Bill Text: PA HB2421 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for penalties.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-15 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2421 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2421-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3538
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2421 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, FLECK, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HESS, KNOWLES, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MILLER, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PEIFER, SABATINA, STERN, STEVENSON AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 15, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 15, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1109 of Title 65 (Public Officers) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 1109. Penalties.
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(h) Attorney fees.--If the court finds that the
investigation conducted by the State Ethics Commission was of a
frivolous nature or was brought with no substantial
justification, the court shall award the prevailing party
reasonable attorney fees and costs of litigation or an
appropriate portion of the fees and costs. If the court
determines that a person willfully or with wanton disregard
violated a provision of this chapter, in whole or in part, the
court shall award the prevailing party reasonable attorney fees
and costs of litigation or an appropriate portion of the fees
and costs.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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