PRINTER'S NO. 293
No. 300 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LAWLESS, WAUGH, HENNESSEY AND ARMSTRONG,
JANUARY 25, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 25, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), entitled,
2 as reenacted, "An act relating to conflicts of interest
3 involving certain public officials serving in State or State
4 agencies and local political subdivision positions and
5 prohibiting certain public employees from engaging in certain
6 conflict of interest activities requiring certain disclosures
7 and providing penalties," further providing for restricted
8 activities and for penalties.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 3 of the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883,
12 No.170), referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics
13 Law, reenacted and amended June 26, 1989 (P.L.26, No.9), is
14 amended by adding a subsection to read:
15 Section 3. Restricted activities.
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17 (c.1) (1) A solicitor may not offer or give to a public
18 official, public employee or nominee or candidate for public
19 office, anything of monetary value, including a gift, loan,
20 political contribution, reward or promise of future
1 employment if the person receiving the thing of monetary
2 value:
3 (i) employs the solicitor or provides compensation
4 to the solicitor for services rendered; or
5 (ii) is elected or appointed to the governmental
6 body providing compensation to the solicitor for services
7 rendered.
8 (2) A public official, public employee or nominee or
9 candidate for public office may not solicit or accept
10 anything of monetary value, including a gift, loan, political
11 contribution, reward or promise of future employment from a
12 solicitor who is in the employ of or receiving compensation
13 for services rendered to:
14 (i) that public official, public employee or nominee
15 or candidate for public office; or
16 (ii) the governmental body by which the public
17 official or employee is employed or to which the public
18 official or employee is appointed or selected.
19 (3) A person may not accept the position of solicitor
20 with a governmental body if, within the past two years, the
21 person offered or gave anything of monetary value, including
22 a gift, loan, political contribution, reward or promise of
23 future employment to a public official or public employee
24 associated with that governmental body.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. Section 9(a) of the act is amended to read:
27 Section 9. Penalties.
28 (a) Any person who violates the provisions of section 3(a),
29 [(b) and (c)] (b), (c) or (c.1) is guilty of a felony and shall
30 be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than
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1 five years, or be both fined and imprisoned.
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3 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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