PRINTER'S NO.  2887

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2076

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, BRIGGS, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DALEY, DAVIS, GEORGE, KORTZ, McGEEHAN, MUNDY, READSHAW, WHITE AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 13, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 13, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled

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"An act providing for access to public information, for a

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designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,

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local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for

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procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial

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review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing

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penalties; providing for reporting by State-related

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institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract

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information on the Internet; and making related repeals,"

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further defining "State-affiliated entity."

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The definition of "State-affiliated entity" in

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section 102 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known

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as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to read:

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Section 102.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"State-affiliated entity."  A Commonwealth authority or

 


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Commonwealth entity. The term includes the Pennsylvania Higher

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Education Assistance Agency and any entity established thereby,

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the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Pennsylvania Game

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Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the

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Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Municipal

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Retirement Board, the State System of Higher Education, a

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community college, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the

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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Pennsylvania

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Infrastructure Investment Authority, the State Public School

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Building Authority, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic

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Association, a State-related institution and the Pennsylvania

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Higher Educational Facilities Authority. [The term does not

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include a State-related institution.]

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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