PRINTER'S NO. 709
No. 643 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY ADOLPH, ALLEN, KING, CONTI, HERMAN, GORDNER,
FAIRCHILD, GEIST, RUBLEY, RUDY, NAILOR, ARMSTRONG, TRELLO,
DeLUCA, RAYMOND, HERSHEY, HENNESSEY, DEMPSEY, MELIO, PLATTS,
STERN, EGOLF, B. SMITH, STEELMAN, SAYLOR, COLAFELLA,
L. I. COHEN, LEH, LEVDANSKY, MUNDY, ROBERTS, SURRA, DERMODY,
MERRY, E. Z. TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, O'BRIEN, BARD, BROWN,
MILLER, VANCE, MARSICO, BUNT, MICOZZIE, LAUGHLIN, ITKIN,
KELLER, WOZNIAK, PISTELLA, SEMMEL, CIVERA, STABACK AND
BROWNE, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487, No.115), entitled,
2 as reenacted and amended, "An act to provide for the
3 permanent personal registration of electors in cities of the
4 second class, cities of the second class A, cities of the
5 third class, boroughs, towns, and townships as a condition of
6 their right to vote at elections and primaries, and their
7 enrollment as members of political parties as a further
8 condition of their right to vote at primaries; prescribing
9 certain procedure for the conduct of elections and primaries
10 and the challenge and proof of qualifications of electors;
11 requiring the county commissioners of the various counties to
12 act as a registration commission therefor; and prescribing
13 the powers and duties of citizens, parties, political bodies,
14 registration commissions, commissioners, registrars,
15 inspectors of registration and other appointees of
16 registration commissions, county election boards, election
17 officers, municipal officers, departments and bureaus, police
18 officers, courts, judges, prothonotaries, sheriffs, county
19 commissioners, peace officers, county treasurers, county
20 controllers, registrars of vital statistics, certain public
21 utility corporations, real estate brokers, rental agents, and
22 boards of school directors; and imposing penalties,"
23 providing for the records of the registration commission in
24 the case of an elector whose name is changed by marriage.
25 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of April 29, 1937 (P.L.487,
3 No.115), known as The Permanent Registration Act for Cities of
4 the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the
5 Third Class, Boroughs, Towns, and Townships, reenacted and
6 amended May 31, 1955 (P.L.62, No.32), is amended by adding a
7 subsection to read:
8 Section 4. Powers of Commission; Regulations; Enforcement;
9 Correction of Errors or Irregularities; Cancellation of
10 Registration; Powers of Commissioners.--
11 * * *
12 (f) Whenever a registered elector's name is changed by
13 marriage, the commission shall not alter the initial
14 registration and the records of the commission shall reflect the
15 elector's former name together with an appropriate notation of
16 the elector's name by marriage.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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