PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 2153
No. 1748 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, ROHRER, FORCIER, LEH, ARMSTRONG,
BASTIAN, BENNINGHOFF, HABAY, MAHER, ORIE, RUFFING AND YEWCIC,
JUNE 21, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 21, 1999
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, providing for the election of the Secretary
3 of Education.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 8(a) of Article IV be amended and that the
9 article be amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 4.2. Secretary of Education.
11 A Secretary of Education shall be chosen by the qualified
12 electors of the Commonwealth on the day the general election is
13 held for the Auditor General, State Treasurer and Attorney
14 General. The Secretary of Education shall hold office during
15 four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing such
16 election and shall not be eligible to serve continuously for
17 more than two successive terms. The Secretary of Education shall
1 exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be imposed
2 by law.
3 § 8. Appointing power.
4 (a) The Governor shall appoint [a Secretary of Education
5 and] such [other] officers as he shall be authorized by law to
6 appoint. The appointment of [the Secretary of Education and of]
7 such [other] officers as may be specified by law[,] shall be
8 subject to the consent of two-thirds or a majority of the
9 members elected to the Senate as is specified by law.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. Upon approval of this amendment by the electors,
12 there shall be a vacancy in the office of Secretary of Education
13 which shall be filled as provided herein.
14 Section 3. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
15 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
16 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
17 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
18 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
19 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
20 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
21 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
22 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
23 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
24 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
25 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
26 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
27 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
28 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
29 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
30 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
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1 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
2 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
3 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
4 the General Assembly which meets the requirements of and is in
5 conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
6 Pennsylvania.
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