H2044B2352A03074 SFR:EJH 11/17/21 #90 A03074
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2044
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SANCHEZ
Printer's No. 2352
Amend Bill, page 2, line 3, by striking out "To decline to
accept" and inserting
Prior to accepting
Amend Bill, page 2, line 6, by striking out the period after
"outreach" and inserting
, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, subject to a
thirty-day public comment period and prior to acceptance of the
private donation or contribution, transmit notice to the
Legislative Reference Bureau of the following for publication in
the Pennsylvania Bulletin:
(A) The name of the entity providing the donation or
contribution.
(B) The amount of the anticipated donation or contribution.
(C) The allowable uses of the donation or contribution by
the donor.
(D) The planned uses of the donation or contribution,
including amounts to be distributed to counties and their
planned uses of the donation or contribution.
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 13 through 16, by striking out "To
decline to accept any private donation or" in line 13 and all of
lines 14 through 16 and inserting
The following shall apply:
(1) At least thirty days prior to a vote to accept any
private donation or contribution for the purposes of operating
elections, employing staff or selecting and equipping a polling
place or for use in voter education or outreach, a county board
of elections shall publicly discuss the proposed contribution at
a public meeting subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open
meetings) and take residents' comments. Discussion shall include
the following:
(i) The name of the entity providing the donation or
contribution.
(ii) The amount of the anticipated donation or contribution.
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(iii) The allowable uses of the donation or contribution by
the donor.
(iv) The planned uses of the donation or contribution.
(2) Following the initial public meeting and public
comments, a county board of elections may vote at a public
meeting to accept the private donation or contribution by a
majority vote.
(3) After final expenses of the private donation or
contribution are calculated, the county board of elections shall
post on its publicly accessible Internet website the following:
(i) The name of the entity providing the donation or
contribution.
(ii) The amount of the anticipated donation or contribution
received.
(iii) The allowable uses of the donation or contribution by
the donor.
(iv) The actual uses of the donation or contribution.
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