CORRECTIVE REPRINT PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 404, 777 PRINTER'S NO. 820
No. 382 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. SCHWEDER, COLE, KUKOVICH AND COWELL, FEBRUARY 20, 1979
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 19, 1979
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled 2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal, 3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates, 4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating 5 and defining membership of county boards of elections; 6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners; 8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying, 9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and 10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to 11 elections," further providing for filing of pre-election 12 reports. 13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 14 hereby enacts as follows: 15 Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 1626, act of June 3, 16 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the "Pennsylvania Election 17 Code," amended October 4, 1978 (No.171), is amended to read: 18 Section 1626. Reporting by Candidate and Political 19 Committees and other Persons. 20 * * * 21 (d) Pre-election reports by candidates for offices to be 22 voted for by the electors of the State at large and all
1 political committees, which have expended money for the purpose 2 of influencing the election of such candidate, shall be filed 3 not later than [forty-five (45) days] the sixth Tuesday before 4 and [ten (10) days prior to] the second Friday before an 5 election, provided that the initial pre-election report shall be 6 complete as of fifty (50) days prior to the election and the 7 subsequent pre-election report shall be complete as of fifteen 8 (15) days prior to the election. Pre-election reports by all 9 other candidates and political committees which have received 10 contributions or made expenditures for the purpose of 11 influencing an election shall be filed not later than [ten (10) 12 days prior to] the second Friday before an election, provided 13 that such report be complete as of fifteen (15) days prior to 14 the election. 15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately JANUARY 1, <-- 16 1980. B13L45JLW/19790H0382B0820 - 2 -