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Office of the Budget - 62 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 327

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     § 327.  Office of the Budget.
        (a)  Encumbrance of funds.--For executive agencies and
     independent agencies and State-affiliated entities where the
     department is used as the purchasing agency, the Office of the
     Budget shall encumber sufficient funds for the payment of all
     invoices for the procurement of supplies, services and
     construction.
        (b)  Contractor responsibility program.--The Office of the
     Budget shall participate in the management and maintenance of a
     contractor responsibility program in coordination with the
     department and other agencies as may be directed by the
     Governor.
        (c)  Comptroller review of contracts for services.--
            (1)  Except for contracts awarded pursuant to section 514
        (relating to small procurements), the comptroller authorized
        in paragraph (2) shall review and approve all contracts for
        services for:
                (i)  Fiscal responsibility and budgetary
            appropriateness.
                (ii)  Availability of funds.
            (2)  Where the service contract is for an executive
        agency, independent agency or State-affiliated entity for
        which the Office of the Budget acts as comptroller, the
        Office of the Budget shall review and approve the contract.
        Where the service contract is for an independent agency or
        State-affiliated entity for which the Office of the Budget
        does not act as comptroller, the fiscal office or comptroller
        of that agency or entity shall review and approve the
        contract.
        (d)  Agency comptrollers.--A Commonwealth agency comptroller
     may, at his option, serve as a nonvoting member of an evaluation
     committee for requests for proposals or a similar contract
     bidding or selection committee for the acquisition of services.
        (e)  Exceptions.--Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsections
     (a) and (c) shall not apply to procurements made by the Office
     of Attorney General, the Department of the Auditor General or
     the Treasury Department. However, where the department is used
     as the purchasing agency, the Office of Attorney General, the
     Department of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department
     shall certify to the department that they have encumbered
     sufficient funds for the procurement.

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