PRINTER'S NO. 613
No. 563 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, FEE, KOLTER, L. E. SMITH, D. R. WRIGHT
AND KERNICK, MARCH 7, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 7, 1979
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 that the party chairman of any county
12 political committee be elected by a secret ballot of the
13 committee members.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 807, act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
17 No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election Code," is amended
18 to read:
19 Section 807. County Committees; Rules; Other Party
20 Officers.--There may be in each county a county committee for
21 each political party within such county, the members of which
22 shall be elected at the Spring primary, or appointed, as the
23 rules of the respective parties within the county may provide.
1 The chairman of such county committee shall be elected by a
2 secret ballot of the members of such committee. The county
3 committee of each party may make such rules for the government
4 of the party in the county, not inconsistent with law or with
5 the State rules of the party, as it may deem expedient, and may
6 also revoke, alter or renew in any manner not inconsistent with
7 law or with such State rules, any present or future county rules
8 of such party. No such rules shall be effective until a
9 certified copy thereof has been filed in the office of the
10 county board of elections. The members of all other party
11 committees, and all other party officers whose election is
12 required by the party rules, shall also be elected at the Spring
13 primary, in the manner provided by this act.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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