PRINTER'S NO. 2902
No. 2167 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY JADLOWIEC, ARMSTRONG, BARD, L. I. COHEN,
CREIGHTON, FEESE, FICHTER, GABIG, GEIST, HABAY, HERMAN,
KENNEY, LEH, MARSICO, McNAUGHTON, R. MILLER, NAILOR, RUBLEY,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TULLI AND WOGAN, NOVEMBER 19, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 19, 2001
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 reporting by candidate and
12 political committees and other persons.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 1626(c) of the act of June 3, 1937
16 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code,
17 amended July 11, 1980 (P.L.591, No.127), is amended to read:
18 Section 1626. Reporting by Candidate and Political
19 Committees and other Persons.--
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21 (c) Vouchers or copies of vouchers for all sums expended
22 amounting to more than twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be
1 retained by the candidate or the committee treasurer and shall
2 be available for public inspection and copying as herein
3 provided. Vouchers or copies of vouchers for all sums expended
4 amounting to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or more shall be
5 retained by the political committee, shall include the name,
6 address and Social Security number or tax identification number
7 of the recipient of the expenditure and shall be available for
8 public inspection and copying as herein provided. Any person may
9 inspect or copy such vouchers or copies thereof by filing a
10 written request with the appropriate supervisory office which
11 shall notify the candidate or political committee of such
12 request. The candidate or political committee shall have the
13 option of either forwarding such vouchers or copy of the same to
14 the supervisor for such purpose or making the vouchers or copy
15 of the same available to the requesting person. If a candidate
16 or a treasurer of a political committee shall fail to make said
17 vouchers or copies thereof available for inspection and copying
18 when requested by the appropriate supervisory officer, such
19 officer shall direct the candidate or political committee to
20 promptly deliver the vouchers or copies thereof to the
21 supervisory office for purposes of inspection and copying. Costs
22 of copying and costs of delivery by the candidate or treasurer
23 of the requested vouchers or copies thereof shall be borne by
24 the person requesting same.
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26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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