1Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
3disclosure, further providing for definitions.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1.  The definitions of "governmental body,"
7"governmental body with which a public official or public
8employee is or has been associated" and "public employee" in
9section 1102 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
10Statutes are amended and the section is amended by adding a
11definition to read:

12§ 1102.  Definitions.

13The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
14shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
15meanings given to them in this section:

16* * *

17"Governmental body."  Any department, authority, commission,
18committee, council, board, bureau, division, service, office,

1officer, administration, legislative body or other establishment
2in the executive, legislative or judicial branch of a state, a
3nation or a political subdivision thereof [or], any agency
4performing a governmental function or a State-related 
5institution and its affiliates.

6"Governmental body with which a public official or public
7employee is or has been associated."  The governmental body
8within State government, a State-related institution and its 
9affiliates or a political subdivision by which the public
10official or employee is or has been employed or to which the
11public official or employee is or has been appointed or elected
12and subdivisions and offices within that governmental body.

13* * *

14"Public employee."  Any individual employed by the
15Commonwealth, a State-related institution and its affiliates or
16a political subdivision who is responsible for taking or
17recommending official action of a nonministerial nature with
18regard to:

19(1)  contracting or procurement;

20(2)  administering or monitoring grants or subsidies;

21(3)  planning or zoning;

22(4)  inspecting, licensing, regulating or auditing any
23person; or

24(5)  any other activity where the official action has an
25economic impact of greater than a de minimis nature on the
26interests of any person.

27The term shall not include individuals who are employed by this
28Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof in teaching as
29distinguished from administrative duties.

30* * *

1"State-related institution and its affiliates."  The
2Pennsylvania State University, including the Pennsylvania
3College of Technology, Temple University, the University of
4Pittsburgh and Lincoln University serving as instrumentalities
5of the Commonwealth within the Commonwealth system of higher
6education. The term also includes any of their graduate schools,
7law schools, medical schools, continental and international
8branch campuses, as applicable, and any associated hospital,
9medical center, institute, facility, subsidiary or subordinate
10unit.

11Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.