§ 1507. Interest penalties on Commonwealth accounts
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
72 P.S. § 1507
§ 1507. Interest penalties on Commonwealth accounts
(a)(1) In accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Budget, each Commonwealth agency which acquires property or services from a business concern or a qualified small business concern but which does not make payment for each such complete delivered item of property or service by the required payment date may pay an interest penalty to such business concern, and shall pay an interest penalty to any qualified small business concern, in accordance with this section on the amount of the payment which is due.
(iii) shall require that prior to the date upon which payment without an interest penalty is due, Commonwealth agencies notify the business concern or qualified small business concern of any defect in goods and services or impropriety in such invoice which would prevent the running of the time periods specified in this paragraph;1 and
(b)(1) Interest penalties payable on amounts due to a business concern or qualified small business concern under this section shall be paid to the business concern for the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and ending on the date on which payment on the amount due is made, except no interest penalty shall be paid if payment for the complete delivered item of property or service concerned is made on or before the fifteenth calendar day after the required payment date.
(c) A Commonwealth agency shall pay any interest penalties required by this section out of funds made available for the administration or operation of the program for which the penalty was incurred, or from general administrative funds of the agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require payment of interest penalties from Federal funds if such payment is prohibited by Federal law or regulation.
(d) Claims for interest penalties which a Commonwealth agency has failed to pay in accordance with the requirements of this section may be filed with the Board of Arbitration of Claims following the exhaustion of other appropriate administrative or contractual remedies. If a claim for interest penalties is2 filed under this subsection, the jurisdictional amount in controversy requirement established by section 4 of the act of May 20, 1937 (P.L. 728, No. 193), referred to as the Board of Claims Act,3 shall not be applicable to such proceedings.
(e) This section shall not be construed to require interest penalties on payments which are not made by the required payment date by reason of a dispute between a Commonwealth agency and a business concern or qualified small business concern over the amount of that payment or other allegations concerning compliance with a contract. Claims concerning any such dispute, and any interest which may be payable with respect to the period while the dispute is being resolved, may be filed with the Board of Arbitration of Claims, following the exhaustion of other appropriate administrative or contractual remedies, if the claim meets the other jurisdictional requirements of the board. Interest penalties awarded by the board, if any, shall be computed at the rate established by subsection (b)(2).
(1) The term “Commonwealth agency” shall include, the Executive and all departments, boards, bureaus and agencies hereunder, all independent agencies as defined by section 102 of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No. 164), known as the “Commonwealth Attorneys Act,”4 and the Auditor General, the Board of Arbitration of Claims, the State Treasurer and the Public Utility Commission.
(7) This section shall not apply to any “public contracts” subject to the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1309, No. 317), referred to as the Public Works Contract Regulation Law.5
Credits
1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XV, § 1507, added 1982, Dec. 13, P.L. 1155, No. 266, § 1, effective in 60 days. Amended 1984, Dec. 12, P.L. 982, No. 196, § 1, effective in 60 days.
Footnotes
“in paragraph (a)(2)” in original.
“if” in original.
72 P.S. § 4651-4 (repealed); see 62 Pa.C.S.A. § 1724.
71 P.S. § 732-102.
73 P.S. § 1621 et seq. (repealed); see 62 Pa.C.S.A. § 3902 et seq.
72 P.S. § 1507, PA ST 72 P.S. § 1507
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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