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Pennsylvania Statutes § 3259 Powers and duties of the supervisor

⤴ Up to Article XVI: Primary and Election Expenses

Statute Text

It shall be the duty of the supervisor to:
(1) Furnish to the persons, subject to the provisions of this act, a bookkeeping and reporting manual and the prescribed forms for the making of the reports and statements required to be filed under this article.
(2) Develop a filing system consistent with the purposes of this article.
(3) Make the reports and statements filed with him or her available for public inspection and copying, commencing as soon as practicable but not later than the end of the second day following the day during which it was received, and to provide copies of any such report or parts thereof, as requested by any person, at the expense of such person, at the rate not to exceed the actual cost of reproduction.
(4) Preserve such reports and statements for a period of five (5) years from the date of filing.
(5) Compile and maintain a current list of all statements pertaining to each candidate and political committee.
(6) Make from time to time inquiries and field investigations with respect to reports and statements filed under the provisions of this article and with respect to alleged failures to file any report or statement required under provisions of this article.
(7) Report apparent violations of this article to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
(8) Collect any fines relating to the filing of late reports and transmit all such fines collected to the appropriate fiscal officer of the receiving supervisor.
(9) Inform each candidate or committee which has failed to file of that fact.
(10) Publish a list of all those candidates and their committees who have failed to file reports as required by this act within six (6) days of their failure to comply.

History

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, § 1639, added 1978, Oct. 4, P.L. 893, No. 171, § 2, effective 1/1/1979 .

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