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Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 137.3 - Fees

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Fees for business relating to the Board shall be as
						follows:
(1) Filing caveat ...
					 $2
(2) Issuing citation ...
					 $2
(3) Recording application for
					 resurvey ... $2
(4) Order of
					 resurvey ... $2
(5) Copy of action
					 or determination of Board ... $2
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.4 - Form

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A caveat may be entered against the granting of a
						warrant, acceptance of a survey or granting of a patent. The caveat shall be in
						writing and accompanied by a complete abstract of title or chain of
						circumstances forming the basis of the caveator's claim. No particular form is
						required; however the application, survey or other office right against which
						the caveat is entered, together with the reasons for filing it, shall be
						distinctly stated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.5 - Disposition

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(a) A caveat may
					 not be recognized and processed unless the caveator deposits, with the caveat,
					 fees as determined by the Department of Community Affairs and including
					 purchase money in the case of vacant land.
(b) If the decision of the Board is against
					 the caveator and the caveator does not appeal the decision, the purchase money
					 less costs and fees incurred by the caveator, as determined by the Board, shall
					 be returned to the caveator. If the caveator appeals the decision of the Board,
					 the purchase money deposited shall be held and disposed of as directed by the
					 court making the final decision thereon.
(c) If the decision of the Board is in favor
					 of the caveator, he shall proceed promptly to perfect his title under the
					 Pennsylvania Public Lands Act (64 P. S. §
												§
												601-616), and in compliance with this
					 part.
(d) If the caveator fails to
					 comply with subsection (c) he shall be deemed to have abandoned his claim and
					 rights.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.6 - Effect

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(a) A caveat
					 entered against the granting of a warrant on an application on file shall bar
					 the issuing of the warrant except when:
(1)
					 The caveator is deemed to have abandoned his objections.
(2) The caveator has not shown proof in
					 support of his claim.
(3) The Board
					 dismisses the caveat, after determination or hearing upon a citation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.7 - Citation

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(a) A citation
					 shall be issued on a pending caveat on the application of a party in interest.
					 A 30-day notice shall be given to the opposite party of the time and date on
					 which the case shall be heard by the Board. Either party desiring to take
					 depositions of witnesses for presentation at the hearing shall give the other
					 party a 10-day notice of the time and date for the taking of the
					 depositions.
(b) Citations shall be
					 returned to the Department of Community Affairs on or before the days fixed
					 therein for the hearing of the cases in which they are issued.
(c) Acceptances of notice and agreements to
					 continue cases shall be in writing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.8 - Resurvey

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(a) A petition for
					 an order of resurvey shall include all of the following:
(1) The name of the warrantee.
(2) The date of warrant upon which the former
					 survey was made.
(3) The reasons
					 for the resurvey.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VII - BUREAU OF LAND RECORDS › Subpart B - BOARD OF PROPERTY › Chapter 137 - PROCEDURES BEFORE THE BOARD OF PROPERTY › CAVEAT › Section 137.9 - Caveator as plaintiff

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(a) The
					 party who enters a caveat shall become the plaintiff or complainant, and shall
					 open the case and make the concluding argument at the hearing.
(b) Subsection (a) supersedes 1 Pa. Code
					 §
											35.125(a)
					 (relating to order of procedure).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 141 - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROCEDURES › Section 141.1 - Purpose of Bureau; definition

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(a)
				  As used in this chapter, the term Bureau means the Bureau of Legislation,
				  Commissions and Elections.
(b) The
				  purpose of the Bureau is to record laws, resolutions, acts and proceedings of
				  the General Assembly.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 141 - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROCEDURES › Section 141.2 - Recording of General Assembly proceedings

