Bill Text: PA HB2597 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In ethics standards and financial disclosure, further providing for definitions and for restricted activities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-05 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2597 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2597-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3986
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2597 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD AND BROWNLEE, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in ethics standards and financial
disclosure, further providing for definitions and for
restricted activities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1102 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
§ 1102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this section
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Legislative district." Any one of the 50 senatorial or 203
representative districts of the Commonwealth.
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"Nonprofit organization." A civic league or organization not
organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion
of social welfare or a local association of employees, the
membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated
person or persons in a particular municipality and the net
earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable,
educational or recreational purposes and of which no part of the
net earnings of such entity insures to the benefit of any
private shareholder or individual.
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Section 2. Section 1103 of Title 65 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1103. Restricted activities.
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(k) Nonprofit organization board.--No public official or any
member of his or her staff shall serve on the board of directors
of a nonprofit organization that is registered within or serves
residents of a legislative district or political subdivision of
which the public official was elected to represent.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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