PRINTER'S NO. 232
No. 226 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, LEMMOND, COSTA AND O'PAKE,
JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for statement of
3 financial interests.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1104(b)(3) of Title 65 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1104. Statement of financial interests required to be filed.
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10 (b) Candidate.--
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12 (3) [No] If a petition to appear on the ballot for
13 election [shall be accepted by] is filed with the respective
14 State or local election officials [unless] and the petition
15 [has] does not have appended thereto a statement of financial
16 interests as set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2)[. Failure to
17 file the statement in accordance with the provisions of this
18 chapter shall, in addition to any other penalties provided,
1 be a fatal defect to a petition to appear on the ballot.],
2 the candidate for office may file the statement of financial
3 interests after the last day for filing a petition if in the
4 discretion of the Commonwealth Court in the case of a
5 petition for a State office or in the discretion of the
6 county court of common pleas in the case of a petition for a
7 county or local office the court finds that there was a good
8 faith effort to timely file the statement and that the
9 statement has since been filed as set forth in paragraphs (1)
10 and (2).
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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