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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 15, 2022 03:55 PM |
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| From: | Senator Patrick J. Stefano |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Reforming the County Appointment Process |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation, in a continuing effort to bring transparency and fairness to all levels of government, to amend the County Code to prevent the possibility of nepotism in county government. I believe that it is of the utmost importance that we end the culture of a self-serving government in order to better focus on serving the people by whom we are elected, the taxpayers. To help accomplish this goal, my legislation will prohibit a county commissioner from voting on the appointment of a member of a board, authority, or similar body established to improve the economic development of the county, if a member of the immediate family of the county commissioner is an executive level employee of that same entity. In this time of limited funding resources at all levels of government, it is imperative that grants, loans, and contracts are awarded based on the return on investment and the impact they have on a constituency. Just as we do here in the Senate when, under Rule 20, we seek a ruling on whether we have a direct, personal, private, or pecuniary interest in any question or bill, individuals in public service should not have the ability to cast what could be a self-serving vote. This measure was previously co-sponsored by Senator Mensch. I sincerely hope that you will consider joining me in co-sponsoring this legislation. If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Jake Gery in my office at jgery@pasen.gov. |
Introduced as SB107