§ 4304. Additional restrictions
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 4 Pa.C.S.A. AmusementsEffective: October 30, 2017
Effective: October 30, 2017
4 Pa.C.S.A. § 4304
§ 4304. Additional restrictions
(1) No individual trooper or employee of the Pennsylvania State Police or employee of the Office of Attorney General or the department whose duties substantially involve licensing or enforcement, the development of laws or the development or adoption of regulations or policy related to gaming under this part or who has other discretionary authority that may affect or influence the outcome of an action, proceeding or decision under this part may do any of the following:
(ii)(A) Appear before the board in a hearing or proceeding or participate in other activity on behalf of an applicant, licensee or licensed entity, or an affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary or holding company of an applicant, licensee or licensed entity, for a period of two years after termination of employment.
(2) As a condition of employment, a potential employee who would be subject to this subsection shall sign an affidavit that the individual will not accept employment with or be retained by an applicant or licensed entity, or an affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary or holding company of an applicant or licensed entity, for a period of two years after the termination of employment.
(2) An applicant or licensed entity, or an affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary or holding company of an applicant or licensed entity, that knowingly employs or retains an individual in violation of this subsection shall terminate the employment of the individual and be subject to penalty under section 1518(c) (relating to prohibited acts; penalties).
(1) The Pennsylvania State Police, Office of Attorney General and department each shall adopt a comprehensive code of conduct that supplements all other requirements under this part and 65 Pa.C.S. Pt. II (relating to accountability),1 as applicable, and shall provide guidelines applicable to troopers, employees, independent contractors of the agency whose duties substantially involve licensing or enforcement, the development of laws or the development or adoption of regulations or policy related to video gaming under this part or who have other discretionary authority that may affect the outcome of an action, proceeding or decision under this part, and the immediate families of these individuals to enable them to avoid a perceived or actual conflict of interest and to promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of video gaming enforcement and regulation.
(ii) Each agency subject to this subsection shall assist the State Ethics Commission in the development of the list, which list shall be published by the State Ethics Commission in the Pennsylvania Bulletin biennially, shall be posted by the board on the board's publicly accessible Internet website and shall be posted by each agency on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website.
Credits
2017, Oct. 30, P.L. 419, No. 42, § 32.3, imd. effective.
Footnotes
65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
4 Pa.C.S.A. § 4304, PA ST 4 Pa.C.S.A. § 4304
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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