State Member designation. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall be the State Member for this Commonwealth who shall serve on the Appalachian Regional Commission. (b) The Director of the Bureau of State and Federal Economic Aid, Department of Commerce, shall serve as Alterna…

§ 7.23. Responsibilities of State Member. (a) The State Member shall be responsible for Appalachian Policy development and analysis, and for exercising the responsibilities listed in § 7.21 (relating to basic Commonwealth responsibilities). (b) The State Member on the Appalachian…

§ 7.231. Policy. Administrative departments, boards, commissions and authorities receiving money from the State Treasury shall provide fiscal notes with every regulatory action and administrative procedure published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Cross References This section cite…

§ 7.232. Definitions. Regulatory actions and administrative procedures consist of the following: (1) Executive orders of the Governor, except those which have no general applicability and legal effect or are effective only against Commonwealth agencies or persons in their capacit…

§ 7.234. Responsibilities. (a) Agencies required by § 7.231 (relating to policy) to publish fiscal notes are to establish procedures to insure that fiscal notes are included with regulatory actions and administrative procedures as follows: (1) Agencies that are required to submit…

§ 7.24. Responsibilities of Alternate State Member. The Alternate State Member shall, under appropriate policy direction by the State Member, be responsible for the daily administration and coordination of the Appalachia Program in this Commonwealth.

§ 7.25. Project proposals. (a) A Commonwealth department or agency, municipality or development district shall be able to propose projects to be undertaken under the Appalachia Program. Projects shall be proposed to the State Member. (b) The State Member shall refer the project p…

§ 7.26. Project approval. (a) Projects shall be analyzed in conformity with ‘‘Appalachia Project Review Procedure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.’’ (b) The State Member shall approve, disapprove or modify the project proposal and, if approved, transmit it to the Appalachia R…

§ 7.27. Advise by State Planning Board. The State Planning Board shall advise the State Member in the following: (1) Determining which areas in Appalachia within this Commonwealth have a significant potential for growth and where the expected return for the public investments mad…

§ 7.28. Advise by Department of Community Affairs. The Department of Community Affairs shall advise and coordinate with the State Member in the following: (1) Local government and community problems, plans and programs affecting Appalachia programs in each district, and relating …

§ 7.29. Departmental liaison. Each Commonwealth department or agency and the State Planning Board shall designate a liaison person for Appalachian program activities. The liaison persons shall constitute an ad hoc committee with the State Member serving as Vice Chairman. Meetings…

§ 7.291. Designation. The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, The Capital College, is the Pennsylvania State Data Center. Source The provisions of this § 7.291 adopted by Executive Order No. 1981-14, dated November 13, 1981, effective November 13, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 4154; am…

§ 7.292. Use. (a) State agencies wishing to obtain demographic and economic data and related services shall do so through the Pennsylvania State Data Center. (b) Local government units, planning commissions, businesses, academic institutions and other interested users wishing to …

§ 7.293. Rescission. Executive Order 1981-14 is rescinded. Source The provisions of this § 7.293 adopted by Executive Order No. 1988-8, dated July 12, 1988, effective July 12, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 3329.

§ 7.30. Substate development district. (a) The State Member shall certify a particular geographical entity as a substate development district using criteria approved by the Governor. He shall certify one particular organization to facilitate economic development in the substate d…

§ 7.301. Policy. It is the policy of the Commonwealth to protect through the administration of all agency programs and regulations, the Commonwealth’s ‘‘prime agricultural land’’ from irreversible conversion to uses that result in its loss as an environmental and essential food a…

§ 7.302. Conversion. Commonwealth funds and Commonwealth-administered Federal funds will not be used to encourage the conversion of ‘‘prime agricultural land’’ to other uses when feasible alternatives are available.

