Bill Text: PA HB608 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Further providing for appointment of members of the board by imposing restrictions on appointment of members or former members of the General Assembly.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 35-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-24 - Referred to GAMING OVERSIGHT [HB608 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB608-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 664
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 608 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DENLINGER, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABIG, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MENSCH, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, RAPP, REED, SIPTROTH, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 24, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, FEBRUARY 24, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for appointment of members of the
board by imposing restrictions on appointment of members or
former members of the General Assembly.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1201 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 1201. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board established.
* * *
(h.4) Restrictions on appointment of legislators.--No member
of the Senate or House of Representatives shall be eligible for
appointment as a member of the board during the term of office
for which the person was elected and for a period of 12 months
thereafter.
* * *
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.