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(a) During legislative sessions, 25 copies of
				  all bills shall be maintained separately by the Bureau for distribution to the
				  Chief Clerk of the Governor upon passage of each bill and to pertinent
				  departments, and for certifications of the bills.
(b) Upon receipt of each original signed
				  bill, a docket entry shall be made of the bill number, printer's number and
				  title, together with a dated receipt for the bill for the Chief Clerk of the
				  House or the Secretary of the Senate.
(c) Upon delivery of each bill to the Chief
				  Clerk of the Governor, a dated receipt by him shall be stamped upon the journal
				  of the docket.
(d) After return of
				  bills signed into law, recalled by resolution or vetoed, a dated receipt by the
				  Department of State shall be stamped upon the journal of the docket, and an
				  act, recall or veto number shall be assigned, as appropriate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 141 - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROCEDURES › Section 141.3 - Bill filing; public inspection

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(a)
				  Original copies of all bills shall be filed currently by the Bureau for a
				  period of two years dating from the end of each legislative session.
(b) Original copies of all acts, resolutions
				  and vetoes shall be filed permanently at the end of each legislative
				  session.
(c) The docket sheets
				  shall be deposited at the end of each legislative session in the Commonwealth
				  archives.
(d) Copies of original
				  bills, dockets, acts, resolutions and vetoes shall be open for public
				  inspection upon request.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 141 - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROCEDURES › Section 141.4 - Joint Resolutions

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Joint Resolutions shall be processed in the same manner as
					 bills except for the following:
(1)
				  Copies may not be sent to the Governor for action.
(2) A copy shall be filed with the Bureau for
				  placement on the ballot at the next election.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 141 - PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROCEDURES › Section 141.5 - Certifications of statutes

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(a)
				  Requests for certifications of statutes shall specify the law and year; the act
				  or pamphlet law number; and the subject matter of the law.
(b) Certifications issued shall be subject to
				  the following fee schedule:
(1) Seal of the
				  Secretary of the Commonwealth-$1.
(2) Great Seal of the
				  Commonwealth-$2.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 143 - HEARINGS › Section 143.2 - General provisions

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(a)
				  Hearings shall be held whenever one of the following occurs:
(1) The provisions of a statute, a decision
				  of the courts or an opinion of the Attorney General require that a hearing be
				  held by the Secretary of the Commonwealth;
(2) Protest or objection is made as to any
				  matter involving a paper, statement, document, registration, application,
				  certificate or recording, filed with any Bureau, Commission or Board in the
				  Department of State under the provisions of any statute, court decision or
				  Attorney General's opinion.
(3)
				  Protest or objection is made as to any other matter requiring the determination
				  of facts or of any applicable decision of law under the provisions of any
				  statute, court decision or Attorney General's opinion.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 143 - HEARINGS › Section 143.3 - Notice of hearing

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The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall give at least 10
					 days written notice of the time and place of hearings under this chapter to all
					 interested parties.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 143 - HEARINGS › Section 143.4 - Representation

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(a) Interested
				  parties may be represented by counsel at hearings held under this
				  chapter.
(b) Counsel may file
				  briefs relating to the facts and applicable law, and they shall have the
				  opportunity to present oral arguments.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 143 - HEARINGS › Section 143.5 - Conduct of hearings

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Hearings shall be held in accordance with sections 31-36 of
					 the Administrative Agency Law (71 P. S. §
											§
											1710.31-1710.36)
					 (Repealed).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 143 - HEARINGS › Section 143.6 - Decisions

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(a) Within 30 days
				  after each hearing the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall file a written
				  decision. The time may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 10
				  days when required for reasonable investigation.
(b) Decisions shall set forth briefly
				  findings of fact and law, as applicable, together with reasons for such
				  findings.
(c) Copies of decisions
				  shall be mailed to all interested parties or their counsel of record.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart B - LEGISLATION › Chapter 151 - FEES › Section 151.1 - Schedule of fees

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The Bureau of Legislation fee schedule shall conform with
					 the following table:
Description
Fee (in
							 dollars)
Great Seal Certification
$10
Certification requiring Secretary's
							 Seal
$7.50
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart B - LEGISLATION › Chapter 153 - SPECIAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 153.1 - Applicability of general rules

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Under 1 Pa. Code §
										31.1 (relating to scope of part), 1
					 Pa. Code Part II (relating to general rules of administrative practice and
					 procedure), are applicable to the activities of and proceedings before the
					 Legislative Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart C - COMMISSIONS › Chapter 161 - FEES › Section 161.1 - Schedule of fees

