PRINTER'S NO. 1124
No. 975 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, STEWART AND ENGLEHART, APRIL 25, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 25, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 22, 1959 (P.L.1978, No.728),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for and regulating
3 harness racing with pari-mutuel wagering on the results
4 thereof; creating the State Harness Racing Commission as a
5 departmental administrative commission within the Department
6 of Agriculture and defining its powers and duties; providing
7 for the establishment and operation of harness racing plants
8 subject to local option; imposing taxes on revenues of such
9 plants; disposing of all moneys received by the commission
10 and all moneys collected from the taxes; authorizing
11 penalties; and making appropriations," further providing for
12 the employment of public employes.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 7.2, act of December
16 22, 1959 (P.L.1978, No.728), referred to as the Pennsylvania
17 Harness Racing Law, amended February 25, 1972 (P.L.86, No.31),
18 is amended to read:
19 Section 7.2. Prohibition of Interest by Public Officers,
20 Public Employes and Party Officers in Pari-mutuel Racing
21 Activities.--(a) No public officer, public employe or party
22 officer shall:
23 (1) Hold any license from the State Harness Racing
1 Commission; or
2 (2) Own or hold, directly or indirectly, any proprietary
3 interest, stock or obligation of any firm, association or
4 corporation (i) which is licensed by such commission to conduct
5 pari-mutuel racing, or (ii) which is licensed to conduct its
6 occupation, trade or business at race tracks at which pari-
7 mutuel race meets are conducted, or (iii) which owns or leases
8 to any licensed association or corporation a race track at which
9 pari-mutuel racing is conducted, or (iv) which participates in
10 the management of any licensee conducting pari-mutuel racing; or
11 (3) Hold any office or employment with any firm, association
12 or corporation specified in clause (2) of this section; or
13 (4) Sell (or be a member of a firm or own ten per centum or
14 more of the stock of any corporation which sells) any goods or
15 services to any firm, association or corporation specified in
16 clause (2) of this section.
17 The provisions of clause (3) of this subsection (a) shall not
18 apply to a public employe [of a political subdivision (other]
19 other than a police officer or paid employe of a police
20 department, sheriff's office, district attorney's office or
21 other law enforcement [agency) whose compensation is less than
22 twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum:] agency of a city,
23 borough, town, township or county within whose boundaries is
24 located the race track where such police officer or paid employe
25 desires to hold office or employment: Provided, however, That
26 such employment of employes of a political subdivision may be
27 prohibited by ordinance, resolution or local law adopted by the
28 local legislative body or other governing board of such
29 political subdivision.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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