PRINTER'S NO. 1596
No. 1254 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BELL, JANUARY 26, 1998
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 26, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), entitled,
2 as reenacted, "An act relating to conflicts of interest
3 involving certain public officials serving in State or State
4 agencies and local political subdivision positions and
5 prohibiting certain public employees from engaging in certain
6 conflict of interest activities requiring certain disclosures
7 and providing penalties," further providing for statements of
8 financial interests.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 5(b)(6) and (7) of the act of October 4,
12 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), referred to as the Public Official and
13 Employee Ethics Law, reenacted and amended June 26, 1989
14 (P.L.26, No.9), are amended to read:
15 Section 5. Statement of financial interests.
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17 (b) The statement shall include the following information
18 for the prior calendar year with regard to the person required
19 to file the statement.
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1 (6) The name and address of the source and the amount of
2 any gift or gifts valued in the aggregate at [$200] $100 or
3 more and the circumstances of each gift. This paragraph shall
4 not apply to a gift or gifts received from a spouse, parent,
5 parent by marriage, sibling, child, grandchild, other family
6 member or friend when the circumstances make it clear that
7 the motivation for the action was a personal or family
8 relationship. However, for the purposes of this subsection,
9 the term "friend" shall not include a registered lobbyist or
10 an employee of a registered lobbyist. This paragraph shall
11 not be applied retroactively.
12 (7) (i) The name and address of the source and the
13 amount of any payment for or reimbursement of actual
14 expenses for transportation and lodging or hospitality
15 received in connection with public office or employment
16 where such actual expenses for transportation and lodging
17 or hospitality exceed [$500] $100 in the course of a
18 single occurrence. This paragraph shall not apply to
19 expenses reimbursed by a governmental body, or to
20 expenses reimbursed by an organization or association of
21 public officials or employees of political subdivisions
22 which the public official or employee serves in an
23 official capacity.
24 (ii) This paragraph shall not be applied
25 retroactively.
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27 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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