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The Bureau of Commissions fee schedule shall conform with
					 the following table:
Description
Fees (in
							 dollars)
COMMISSIONS
Commissioner of Deeds
$25
Notary Public Commission
$25
Railroad Police or Institutional Police
							 Commission
$5
Notice of Election of Sheriff (called Sheriff's
							 Writ)
$5
Treasures Commission
$5
District Justices
$3
Register of Wills Bond
$2
Recorder of Deeds Bond
$2
CERTIFICATES
Great Seal Certificate
$10
Certificate requiring Secretary's Seal
$7
MISCELLANEOUS
Writs including Great Seal
$5
Filing Bond for any Public Office
$2
Filing Recognizance for any Public Office
$2
Photocopies
$1
Department of State may charge equivalent fees for
							 any service not specified.
NOTARY PUBLIC FEE SCHEDULE
Executing affidavits (no matter how many
							 signatures)
$5
Executing acknowledgments
$5
In executing acknowledgments each additional
							 name
$2
Executing certificates (per certified
							 copy)
$5
Administering oaths (per individual taking an
							 oath)
$5
Taking depositions, per page
$3
Executing verifications
$5
Executing protests, per page
$3
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart C - COMMISSIONS › Chapter 163 - SPECIAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 163.1 - Applicability of general rules

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Under 1 Pa. Code §
										31.1 (relating to scope of part), 1
					 Pa. Code Part II (relating to general rules of administrative practice and
					 procedure), are applicable to the activities of and proceedings before the
					 Commission Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart C - COMMISSIONS › Chapter 165 - NOTARIES PUBLIC › Section 165.1 - Lesser offenses incompatible with the duties of a notary public- statement of policy

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(a) The
				  Secretary of the Commonwealth reviews applications for appointment to the
				  office of notary public under section 5 of The Notary Public Law (act)
				  (57
				  P. S. §
											151). Section 5(b)(1) of the act
				  requires that the applicant may not have been convicted of or pled guilty or
				  nolo contendere to a felony or a lesser offense incompatible with the duties of
				  a notary public during the 5-year period preceding the date of the
				  application.
(b) Misdemeanor crimes
				  involving a lack of honesty or elements of falsehood and fraud (crimen falsi)
				  are considered incompatible with the duties of a notary public, regardless of
				  the jurisdiction in which crimes were committed.
(c) Under Pennsylvania law, misdemeanors
				  include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Forgery and fraudulent practices which
				  includes bad checks, insurance fraud and identity theft. See 18 Pa.C.S. Chapter
				  41 (relating to forgery and fraudulent practices).
(2) Theft which includes receiving stolen
				  property and retail theft. See 18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 39 (relating to theft and
				  related offenses).
(3) Criminal
				  conspiracy if the underlying crime is incompatible. See
				  18 Pa.C.S. §
												903
				  (relating to criminal conspiracy).
(4) Bribery. See
				  18 Pa.C.S. §
												4701
				  (relating to bribery in official and political matters).
(5) Perjury or falsification in official
				  matter which includes false swearing, unsworn falsification to authorities and
				  tampering with evidence. See 18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 49, Subchapter A (relating to
				  perjury and falsification in official matters).
(6) Obstructing governmental operations. See
				  18 Pa.C.S. Chapter 51, Subchapter A (relating to definition of offenses
				  generally).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 171.1 - Scope and purpose

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This chapter serves to insure application of the Federal
						Voting Rights Act Amendments (42 U.S.C.A. §
												1973aa et seq.)
						in this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 171.2 - Penalty

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Local election officials who fail to make Federal voting
						rights available to all qualified voters are subject to fines of up to $5,000
						or imprisonment of up to 5 years, or both.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 171.3 - Special separate ballots

