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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1852

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1466 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, CAWLEY,
           DALEY, DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HORSEY, JAMES,
           LAUGHLIN, LEVDANSKY, PALLONE, ROBERTS, SHANER, THOMAS, WALKO,
           WASHINGTON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 22, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 22, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Municipal Authority
     3     Ombudsman in the Department of Community and Economic
     4     Development.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     8  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     9  § 5623.  Municipal Authority Ombudsman.
    10     (a)  Establishment.--A Municipal Authority Ombudsman is
    11  established within the Center for Local Government of the
    12  Department of Community and Economic Development. The ombudsman
    13  shall assist citizens who have complaints against municipal
    14  authorities by:
    15         (1)  Taking the complaints.
    16         (2)  Referring investigation of the complaints to the
    17     appropriate responsible parties.
    18         (3)  Explaining relevant law and the options available to

     1     the citizens for resolving the complaints.
     2     (b)  Eligibility.--The Municipal Authority Ombudsman must be
     3  a person who is an employee of the Commonwealth.
     4     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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