PRINTER'S NO. 1611
No. 1319 Session of 1973
INTRODUCED BY McCREESH, SMITH, LYNCH, ORLANDO, SCALES AND
MELLOW, NOVEMBER 28, 1973
REFERRED TO LAW AND ORDER, NOVEMBER 28, 1973
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.392, No.213), entitled,
2 as reenacted and amended, "An act requiring that meetings of
3 the governing bodies of political subdivisions and of certain
4 authorities and other agencies performing essential
5 governmental functions shall be open to the public; requiring
6 public notice of such meetings; and prescribing penalties,"
7 redefining the word "board" to include boards and commissions
8 of the Commonwealth.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Subsection (A) of section 1, act of June 21, 1957
12 (P.L.392, No.213), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act
13 requiring that meetings of the governing bodies of political
14 subdivisions and of certain authorities and other agencies
15 performing essential governmental functions shall be open to the
16 public; requiring public notice of such meetings; and
17 prescribing penalties," reenacted and amended September 28, 1959
18 (P.L.987, No.403), is amended to read:
19 Section 1. In this act the following terms shall have the
20 following meanings:
21 (A) "Board." The board of county commissioners of any
1 county, the council of any city, borough or incorporated town,
2 the board of commissioners of any township of the first class,
3 the board of supervisors of any township of the second class,
4 the school board of any school district [or the board,
5 commission or other governing body of] the Pennsylvania Turnpike
6 Commission or the board, commission or other governing body of
7 any State or municipal authority or similar organization created
8 by, or pursuant to, a statute which declares, in substance, that
9 such organization performs or has for its purpose the
10 performance of an essential governmental function and that its
11 bonds shall not pledge the faith or credit or be obligations of
12 the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision or any board or
13 commission of the Commonwealth.
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