except [a] an active member of the bar of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
(2) That section 6 of Article IV be amended to read:
§ 6. Disqualification for offices of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General.
(a) No member of Congress or person holding any office
(except of attorney-at-law or in the National Guard or in a
reserve component of the armed forces of the United States)
under the United States or this Commonwealth shall exercise the
office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General.
(b) If the Attorney General is disbarred from the practice
of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the
disbarment, the Office of Attorney General shall be deemed
vacant.
(c) If the Attorney General is suspended from the practice
of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the
suspension, the Office of Attorney General shall not be vacant
but the Attorney General shall be suspended from the Office of
Attorney General and the First Deputy Attorney General, if
willing, qualified and able to hold the office, shall serve as
the acting Attorney General until the law license of the
Attorney General is reinstated or the expiration of the term of
the Attorney General, whichever is sooner. If the First Deputy
Attorney General is not willing, qualified or able to fill the
vacancy serve as the acting Attorney General under this
subsection, the Executive Deputy Attorney General of the
Criminal Law Division, if willing, qualified and able, shall
fill the vacancy serve as the acting Attorney General as
described under this subsection.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
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