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PRINTER'S NO. 458
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
507
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, TEPLITZ, FONTANA, BREWSTER, VULAKOVICH,
BAKER, BOSCOLA, SCHWANK, YUDICHAK, VANCE, ALLOWAY, AUMENT,
SMITH, HUGHES, RAFFERTY, BROWNE, WARD, WILLIAMS, FARNESE,
FOLMER AND McILHINNEY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
disclosure, further defining "candidate."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "candidate" in section 1102 of
Title 65 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
§ 1102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Candidate." Any individual who seeks nomination or election
to public office by vote of the electorate, other than a judge
of elections, inspector of elections or official of a political
party, whether or not such individual is nominated or elected.
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An individual shall be deemed to be seeking nomination or
election to such office if he has:
(1) received a contribution or made an expenditure or
given his consent for any other person or committee to
receive a contribution or make an expenditure for the purpose
of influencing his nomination or election to such office,
whether or not the individual has announced the specific
office for which he will seek nomination or election at the
time the contribution is received or the expenditure is made;
or
(2) taken the action necessary under the laws of this
Commonwealth to qualify himself for nomination or election to
such office.
The term shall include individuals nominated or elected as
write-in candidates unless they resign such nomination or
elected office within 30 days of having been nominated or
elected. The term shall also include any individual seeking
nomination or election as a judicial officer except judicial
officers who are seeking retention under 42 Pa.C.S. § 3153
(relating to retention elections after regular term).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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