Bill Text: PA HB968 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In primary and election expenses, further providing for place of filing certain statements and reports.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 29-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-07 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB968 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB968-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1036
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 968 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, CHRISTIANA, CUTLER, DAY, EVANKOVICH, FLECK, GINGRICH, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, METCALFE, MILLARD, MUNDY, MUSTIO, PICKETT, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SANTONI, SONNEY, VULAKOVICH AND WHEATLEY, MARCH 7, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 7, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in primary and election expenses, further
providing for place of filing certain statements and reports.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1631 of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
added October 4, 1978 (P.L.893, No.171), is amended to read:
Section 1631. Place of Filing.--
Any statement or report required by this article to be filed,
shall be done in the following manner:
(1) (i) Any candidate, individual, or committee required to
file a report concerning any candidate shall file that statement
or report in the office of the supervisor with whom the
candidate filed a nomination paper, nomination certificate,
nomination petitions or with the supervisor with whom the
candidate would have filed such if he had sought nomination in
that manner.
(ii) [All] Except as provided under subclause (iii), all
candidates and political committees, authorized by candidates
and created solely for the purpose of influencing the election
of such candidates, who must file reports with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, shall also file copies of their reports in the
county in which the candidate resides.
(iii) Candidates and political committees authorized by
candidates and created solely for the purpose of influencing the
election of such candidates shall be exempt from the county
filing requirement under subclause (ii) if the reports of the
candidate or committee are posted and available on the publicly
accessible Internet website of the Department of State.
(2) (i) Any statement or report concerning an issue to be
voted on by the electors of the State at large shall be filed
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
(ii) Any statement or report concerning any other issue to
be voted on by the electors of this Commonwealth shall be filed
in the county wherein the electors reside.
(3) However, if any report of any political committee
concerns both candidates who file for nomination with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth and candidates who file with a
county board of elections, then such report shall be filed with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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