PRINTER'S NO. 400
No. 362 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, COSTA, WONDERLING,
WOZNIAK, M. WHITE, BOSCOLA AND BAKER, MARCH 12, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for statement of
3 financial interests.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1104(b) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1104. Statement of financial interests required to be filed.
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10 (b) Candidate.--
11 (1) (i) Any candidate for a State-level public office
12 shall file a statement of financial interests for the
13 preceding calendar year with the commission on or before
14 the last day for filing a petition to appear on the
15 ballot for election. A copy of the statement of financial
16 interests shall also be appended to such petition.
17 (ii) The candidate for office may file the statement
18 of financial interests after the last day for filing a
1 petition if, in the discretion of a court of competent
2 jurisdiction, the court finds that there was a good faith
3 effort to timely file the statement and that the
4 statement has since been filed as set forth in this
5 paragraph.
6 (2) (i) Any candidate for county-level or local office
7 shall file a statement of financial interests for the
8 preceding calendar year with the governing authority of
9 the political subdivision in which he is a candidate on
10 or before the last day for filing a petition to appear on
11 the ballot for election. A copy of the statement of
12 financial interests shall also be appended to such
13 petition.
14 (ii) The candidate for office may file the statement
15 of financial interests after the last day for filing a
16 petition if, in the discretion of a court of competent
17 jurisdiction, the court finds that there was a good faith
18 effort to timely file the statement and that the
19 statement has since been filed as set forth in this
20 paragraph.
21 (3) All of the following apply:
22 (i) No petition to appear on the ballot for election
23 shall be accepted by the respective State or local
24 election officials unless the petition has appended
25 thereto a statement of financial interests as set forth
26 in paragraphs (1) and (2).
27 (ii) (A) Failure to file the statement in
28 accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall,
29 in addition to any other penalties provided, be a
30 fatal defect to a petition to appear on the ballot.
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1 (B) This subparagraph does not preclude a court
2 of competent jurisdiction, in an action brought to
3 set aside a nomination petition or a nomination
4 paper, from permitting amendment of a statement of
5 financial interests to correct nonfraudulent errors
6 or omissions in the content of the statement of
7 financial interests as long as the statement of
8 financial interests was filed with the commission or
9 the governing authority of the political subdivision,
10 as applicable, as set forth in paragraph (1) or (2).
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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