S0764B1780A04926 LKK:EJH 06/20/22 #90 A04926
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 764
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SANCHEZ
Printer's No. 1780
Amend Bill, page 1, line 25, by inserting after "GENERAL"
and providing for elections on proposed constitutional
amendment
Amend Bill, page 6, by inserting between lines 16 and 17
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 801.1. Elections on Proposed Constitutional
Amendment.-- Unless the General Assembly prescribes otherwise for
a particular proposed amendment, the manner and time of
submitting to the qualified electors of the State any proposed
amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the amendment shall be approved by a
majority of voters, the amendment which has or will be proposed
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State, at
the first general election at which the amendment may be legally
submitted to the qualified electors, which election shall occur
at least three months after the date upon which such proposed
amendment or amendments shall have been agreed to for the second
time by a majority of the members elected to each house of the
General Assembly, under section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania. The election shall be conducted on
election day in the manner prescribed by this act. The proposed
constitutional amendment shall be printed on the ballots or
ballot labels in brief form to be determined by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth with the approval of the Attorney General.
Section 3. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
section 801.1 of the act.
(2) Section 605 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
repealed.
Section 4. The addition of section 801.1 of the act is a
continuation of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320),
known as the Pennsylvania Election Code. The following apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 801.1, all
activities initiated under the Pennsylvania Election Code
shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be
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completed under section 801.1. Orders, regulations, rules and
decisions which were made under the Pennsylvania Election
Code and which are in effect on the effective date of section
2 of this act shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked, vacated or modified under the Pennsylvania Election
Code. Contracts, obligations and collective bargaining
agreements entered into under the Pennsylvania Election Code
are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of section 605 of
the Pennsylvania Election Code.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), any difference
in language between section 801.1 of the act and section 605
of the Pennsylvania Election Code is intended only to conform
to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is
not intended to change or affect the legislative intent,
judicial construction or administration and implementation of
the Pennsylvania Election Code.
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to the limitation on
submission of the proposed amendment to the general election
and the exclusion of the municipal election.
Amend Bill, page 6, line 17, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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