| HOUSE AMENDED |
| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 153 | PRINTER'S NO. 1427 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SMUCKER, VOGEL, ROBBINS, YAW, BROWNE, EICHELBERGER, FOLMER, ORIE, PILEGGI, SCARNATI, RAFFERTY, BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, COSTA, WAUGH, BAKER, STACK, PICCOLA, MENSCH, FARNESE, PIPPY AND FERLO, JANUARY 19, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 24, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for a penalty. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Section 714 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania |
6 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
7 | § 714. Penalty. |
8 | (a) Fines and costs.--Any member of any agency who | <-- |
9 | participates in a meeting with the intent and purpose by that |
10 | member of violating this chapter commits a summary offense and |
11 | shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay [a fine not | <-- |
12 | exceeding [$100] $1,000 plus costs of prosecution[.] for a first | <-- |
13 | offense and a fine not exceeding $2,000 plus costs of |
14 | prosecution for a second or subsequent offense. : | <-- |
15 | (1) For a first offense, the costs of prosecution plus a |
16 | fine of at least $100 and, in the discretion of the |
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1 | sentencing authority, of not more than $1,000. |
2 | (2) For a second or subsequent offense, the costs of |
3 | prosecution plus a fine of at least $500 and, in the |
4 | discretion of the sentencing authority, of not more than |
5 | $2,000. |
6 | (b) Payment.--An agency shall not make a payment on behalf |
7 | of or reimburse a member of an agency for a fine or cost |
8 | resulting from the member's violation of this section. |
9 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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