PRINTER'S NO. 2133
No. 148 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY HEPFORD, VALICENTI, CESSAR, KNEPPER, FISHER,
ITKIN, PARKER, ZORD, J. B. KELLY, TADDONIO, DAVIS, BUTERA,
CRAWFORD, ZELLER, ANDERSON, BITTLE, BURNS, CIMINI,
SIRIANNI, CUMBERLAND, FOSTER, GALLEN, GRING, HALVERSON,
KUSSE, McCUE, MANMILLER, M. E. MILLER, MOEHLMANN, NOYE,
O'CONNELL, PITTS, SALVATORE, SPENCER, TURNER, VROON, WAGNER,
WEIDNER, WESTERBERG, W. W. WILT, R. W. WILT, WRIGHT,
ZEARFOSS, WILSON, HILL, GLEASON, SCHEAFFER, O'KEEFE AND
STAPLETON, AUGUST 15, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, AUGUST 25, 1975
In the House of Representatives, August 15, 1975
1 WHEREAS, Representative Leonard E. Sweeney was tried before
2 the United States District Court for the Western District of
3 Pennsylvania for felony violations of Title 18, United States
4 Code, Section 1341; and
5 WHEREAS, Sentence pursuant to a finding of guilty was imposed
6 by the court on July 30, 1975; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
8 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pursuant to Article II, section
9 11, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
10 does hereby expel Leonard E. Sweeney as a member of the House of
11 Representatives and declares that a vacancy in the 17th
12 legislative district now exists; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania petitions and directs the Speaker
1 of the House of Representatives to issue a writ for a special
2 election to fill said vacancy, pursuant to section 628 of the
3 act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
4 "Pennsylvania Election Code."
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