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A special separate ballot shall be prepared and available
						for persons who only qualify to vote under the 1970 Federal Voting Rights Act
						Amendments (42 U.S.C.A.
						§
												1973aa et seq.). This ballot will
						consist of the party block column and the names of the candidates for President
						and Vice President of the recognized parties in the Commonwealth, specifically,
						Democratic, Republican, Constitutional, Socialist Workers and Communist. Other
						matters may not be placed on this ballot. Presidential ballots shall be
						available in voting precincts for those who can qualify to vote in person under
						the provision of the 1970 Federal Voting Rights Act Amendments (42 U.S.C.A. §
												1973aa et seq.).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.11 - Absentee balloting for President and Vice President

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(a) An individual who would be qualified to
					 vote in person under Commonwealth law, shall be allowed to cast an absentee
					 ballot for President and Vice President if the individual properly submits the
					 following affidavit:
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am unable to vote in
						person on the day of the next ensuing election by reason of absence from my
						voting district.
(b)
					 Affirmation of absence from the voting district on election day for any reason
					 qualifies an individual to cast an absentee ballot for President and Vice
					 President. As under Commonwealth law, final application for an absentee ballot
					 must be received by proper election officials within 7 days of the election;
					 fur-ther, emergency absentee ballot provisions under Commonwealth law apply to
					 the Presidential and Vice Presidential elector.
(c) A person who is otherwise eligible to
					 vote and who affirms that he has ceased to reside in an election district in
					 this Commonwealth and established residence in another election district in
					 this Commonwealth or in another state within 30 days of an election for
					 President and Vice President and is not eligible to register and vote in his
					 new election district or state because of the recent change of residence shall
					 be allowed to vote for President and Vice President by absentee ballot in the
					 former election district providing that application for such absentee ballot is
					 made within the standards set by the 1970 Voting Rights Act Amendments
					 (42 U.S.C.A. §
												1973aa et seq.) for absentee
					 ballots.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.12 - Absentee registration for President and Vice President

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(a) A person qualified to vote for President
					 and Vice President under the provisions of the 1970 Voting Rights Act
					 Amendments (42 U.S.C.A.
					 §
												1973aa et seq.) as described in the
					 opinion of the Attorney General which appears at 2 Pa.B. 1913, shall be allowed
					 to register absentee for the purposes of voting for the President and Vice
					 President if they submit the following affidavit:
I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am unable to register
						in person by reason of absence from my election district, that on the day of
						the next ensuing election I shall have been a citizen of the United States for
						at least one month, that I will be 18 years of age, on the day after the
						election, that I will have been a resident of the Commonwealth and my election
						district for at least thirty (30) days, that I will be legally qualified to
						vote, and that I have read (or have had read to me) the foregoing statements
						made in connection with my registration and that they are true and
						correct.
(b) Final
					 application for absentee registration may only be honored during the time the
					 registration books are open.
(c) As
					 with absentee balloting, absentee registration for purposes of Presidential and
					 Vice Presidential balloting under the 1970 Voting Rights Act Amendments
					 (42 U.S.C.A. §
												19733aa et seq.) shall be extended without
					 reference to the reason for the absence. Absence from the election district
					 refers to an absence during such times as the registration books are open.
					 Further, that an individual who affirms that he is a qualified absentee elector
					 shall be permitted to register absentee for purposes of Presidential and Vice
					 Presidential elections. Challenges to registrations shall come under relevant
					 provisions of Commonwealth law governing challenges to registered voters. An
					 election official who refuses to register or forward an absentee ballot to a
					 voter who has properly completed the required affidavit subjects himself to the
					 penalties provided under Federal and Commonwealth laws.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.13 - Absentee electors outside the country

