PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 4265
No. 2750 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, COHEN, GIBBONS, McGEEHAN, MICOZZIE, MURT,
NAILOR, M. O'BRIEN, PAYNE, PRESTON, RAMALEY, ROCK, SAYLOR,
SIPTROTH AND SURRA, AUGUST 28, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, AUGUST 28, 2008
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, limiting Senators and Representatives from
3 receiving outside earned income.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That Article II be amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 18. Limitation on outside earned income.
10 No Senator or Representative shall receive more than $20,000
11 annually in earned income outside of the salary and allowances
12 of his office. The term "earned income" includes wages,
13 salaries, fees and other amounts received as compensation for
14 personal services rendered, but does not include any
15 compensation paid to a Senator or Representative for personal
16 services rendered before the Senator or Representative took
17 office.
1 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
2 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
3 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
4 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
5 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
6 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
7 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
8 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
9 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
10 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
11 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
12 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
13 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
14 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
15 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
16 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
17 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
18 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
19 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
20 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
21 the General Assembly.
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