SB 178 — An Act amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in powers and duties of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, further providing for specific powers and duties, for personal property and for documents, and providing for Commonwealth archival records, for local government archival records and for access to older public records; and, in historic properties, further providing for powers over certain historic property.

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551178 THE2017 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFSCAVELLO, PENNSYLVANIASCARNATI, SENATESABATINA, BILLVULAKOVICH, SessionJANUARY 25, 2017H, GORDNER, KILLION, FOLMER AND RAFFERTY, REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 25, 2017 AN ACT Amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of No.the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions;

178 2017 INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, SCARNATI, SABATINA, VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER, JANUARY 25, 2017, KILLION, FOLMER, RAFFERTY AND SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, MARCH 21, 2017 AN ACT Amending Title 37 (Historical and Museums) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for definitions;

20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 2 - (iv) A summary of collection deaccessioning activities.

The opportunity of an original donor to 20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 3 - reacquire an object shall not be construed to diminish the commission's control over an historical artifact subsequent to its acquisition by the commission and prior to its disposition.] These sales shall be conducted by the Department of General Services.

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[(3)] (4) Management of historical documents.--Collect, 20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 5 - classify, preserve and make available for reference all records which may come into its possession with the exceptions indicated by the commission;

20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 6 - (iii) Papers relating to the surveys of this Commonwealth and county lines and the reports of commissioners relating to the boundary lines of this Commonwealth.

(b) Sale or transfer of Commonwealth archival records prohibited.-- (1) A person may not sell, transfer or otherwise 20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 7 - alienate a Commonwealth archival record unless specifically authorized by law or established by approved record retention procedures of the Commonwealth.

20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 8 - (e) Petition.--If the person, organization, institution or other entity in possession of the Commonwealth archival record refuses or fails to deliver the record on demand, the commission may petition Commonwealth Court for recovery of the record.

(b) Preservation of record status.--Upon receipt of the notice and demand from the commission or a local government 20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 9 - agency issued under this section, the person, organization, institution or other entity in the possession of the local archival record claimed to belong to the local government agency may not destroy, alter, transfer, convey or otherwise alienate the record unless authorized by the local government agency or by an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 10 - (d) Public notice.--The commission's publicly accessible Internet website shall include a public notice stating that on or after January 1, 20152015, 2018, all items that are at least 75 <-- years old and on deposit in the State Archives shall be accessible to the public.

* * * [(7) Cashiers House.] * * * [(16) Fort Augusta.] * * * [(26) John Brown House.] * * * [(32) McCoy House.] * * * [(37) Old Brown's Mill School.] * * * [(39) Old Custom House.] * * * [(41) Old Mill Village.] 20170SB0178PN055120170SB0178PN0170 - 11 - * * * [(48) Pottsgrove Mansion.] * * * [(50) Robert Fulton Birthplace.] * * * [(52) Sodom School House.] * * * [(59) Tuscarora Academy.] * * * Section 7.

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