PRINTER'S NO. 1317
No. 1115 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, HENNESSEY, JAMES, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS AND
WANSACZ, APRIL 9, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 9, 2003
AN ACT
1 Providing for forfeiture of office by elected public officials.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title.
5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Forfeiture of
6 Office Act.
7 Section 2. Definitions.
8 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
9 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
10 context clearly indicates otherwise:
11 "Public official." Any person who is required to file an
12 annual statement of financial interests with the State Ethics
13 Commission as a public official of the Commonwealth in
14 accordance with the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170),
15 referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics Law.
16 Section 3. Forfeiture.
17 If an elected public official accepts immunity from a
1 prosecutor to testify against another person regarding any
2 criminal activity involving both the elected public official and
3 the other person, the elected public official shall forfeit his
4 office.
5 Section 4. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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