PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 17, 39 PRINTER'S NO. 234
No. 17 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. WEIDNER, FRYER, LEVI, BRANDT, WILSON,
MRS. M. H. GEORGE, MESSRS. A. C. FOSTER, JR., WASS,
MACKOWSKI, MOWERY AND D. S. HAYES, JANUARY 22, 1979
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FEBRUARY 12, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (No.170), entitled "An act
2 relating to conflicts of interest involving certain public
3 officials serving in State or State agencies and local
4 political subdivision positions and prohibiting certain
5 public employees from engaging in certain conflict of
6 interest activities requiring certain disclosures and
7 providing penalties," changing the effective date.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 14, act of October 4, 1978 (No.170),
11 referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law, is
12 amended to read:
13 Section 14. Effective date.
14 (a) This act shall take effect January 1, 1979 except that <--
15 subsections (b) and (e) of section 4 shall take effect August 1,
16 1979 and subsections (a) and (d) of section 4 shall take effect
17 January 1, 1980: Provided, however, That the Ethics Commission
18 shall have the power and duty to require the filing of the
19 financial disclosure statements of candidates for elective
1 office between August 1, 1979 and January 1, 1980 at least 60
2 days prior to such election, or in the case of a special
3 election at least 15 days prior to such election.
4 (b) Any candidate who does not file a financial disclosure <--
5 statement pursuant to this section shall forfeit his candidacy
6 and the nomination shall be filled in accordance with the act of
7 June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania
8 Election Code."
9 Section 2. (A) This act shall take effect immediately and <--
10 shall be retroactive to January 1, 1979. Provided, however, <--
11 That any action taken pursuant to the act between January 1,
12 1979 and the effective date hereof shall not be invalidated.
13 (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE POSTPONEMENT OF <--
14 SUBSECTIONS (A), (B), (D) AND (E) OF SECTION 4 HEREOF, ANY
15 ACTION TAKEN PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBSECTIONS BETWEEN JANUARY 1,
16 1979 AND SUCH POSTPONEMENT DATES SHALL NOT BE INVALIDATED.
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