Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 3735. Report of loss or damage to Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings;  investigation;  restoration;  plans;  contracts

Whenever loss or damage by fire, boiler explosion, flood or flood-related hazards or any other natural disasters, or other casualty shall occur to any structure, building, equipment, or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the department, board of trustees, overseers, commissioners, or other branch of the State government having control or custody thereof, shall make report of such loss or damage to the Secretary of General Services, setting forth specifically the use and character of the structure, building, equipment, or other property damaged or destroyed, the original cost thereof, the estimated amount of the loss or damage, and cost of restoration, rebuilding, or replacement, and such other data and information as may be required by the said Secretary of General Services, who shall make such examination and investigation as may be necessary and report the result thereof to the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings;  1  whereupon the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings may, in its discretion, authorize the rebuilding, restoration, or replacement of the property damaged or destroyed;  and, for that purpose is hereby authorized to have plans and specifications prepared, and contracts executed, and to supervise the erection, construction, or replacement thereof, under the supervision of the Secretary of General Services or other duly authorized agent of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings;  such rebuilding, restoration, or replacement to be in substantial accord with the original character, use, and purpose of the property damaged or destroyed.