PRINTER'S NO. 1434
No. 218 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, DIVEN, KELLER, TIGUE, CAWLEY, COSTA,
BUNT, BELFANTI, BARRAR, CAPPELLI, CREIGHTON, EGOLF, GEORGE,
GODSHALL, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, DALEY, HESS,
HORSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEWIS, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, PERZEL,
PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REED, SAMUELSON, SAYLOR,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, J. TAYLOR, WASHINGTON,
WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 21, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
APRIL 21, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Department of Defense to allow elected State
2 officials who are members of the National Guard or Reserve
3 Forces to be candidates for and hold elective office while on
4 active duty.
5 WHEREAS, It can be argued that the Commonwealth of
6 Pennsylvania is the ultimate authority concerning who may be
7 candidates for and who may hold elective office for both State
8 and local offices in Pennsylvania; and
9 WHEREAS, The Department of Defense has issued Directive
10 (DoDD) 1344.10 which provides that a member on active duty shall
11 not be a candidate for, or hold, civil office except as
12 authorized in limited circumstances; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Department of Defense to
15 allow elected State officials who are members of the National
16 Guard and Reserve Forces to be candidates for and to hold
1 elective office while on active duty; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
3 the Department of Defense and to each member of Congress from
4 Pennsylvania.
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