THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, AUMENT, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, D. COSTA, COX, CUTLER, DENLINGER, FLECK, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, LAWRENCE, MARSICO, METCALFE, MILNE, MOUL, OBERLANDER, QUINN, RAPP, REESE, ROAE, ROCK, SCHRODER, SIMMONS, STERN, TALLMAN, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WAGNER AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 1, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, FEBRUARY 1, 2011  

AN ACT

Providing for appointment of members of the Pennsylvania Gaming

Control Board by imposing restrictions on appointment of

members or former members of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pennsylvania

Gaming Control Board Membership Restriction Act.

Section 2.  Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Executive-level public employee."  As defined in 4 Pa.C.S. §

1103 (relating to definitions).

Section 3.  Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board membership

restriction.

No member of the Senate or House of Representatives or an

executive-level public employee shall be eligible for

appointment as a member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

during the term of office for which the person was elected or

for the period of employment and for a period of 12 months

thereafter.

Section 10.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect immediately.