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(a) A registered voter making application for
					 an absentee ballot from outside the country is not required to do anything more
					 than any other registered voter applying for an absentee ballot. The individual
					 need only swear or affirm that he is unable to vote in person by reason of
					 absence from the voting district on election day.
(b) An absentee elector applying for absentee
					 registration from a foreign country may not be specially hindered. An
					 individual need not have a present physical residence in a locality in order to
					 qualify as an elector for Presidential and Vice Presidential elections.
					 Individuals without a present physical residence in the voting district, but
					 who affirm they remain residents of a district while away, are valid absentee
					 electors for President and Vice President under the provisions of the 1970
					 Voting Rights Act Amendments (42 U.S.C.A. §
												1973aa et
					 seq.).
(c) For example, an
					 individual residing in this Commonwealth sells his house and moves to France as
					 a result of a job transfer. If he affirms that he remains a resident of the
					 district in this Commonwealth, he shall be granted absentee balloting or
					 absentee registration rights for Presidential and Vice Presidential elections
					 under the provisions of the 1970 Voting Rights Act Amendments (42 U.S.C.A. §
												1973aa et seq.). If he has no specific
					 address at which to register, the voter shall be listed on the voters list as a
					 general resident of the declared voting district.
(d) If there is a substantial basis for
					 doubting the United States citizenship of an applicant, as an absentee elector,
					 after registration of the individual, a challenge should be made under existing
					 Commonwealth election laws.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.14 - Time and date of receipt verification

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(a) Returned absentee ballots shall be
					 immediately stamped showing the time and date of receipt. It is suggested that
					 a continuing list be kept as absentee ballots are received showing the date and
					 time of receipt and the name of the elector.
(b) At 5 p.m. on the Friday before the
					 election, a complete list showing the name of elector, time and date of receipt
					 of all absentee ballots received up until that time shall be verified and
					 signed by the county board of commissioners. This list shall be made
					 immediately available to all interested persons upon request.
(c) A ballot received after 5 p.m. on the
					 Friday before the election but before the closing of the polls on election day
					 and therefore not on this list are only valid insofar as Presidential and Vice
					 Presidential votes.
(d) The proper
					 and timely distribution of this list at 5 p.m. on the Friday before the
					 election shall be the basis for protecting local election officials from
					 Federal penalties in the event of later appeals relating to charges of possible
					 impropriety in the voiding or validating of votes for State and local offices
					 resulting from the time of receipt of the ballots in the appropriate election
					 office.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.15 - Counting of absentee ballots valid for President and Vice President only

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(a) Before and
					 after the counting of ballots, those absentee ballots valid only for the
					 Presidential and Vice Presidential election under the 1970 Voting Rights Act
					 Amendments (42 U.S.C.A.
					 §
												1973aa et seq.), as detailed in the
					 September 15, 1972, Attorney General's opinion which appears at 2 Pa.B. 1913,
					 shall be kept absolutely separate from other ballots. The ballots, valid only
					 for Presidential and Vice Presidential electors and required to be kept
					 separate from other ballots, are limited to the following:
(1) Absentee ballots from voters who, under
					 the 1970 Voting Rights Act Amendments (42 U.S.C.A. §
													1973aa et
					 seq.), have registered absentee or received absentee ballots. The voters shall
					 only be using the special separate ballots listing only candidates for
					 President and Vice President.
(2)
					 Absentee ballots from voters who are qualified to vote for State and local
					 candidates, as well as President and Vice President under the election laws of
					 the Commonwealth, but which ballots have been received after 5 p.m. of the
					 Friday before the election, but before the closing of the polls on election
					 day. Only votes for President and Vice President on such ballots are valid.
					 Votes for State and local officials on such ballots are void and may not be
					 counted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › ABSENTEE BALLOTING › Section 171.16 - Form of affidavit for absentee ballot registration

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The following form of affidavit for absentee ballot
						registration due to illness or permanent physical disability is attached hereto
						and made a part of this section:
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Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › NOMINATION PAPERS › Section 171.21 - Preamble of nomination papers

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The preamble of all nomination papers shall read as
						follows:
NOMINATION PAPER
We, the undersigned, all of whom are qualified
						electors of Pennsylvania and of
County, hereby nominate the following persons as
						candidates representing the
Body:
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 171 - VOTING RIGHTS › NOMINATION PAPERS › Section 171.22 - Ethics affidavit

