PRINTER'S NO. 1458
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1328
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY GREINER, BROOKS, PISCIOTTANO, ZIMMERMAN, SMITH,
SANCHEZ, DUNBAR, GROVE, JAMES, PEIFER, MENTZER, RYAN,
WHEELAND AND GILLEN, MAY 6, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 6, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), entitled "An
act relating to the practice of public accounting; providing
for the examination, education and experience requirements
for certification of certified public accountants and for the
licensing of certified public accountants, public accountants
and firms; requiring continuing education and peer review;
providing for the organization and ownership of firms and for
the procedures and grounds for discipline and reinstatement
of licensees; prescribing the powers and duties of the State
Board of Accountancy and the Department of State; providing
for ownership of working papers and confidentiality;
regulating the professional responsibility of licensees;
defining unlawful acts and acts not unlawful; providing
penalties; and repealing existing laws," further providing
for general powers of the board, for requirements for
issuance of certificate, for peer review and for unlawful
acts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3(a)(11), 4.2(b)(3) and (d)(4), 8.9 and
12(f)(2) of the act of May 26, 1947 (P.L.318, No.140), known as
the CPA Law, are amended to read:
Section 3. General Powers of the Board.--(a) The Board
shall have the power:
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