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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 711

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE CUTLER

Printer's No. 1460

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Amend Bill, page 2, line 44, by inserting after "providing"

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for referendum on additional licensed facilities and

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Amend Bill, page 208, line 12, by striking out "a section"

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and inserting

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 sections

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Amend Bill, page 209, by inserting between lines 3 and 4

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§ 1524.  Referendum on additional licensed facilities.

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(a)  Procedure.--Prior to the addition of licensed facilities

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in this Commonwealth, an election shall be held on the date of

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the general or primary election immediately preceding any

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general election to determine the will of the electors with

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respect to the addition of licensed facilities within the limits

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of this Commonwealth under the provisions of this part. Where an

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election shall have been held at the primary election in any

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year, another election may not be held under the provisions of

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this part sooner than four years after the prior election.

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Whenever electors equal to 25% of the highest vote cast for any

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office in any Statewide office at the last preceding general

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election shall file a petition with the Secretary of the

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Commonwealth to place such a question on the ballot, the

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Department of State shall cause the following question to be

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placed on the ballot or on the voting machine board:

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Do you favor the addition of licensed facilities in the

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Commonwealth?

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(b)  Vote.--No addition of licensed facilities shall be

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granted unless the majority of the electors voting on the

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question vote "yes," but if a majority of the electors voting on

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the question vote "no," there shall be no addition of licensed

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facilities in this Commonwealth, unless and until, at an

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election at least four years later, a majority of the voting

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electors vote "yes" on the question.

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(c)  Voting proceedings.--Proceedings under this section

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shall be in accordance with the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,

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No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.