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An affidavit that the candidate has filed a statement of
						financial interests with the State Ethics Commission may be included on the
						nomination petition or nomination paper.
The provisions of this §
													171.22 issued under section 506 of
						  The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
														186); sections 201(a) and 907 of the
						  Pennsylvania Election Code (25 P. S. §
														§
														2621(a) and
						  2867); and section 4(b) of
						  the act of October 4, 1978 ( P. L. 883, No. 170) (65 P. S. §
														404(b)).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 173 - FEES › Section 173.1 - Schedule of fees

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The Bureau of Elections fee schedule shall conform with the
					 following table:
Description
Fee
							 (in dollars)
Nomination Petition Filing Fees
President of the United States
$50
United States Senator
$50
Governor
$50
Judge of Supreme Court
$50
Judge of Superior Court
$50
Judge of Commonwealth Court
$50
Auditor General
$50
State Treasurer
$50
United States Congressman
$35
Judge of Court of Record
$35
State Senator
$25
State Representative
$25
Delegate or Alternate Delegate to National Party
							 Convention
$10
Member of State Committee
$10
Great Seal Certificates
$10
Photocopies (per page)
$1
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.1 - Business entity

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(a) A rational
				  and appropriate distinction may be made between enterprises operated for profit
				  and those for nonprofit. The word "business" connotes being operated for
				  profit. The purpose of Act 201 is to require disclosure of political
				  contributions which could have been made with the object of obtaining
				  financially remunerative nonbid contracts from government bodies. Nonprofit
				  organizations would not normally benefit from these contracts, and are hereby
				  deemed to fall outside the scope of the legislative intent.
(b) Only those business entities doing
				  business in this Commonwealth are required to report on the current version of
				  Form DSEB-504, as described in §
										177.9 (relating to official forms).
				  Parent companies of subsidiaries doing business in this Commonwealth but which
				  do not do business here themselves shall also be excluded, even when a director
				  of the parent corporation also serves on the board of directors of the
				  subsidiary. In that case, that director's knowledge is relevant only as it
				  pertains to contributions of other directors of the subsidiary.
(c) With the exemption of the business
				  official authorized under the Business Corporation Law or analogous laws to
				  sign the report on behalf of the business entity, there is no duty of any other
				  business official to inquire as to the making of any political contributions by
				  other business officials or employes.
This section cited in 4 Pa. Code §
												177.9 (relating to official
						forms).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.2 - Awarded nonbid contracts

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(a) This
				  phraseology is broadly inclusive, since the discretionary element in awarding
				  such contracts provides the potential for abuse which Act 201 is attempting to
				  uncover. Accordingly, the term "nonbid contract" includes all service purchase
				  contracts, especially those for professional services, as well as those other
				  nonbid contracts let by virtue of some selection process or exercise of
				  governmental discretion.
(b)
				  Excluded are services performed by business entities which may automatically
				  participate in programs subject to governmental regulation; such as pharmacies
				  participating in the paid prescription plan; lottery ticket salesmen.
(c) Similarly, public utility service, while
				  on a nonbid basis, cannot be viewed as being "awarded," since a utility
				  exercises an actual or virtual monopoly within its service area, and its rates
				  are not negotiated between the Commonwealth as a customer and the utility, but
				  are subject to regulation.
(d) A
				  bank acting as a State depository is not required to file unless it has been
				  designated as such in 1974. Banks cashing welfare checks for a small handling
				  charge are excluded, since this function is performed as a public service and
				  the concept of an award or selection process is absent here.
(e) Banks which have been awarded
				  consultantship or financial management contracts in 1974, or have had such
				  contracts renewed in 1974, are required to file. Renewal means continuation of
				  such a contract by virtue of any affirmative action taken by the contracting
				  governmental body with respect to the continued existence of the
				  contract.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.3 - Commonwealth

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(a) The term
				  "Commonwealth" shall include all departments, bureaus, commissions, agencies or
				  other offices of the executive, legislative or judicial branches of state
				  government. Also included shall be those independent agencies or commissions
				  like the General State Authority and the Turnpike Commission, since a great
				  many nonbid contracts are awarded by these governmental bodies. In addition,
				  municipal authorities have been held to be agencies or instrumentalities of the
				  Commonwealth, and business entities contracting with such bodies must also
				  file.
(b) Excluded, however, are
				  any interstate authorities such as the Delaware River Port Authority and the
				  Delaware River Basin Commission, since they are not solely Commonwealth bodies,
				  and since representatives of other states would be in a position to oversee the
				  award of any nonbid contracts.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.4 - Political subdivision

