Bill Text: PA HB1060 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In lobbying disclosure, further providing for penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-15 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB1060 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1060-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1151
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1060 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BOYD, GINGRICH, GRELL, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, LAWRENCE, METCALFE, MOUL AND SWANGER, MARCH 15, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 15, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A09 of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 13A09. Penalties.
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(j) Forfeiture.--A principal that has realized a gain as a
result of lobbying by that principal or by another person on
behalf of the principal that has failed to register or report as
required under this chapter shall be required to forfeit that
gain or its monetary equivalent. The commission shall be
responsible for determining the manner and the amount of the
forfeiture.
Section 2. The addition of 65 Pa.C.S. § 13A09(j) shall apply
to any lobbying that occurs on and after the effective date of
this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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