PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1381 PRINTER'S NO. 2132
No. 1130 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, COHEN, CRUZ, THOMAS, SABATINA,
McGEEHAN, MANDERINO, PARKER, BLACKWELL, W. KELLER, JAMES,
ROEBUCK, BISHOP, WATERS, DONATUCCI, KENNEY, MYERS,
M. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PAYTON, J. TAYLOR AND WILLIAMS,
APRIL 23, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 27, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665, No.155), entitled
2 "An act to carry into effect section one of article fifteen
3 of the Constitution, giving cities of the first class the
4 right and power to frame, adopt and amend their own charters
5 and to exercise the powers and authority of local self-
6 government, and providing the procedure therefor; imposing
7 certain restrictions, limitations and regulations; imposing
8 duties upon city councils, city officers, county boards of
9 elections, courts and the Secretary of the Commonwealth; and
10 providing for the payment of certain expenses by such cities;
11 and imposing penalties," providing for campaign report
12 format.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of April 21, 1949 (P.L.665, No.155),
16 known as the First Class City Home Rule Act, is amended by
17 adding a section to read:
18 Section 18.1. Campaign Report Format.--No city of the first
19 class shall require any committee for a candidate for office of <--
20 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or a committee of a party
21 organization representing a ward in the City of Philadelphia, to
1 file campaign reports A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE, <--
2 TREASURER OF A POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR OTHER PERSON WHO IS
3 REQUIRED TO FILE REPORTS WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
4 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI OF THE ACT OF JUNE 3, 1937 (P.L.1333,
5 NO.320), KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION CODE, TO FILE COPIES
6 OF SUCH REPORTS WITH THE CITY in an electronic format instead of
7 a paper format.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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