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(a)
				  Although the statutory language uses the conjunction "and," it would be
				  completely contrary to the purpose of Act 201 to require nonbid contracts be
				  awarded to a business entity by both the Commonwealth and a subdivision before
				  the entity must report. Accordingly, a nonbid contract just with a political
				  subdivision shall suffice.
(b) The
				  definition of political subdivision shall include that set forth in the
				  Statutory Construction Act (any county, city, borough, incorporated town,
				  township, school district, vocational school district and county institutional
				  district).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.5 - Preceding calendar year

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Since the first report under section 1605 of the
					 Pennsylvania Election Code (25 P. S. §
											3225.1) is due in 1975, the preceding
					 calendar year with respect to the award of nonbid contracts and the donation of
					 political contributions is 1974.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.6 - Political contribution

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(a) The
				  term "political contribution" is defined as a donation of money or other
				  valuable thing to a candidate for nomination or election, or to a political
				  committee, for the purpose of defraying primary or election expenses, as the
				  foregoing terms are defined at section 1601 of the Pennsylvania Election Code
				  (25
				  P. S. §
											3221).
(b) Section 1605 of the Pennsylvania Election
				  Code (25 P. S. §
											3225.1) is
				  interpreted to apply to all offices, Federal or State, for which votes are cast
				  by Pennsylvania electors. This would therefore exclude contributions made to
				  candidates in other states.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.7 - Knowledge possessed

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The whole tenor of section 1605 of the Pennsylvania
					 Election Code (25 P. S. §
											3225.1) suggests that the standard is actual
					 knowledge of the persons specified. It is their actual knowledge which is
					 viewed as constructive knowledge of the business entity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.9 - Clause 2

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The $1,000 minimum applies to this clause alone. Moreover,
					 the term "political contribution" here is a generic term used to describe the
					 act of donation to political campaigns by an identifiable social unit, the
					 family. Accordingly, this clause shall be interpreted to refer to one or more
					 donations by members of the unit which in the aggregate exceed $1,000. This
					 means that not only is an individual's contributions aggregated, but the
					 contributions of all the members of the family as well. Otherwise, the intent
					 of section 1605 of the Pennsylvania Election Code as amended (25 P. S. §
											3225.1) could be frustrated by spreading one
					 contribution in excess of $1,000 among the members of the family so that each
					 individual contribution would be less than $1,000.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 174 - REPORTS OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS › Section 174.10 - Unemancipated child

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The term "unemancipated child" means a person below the age
					 of 18 receiving at least one-half of his support, which could include room and
					 board, from a parent or guardian.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 175 - SPECIAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Section 175.1 - Applicability of general rules

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Under 1 Pa. Code §
										31.1 (relating to scope of part), 1
					 Pa. Code Part II (relating to general rules of administrative practice and
					 procedure), are applicable to the activities of and proceedings before the
					 Election Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.1 - Registration of political committees

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(a)
				  A political committee, except as specified in subsection (b) shall file a
				  Registration Statement with the Secretary or the respective county board of
				  elections, as appropriate, within 20 days after the date on which its total of
				  contributions reaches $250 or more. If a political committee is not aware of
				  what candidate it will be expending money on behalf of, at the time that
				  registration is required, the political committee shall register with both the
				  Secretary and the county board of elections in which the treasurer of the
				  committee resides. Upon the determination of candidate to be supported, an
				  amended registration statement shall be filed where previously the registration
				  statements had been filed and a new registration statement shall be filed with
				  the appropriate supervisor.
(b)
				  Each political committee which is in existence and has a balance of $250 or
				  more on January 1, 1979, and is involved in campaign financing for an election
				  after January 1, 1979, shall file a Registration Statement on or before March
				  2, 1979, and shall report when becoming active.
This section cited in 4 Pa. Code §
												176.4 (relating to restrictions on
						political committees); and 4 Pa. Code §
												177.9 (relating to official
						forms).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.2 - Forms and filing

