PRINTER'S NO. 1560
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1078
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, REGAN, FOLMER, DINNIMAN, MARTIN,
EICHELBERGER, ARGALL, RESCHENTHALER, RAFFERTY, WARD, AUMENT
AND YAW, MARCH 20, 2018
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 20, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing
for executive sessions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 708(a) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 708. Executive sessions.
(a) Purpose.--An agency may hold an executive session for
one or more of the following reasons:
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(7) To discuss, plan or review matters and records that
are deemed necessary for emergency preparedness, protection
of public safety and security of all property in a manner
that if disclosed would be reasonably likely to jeopardize or
threaten public safety or preparedness or public protection.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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