PRINTER'S NO. 41
No. 39 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, GEISLER, CAPUTO, ROMANELLI, FLAHERTY,
ABRAHAM AND COWELL, JANUARY 27, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 27, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 19, 1974 (No.175), entitled "An act
2 requiring public agencies to hold certain meetings and
3 hearings open to the public and providing penalties,"
4 providing for additional coverage.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of July 19, 1974 (No.175),
8 entitled "An act requiring public agencies to hold certain
9 meetings and hearings open to the public and providing
10 penalties," is amended to read:
11 Section 1. As used in this act:
12 "Agency" means any branch, department, board, authority or
13 commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any political
14 subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any State, municipal,
15 township or school authority, school board, school governing
16 body, commission, the board of trustees of all State-aided
17 colleges and universities, the board of trustees of all State-
18 owned and State-related colleges and universities and all
19 community colleges, or similar organization created by or
1 pursuant to a statute which declares in substance that the
2 organization performs or has for its purpose the performance of
3 an essential governmental function: Provided, That the term
4 "agency" shall include the courts of common pleas when
5 appointing members of boards of education and boards of viewers,
6 the General Assembly, or any State department, board, authority
7 or commission to include the Governor's cabinet when meeting on
8 official policy making business.
9 "Formal action" means the taking of any vote on any
10 resolution, rule, order, motion, regulation or ordinance or the
11 setting of any official policy. Meetings, pre-trial conferences,
12 hearings, and formal action by the judiciary or judicial branch
13 shall not be subject to the provisions of this act.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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