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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