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(a) The
				  Registration Statement shall be filed on the current version of Form DSEB-500,
				  as described in §
										177.9 (relating to official forms),
				  which may be obtained from the Secretary or any county board of
				  elections.
(b) The Registration
				  Statement, to be signed by the treasurer, shall include the following:
(1) The names, addresses and phone numbers of
				  the political committee.
(2) The
				  name, address and phone number of the committee's treasurer.
(3) The name, address and phone number of the
				  committee's chairperson.
(4) The
				  names, addresses and relationships of other affiliated or connected
				  organizations.
(5) The candidates,
				  if any, and their names and addresses.
(6) The ballot question, if any, which the
				  committee intends to support or oppose.
(7) The banks, safety deposit boxes or other
				  repositories and their addresses used by the committee.
(8) The proposed period of operation of the
				  committee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.3 - Change or correction in information

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Any change or correction in the information previously
					 filed in the Registration Statement shall be reported within 30 days of the
					 date of the change or within 30 days of the date on which the error is detected
					 by filing an amended Registration Statement. The amended registration need list
					 only the change or correction.
This section cited in 4 Pa. Code §
												176.4 (relating to restrictions on
						political committees); and 4 Pa. Code §
												177.9 (relating to official
						forms).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.4 - Restrictions on political committees

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Each political committee which receives an aggregate amount
					 of contributions of $250 or more must satisfy the registration requirements of
					 §
										§
										176.1-176.3 (relating to registration of
					 political committees; forms and filing; and change or correction in
					 information) before such committee can make a contribution of any amount to any
					 candidate or other political committee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.5 - Organization of political committees

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(a)
				  Every political committee shall have a treasurer and a chairperson who may not
				  be the same individual. Where there is more than one political committee
				  authorized by a candidate to act solely on his behalf, such candidate shall
				  designate one treasurer to receive and disburse all funds for such committees.
				  A State, county, city, borough, township, ward or other regularly constituted
				  party committee of any political party or political body need not secure
				  written authorization for general, municipal or special elections.
				  Contributions and expenditures made to or by the candidate may be deposited or
				  expended and recorded in the candidate's private personal account. Business
				  accounts and partnership accounts may not be utilized as candidate campaign
				  accounts.
(b) A political committee
				  may designate one of the following:
(1) A
				  vice chairperson, who shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the
				  chairman in the event of a temporary or permanent vacancy in the office;
				  and
(2) One of the assistant
				  treasurers, appointed pursuant to subsection (c) who shall assume the duties
				  and responsibilities of the treasurer in the event of a temporary or permanent
				  vacancy in the office.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.6 - Receipt of contributions

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Any person who is not a candidate or a treasurer and who
					 receives any con- tribution on behalf of a political committee or candidate
					 shall turn such contribution over to the candidate or treasurer within ten days
					 of its receipt with an accounting thereof, in the same manner as all
					 contributions are to be reported. Reference should be made to §
										177.2 (relating to form and content
					 of reports).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.7 - Records retention

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The candidate or treasurer of a political committee shall
					 preserve all receipts, bills, accounts and all other records for a period of 5
					 years after such information is reported.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part VIII - GAME COMMISSION › Subpart D - ELECTIONS › Chapter 176 - REGISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 176.8 - Authorization of political committees

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(a)
				  Any political committee receiving contributions on behalf of a candidate shall
				  be authorized in writing by the candidate on the current version of Form
				  DSEB-501, as described in §
										177.9 (relating to official forms).
				  The written authorization shall be filed with the Secretary or the respective
				  county board of elections, as appropriate.
(b) A candidate is not required to authorize
				  any State, county, city, borough, township, ward or other regularly constituted
				  party committee of any political body to receive contributions on behalf of the
				  candidate in a general, municipal or special election.
This section cited in 4 Pa. Code §
												177.9 (relating to official
						forms).