HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1449, 1731, 1744 PRINTER'S NO. 1791
No. 1039 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, JUBELIRER, EARLL, ORIE, PIPPY, BOSCOLA,
FERLO, O'PAKE, WAGNER AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 22, 2004
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JULY 3, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, clarifying the definition of "agency."
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The definition of "agency" in section 703 of
6 Title 65 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
7 read:
8 § 703. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
10 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 * * *
13 "Agency." The body, and all committees thereof authorized by
14 the body to take official action or render advice on matters of
15 agency business, of all the following: the General Assembly, the
16 executive branch of the government of this Commonwealth,
1 including the Governor's Cabinet when meeting on official
2 policymaking business, any board, council, authority or
3 commission of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision
4 of the Commonwealth or any State, municipal, township or school
5 authority, school board, school governing body, commission, the
6 boards of trustees of all State-aided colleges and universities,
7 the councils of trustees of all State-owned colleges and
8 universities, the boards of trustees of all State-related
9 universities and all community colleges or similar organizations
10 created by or pursuant to a statute which declares in substance
11 that the organization performs or has for its purpose the
12 performance of an essential governmental function and through
13 the joint action of its members exercises governmental authority
14 and takes official action. The term shall include the governing
15 board of any nonprofit corporation which by a mutually binding
16 legal written agreement with a community college or State-aided,
17 State-owned or State-related institution of higher education is
18 granted LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE supervisory or AND advisory powers <--
19 regarding the degree programs of the institution of higher
20 education. The term does not include a caucus or a meeting of an
21 ethics committee created under rules of the Senate or House of
22 Representatives.
23 * * *
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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