H0196B0168A01156 BIL:CDM 05/02/19 #90 A01156
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 196
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BRIGGS
Printer's No. 168
Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by inserting after "integrated"
and distinct
Amend Bill, page 1, line 4, by striking out the period after
"requirements" and inserting
; and changing provisions relating to prohibited activities by
justices and judges.
Amend Bill, page 4, lines 10 through 30; page 5, lines 1
through 3; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 2. The following distinct amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with
Article XI:
That section 17(b) of Article V be amended to read:
ยง 17. Prohibited activities.
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(b) Justices and judges shall not engage in any activity
prohibited by law and shall not violate any canon of legal or
judicial ethics prescribed by the Supreme Court. Justices of the
peace shall be governed by rules or canons which shall be
prescribed by the Supreme Court. Justices and judges may, in the
year of their candidacy for election, speak out on political and
disputed legal issues.
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Section 3. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of these proposed constitutional amendments.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these
proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
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advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall:
(1) Submit the proposed constitutional amendments under
section 1 of this resolution to the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth as a single ballot question at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of
Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which
occurs at least three months after the proposed
constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.
(2) Submit the proposed constitutional amendments under
section 2 of this resolution to the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth as separate ballot questions at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of
Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which
occurs at least three months after the proposed
constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.
Amend Bill, page 5, line 4, by striking out "these" and
inserting
the
Amend Bill, page 5, line 5, by inserting after "amendments"
under section 1
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See A01156 in
the context
of HB0196