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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 967
PRINTER'S NO. 1383
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
761
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, BLAKE, MARTIN, WHITE, BAKER, RAFFERTY,
YUDICHAK, FOLMER, VULAKOVICH, STEFANO, RESCHENTHALER,
DiSANTO, SCAVELLO, ALLOWAY, BROWNE AND McILHINNEY,
JUNE 16, 2017
SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 12, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in the Executive, further providing for
Lieutenant Governor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 4 of Article IV be amended to read:
ยง 4. Lieutenant Governor.
[A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen jointly with the
Governor by the casting by each voter of a single vote
applicable to both offices, for the same term, and subject to
the same provisions as the Governor[; he]. The candidate of each
political party for election to the office of Lieutenant
Governor shall be selected by the candidate of that party
nominated for election to the office of Governor and shall be
approved by the State committee of that party. The selection of
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the candidate for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor
shall be made within 30 days following the nomination of the
candidate for election to the office of Governor. EACH CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR, HAVING WON THE NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATE'S
PARTY, SHALL SELECT THE CANDIDATE FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NO
LATER THAN 90 DAYS BEFORE THE GENERAL GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION,
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CANDIDATE'S POLITICAL PARTY. A
person may not seek election to both offices simultaneously. The
Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate. As such,
[he] the Lieutenant Governor may vote in case of a tie on any
question except the final passage of a bill or joint resolution,
the adoption of a conference report or the concurrence in
amendments made by the House of Representatives.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
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to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
passed by the General Assembly.
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