An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in construction, improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways, further providing for duty on Department of Highways.

PRINTER'S NO. 265
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 312
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STAMBAUGH, HAMM AND ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 23, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), entitled
"An act relating to roads, streets, highways and bridges;
amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws
administered by the Secretary of Highways and by the
Department of Highways relating thereto," in construction,
improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways,
further providing for duty on Department of Highways.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 401 of the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242,
No.428), known as the State Highway Law, is amended to read:
Section 401. Duty on Department of Highways.--(a) The
department shall construct or improve, and thereafter maintain
and repair, at the cost and expense of the Commonwealth, the
highways forming the plan or system of the State highways, in
the several counties and townships. Such improvement and
maintenance shall be made according to specifications to be
prepared by the department, as regards the character,
construction, and material to be used. The work of construction
and maintenance of said State highways shall be done under the
direction and supervision of the secretary. The secretary, in
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addition to the powers conferred upon him in this act, shall
enjoy and possess, in the construction and maintenance of State
highways, all the rights and powers conferred by existing laws
on supervisors or commissioners in townships in the construction
or maintenance of township roads.
(b) All State highways with a State route number consisting
of two or three digits shall be resurfaced at least once every
twenty-five (25) years and shall be improved and maintained in
coordination with the department's engineering districts,
metropolitan planning organizations and rural planning
organizations. The department shall create a twenty-five-year
plan for each engineering district for the resurfacing of all
State highways with a State route number consisting of two or
three digits in that district. During the penultimate year of
the plan, any State highway that has not been resurfaced during
that twenty-five-year period shall be prioritized immediately.
The department shall publish a publicly available list of all
State highways with a State route number consisting of two or
three digits, organized by county, that includes the last year a
complete or partial resurfacing was performed on each State
highway.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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