SECTION 2101.1. FINANCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT INTERESTS.
(A) FINANCIAL INTERESTS.--EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR THE
JUDICIARY BY RULE OR ORDER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT, AN
EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY
OFFICER, OR AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER THEREOF, SHALL NOT
INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY HOLD A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ORGANIZATION OR IN A HOLDING COMPANY,
AFFILIATE, INTERMEDIARY OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, WHILE THE
INDIVIDUAL IS AN EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC
OFFICIAL OR PARTY OFFICER AND FOR ONE YEAR FOLLOWING TERMINATION
OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS AN EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY OFFICER.
(B) EMPLOYMENT.--EXCEPT AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY RULE OR ORDER
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT, NO EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY OFFICER, OR AN IMMEDIATE
FAMILY MEMBER THEREOF, SHALL BE EMPLOYED BY A MEDICAL MARIJUANA
ORGANIZATION OR BY ANY HOLDING COMPANY, AFFILIATE, INTERMEDIARY
OR SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL IS AN EXECUTIVE-
LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY OFFICER AND FOR
ONE YEAR FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S STATUS AS AN
EXECUTIVE-LEVEL PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY
OFFICER.
(C) GRADING.--AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION
COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED
TO PAY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000 OR TO IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT
MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BOTH.
(D) STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.--THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION
SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) ISSUE A WRITTEN DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A PERSON IS
SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIONS (A) OR (B) UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF
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