PRINTER'S NO. 603
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
647
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, SANCHEZ, NEILSON, GROVE, CIRESI, MALAGARI,
BURGOS, HILL-EVANS, A. DAVIS, WEBSTER, FREEMAN AND
PISCIOTTANO, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to
government and administration, providing for transparency of
political subdivision authorities; and, in municipal
authorities, providing for transparency of municipal
authority.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 1143. Transparency of political subdivision authorities.
All authorities created by a political subdivision shall
maintain a publicly accessible Internet website which includes
the following:
(1) the name of each board member of the authority;
(2) the length and expiration date of the term to which
the board member was appointed;
(3) an email address which may be used to contact each
board member listed on the publicly accessible Internet
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website of the authority;
(4) the name and office of the individual who appointed
the board member; and
(5) the publicly accessible Internet website of the
government entity that created the authority.
§ 5624. Transparency of municipal authority.
An authority shall maintain a publicly accessible Internet
website which includes the following:
(1) the name of each board member of the authority;
(2) the length and expiration date of the term to which
the board member was appointed;
(3) an email address which may be used to contact each
board member listed on the publicly accessible Internet
website of the board;
(4) the name of the municipality that appointed each
board member; and
(5) the publicly accessible Internet website of the
municipality that created the authority, or in cases of
authorities created by multiple municipalities, the publicly
accessible Internet website of each municipality that created
the authority.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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