PRINTER'S NO. 673
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
596
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, FOLMER, MENSCH, VOGEL, WAGNER, AUMENT AND
LANGERHOLC, APRIL 13, 2017
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
disclosure, further providing for restricted activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1103 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 1103. Restricted activities.
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(k) Appointment to governmental body.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a public
official may not accept an appointment to a governmental body
for one year after the public official leaves office as a
result of:
(i) retirement;
(ii) resignation prior to the completion of the term
for which the public official was elected or appointed;
or
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(iii) defeat in a primary, municipal or general
election.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the public official
is elected to the governmental body through a primary,
municipal or general election.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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