PRINTER'S NO. 1852
No. 1374 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, BELL, LAVALLE, LEMMOND, ERICKSON, COSTA,
BOSCOLA, MOWERY AND RHOADES, APRIL 1, 2002
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the first, third,
3 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
4 revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
5 thereto; relating to imposition of excise taxes by counties,
6 including authorizing imposition of an excise tax on the
7 rental of motor vehicles by counties of the first class; and
8 providing for regional renaissance initiatives," further
9 providing for private services, gifts, payments and contracts
10 which are prohibited.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 1210 of the act of August 9, 1955
14 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, is amended to read:
15 Section 1210. Private Services, Gifts and Payments,
16 Contracts, Prohibited.--(a) [No] Except as specifically
17 authorized through resolution or ordinance by the board of
18 county commissioners, no sheriff, deputy sheriff, detective or
19 other county police officer whatsoever, shall perform, directly
20 or indirectly, any official services or official duties for any
21 person, association or corporation, or receive, directly or
1 indirectly, any compensation, gifts or gratuities from any
2 person, association or corporation during the period of his
3 official services. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit such
4 officers from serving writs and other legal process as
5 authorized by law. Any compensation payable to any such officer
6 for official duties and services shall be paid only out of the
7 proper county, or other public funds, to the amount and in the
8 manner prescribed by law. Gifts, donations, and gratuities of
9 any nature whatsoever made by any person, association or
10 corporation to the county or to any official or agent thereof,
11 shall not constitute public funds within the meaning of this
12 section.
13 (b) No county, or any official or agent thereof, shall
14 accept as a gratuity, gift or donation any arms, ammunition,
15 military supplies, tear gas or equipment, or supplies or
16 articles of a similar character from, nor shall any such
17 gratuity, gift or donation be made by any person, association or
18 corporation.
19 (c) Any contract or agreement, whatsoever, made in violation
20 of the provisions of this section, shall be utterly void and of
21 no effect, in law or in equity, and is hereby declared to be
22 contrary to public policy.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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