PRINTER'S NO. 1163
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
945
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, DeLUCA, KNOWLES, ROZZI, MURT, DUSH
AND THOMAS, APRIL 10, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 10, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
disclosure, further providing for restricted activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1103(f) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1103. Restricted activities.
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(f) Contract.--
(1) No public official or public employee or his spouse
or child or any business in which the person or his spouse or
child is associated shall enter into any contract valued at
$500 or more with the governmental body with which the public
official or public employee is associated or any subcontract
valued at $500 or more with any person who has been awarded a
contract with the governmental body with which the public
official or public employee is associated unless the contract
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has been awarded through an open and public process,
including prior public notice and subsequent public
disclosure of all proposals considered and contracts awarded.
In such a case, the public official or public employee shall
not have any supervisory or overall responsibility for the
implementation or administration of the contract. Any
contract or subcontract made in violation of this subsection
shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction if the
suit is commenced within 90 days of the making of the
contract or subcontract.
(2) During a publicly elected Statewide officeholder's
term of elected office and for a period of five years after
leaving that office, the publicly elected Statewide
officeholder may not enter into employment agreements, or
contracts of any type, with a business or corporation that
does business with the Commonwealth.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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