Liveright, 041132 PAAGO, AGO 45

• Case Date: April 11, 1932
• Court: Pennsylvania

Honorable Alice F. Liveright AGO 45 Opinion No. 45 Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions Opinion of the Attorney General April 11, 1932          State government—Contracts—Interest of "member or officer of any department"—Constitution, Art. III, Sec. 12—The Administrative Code of 1929, Sec. 516—Applicability to members of legislature.          1. Article three, section twelve, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania forbids a member of the legislature to make or be otherwise interested in a contract for the sale to the Commonwealth of stationery, printing, paper or fuel, or for repairing or furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meetings of the general assembly or its committees.          2. Section 51C of The Administrative Code of 1929 prevents the executive department from awarding any contract for stationery, printing, paper, fuel, furniture, materials or supplies or for the repairing or furnishing of halls and rooms used for the meetings of the general assembly or its committees, in which any member of the legisalture is in any way interested.          3. The words "member or ofl5cer of any department of the government." as used in article three, section twelve, of the Constitution and in section 516 of The Administrative Code of 1929, apply to members and officers of t^" legislative as well as of the executive and judicial departments of the state government,          Honorable Alice, F. Liveright,          Secretary of Welfare,          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.          Dear Mrs. Liveright: You have inquired whether there is any constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting a member of the Legislature from selling supplies to a State institution.          Article III, Section 12 of the Constitution is as follows:

"All stationery, printing, paper and fuel used in the legislative and other departments of government shall be furnished, and the printing, binding and distributing of the laws, journals, department reports, and all other printing and binding, and the repairing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meetings of the General Assembly and its committees, shall be performed under contract to be given to the lowest responsible bidder below such maximum price and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by law; no' member or officer of any department of the government; shall be in any way interested in such contracts, and all such contracts shall be subject to the approval of the Governor, Auditor

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