Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 3401.13. Power of commission

This act shall not prevent the commission from having any work done by its own employees, nor shall it apply to repairs or to the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor or the hiring of equipment or vehicles, when the safety or protection of its or other public property or the public convenience require or the exigency of the commission's service will not admit of such advertisement. In such case the commission shall by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members declare the exigency or emergency to exist and set forth in the resolution the nature thereof and the approximate amount to be so expended.