§ 7.303. Protected agricultural lands. (a) The prime agricultural land to be protected under this subchapter includes lands: (1) In active agricultural use (not including the growing of timber). (2) Devoted to active agricultural use the preceding 3 years. (3) Which fall into at …

§ 7.304. Agricultural Land Condemnation Approval Board (ALCAB) review. The ALCAB shall consider this policy in its review of agricultural lands proposed for condemnation authorized under section 306 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 106) (Act 100) and the Agricultural…

§ 7.305. Guidance documents. Agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction shall amend their individual documents titled ‘‘Guidance for Implementation of the Agricultural Land Preservation Policy’’ within 6 months of the date of this subchapter. The amended guidance document shall b…

§ 7.306. Interagency committee. The following Commonwealth agencies will participate in an interagency committee, chaired by the Department of Agriculture, to solve mutual problems in meeting the objectives of this subchapter: (1) The Governor’s Policy Office. (2) The Governor’s …

§ 7.307. Cooperation by State agencies. The Department of Agriculture is the lead agency for implementing this subchapter. Agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction shall fully support this agricultural land preservation policy and cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture by …

§ 7.308. Rescission. Executive Order 1997-6 is rescinded.

§ 7.31. Federal grants for development districts. Since the substate development district concept is evident in several pieces of Federal legislation and in order to obtain a maximum coordination at the State level: (1) A development district organization in the Commonwealth whic…

§ 7.341. Alcoholic Beverage Control Coordinating Council. (a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Coordinating Council (Council) is hereby created as an advisory agency within the Executive Office of the Governor to supervise the administration, implementation and enforcement of the l…

§ 7.342. Phase-out plan. (a) No operations, activities or functions of the Board, including the operation of State liquor stores, shall be discontinued, no employes of the Board shall be transferred or furloughed and no property or records of the Board shall be disposed of except…

§ 7.343. Divestment of State Stores and initial private licensing. (a) The Council shall, by June 30, 1987, develop a plan to provide for the divestment of the State Store system by the Department of General Services and the issuance by the Department of Revenue of initial licens…

§ 7.344. Long-term plan for the regulation of alcoholic beverages. (a) The Council shall, by June 30, 1988, prepare and submit to the Governor a long-term plan for the regulation of alcoholic beverages following the transition period provided by § 7.342 (relating to phase-out pla…

§ 7.345. Continuation of licenses issued by the Board. (a) Pursuant to section 10 of the Sunset Act (71 P. S. § 1795.10), all licenses, permits, registrations, and certificates issued by the Board prior to January 1, 1987, shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be …

§ 7.346. Terminated statutory functions and duties of the Board. The continuation of the following functions and duties of the Board conflict irreconcilably with the termination of the Board and upon the termination of the Board, therefore, the following acts and parts of acts re…

§ 7.347. Laws relating to alcoholic beverages and intoxicating liquors unaffected by the termination of the Board. All acts or parts of acts by which rights were vested or accrued prior to December 31, 1986, which impose penal provisions or general requirements or restrictions, e…

§ 7.381. Designation of State housing credit agency. The Housing Finance Agency is hereby designated the housing credit agency for the Commonwealth for purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.A. § 42) and regulations th…

§ 7.382. Allocation of State housing credit authority. The State housing credit authority for calendar year 1987 and each succeeding calendar year shall be allocated to the Housing Finance Agency.

§ 7.383. Allocation procedure. Requests to apply the housing credit authority shall be submitted to the Housing Finance Agency and will be reviewed by and subject to the approval of the Agency in accordance with a low-income housing tax credit program to be established by the Boa…

§ 7.391. Creation. The Pennsylvania Judicial Reform Commission is created to perform the functions of an advisory panel set forth in this subchapter.

§ 7.392. Purpose. The Commission is established to examine issues related to the judicial branch and to recommend changes in law and procedure it finds advisable.

§ 7.393. Membership. The Commission will consist of 23 members appointed by the Governor.

§ 7.394. Powers and duties. The Commission will: (1) Review Commonwealth laws and regulations pertaining to the judiciary. (2) Consider proposed legislation, including constitutional amendments, which would reform and improve the judiciary. (3) Examine reform efforts in other sta…

§ 7.395. Relationship to other agencies. Staff support for the Commission shall be provided by the Department of State. Executive agencies shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Commission in fulfilling its mandate under this subchapter.

§ 7.396. Expenses. Members of the Commission will not be compensated for their services, but are entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred, in accordance with procedures established by the Office of the Governor.