PRINTER'S NO. 166
No. 160 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BELL, CONTI, COSTA, LOGAN AND SCARNATI,
JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2001
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," changing the day for general primaries and
12 municipal primaries.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
16 No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, amended
17 November 24, 1999 (P.L.543, No.51), is amended to read:
18 Section 603. General Primary; Candidates to Be Nominated and
19 Party Officers to Be Elected.--(a) There shall be a General
20 primary preceding each general election which shall be held on
21 the [third Tuesday of May] second Tuesday in March in all even-
22 numbered years[, except in the year of the nomination of a
1 President of the United States, in which year the General
2 primary shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of April].
3 Candidates for all offices to be filled at the ensuing general
4 election shall be nominated at the General primary. The vote for
5 candidates for the office of President of the United States, as
6 provided for by this act, shall be cast at the General primary.
7 (b.1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the General primary
8 for 2000 shall be held on April 4, 2000.
9 Section 2. Section 604 of the act, amended January 14, 1952
10 (1951 P.L.1937, No.540), is amended to read:
11 Section 604. Municipal Primary; Officers to be Nominated.--
12 There shall be a Municipal primary preceding each municipal
13 election which shall be held on the [third Tuesday of May]
14 second Tuesday in March in all odd-numbered years. Candidates
15 for all offices to be filled at the ensuing municipal election
16 shall be nominated at the Municipal primary.
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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