PRINTER'S NO. 1711
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1184
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, AUMENT, EICHELBERGER, RESCHENTHALER,
RAFFERTY, MENSCH, ALLOWAY, STEFANO, WARD AND BREWSTER,
APRIL 19, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for reporting.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A05(b)(3) of Title 65 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 13A05. Reporting.
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(b) Content.--
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(3) The following apply:
(i) In addition to reporting the totals required
under this subsection, the expense report must identify,
by name, position and each occurrence, a State official
or employee who receives from a principal or lobbyist
anything of value [which must be included in the
statement under section 1105(b)(6) or (7) (relating to
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statement of financial interests) as implemented by
section 1105(d)].
[(ii) For purposes of this chapter, the amount
referred to in section 1105(b)(7) shall be considered an
aggregate amount per year.]
(iii) For purposes of this chapter, [the amount
referred to in section 1105(b)(7) shall not include] the
cost of a reception which the State official or employee
attends in connection with public office or employment
shall not be considered something of value.
(iv) Written notice must be given to each State
official or employee who is listed in an expense report
under this paragraph at least seven days prior to the
report's submission to the department. Notice under this
subparagraph shall include the information which will
enable the State official or employee to comply with
section 1105(b)(6) and (7). For purposes of this chapter
and Chapter 11 (relating to ethics standards and
financial disclosure), section 1105(b)(6) and (7) shall
constitute mutually exclusive categories. For each
category enumerated in paragraph (2)(i), each notice
shall include both the amount incurred during the quarter
and the cumulative amount incurred from January 1 through
the end of the applicable quarter.
(v) This paragraph shall not apply to anything of
value received from immediate family when the
circumstances make it clear that motivation for the
action was the personal or family relationship.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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