PRINTER'S NO. 687
No. 622 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LAWLESS, BELARDI, M. COHEN, HENNESSEY, WAUGH,
BOSCOLA, LEVDANSKY AND C. WILLIAMS, FEBRUARY 20, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), entitled,
2 as reenacted, "An act relating to conflicts of interest
3 involving certain public officials serving in State or State
4 agencies and local political subdivision positions and
5 prohibiting certain public employees from engaging in certain
6 conflict of interest activities requiring certain disclosures
7 and providing penalties," further providing for restricted
8 activities and for penalties.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 3 of the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883,
12 No.170), referred to as the Public Official and Employee Ethics
13 Law, reenacted and amended June 26, 1989 (P.L.26, No.9), is
14 amended by adding a subsection to read:
15 Section 3. Restricted activities.
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17 (c.1) (1) A solicitor may not offer or give to a public
18 official, public employee or nominee or candidate for public
19 office, anything of monetary value, including a gift, loan,
20 political contribution, reward or promise of future
21 employment if the person receiving the thing of monetary
1 value:
2 (i) employs the solicitor or provides compensation
3 to the solicitor for services rendered; or
4 (ii) is elected or appointed to the governmental
5 body providing compensation to the solicitor for services
6 rendered.
7 (2) A public official, public employee or nominee or
8 candidate for public office may not solicit or accept
9 anything of monetary value, including a gift, loan, political
10 contribution, reward or promise of future employment from a
11 solicitor who is in the employ of or receiving compensation
12 for services rendered to:
13 (i) that public official, public employee or nominee
14 or candidate for public office; or
15 (ii) the governmental body by which the public
16 official or employee is employed or to which the public
17 official or employee is appointed or selected.
18 (3) A person may not accept the position of solicitor
19 with a governmental body if, within the past two years, the
20 person offered or gave anything of monetary value, including
21 a gift, loan, political contribution, reward or promise of
22 future employment to a public official or public employee
23 associated with that governmental body.
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25 Section 2. Section 9(a) of the act is amended to read:
26 Section 9. Penalties.
27 (a) Any person who violates the provisions of section 3(a),
28 [(b) and (c)] (b), (c) or (c.1) is guilty of a felony and shall
29 be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than
30 five years, or be both fined and imprisoned.
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2 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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