§ 7-751.1. Architects and engineers employed prohibited from bidding on public works; penalty
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. Education
24 P.S. § 7-751.1
§ 7-751.1. Architects and engineers employed prohibited from bidding on public works; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any architect or engineer, in the employ of any school district, and engaged in the preparation of plans, specifications or estimates, to bid or negotiate on any public work at any letting of such work by the school district, except that any such architect or engineer who shall have prepared preliminary plans only shall not be prohibited from bidding or negotiating on the final contract for such work.
It shall be unlawful for the officers of school districts charged with the duty of letting any public work, to award a contract to any such architect or engineer, in the employ of the school district who is in any way interested in any contract for public work for the school district or for any such architect or engineer to receive any remuneration or gratuity from any person interested in such contract except under the terms and conditions as provided in section 751(e).1
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit his office, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or to undergo imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Credits
1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. VII, § 751, added 1980, Oct. 10, P.L. 924, No. 159, § 2, effective in 60 days.
Footnotes
24 P.S. § 7-751(e).
24 P.S. § 7-751.1, PA ST 24 P.S. § 7-751.1
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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