Pennsylvania Statutes Title 45 Pa.C.S.A. Legal Notices § 306. Use of trade publications

(a) General rule.--Any government unit which is required by law to advertise for bids for public works, contracts, supplies or equipment, may, in its discretion, authorize the publication of such advertising, in addition to the newspapers authorized by the other provisions of this chapter, also in any publication or journal devoted to the dissemination of information about construction work published in this Commonwealth at least once a week and circulating among contractors, manufacturers and dealers doing business in the community in which such public works are to be constructed or supplies or equipment purchased.

(b) Exception.--Except with respect to publication by any city of third class or borough, no advertisement for bids for public works, contracts, supplies or equipment shall be inserted in any publication or journal devoted to the dissemination of information about construction work, unless such publication meets the following requirements: