PRINTER'S NO. 659
No. 608 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, WONDERLING, ERICKSON, COSTA,
BOSCOLA, ARMSTRONG, STOUT, WAUGH, LAVALLE, FONTANA, PIPPY AND
VANCE, MARCH 21, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 21, 2007
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) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1104. Statement of financial interests required to be filed.
9 * * *
10 (b) Candidate.--
11 (1) Any candidate for a State-level public office shall
12 file a statement of financial interests for the preceding
13 calendar year with the commission on or before the last day
14 for filing a petition to appear on the ballot for election. A
15 copy of the statement of financial interests shall also be
16 appended to such petition.
17 (2) Any candidate for county-level or local office shall
18 file a statement of financial interests for the preceding
1 calendar year with the agency or official designated by the
2 governing authority of the political subdivision in which he
3 is a candidate on or before the last day for filing a
4 petition to appear on the ballot for election. With regard to
5 candidates for magisterial district judge, the place of
6 filing the statement of financial interests shall be the
7 chief clerk of the county wherein the district lies or such
8 other agency or official as may be designated by the county
9 in which the magisterial district lies. A copy of the
10 statement of financial interests shall also be appended to
11 such petition.
12 (3) No petition to appear on the ballot for election
13 shall be accepted by the respective State or local election
14 officials unless the petition has appended thereto a
15 statement of financial interests as set forth in paragraphs
16 (1) and (2). Failure to file the statement in accordance with
17 the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to any
18 other penalties provided, be a fatal defect to a petition to
19 appear on the ballot.
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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