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The
Department of General Services is the central construction, purchasing, publishing,
and maintenance agency for the
Commonwealth. This Department was created by Act 45 of 1975 that combined the
duties of the Department of Property and Supplies and the General State Authority
(GSA). Established by the Act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177), the Department of Property
and Supplies was the service and purchasing agency for all other state departments,
agencies, boards, commissions, and other divisions of state government. The General
State Authority was created by the Act of March 31, 1949 (P.L. 372). (An earlier
GSA created by the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 452 was subsequently repealed by
the Act of May 18, 1945, P.L. 641). The purpose of the Authority under the 1949
Act was to construct, improve, equip, furnish, maintain, acquire, and operate
a wide rage of public works, including all state buildings, institutions, airports,
state-aided schools, and municipal exhibition halls. Prior to 1968, GSA projects
were financed by the sale of General State Authority Bonds. The Act of July 22,
1975 (No. 45) that created the Department of General Services on October 20, 1975
transferred to the new Department the powers and duties of the former Department
of Property and Supplies and the General State Authority with the exception that
the Authority continued to function as an independent public corporation until
the outstanding debt from the bond procceeds spent is retired.
Administrative Material and General Correspondence, 1983-1985. (4 cartons) {#20.46} [Description] [Holdings]
Last minimal
processing update: 7/17/2012, acc. #6196 (snoel)
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