except [a] an active member of the bar of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania.
(2) That section 6 of Article IV be amended to read:
§ 6. Disqualification for offices of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General.
(a) No member of Congress or person holding any office
(except of attorney-at-law or in the National Guard or in a
reserve component of the armed forces of the United States)
under the United States or this Commonwealth shall exercise the
office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General.
(b) If the Attorney General is disbarred from the practice
of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the
disbarment, the Office of Attorney General shall be deemed
vacant.
(c) If the Attorney General is suspended from the practice
of law in this Commonwealth, effective immediately upon the
suspension, the Attorney General shall be suspended from the
Office of Attorney General and the First Deputy Attorney
General, if willing, qualified and able to hold the office,
shall serve as the acting Attorney General until the law license
of the Attorney General is reinstated or the expiration of the
term of the Attorney General, whichever is sooner. If the First
Deputy Attorney General is not willing, qualified or able to
fill the vacancy under this subsection, the Executive Deputy
Attorney General of the Criminal Law Division, if willing,
qualified and able, shall fill the vacancy as described under
this subsection.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
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