Pennsylvania § 5302 - Aircraft for official use.
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§ 5302. Aircraft for official use.
(a) General rule.--The department may purchase or lease and maintain aircraft required for the proper conduct of the business of the Commonwealth agencies and the General Assembly. The total cost, including all ordinary and necessary expenses for the use of such aircraft, shall be charged by the department to the using agency or the General Assembly. The amount of such charge shall be paid into the Aviation Restricted Account and be credited to the amounts appropriated therefrom for the use of the department. All amounts so credited are hereby appropriated to the department for the same purposes as other appropriations out of the Aviation Restricted Account for the use of the department.
(b) Flight log required.--The department shall establish and maintain a log of flights using aircraft authorized under this section. This log shall be publicly accessible on the department's Internet website and shall be updated monthly. At minimum, the information made available on the department's Internet website shall include:
(1) Flight date.
(2) Flight identification number.
(3) Agency name.
(4) Aircraft.
(5) Originating city.
(6) Departure time.
(7) Destination city. If a flight includes more than one destination city, all destination cities shall be identified for such flight.
(8) Arrival time at and departure time from the destination city.
(9) All passengers, with the exception of Pennsylvania State Police security personnel, including first and last names, job titles, State agency, organization, business or other entity to which the passenger is affiliated or represents.
(10) Public purpose of the trip.
(11) Total hours.
(12) Invoice amount.
(c) Manner of posting.--All flight information required by subsection (b) shall be in plain and easily understandable language and posted in a way that allows the public to search the information by the categories enumerated in subsection (b)(1) through (12).
(Apr. 12, 2012, P.L.228, No.26, eff. 60 days)
Cross References. Section 5302 is referred to in section 5301 of this title.
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What does Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 5302 cover?
Section 5302 ("Aircraft for official use.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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