THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DePASQUALE, CONKLIN, BLOOM, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DAVIS, DEASY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARKINS, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, METZGAR, MIRABITO, MUNDY, MURPHY, PARKER, READSHAW, SABATINA, SACCONE, SAMUELSON, SCHRODER, SHAPIRO, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, WHITE AND KOTIK, DECEMBER 6, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 6, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled

"An act providing for access to public information, for a

designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,

local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for

procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial

review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing

penalties; providing for reporting by State-related

institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract

information on the Internet; and making related repeals,"

further defining "Commonwealth agency."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "Commonwealth agency" in

section 102 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known

as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended to read:

Section 102.  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:

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"Commonwealth agency."  Any of the following:

(1)  Any office, department, authority, board, multistate

agency or commission of the executive branch, an independent

agency [and], a State-affiliated entity and a State-related

institution. The term includes:

(i)  The Governor's Office.

(ii)  The Office of Attorney General, the Department

of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department.

(iii)  An organization established by the

Constitution of Pennsylvania, a statute or an executive

order which performs or is intended to perform an

essential governmental function.

(2)  The term does not include a judicial or legislative

agency.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.