HB 181 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to government and administration, providing for transparency of political subdivision authorities; and, in municipal authorities, providing for transparency of municipal authority.

PRINTER'S NO.    128

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 181
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, SANCHEZ, PIELLI, HILL-EVANS, HADDOCK,
        DONAHUE, HARKINS, KUZMA, KHAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, PROBST, STEHR
        AND COOK, JANUARY 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 16, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to
 3      government and administration, providing for transparency of
 4      political subdivision authorities; and, in municipal
 5      authorities, providing for transparency of municipal
 6      authority.
 7      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 8   hereby enacts as follows:
 9      Section 1.     Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
10   Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
11   § 1144.    Transparency of political subdivision authorities.
12      All authorities created by a political subdivision shall
13   maintain a publicly accessible Internet website which includes
14   the following:
15             (1)   the name of each board member of the authority;
16             (2)   the length and expiration date of the term to which
17      each board member was appointed;
18             (3)   an email address which may be used to contact each
19      board member;
 1             (4)   the name and office of the individual who appointed
 2      each board member; and
 3             (5)   the publicly accessible Internet website of the
 4      government entity that established the authority.
 5   § 5624.    Transparency of municipal authority.
 6      An authority shall maintain a publicly accessible Internet
 7   website which includes the following:
 8             (1)   the name of each board member of the authority;
 9             (2)   the length and expiration date of the term to which
10      each board member was appointed;
11             (3)   an email address which may be used to contact each
12      board member;
13             (4)   the name of the municipality that appointed each
14      board member; and
15             (5)   the publicly accessible Internet website of the
16      municipality that established the authority or, in cases of
17      authorities established by multiple municipalities, the
18      publicly accessible Internet website of each municipality
19      that established the authority.
20      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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