{"data":{"id":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-9605","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"51 Pa.C.S. § 9605","heading":"Bonding and progress payments.","body":"(a) Bonding.--Notwithstanding 62 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to Commonwealth Procurement Code):\n(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a purchasing agency may reduce the level or change the types of bonding normally required or accept alternative forms of security to the extent reasonably necessary to encourage procurement from veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.\n(2) For contracts under $25,000, veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses shall be exempt from any bonding requirements.\n(b) Progress payments.--A purchasing agency may make special provisions for progress payments as it deems reasonably necessary to encourage procurement from veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.","path":["Title 51 - MILITARY AFFAIRS","PART VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 96 VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES","SUBCHAPTER B PARTICIPATION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=51\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=96\u0026sctn=5\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 51 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:58Z","sha256":"0cb527b20f6bd35c647ba04cfdc203702e4f437ea28ef84d49a8a2956e250fdd","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-9604","next":"us-pa/51-pa.c.s.-9606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}