PRINTER'S NO. 1559
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1291
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, MURT, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, MULLERY,
CALTAGIRONE, ZABEL, SAPPEY, ROZZI, FREEMAN, CIRESI, HANBIDGE,
GALLOWAY, McNEILL, JONES, DALEY, BARRAR AND VITALI,
APRIL 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 25, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
disclosure, prohibiting certain transportation, lodging,
hospitality, cash and gifts and further providing for
statement of financial interests.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 65 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1103.1. Transportation, lodging, hospitality, cash and gifts.
(a) General rule.--No public official or public employee or
the spouse of a public official or public employee shall solicit
or accept, directly or indirectly, any transportation, lodging,
hospitality, cash, gift or anything of economic value as a gift
from any person who:
(1) Has or is seeking a contractual, business or
financial relationship with the public official's or public
employee's governmental body, including the acquisition of a
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