PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1349
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
951
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, WHITE, RESCHENTHALER AND REGAN,
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for Commonwealth
indebtedness.
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 7 of Article VIII be amended by adding a
subsection to read:
ยง 7. Commonwealth indebtedness.
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(e) No debt shall be incurred by or on behalf of the
Commonwealth or any municipality, and no public funds shall be
used, to finance or aid in the financing of a sports facility to
be used by a professional sports organization.
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
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