PRINTER'S NO. 2212
No. 1777 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN AND KENNEY, OCTOBER 5, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 5, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
2 "An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
3 special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
4 primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
5 and defining membership of county boards of elections;
6 imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
7 courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
8 imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
9 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
10 repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
11 elections," further providing for late filing fees.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 1632(a) of the act of June 3, 1937
15 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
16 amended July 11, 1980 (P.L.591, No.127), is amended to read:
17 Section 1632. Late Filing Fee; Certificate of Filing.--
18 (a) A late filing fee for each report or statement of
19 expenditures and contributions which is not filed within the
20 prescribed period shall be imposed as follows. Such fee shall be
21 ten dollars ($10) for each day or part of a day excluding
22 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays that a report is overdue. An
1 additional fee of ten dollars ($10) is due for each of the first
2 six (6) days that a report is overdue. The maximum fee payable
3 with respect to a single report is [two hundred fifty dollars
4 ($250)] five hundred dollars ($500). A supervisor shall receive
5 an overdue report or statement even if any late filing fee due
6 has not been paid but the report or statement shall not be
7 considered filed until all fees have been paid upon the receipt
8 by the supervisor of an overdue report. No further late filing
9 fees shall be incurred notwithstanding the fact that the report
10 or statement is not considered filed. The late filing fee is the
11 personal liability of the candidate or treasurer of a political
12 committee and cannot be paid from contributions to the candidate
13 or committee, nor may such fee be considered an expenditure. A
14 report or statement of expenditures and contributions shall be
15 deemed to have been filed within the prescribed time if the
16 letter transmitting the report or statement which is received by
17 the supervisor is transmitted by first class mail and is
18 postmarked by the United States Postal Service on the day prior
19 to the final day on which the report or statement is to be
20 received: Provided, That this sentence shall not be applicable
21 to the reporting requirements contained in section 1628.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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