Bill Text: PA HB1433 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for penalties.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-05 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB1433 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1433-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1763
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1433 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BOYD, CREIGHTON, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, METCALFE, MILNE, MURT, ROAE, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, TRUE AND VULAKOVICH, MAY 5, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 5, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A09 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 13A09. Penalties.
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(j) Forfeiture.--A principal that has realized a gain as a
result of lobbying by that principal or by another person on
behalf of the principal that has failed to register or report as
required under this chapter shall be required to forfeit that
gain or its monetary equivalent. The commission shall be
responsible for determining the manner and the amount of the
forfeiture.
Section 2. The addition of 65 Pa.C.S. § 13A09(j) shall apply
to any lobbying that occurs on and after the effective date of
this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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