PRINTER'S NO. 724
No. 656 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY HOEFFEL, KERNICK, HOPKINS, O'KEEFE, DiCARLO,
MELUSKEY, WAGNER, STAPLETON, CAPUTO, BROWN, MILLIRON,
HASKELL, ABRAHAM, FREIND, M. M. MULLEN, O'DONNELL, FLAHERTY,
REED, SCIRICA AND KATZ, MARCH 16, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 16, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," requiring additional information to be included
12 on expense accounts.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1607, act of June 3,
16 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election
17 Code," amended July 1, 1976 (No.124), is amended to read:
18 Section 1607. Expense Accounts to Be Filed.--
19 (a) Every candidate for nomination or election, and every
20 treasurer of a political committee, or person acting as such
21 treasurer, shall, within thirty days after every primary and
22 election at which such candidate was voted for or with which
1 such political committee was concerned, if the amount received
2 or expended or liabilities incurred shall exceed the sum of one
3 hundred fifty dollars, file a full, true and detailed account,
4 subscribed and sworn to by him, setting forth each and every sum
5 of money received, contributed or disbursed by him for primary
6 or election expenses, the date of each receipt, contribution and
7 disbursement, the full name, home address, business address and
8 occupation of the person from whom received or to whom paid, and
9 the specific object or purpose for which the same was disbursed.
10 Where the person from whom the money was received or contributed
11 is other than an individual, the full name, date and address
12 shall be set forth. Such account shall also set forth the unpaid
13 debts and liabilities of any such candidate or committee for
14 primary or election expenses, with the nature and amount of
15 each, and to whom owing. In the case of the treasurer of a
16 political committee, the account shall include any unexpended
17 balance of contributions or other receipts appearing from the
18 last previous account filed by him, and shall also include a
19 complete listing of all receipts and disbursements made by such
20 committee for any purpose, including all receipts and
21 disbursements from the publication and sale of all publications,
22 and from the time of the last account or from the time of the
23 formation of the political committee if no prior account has
24 been filed. In the case of candidates for election who have
25 previously filed accounts of their primary expenses as
26 candidates for nomination, the accounts shall only include
27 receipts, contributions and disbursements subsequent to the date
28 of such prior accounts.
29 Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, where any amount
30 received or contributed is not more than fifty ($50) dollars,
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1 such amounts may be aggregated according to the date of receipt
2 or contribution. In such cases, the name of the person from whom
3 received or contributed need not be set forth. However, where
4 the candidate for nomination or election, treasurer of a
5 political committee, or person acting as a treasurer, knows or
6 has reason to know that a person has, through multiple
7 contributions, contributed more than a total of fifty ($50)
8 dollars, he must make a full, true and detailed account and
9 report of what he knows or has reason to know.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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