Gordon, 061031 PAAGO, AGO 12

Case DateJune 10, 1931
CourtPennsylvania
Honorable William D. Gordon, Secretary of Banking, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
AGO 12
Opinion No. 12
Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions
Opinion of the Attorney General
June 10, 1931
         Department of Banking—Duty to Supply Information to Department of Revenue—Banking Act Sec. 12—The Administrative Code of 1929.          Under the provisions of Sections 501 and 502 of The Administrative Code of 1929, the Department of Banking has the power and it is its duty to furnish to the Secretary of Revenue or his duly authorized agent such information regarding institutions under the supervision of the Department of Banking as is necessary to assist the Secretary of Revenue in the performance of his official duties, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12 of the Banking Act of June 15, 1923, P. L. 809, as amended by the Act of May 5, 1927, P. L. 762.          Honorable William D. Gordon,          Secretary of Banking,          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.          Sir: You have requested an opinion on your right to give to the Department of Revenue to assist it in collecting taxes due the State, information in your possession secured as a result of the examination of institutions under your supervision or appearing in reports of such institutions filed with you.          Section 501 of The Administrative Code of 1929 reads as follows:
"The several administrative departments, and the several independent administrative and departmental administrative boards and commissions, shall devise a practical and working basis for cooperation and coordination of work, eliminating, duplicating, and overlapping of functions, and shall, so far as practical, cooperate with each other in the use of employees, land, buildings, quarters, facilities, and equipment. * * *"
         Section 502 of the same Act further provides:
"Whenever, in this act, power is vested in a department, board, or commission, to inspect, examine, secure data or information, or to procure assistance, from any other department, board, or commission, a duty is hereby imposed upon the department, board, or commission, upon which demand is made, to render such power effective. ''
         These sections of The Administrative Code evidence the desire of the Legislature to secure full and complete co-operation between, and co-ordination of the work of, the several administrative departments. Therefore, your Department should assist the Department of Revenue and any other department, board or...

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