65 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 11 - Ethics Standards And Financial Disclosure

• Chapter Notes
• Section 1101 - Short Title Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act.
• Section 1101.1 - Purpose
  (a) Declarations.--The Legislature hereby declares that public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal financial gain through public office...
• Section 1102 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in...
• Section 1103 - Restricted Activities
  (a) Conflict of interest.--No public official or public employee shall engage in conduct that constitutes a conflict of interest. (b) Seeking improper influence.--No person...
• Section 1104 - Statement Of Financial Interests Required To Be Filed
  (a) Public official or public employee.--Each public official of the Commonwealth shall file a statement of financial interests for the preceding calendar year with...
• Section 1105 - Statement Of Financial Interests
  (a) Form.--The statement of financial interests filed pursuant to this chapter shall be on a form prescribed by the commission. All information requested on...
• Section 1106 - State Ethics Commission
  (a) Continuation of commission.--The State Ethics Commission established under the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.883, No.170), referred to as the Public Official and...
• Section 1107 - Powers And Duties Of Commission
  In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law, the commission shall: (1) Prescribe and publish rules and regulations to carry out the...
• Section 1108 - Investigations By Commission
  (a) Preliminary inquiry.--Upon a complaint signed under penalty of perjury by any person or upon its own motion, the commission, through its executive director,...
• Section 1109 - Penalties
  (a) Restricted activities violation.--Any person who violates the provisions of section 1103(a), (b) and (c) (relating to restricted activities) commits a felony and shall,...
• Section 1110 - Wrongful Use Of Chapter
  (a) Liability.--A person who signs a complaint alleging a violation of this chapter against another is subject to liability for wrongful use of this...
• Section 1111 - Supplemental Provisions
  Any governmental body may adopt requirements to supplement this chapter, provided that no such requirements shall in any way be less restrictive than the
• Section 1112 - Conflict Of Law
  Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 13 (relating to lobby regulation and disclosure), if the provisions of this chapter conflict with any other statute,...
• Section 1113 - Severability
  If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of...

Last modified: October 8, 2016